Ciarán Walsh

Category: Halo

  • Crackdown impressions

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    Last Thursday night I got time to take a look at the Crackdown demo available for download from XBox Live. Crackdown has received a lot of attention in the gaming press and the Halo community due to the inclusion of invitations to the Halo 3 Beta in retail copies of the game. There was an…

  • Halo news catchup

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    So, the big news is that Halo 3 was officially announced, with a release in 2007 confirmed – though no specific date. At E3 in May a new announcement trailer was shown for Halo 3, and I updated my screen saver program in its honour. You can download the trailer and the screen saver over…

  • Peter Jackson to be Executive Producer for Halo movie

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    Joseph Staten has posted the second installment of the Great Hollywood Journey – his updates relating to progress on the Halo movie. In this update, he announces that Peter Jackson, of Lord of the Rings fame, is to be Executive Producer on the Halo movie. He will be joined by his partner Fran Walsh, and…

  • Making the Halo Movie Companion

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    Lorraine McLees has posted her views on the process of creating the Halo Movie Companion, and about how excited she is that Peter Jackson will be involved in the Halo Movie. What’s interesting is that she claims that there is no existing Halo Story Bible, and that it would take a lot more work to…

  • Cortana to appear in DOA4?

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    Frankie has confirmed on Bungie.net a claim on the Game Informer website, that a Halo character will appear in the upcoming Dead or Alive 4 for XBox 360. Apparently it will be an unlockable character. According to the man himself: “It’s cool. And by cool, I mean totally sweet.” I think the character will be…

  • In-Fusio to produce Halo-themed mobile content

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    Frankie reports over at Bungie.net that In-Fusio has signed a deal to produce Halo-themed ringtones and pictures for mobile phones. “Microsoft has signed a deal with French publisher In-Fusio to make Halo-themed ringtones, graphics and other mobile media for mobile phones. Although no games have been announced at this time, In-Fusio would have the rights…

  • Bungie confirms XBox 360 backward compatibility for Halo 2

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    Over on Bungie.net Frankie completes his report on the Tokyo Game Show. He confirms backward compatibility for Halo 2 on the XBox 360, and states that there will be more details on this topic coming soon. He also alludes to a built-in game on the new console. Finally, he tells us that there may be…

  • Red Vs Blue Season 4 Kicks Off

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    The guys over at Rooster Teeth Productions have kicked off Season 4 of Red Vs Blue, the highly successful and very funny machinima series. The season begins with Episode 58 – Familiar Surroundings and Episode 59 – Hunting Time. As usual, they had me laughing out loud 😀 Last season’s sponsors have access to the…

  • Halo Movie Update

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    Joseph Staten has posted an update over at Bungie.net about progress on the Halo Movie. Details have been worked out with Universal and 20th Century Fox – i.e. the lawyers are now happy – and things can start really moving on the project. Joseph takes us on a journey through the evolution of the project,…

  • J Allard XBox 360 chat transcript

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    Major Nelson organised an online chat with J Allard over the weekend. The transcript of the chat can be found here on his blog. J answered some key questions, such as support for backwards compatibility: J Allard (Expert): Another one from mail: What about backward compatibility in the core system?J Allard (Expert): because we didn’t…