Halo is a science fiction first person shooter and part of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios. The franchise development originated with Bungie, but has since transferred to 343 Industries. The series centers on a conflict between humanity and various alien species over installations called Halos, superweapons created by a mysterious race known as Forerunners. Launching in 2001 with Halo: Combat Evolved, the franchise has also spun off into books, comics, animated films, live action TV, and much more.
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Halo 5: Guardians Offers First Forge Mode Details
343 Industries announces the return of fan-favorite map creation mode Forge, which is set to hit Halo 5: Guardians will the most robust tool set yet.
New Halo 5 Trailer Puts the Focus on Agent Locke
Microsoft releases a new trailer for Halo 5: Guardians featuring the title's other lead, Agent Locke, and it airs Sunday night during AMC's Fear the Walking Dead.
Halo 5 Live Action Trailer Teases A Grim Fate for Master Chief
The latest trailer for the upcoming Xbox One exclusive Halo 5: Guardians teases the impending death of the franchise's main protagonist, the iconic Master Chief.
Halo 6: 343 Says Sequel is in the 'Planning' Stage
Despite Halo 5: Guardians imminent release, 343 Industries is currently hard at work on mapping out the next entry in the beloved sci-fi series, Halo 6.
Halo 5: Guardians Locked at 60 FPS With Changing Resolution
In order to maintain visual fidelity and flow, Halo 5: Guardians will always feature 60 frames per second – thanks to dynamic resolution that scales based on the action.
New Halo 5: Guardians Campaign Footage Leaks Online
Brand new Halo 5: Guardians campaign footage leaks online showing off new gameplay footage of Master Chief and new campaign features such as squad commands.
Halo 5 CG Intro Cinematic is Action Packed
343 Industries releases an action packed CG opening cinematic for Xbox One's biggest 2015 exclusive game, the upcoming Halo 5: Guardians, that features Fireteam Osiris.
You Won't See Master Chief's Face in Halo 5: Guardians
The creative director for Halo 5: Guardians, Tim Longo, reveals to us that Master Chief's face will once again not be shown during the course of the next game.
Halo 5 Won't Include Big Team Battle at Launch
343 Industries announces that, while Big Team Battles will be added to Halo 5: Guardians at some point, the multiplayer mode won't be present at launch.
Halo 5 Music and Multiplayer Menus Leak Early
Images of the Warzone menu and some of the score set to appear in Halo 5: Guardians are now being shared on the Internet, having been leaked via an update to the game's beta.
Halo 5: Guardians is Rated T for Teen
According to the ESRB, 343 Industries' Halo 5: Guardians is rated T for Teen, making it the first title in the Halo series without an M for Mature rating.
New Halo 5: Guardians Trailer Highlights Multiplayer Modes
343 Industries and Microsoft release a new trailer for Halo 5: Guardians at Gamescom, revealing two multiplayer modes, vehicles, and gameplay footage.
Halo Wars 2 Coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 in 2016
At Gamescom 2015, 343 Industries announces Halo Wars 2, developed alongside Creative Assembly, and coming exclusively to Xbox One and Windows 10 in fall of 2016.
Why Halo 5: Guardians Doesn't Feature Local Split-Screen
In a recent blog post on Halo Waypoint, Josh Holmes explains why Halo 5: Guardians will not have its traditional local split-screen mode in co-op or multiplayer.
10 Video Games That Were Horribly Broken at Launch
As more and more video games launch in broken, unplayable states, The Best War Games looks at which other notable video games have been broken at launch as well.
Halo Series Has Sold More Than 65 Million Units
The Halo franchise reaches a new milestone, as Microsoft announces that across all the Halo games and three Xbox systems, the series has reached 65 million units sold.
Comic-Con 2015: Halo: The Fall of Reach Trailer Released
343 Industries have released the first trailer for the animated adaptation of The Fall of Reach set to be included in the special editions of Halo 5: Guardians.
Comic-Con 2015: Halo 5 Getting Biggest Multiplayer Map in Franchise History
Microsoft reveals a brand new map for Halo 5: Guardian's Warzone mode at Comic-Con by building a replica of the massive battleground entirely out of Mega Bloks.
343 Discusses How Halo 5: Guardians' Microtransactions Aren't Pay-To-Win
343 Industries details the micro transactions featured in Halo 5: Guardians, explaining that it doesn't encourage a pay-to-win philosophy in-game.
HoloLens Shows Promise But Still Has a Way to Go
We were able to try out Microsoft's hologram-based HoloLens and saw potential in the headset, but it fell short of expectations following its stellar on-stage showing.