EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: 343industries
Some major Halo 4 news was announced this week to give series fans (both current and potential) masses of information on the game’s multiplayer modes and features, as well as details on the smart-looking Limited Edition version of the game - both very exciting reveals!
Well… we found it very exciting, so there!
Following a flurry of fantastic fan-friendly… Halo 4 news, with details on the game’s exciting ‘Halo Infinity Multiplayer’ suite of customisation options and game modes, as well as information on the Halo 4 Limited Edition, Microsoft has released a version of the title’s box art that’s presented in a completely brand new way: Animated!
Watch the quick video below to see the previously unveiled Halo 4 cover art in glorious animated fashion, but wait until the end of the trailer for an intriguing story hint…
[Update] Added an image of the Limited Edition - it’s looking very smart! [End of Update]
We’ve just received very exciting news on the multiplayer modes and online offerings that Microsoft and 343 Industries will be bringing to Halo 4 when the game hits shelves on November 6th - get yourself over here to learn more about ‘Halo Infinity Multiplayer,’ story-driven online gaming, the game’s massive range of customisation options and lots more!
If you stick around here for a few minutes, however, you’ll also find out about Halo 4’s just-announced Limited Edition version, with pre-order and South African pricing details available, too!
[Update] Check out your first details on the Halo 4 Limited Edition, with pricing and pre-order information - the content list is insane! [End of Update]
It was only yesterday when we got our first look at the outstanding box art that will adorn copies of Halo 4 when Microsoft’s next blockbuster first-person shooter hits shelves on November 6th, and now today, brand new and hugely exciting information has been unveiled!
Today we learn about Halo 4’s intriguing online and multiplayer offerings in ‘Halo Infinity Multiplayer,’ with talk of story-driven game modes and further in-depth details on how you’ll experience the title’s competitive game modes!
In a clever (and quick) campaign to reveal the box art of Halo 4 in a very non-traditional way (creating a flurry of excitement in the process), Microsoft and 343 Industries recently emailed out internet addresses to a few chosen Halo fans which pointed to segments and slices of downloadable images.
These fans caught on very fast and soon gathered to put their respectively-emailed image pieces together to form a final image and, wouldn’t you know it, a glorious Halo 4 packshot began to take shape:
Blockbuster videogames have seen some mighty advertising efforts in recent years, but the one a lot of gamers will point to as the most affecting is Halo 3’s ‘Finish the Fight’ - a campaign which comprised a series of mock interviews with survivors of important battles in which they had witnessed the awe-inspiring antics of Master Chief as he lead his side to victory against all odds.
The centrepiece of this campaign was a fly-through of a diorama depicting an epic battle, set to moving piano music composed by series-long musician Martin O’Donnell.
The fact that I can recall this campaign in an instant from the recesses of my memory means it had an incredible, lasting impact. With Halo 4, Microsoft and series steward 343 Industries are looking to do it all over again.
“I’m With Coco?” That’s so 2010.
In 2012 you’re going to need to choose your allegiances carefully with major multiplayer games like the next Call of Duty game, Medal of Honor: Warfighter and Halo 4 all releasing towards the end of the year, ready and willing to fight for your game playing time.
Comedy show host Conan O’Brien has made his allegiance clear: He’s with Halo 4, as can be seen in this truly hilarious segment that aired on his programme recently.
Microsoft has stamped a release date on Halo 4, officially announcing that Master Chief’s newest adventure will be available this November.
If you were hoping to dive into a Halo 4 beta before its holiday 2012 launch then I’m afraid you’re out of luck. Developer 343 Industries has taken the decision to focus on internal testing rather than split its resources by putting out and managing a public beta.
Following the release of the very first in-game screenshots for Halo 4, Microsoft and franchise stewards 343 Industries have gone live with a four minute video documentary scratching the surface of the making of Halo 4, discussing what the team at 343 Industries is doing to bring the game to life following the runaway success of the previous games in the series.
Included in the video are your very first glimpses of Halo 4 in action, as well as sneak peaks at multiplayer, so keep your eyes dialled in:
[Update] The first ever video documentary for Halo 4 has been released discussing the creating of Halo 4, with our first glimpses at in-game footage and multiplayer gameplay - check it out over here. [End of Update]
A pair of debut Halo 4 screenshots have been released today, apparently ahead of an embargo that was set for later this afternoon, but now that the images have flooded the ‘net it’s time to drink them in here, too.
Cast your eyes on the first ever in-game screenshots from the upcoming adventures of Master Chief in Halo 4:
The much-talked-about high definition remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved was recently removed from the category of ‘rumour’ and placed squarely in the ‘fact’ bucket, as Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary was formally announced at Microsoft’s E3 2011 press event.
As Halo players already know, Halo: Reach is one of the most complete first-person shooters ever created and includes an amazing singleplayer campaign and a multiplayer experience crammed to the gills (the gills!) with features that make other offerings from similar games seem shallow in comparison. Not to mention it’s great fun!
With the release of the second multiplayer map pack for Halo: Reach, Defiant, Microsoft has extended the range of online playgrounds available to multiplayer gamers with three new arenas – two for competitive play and one for the round-based, enemy-wave-destroying Firefight mode.
Not only is the Defiant map pack important for Halo fans in order to freshen up gameplay a bit and provide new levels to sink their teeth into, but it’s also a significant piece of content because it is, in effect, a ‘passing of the torch’ from previous franchise stewards Bungie to the new Halo custodians, 343 Industries, as well as that company’s development partner, Certain Affinity.
While Certain Affinity has played in this sandbox before with the creation of sets of Halo remake maps for Halo 2 (and the fact that the team comprises former members of Bungie), this is the first time (to my knowledge) that an original piece of playable Halo content has been created by anyone other than Bungie.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of the Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack.
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