Halo 2
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FeatureBungie bids Halo farewell
Eric Osborne looks back at 10 years of Master Chief.
VideoMeet Halo's multiplayer announcer
It's veteran actor Jeff Steitzer.
Bungie's AI guru on the thinking behind Halo.
Time to fragging forget about the Campaign mode, okay?
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Here's how Halo 2's iconic sound was made courtesy of an old DVD Marty O'Donnell just found in his collection
"I forgot how fun and amazing that session was."
Halo TV show due in 2020, features Master Chief in lead role
Will follow "a new story".
Microsoft's Halo TV series is really happening
It's Showtime.
Microsoft allows Halo PC fan project to live
Put a ring on it.
The original Xbox turns 15 in Europe
Halo! Amped! Project Gotham Racing! More!
Xbox duo's card game Exploding Kitten taking Kickstarter by storm
10% funded in 20 minutes, 1000% funded in an hour.
Bungie ordered to return shares to composer Marty O'Donnell
After dev argued he'd be a "bothersome presence at board meetings".
Bungie forced to pay $95k to ex-Halo, Destiny composer
Marty O'Donnell wins damages after departure from the company.
PC drivers for Xbox One controller now available
Plus, another Halo 2 Anniversary hint.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection looks set for Xbox One
With access to a Halo 5 beta?
Microsoft: Halo 2 Anniversary multiplayer "would have to be fantastic"
"In this fictitious world where that game existed..."
Microsoft cryptic amid Halo 2 Anniversary rumours
"Your Halo journey on Xbox One begins in 2014."
Halo and Gears of War writer joins Amazon Games Studios
"I wouldn't be there unless something cool was brewing."
Bungie explains that its scrapped Project Phoenix was "Minecraft-like"
"There were big castles and you could knock them down with trebuchets."
District 9 director Neill Blomkamp still keen on Halo movie - but only if given control
"I would really like to do that film."
Microsoft: no plans for any Halo game on Steam or a PC version of Halo 3
Speculation sparked by AMD beta drivers.
The Halo trilogy, Fez and Dyad outed on the Steam database
UPDATE: Microsoft denies Halo coming to Steam. Dyad creator confirms. Aiming for a March release.
Bungie's Destiny “still quite like Halo”
Sense of exploration rekindles memories of Elite.
Why 343 isn't ready to show us Master Chief's face
But is it prepared to kill Halo's iconic hero?
Paul McCartney writing music with Bungie
"Halo, Goodbye."
Worldwide Xbox 360 sales hit 67m, 3m ahead of PS3
Kinect sells 19 million.
BBC News mistakes Halo UNSC logo for UN
UPDATE: BBC tells Eurogamer: "Very occasionally mistakes do happen."
Halo 2 ARG designer creates Oprah Winfrey Facebook game
"Unlock the superpower of gratitude inside yourself."
Bungie closes Halo stats with eye-popping infographic
"We have followed your careers with great interest."
The Xbox is 10 years old today
Charge your glasses.
FeatureBungie bids Halo farewell
Eric Osborne looks back at 10 years of Master Chief.
Microsoft: "We lost our way" with Halo
"Master Chief the John Wayne character."
Bungie bids emotional farewell to Halo
"Halo is in great hands... yours."
Halo marks 10th birthday with art book
Coffee table tome due out in October.
Microsoft announces Halo Fest
New game reveal at August PAX blow-out?
Mona Lisa Halo motion comic release date
Microsoft to improve Halo Waypoint.
How Halo's monk chant music came to be
Composer "bitter-sweet" now it's gone.
VideoMeet Halo's multiplayer announcer
It's veteran actor Jeff Steitzer.
Age of Booty dev helped make Halo DLC
And Black Ops DLC, Halo Waypoint.
Rumour: TimeShift dev remaking Halo 1
Reportedly has online co-op.
Bungie: Why Master Chief hardly speaks
Less is more.
Rumour: Microsoft remaking Halo 1
Using the Halo: Reach engine.
FeatureWhy I hate… Halo
I say goodbye.
Microsoft still committed to Halo movie
"Maybe we'll even fund it ourselves."
Ex developer: Apple nearly bought Bungie
"Steve said yes."
Apple boss furious at MS Bungie buy-out
Steve Jobs threw toys out of pram.
Bungie signs 10-year Activision deal
Infinity who?
People still playing Halo 2 somehow
Refusing to finish the fight.
Xbox Live for Xbox 1 officially killed
Bungie says goodbye to Halo 2.
Bungie recalls "brutal" Halo 2 crunch
Thought they were "all going to die".
Halo 2 E3 demo was "smoke and mirrors"
Bungie had to scrap engine afterwards.
