Halo+Forza 3
If you haven’t read the latest Bungie Weekly Update, I’d recommend doing so. Even if they don’t give out a ton of new information, they’re still fun to read. The latest update has a few pictures of fan-made Halo cars in Forza 3. There’s an ODST themed car, as well as a Halo: Reach car.
Reach Confirmed As Prequel.
Even though it was already fairly safe to assume that Halo: Reach would be a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved, it was never actually confirmed until now. Frank O’Connor was recently interviewed by USA Today, and revealed that it is indeed a prequel to Halo 1: “It’s a prequel to Halo 1,” says Frank O’Connor, creative director for 343 Industries, a division of Microsoft that handles all things Halo. A…
Haven’t Read ‘Fall of Reach’ Yet? Listen To It Online!
Just as the title says, you can listen to someone read the entire book online over at YouTube. So far he’s at chapter 28. Give it a listen.
Microsoft Has Six-Year Plan For Halo
“Former Bungie man and now Microsoft’s Creative Director of 343 Industries (its dedicated Halo division), Frank O’Connor has stated that there is a six-year plan in place for the future of the Halo franchise that will see thegame series’ canon branch out across action figures, books, videos, and comics. “We do have a plan that goes out at least six years,” O’Connor told USA Today. “Eventually, it will become very…
Reach Connections in ODST
Well, TGS has unfortunately come and gone without seeing any new Halo: Reach footage from Bungie or Microsoft. The only thing we can give you is Joseph Staten’s recent OXM interview, in which he briefly talks about the game: “The Halo Universe has always had these interconnections but when we made ODST we had the luxury of knowing the Halo game we were going to make next,” he told the…
Former Uncharted Developer Working on Reach
Rob Adams was formerly employed at Naughty Dog Studios for more than 7 years, playing not only a major part in the Jak & Daxter series (including the mediocre Jak X: Combat Racing for the PS2) but also in Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune for the Playstation 3. Now he’ll play a role in a game whose beta alone Microsoft claims will sell the upcoming Halo ODST. Adams has been working on…
Microsoft’s TGS Line-up.
Here it is, Microsoft’s line-up for this year’s Tokyo Game Show, and it looks as though Halo: Reach will definitely be shown. * Forza Motorsport 3 (Demo, Trailer) * Alan Wake (Trailer) * Fable III (Trailer) * Halo 3: ODST (Demo, Trailer) * Halo Legends (Trailer) * Halo: Reach (Trailer) * Crackdown 2 (Trailer) * Borderlands (Trailer) * Samurai Shodown Sen (Demo, Trailer) * FIFA 10 (Demo, Trailer) * Lost…
G4TV Interviews Brian Jarrard, Talk About Reach.
Patrick Klepek of G4tv.com got a chance to interview Bungie’s Brian Jarrard, in which they briefly talk about Halo: Reach. G4: It seems like, at least with the art you’ve shown for Reach and the approach you’ve taken with the new side characters in ODST, you seem to be purposely doing Halo but not doing Master Chief. Is there an intentional getting away from that a little bit? Jarrard: Yeah….
