Guide PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2025 Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service. Jan. 1, 2025 James Billcliffe
News It Needs Consoling | "We’re not going to grow the market with $1,000 consoles", Xbox boss Phil Spencer says, likely leaving the PS5 Pro pretty PSSRd off Yep, just a quippy little line about expensive hardware, nothing to see here. Nov. 13, 2024 Mark Warren 14 comments
News Feeling Blue | Netflix shuts down its “Team Blue” triple-A game studio, losing big ex-Halo, Overwatch, and God of War devs in the process What could this mean for the streaming giant's gaming efforts? We'll have to see. Oct. 22, 2024 Mark Warren
Deals Xmas | Halo Master Chief ornament tops the Christmas charts at Amazon—I've already ordered 10 "Alexa, play Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix" Oct. 15, 2024 Robert Anderson
News New Me | Goodbye 343 Industries, hello Halo Studios, multiple new games, and a switch to Unreal Engine 5 Big changes are coming for Master Chief. Oct. 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke
News First The Worst | It makes me uncomfortable to look at, but Halo Infinite is adding in a third person mode A fresh perspective. Oct. 6, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke 1 comment
News Barrett Gone | Ex-Marathon director was reportedly fired from Bungie following a misconduct investigation Joe Ziegler was announced as having replaced Chris Barrett as lead on the game earlier this year. Aug. 29, 2024 Mark Warren 1 comment
News Spacerunner | Starfield's moon buggy can do sick jumps, but it can't outrun the inevitable - modders swapping it for Halo's Warthog, a Star Wars speeder, and, er, a van See, I told you it wasn't a totally pointless thing. Aug. 22, 2024 Mark Warren 3 comments
News Halo-meless | The Halo TV series is looking for a new home after being cancelled by Paramount+, so step up if there's a spare streaming service in your Warthog's trunk Look, we know it's a long shot, but come on, surely Cortana made one of you pack such a thing for this mission. July 19, 2024 Mark Warren
News Not A Long Splitwait | Splitgate 2 arrives in 2025, so you can look forward to attending another fun wedding between Halo and Portal Get shopping for tuxes now, before everyone rents the Master Chief green ones. July 18, 2024 Mark Warren
News Halo Again | Looks like Xbox is making Halo: Combat Evolved again, but this time it might also come to PS5 A fresh remaster is reportedly in the works. June 7, 2024 Mark Warren 1 comment
News BIG CHANGES | We're almost certainly going to see Xbox's biggest games on PlayStation soon - report Following Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush taking the leap, it looks as though other games may follow suit. May 16, 2024 Connor Makar 5 comments
News STAR WARS TROOPERS | Helldivers 2 Star Wars mod will let you and your nerdy mates do some Clone Wars roleplaying while you kill bugs Also, here's a mod that'll let you enlist Master Chief into Super Earth service. May 13, 2024 Mark Warren
News HALO THERE | Sony is reportedly looking at making another acquisition, and this time it involves Halo Ah yes, thinking about buying big things, we definitely don't see much of that from companies nowadays. April 19, 2024 Mark Warren 4 comments
News MASTER GOOD GRIEF | Ex-Halo composer goes into politics, of course his campaign site looks like a rejected sci-fi main menu design “I never wanted to be a politician and I still don’t,” says the man announcing that he's becoming a politician. March 4, 2024 Mark Warren 4 comments
Guide The best FPS games to play in 2025 Sometimes, you just need to pop some heads. Feb. 29, 2024 Kelsey Raynor 1 comment
News DROPPING HOT | Wish Xbox had Helldivers 2? Amid the hype, Ex-Halo dev teases pitched game ideas that didn't make the cut He's scarce on details, but what hints we get here are tantalizing. Feb. 19, 2024 Connor Makar 1 comment
News SERIOUSLY, CHILL OUT | Don't panic, but Halo is the latest Xbox exclusive series that may have hinted at a multiplatform future You probably won’t want to read a listing for a job you’re not applying for as closely as this ever again. Feb. 6, 2024 Mark Warren 1 comment
News HELMET STAYS OFF | Didn’t like helmet-less Master Chief in Halo? “You don’t like our show” says Pablo Schreiber That's one way of putting it. Jan. 22, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke 6 comments
News SEASONS CHANGE | Halo Infinite's season 5 is its last, confirms 343, but support through 2024 is still planned Operations will be the main form of update going forward. Jan. 21, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke 7 comments
News ROYALE FLUSH | The long rumoured Halo battle royale game has reportedly been cancelled The project supposedly began work in 2020. Jan. 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke 2 comments
News REMEMBER REACH | Full Halo season 2 trailer promises all the stuff we wanted the first time around Master Chief still won't keep his damn helmet on though. Jan. 11, 2024 Fran Ruiz 1 comment
News REACH FOR THE STARS | Halo season two trailer teases the titular ring, confirms a release date Live action Master Chief will be back on the small screen soon. Dec. 3, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke 1 comment
News SPARTAN CHESS | Halo Infinite Forge mod makes a really good case for a turn-based Halo Master Chief moves three steps closer to the enemy, calmly reloads his gun, turn ends. Nov. 10, 2023 Mark Warren