FeatureBetter Than Halo: The Making of Halo 2
As Microsoft prepares to switch off Xbox 1, Bungie reveals the painful birth of the game that defined Xbox Live.
Loyal Halo 2 fans invited to Reach beta
Given other presents as consolation.
Halo 2 DLC issues resolved
Frags to riches.
MS working to restore Xbox 1 DLC
Still killing it off in mid-April though.
Bungie giving Halo 2 "one last hoorah"
But "saddened" by XBL Xbox 1 funeral.
Halo 3: ODST sales reach 2.5 million
Plus: Master Chief set to return.
Spielberg to produce Halo movie?
He is "blown away" by script, says report.
Jackson's Halo project "on hold" - MS
Um, they should probably give him a ring.
Jackson's Halo project officially dead
Blomkamp not interested in film, either.
New Halo destination planned for Live
Waypoint to offer exclusive videos etc.
New Halo anime films on the way
They'll be released early next year.
Microsoft settles in Halo lawsuit
Multiplayer patents allegedly infringed.
All Halo music for one soundtrack
Costs a fair bit, out Monday.
Maddie reference spotted in Bungie trailer
Controversy kicks off over what it means.
Gearbox in talks to do new Halo game
But no deal in place yet, says Variety.
FeatureBungie's Damian Isla
Bungie's AI guru on the thinking behind Halo.
Halo has "a lot to learn" from COD4
So says Bungie's AI boss.
MS still seeking staff for Halo project
Creative director wanted.
Bungie talks AI and animation
It's all about picking up pencils.
Del Toro excited about Halo
It's more than grunts in space.
Halo 1 maps remade for Halo 2
For Xbox and Xbox 360 owners.
Halo 2: 4.75m gamertags
670 million games played.
More ways to get Halo 3 beta
Including one that's not US-only.
Bungie vet's new studio
Not necessarily MS-exclusive.
Halo 2 beats off Gears
Still number one on Live.
Halo 2: 4 billion games played
Plus: new Halo trilogy theme.
Halo film postponed
But it will be back, apparently.
Studios pull out of Halo film
Fox, Universal unhappy.
Jackson talks up Halo film
On script, director, more.
Halo film director speaks
On the Chief, Covenant, more.
Halo film due in 2008
Director a relative unknown.
New Halo comic announced
It'll be published monthly.
Halo graphic novel preview
Now available online.
500m Halo 2 games played
Bungie celebrates online success.
Feature2005 UK Sales Review
Part One: How current-gen consoles did in 2005.
Halo graphic novel on the way
Featuring all your old friends.
Kill the cast of Hollyoaks
Well, play them at Halo 2.
MS auctions off Halo 2 billboard
It's for a good cause.
Free 2d Halo shooter
Unofficial, obviously.
Del Toro considers Halo film
Would rather do Hellboy 2.
Peter Jackson on the Halo film
He hopes it won't suck.
Halo 1/2 spruced up for 360
Prog-scan, widescreen, FSAA.
Halo even better on 360?
Bungie hints at enhancements.
X360 runs Halo 1/2 from day one
Come back evolved.
Peter Jackson exec-producing Halo movie
X05: Weta doing FX.
IN-FUSIO signs Halo for mobiles
Rings around the world.
Halo movie to shine in 2007?
Plus, triple pack for Xbox?
Halo 2 update due today
Cheaters, your time is up.
Halo 2 Map Pack out now
All nine maps up for grabs.
More Halo 2 maps
Now free of charge.
Halo 2 World Champ named
His parents must've loved him.
Big studios consider Halo flick
Film chiefs court Master Chief.
MS' Halo film demands
Wants big commitment.
Halo 2 maps delayed in US
No word on European date.
New Halo 2 maps next week
Next Monday is going to be "Maptacular", says Bungie. And one of the packs is "Killtacular", too.
Halo 2 expansion pack revealed
Bungie confirms rumours of a multiplayer add-on complete with nine new maps. And they might even be free. Eventually.
Major Halo announcement soon
Bungie says it will make "a major announcement" offering details of its new maps, which will be "available for everybody", as rumours of an expansion pack go unanswered.
Halo 2 Multiplayer
Time to fragging forget about the Campaign mode, okay?
Halo 2 Single Player
Can Microsoft's hype bomb blow everyone's expectations out of the water?
FeatureHalo 2 Multiplayer Walkthrough: Movie and Impressions
Download the full movie of Bungie's behind-closed-doors presentation, and read how the developer took the wraps off the biggest online console game ever.
FeatureE3 2003: Halo 2
I want to be the Master Chief when I grow up.
FeatureHalo 2
Journey to Earthcity with the Master Chief.