With not one, but two Halo games slated for release this year I have had Halo on the brain lately. For many gamers of my age group Halo was the game that introduced us to the FPS experience and will always hold a special place in our hearts. I can still remember learning to use
There is a never-ending and ever emotional argument when it comes to many games regarding balance. Balance would be the game being fair and everyone having an even footing when it comes to actually playing the game. It is not an uncommon sight to visit a particular game’s forums and see someone talking about, or dare I say complaining, about how feature x or feature y is unbalanced or favoring their opponent.I believe that balance is something that has become so subjective that unless there is a significant and obvious difference between two things in a game that should be equal that we, the people playing the games, might have a less than objective perspective on balance .
Say for example that your opponent in a real time strategy game like Starcraft 2 is playing a certain faction and is beating you rather severely, my reaction could be any number of things but most likely would fall into either A) “Oh wow this opponent is good/Oh wow I’m awful at Starcraft 2.” or B) “Hmm maybe his faction is just overpowered/the faction I’m playing just isn’t very good 1v1 against his.” In that example I would go with option A as it is a fact that I’m not very good at SC2 but I think it provides a good example of the ranges of reactions.
Keyshot Productions has released the first behind-the-scenes video for their upcoming Halo fan film, Operation Chastity. The video exhibits the array of props being constructed for the film, alongside the professional makeup and film crews being used by the project. These include mockup Marine armor and weapons and an (apparently functional) Warthog. It’s clear that
It would seem that Microsoft still has Halo on the mind. With the recent news that a Halo 1 remake is in the works what other Halo properties do we get to look forward to. Perhaps Halo 5??
Eric Ruth, the man behind 8-bit makeovers for such titles as DJ Hero and Left 4 Dead, has recently released an 8-bit version of Halo: Combat Evolved. Ruth has previously faced the threat of legal action from Activision (no surprise there) for his Pixel Force DJ Hero title. Evidently undeterred, he’s gone on to release
This weekend, December 11-12 in New York City, World Cyber Games (WCG) kicked off its third annual Holiday Heroes tournament, focusing on Halo: Reach. Teams had to meet at 9AM for check-in at the Samsung Experience and, soon after, the gaming had begun. There were about twelve teams, and each faced a double elimination. When a
The XBOX 360 Kinect launches in a little under a month and will have 15 games available at its launch date. But what about the biggest game of the year, Halo: Reach? Even though Reach isn’t compatible with the Kinect, it isn’t stopping zaxy.com to imagine the possibilities of gunning down other Spartans, assassinating them,
If you have never heard of Egoraptor or the Metal Gear Awesome series on Newgrounds, I pity you. Actually, I don’t pity you. I DO, however, force you to go watch it right now. Whether you’ve seen the series or not, you will thank me after you watch Egoraptor’s latest animated cartoon. Halo: Reach has