The Halo franchise continues to grow and one thing that makes the series memorable is the fantastic soundtrack that drives the story and gameplay. Halo: Spartan Assault joins the games and behind the music is composer Tom Salta. MTV VMA nominated composer Tom Salta, is one of the most versatile and prolific music artists/producers working in film, television, advertising and video games. His music...
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The organisers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2013 have announced new summit talks for its March conference. Topics covered include lectures on the Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn web video series, smarter tactical behaviour in Hitman: Absolution and Lichdom, and the BBC’s challenges in building worldwide game brands. The talks are part of the AI, Localization, and Game Narrative Summi...
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The Halo universe just got a little bigger with the official release of the latest Spartan Ops: Episode Seven available for download via Xbox Live Monday January 11th. A short synopsis was released earlier this month and it reads as follows; Catherine Halsey is on a mission to take matters into her own hands and is about to make a deal with the devil. I do beleive 343 Industries decision to creat...
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Glasgow, UK, December 5th 2012 — Axis, together with 343 Industries, is pleased to publicize a brand-new, story-driven voyage of Halo 4 – Spartan Ops: Season One. A fresh addition to the Halo franchise, Spartan Ops is a CGI-episodic adventure that immerses the player with dramatic storytelling, high-quality cinematics and action-packed gameplay to ultimately deliver an unparalleled seq...
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One of the greatest video game franchises of all time made its mark yet again last week, when 343 Industries released Halo 4 worldwide. The launch has been classified as one of the largest entertainment releases of 2012. Within 24 hours, Halo 4 raked in $220 million worldwide. This beat out the biggest movies of the year. Halo is one of the most popular video game franchises to be ever created and...
Read More »Hollywood director David Fincher and visual effects lead Tim Miller will work with Microsoft on the launch trailer for Halo 4. Video games are a business, and as a business they require marketing. Indie developers might get successful if their game goes viral on Youtube content creators, like Minecraft did. Mainstream games might go a little too far with their marketing, such as "...
Read More »The first episode for Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn airs today. Does it tell an exciting story of heroism and sacrifice? Back in August a trailer for Halo 4 came out staring live actors that was meant to promote the video game. I thought the trailer was shot well, but confusing since it seemed to advertise a movie than a video game. Turns out I was right as there is a Halo 4: Forward...
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From the day that I saw Halo 4 was making an appearance at Eurogamer Expo 2012, I wanted to just join the queue so that I could play my most anticipated game of 2012. It took me a while to actually find the booth as more and more games grabbed my attention as i strolled around with my backpack full of goodies, (or loot as i was calling it). However once I found the booth and had a photo with Maste...
Read More »Six promethean weapons are revealed in Halo 4. The first is "light rifle," capable of switching between single and burst fire and good at medium range. Second, there is the "Scattershot", capable of firing a burst of lasers in a short range, hitting anything caught in the spread-fire. Coming up next is the "Suppressor", automatically set to auto, thi...
Read More »On September 14th, the fourth installment of the Forward Unto Dawn series, Joyride, was premiered by 343 Industries with a preview from the episode. The Forward Unto Dawn series is an upcoming live-action series based on the Halo universe. “Joyride” explores the recruits of the UNSC at the Corbulo Academy of Military Science. The recruits train as UNSC soldiers with UNSC vehicles and e...
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