Are you longing to relive the magic of those original Halo games, yet your cherished copies were stolen by wolves, or some other woodland creature? Weep not, friends. Rumors have it that you'll be able to once again experience the delight of mowing down thousands of Covenant as your favorite seven foot tall space marine and his freaky alien buddy in glorious current gen graphics.
The body count from the GameSpy shutdown continues to rise. While some companies are migrating their online gameplay to other services, others are turning them off completely. Hundreds of games are being affected in one way or another, be it removing leaderboards or stripping out online play entirely.
Joystiq.com shed a little light on the worst kept secret in the gaming industry today. Halo: Combat Evolved, the "killer app" for the original Xbox, is getting a remake. Sources confirmed to Joystiq.com, "...the re-release is not Bungie's 2001 Xbox game simply running at a higher resolution -- it's being remade with new art assets." It appears Halo is getting more than just a high-def polishing:
It's been a while since we've reminisced about the start of the Halo franchise, Halo: Combat Evolved - we are just too caught up in all of the excitement the series has brought on in the time since that fateful launch of the Master Chief, Cortana, and the Covenant - Oh, and the flood. It looks like the remake rumor mill has started to buzz around the head of Halo, and Microsoft isn't denying or confirming that just yet.
Look at that screen shot. Doesn't it just make your eyes bleed? The aspect ratio alone makes me furious.
I know, I know, I'm not the same zen master of FPS warfare that Jim is. I approached your regular Battlefield Reporter to swap columns with him. He graciously agreed, and now I can share with you my thoughts on the combat-heavy Halo Interactive Strategy (Board) Game.
We don't normally feature movie reviews here at Co-Optimus, but when one of the top co-op franchises gets its own movie, we'll make an exception.
A new iteration of one of the top co-op franchises on any system was released this week. We're talking, of course, of Halo 3 ODST. The game that started it all was Halo: Combat Evolved for the original Xbox. Previous-gen consoles are fair game for this column, so let's take a look at the game that spawned what many consider to be the defining FPS series.
I bet you didn't know the original Halo had a subtitle of "Combat Evolved" did you? Well now you can learn all about Master Chief's first mission for only 600 MS Points, that's $7.50 of your Earth money. The game features 2 player local co-op play through the entire story so you and a buddy can team up to kick some Covenant butt.