News (NOT) MASTER CHEAP | Halo Infinite MTX just got more expensive – but also a bit better 343 Industries has put some prices up, but not without reason. Nov. 3, 2023 Mark Warren
News Sharpen Your Witts | Former Halo Infinite multiplayer lead gets ready to run a Marathon The developer had previously worked on Fortnite and Rainbow Six Siege. July 17, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke
News Not Enough Time | Phil Spencer says Halo wasn't at the Xbox showcase because it has "a lot more games now" Season 4 of Halo Infinite drops next week. June 18, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke 1 comment
News FINISH THE FIGHT | Halo didn't skip not-E3 after all Master Chief and The Arbiter are coming to Brawlhalla, a game that probably has more active players than Halo Infinite right now. June 13, 2023 Connor Makar
News Feeling Feverish | Halo Infinite is finally getting an Infection mode this summer It's been a long time coming. May 21, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke
News On To New Pastures | Long time Halo dev Joseph Staten is leaving Microsoft after nine years Staten had recently moved back to Microsoft Publishing. April 9, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke 2 comments
News Crafty | Halo Infinite players have made more than one million Forge levels Turns out you all like to make Halo maps. March 5, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke
News Charted Territory | Halo Infinite Season 3 finally arrives in March with plenty of new maps The Season was initially meant to launch last year. Feb. 26, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke
Article ORDER IN THE CORTANA | Are we witnessing the death of the Halo franchise? 343 Industries is doing a lot of soul-searching after Halo Infinite's uneasy launch. What needs to happen to ensure the future of this Xbox icon? Feb. 15, 2023 Kanishka Thakur 8 comments
News Xbox head Phil Spencer discusses recent Microsoft layoffs, Activision Blizzard acquisition, and more Microsoft recently laid off roughly 10,000 of its employees. Jan. 29, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke 1 comment
News LAYOFFS | Microsoft and Riot the latest gaming/tech companies to layoff staff - 343, The Coalition, Bethesda all affected As the wider tech industry downsizes, some games industry giants start following suit. Jan. 19, 2023 Connor Makar 3 comments
News FOR THE NORDS | Halo Infinite player has recreated Skyrim's Whiterun in Forge With a lot of time and a bit of graft, Skyrim and Halo Infinite are together at last! Jan. 4, 2023 Connor Makar
News IT'S ENOUGH | Halo Infinite’s December update brings back The Pit and adds Custom Game Browser early Finally, a year later, Halo Infinite actually feels like a Halo game. Dec. 7, 2022 Kelsey Raynor
News HALOLUJAH | Halo Infinite's winter update is live with campaign co-op, Forge beta, and more Winter is here. Nov. 9, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson 1 comment
Article SLAYER | With the state of Halo Infinite now, Halo 4 is looking damn good on its 10th anniversary 343 got off to a good start, but gosh have they lost a lot since then. Nov. 3, 2022 Connor Makar 13 comments
News End Of An Era | Halo developer reportedly abandoning custom Slipspace Engine for Unreal This follows the many bumps Halo Infinite has experience since launch. Oct. 3, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke 3 comments
News Down The Middle | Halo Infinite players find a sneaky way to play split-screen co-op through a menu glitch The glitch does require you to have a friend online though, irony aside. Sept. 5, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke
News Haloriffic | Halo Infinite winter roadmap has Forge and Campaign co-op down for November Split-screen co-op no longer in the cards. Sept. 1, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson 8 comments
News Halo Infinite's co-op campaign won't have online matchmaking, even after leaving beta Xbox has advised players to use Halo LFG and Discord to find people to play with. July 25, 2022 Kelsey Raynor 9 comments
News BUDDY TIME | Halo Infinite Campaign co-op beta now available to PC and Xbox Insiders Long time coming. July 16, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson
Article reversal | EA blamed Halo Infinite for Battlefield 2042’s poor performance – but six months later, the tables have turned Battlefield 2042's struggles are far from over, but at least it can claim victory over one particular battle. July 12, 2022 Sherif Saed 2 comments
News Dropping hot | Halo ODST has been reborn in Unreal Engine 5 in a stunning new fan experience Titled "Dropzone", this project created by former Halo world designer takes us back to the good old days. July 8, 2022 Connor Makar 4 comments
News Time To Spartan | Halo Infinite's campaign co-op playtest kicks off July 11 The beta will let players finally try out a classic Halo mode. July 3, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke
News TESTING SOON | Halo Insiders can playtest Halo Infinite's campaign co-op in July Some good news on that front. June 8, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson
News The Pits | Halo Infinite's Head of Creative basically confirms classic maps are coming Joseph Staten has outlined that classic maps from the Halo series may be coming to 343's latest game. May 10, 2022 Dom Peppiatt 8 comments
News ROUGH START | Halo Infinite Season 2 started off a bit "bumpy" according to 343 Industries To make things up to players, the studio is offering up some free XP and Challenge Swaps. May 7, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson 5 comments