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It's a simple question. Which Halo game is the best Halo game? Obviously, the original Halo holds a special place in every Halo fan's heart. I had a permanent LAN setup exclusively for Halo at my house. My parents really loved all the late night yelling matches that accompanied every match. Halo... More

ThreeA is finally giving us a glimpse of its upcoming Halo action figures. The image above teases the sculpt and paint for a figure based on Halo Reach's Carter. This 1:6 scale action figure (roughly 12" in height) is surprisingly true to the character model featured in the game. I was hoping... More

Google today released a variety of statistics detailing what the entire world searched for in 2011. Video games were among the categories, and the results showed no surprises. Call of Duty reigns supreme, taking the top two spots while Halo Reach came in as the third most searched game. Perhaps the most... More

Earlier this week, Stephen Colbert joked about how Master Chief was likely one of the classified members of the now famous SEAL Team Six (or was it a joke?). Regardless, this prompted Bungie to release an interesting Colbert related tidbit surrounding the launch of Halo: Reach. Around the launch of Halo... More

Infamous 2 already garnered some headlines for poking fun at the Xbox 360 "red ring of death" problems, but some new screenshots grabbed from the game's beta show that the team at Sucker Punch are an equal opportunity band of jokesters. On the gaming blog iGo Gaming , writer Jalen Bell... More

If you're a white, 18-to-35-year-old male with a nondescript Xbox Live Gamertag, then you probably face a fairly normal, more or less manageable amount of harassment when playing multiplayer games. But a new study proves what I'm sure comes as no shock to gamers familiar with Xbox Live's... More

UPDATE: Just as I theorized in the story below, it turns out this logo was created specifically as part of the tech demo and not because Microsoft is actually currently working on Halo 5. Here's the official quote from a Microsoft spokesperson: "The logos in question were created for a tech... More

Bungie is usually willing to share data acquired from the Halo series by providing regular updates on stats. This time around, the team has taken this data and put together a pretty epic infographic detailing some of Halo: Reach's most interesting datapoints. Check out the full graphic below and... More

With the release of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has been pushing the idea of bridging the gap between their mobile and console platforms with features like Xbox Live Anywhere that lets you connect with friends on the online gaming service via phone. Now in an effort to attract 360 users to their mobile... More

UPDATE: WINNERS Goon217 , Jonathan Russell , Romar55 , xHitman88x , GarettXO , Todd Sauceda , poisonreap Click the user's name to see their submission. I'll be sending out the codes shortly. Congrats! ORIGINAL STORY One of the coolest aspects of Halo's online community is the file share feature... More

Bungie is releasing the first DLC for Halo Reach today, and their writer/community developer Eric Osborne answered a few questions for us about the game and their plans for its future. Invasion was the most notable new mode in Halo Reach. What has the fan reaction been so far to this new game type? That... More

Friendly reminder: If you've already sucked Halo: Reach's content dry, Bungie is providing another reason to return to the Halo universe with the Noble Map Pack. The three new maps are available now for 800 Microsoft points. Here are some inspiring words from Bungie's website : "The... More

With the biggest shopping day of the year approaching this week, gamers are on the lookout for awesome deals. Lucky for you, Microsoft is happy to help. They've announced a whole bunch of great price reductions this week for both retail and downloadable offerings. From Friday, November 26 until Monday... More

Square Enix's Halo Reach Play Arts Kai figures return next January with a second series. This line includes figures for Kat, Carter, and Jorge. All three of these figures offer high levels of articulation, extra hands, and their go-to equipment from the game. I've been holding off on buying McFarlane's... More

Halo Reach has been out for a month already, but not all of its secrets have been uncovered yet. Did you know that you can pass through "one-way" shields with a carefully-placed assassination? Or that you can assassinate a player from their right shoulder but not their left shoulder? The brilliant... More

Okay, Halo Reach is popular. Everyone gets that. But how often do you get to see a game's popularity quantified in such stark figures? Yesterday Bungie revealed that in its first month of release, gamers have already spent 16,445 years of total time playing Halo Reach. This stat comes with a bunch... More

Yesterday we reported that the NPD Group is changing the way they report monthly video game sales figures, and today we get our first view of this new style. As was expected, we now know a lot less about what games sold how much last month, and we have limited hardware results. Nevertheless, check out... More

Surprising nobody, Halo Reach cleaned up in the sales department for the month of September. Bungie's latest (and last) entry in the Halo franchise released on September 14, and despite only having a couple weeks on the books, the game sold a ridiculous number of copies. According the NPD Group,... More

Learn the answer to this question, plus find out the exact day in October that the Campaign Matchmaking will go online, and find out about the upcoming raised level cap. Bungie's update this week was chock full of interesting stuff, including the chart above. It shows the total player base broken... More

Today at GDC Online in Austin, Texas, Bungie writer Joe Staten gave a keynote speech about "building worlds" in the Halo franchise. It was a pretty interesting panel and is worth reading about in full, but one tidbit stood out in particular: Staten dropped a small but possibly meaningful hint... More