The costumes for the Arbiter were revealed by 343 Industries in Halo Waypoint's latest update, stating that the Arbiter in Killer Instinct's third season is not based on one previous, but instead an "amalgam of Arbiters past." Many of us will associate Keith David with The Arbiter, but this is not the…

First revealed in a teaser during the Killer Instinct World Cup, the Elite warrior from the Halo series named the Arbiter, is joining the Killer Instinct roster in Season 3. He joins Rash from the Battletoads as the second guest character for Microsoft's fighting game, using his Plasma Sword and…

Halo 5: Guardians is almost upon us, but we have a couple of weeks to go yet. In the meantime, peruse over this latest, and highly inappropriately titled 'launch' trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh_NXwqFvHc Halo 5: Guardians gameplay with Muse's Knights of Cydonia accompaniment. God damn 343 Industries, stop doing everything so right.…

To whet your appetite for the upcoming Halo 5, 343 Industries have released this enormous infographic detailing everything you'll have to  look forward to when you pick up Halo 5 Guardians, which launches this October 27th exclusively for Xbox One. Check out the mind-boggling amount of content you can expect…

Microsoft and 343 Industries are starting up the Halo 5: Guardians hype train in advance of E3 this year, with not one but two live-action trailers for their upcoming exclusive shooter. The first trailer is shown from the perspective of Spartan Locke, a new character to the Halo universe first…

A teaser trailer for Halo 5 Guardians has had some suspicious activity surrounding it. The latest iteration of Halo has had an interesting few days recently, with a teaser trailer that has sparked speculation all over the internet. In addition to the trailer, there is a teaser site hosted on…

In a recent blog post, 343 Industries promises that they are still working to fix the less-than stellar multiplayer experience for the Master Chief Collection and it's Matchmaking-based issues. 343 Industries assured players that they have been working through the holidays to attempt to roll out future content updates to…

The Master Chief Collection dropped on Xbox One yesterday, bringing along with it a number of multiplayer-based issues. At the moment, it is nearly impossible to join a game and those that can be joined suffer from a great deal of lag, causing it to be unplayable at the moment.…

Halo 5 Guardians beta will begin on December 29th and will last for three whole weeks, it was announced at Gamescom today. Sign me up, no seriously where do I sign up.

 343 Industries ironically celebrated 343 Day by changing up the online matchmaking lists for Halo 4. The main one to consider is Speed Slayer. Speed Slayer rapidly up's player speed in 6 v 6 team scenarios. The 343 team has commented, "Speed Slayer is a fun, fast-paced game type which gives you…

 Yesterday David Ellis, Designer at 343 Industries tweeted a Twitter user known as @timlongojr. His profile currently reads as below.  Tim was a Creative Director for Republic Commando and the recent Tomb Raider reboot. Now the new Creative Director, he will replace Josh Holmes in this main role.   Josh Holmes has now become…

 The National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA) have announced that they are to partner up 343 Industries to provide a new worldwide merchandise program for the Halo franchise.  "We are thrilled to be part of a franchise with such wide-reaching impact," said Joel Weinshanker, president and COO of NECA. "Bringing the rich universe…

The most recent game is Halo: Spartan Assault, a small top-down shooter interpretation of the franchise originally developed for the Windows Phone 8 OS. Microsoft have now confirmed that the top-down experience will be coming to the Xbox One and Xbox 360 along with Spartan Assaults expansion, Operation Hydra. The…

We all knew it was coming but now it is official. Back at E3, we witnessed the announcement of a new game featuring the legendary Master Chief, but it was simply called 'Halo'. The name seemed weird but it also made sense as it would be the first Halo game…

Available only for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, "Halo: Spartan Assault" is a new top-down action shooter that brings a "Halo" video game to touch-based devices for the first time in franchise history. Developed by 343 Industries in conjunction with Vanguard Games, "Halo: Spartan Assault" provides an accessible, pick-up-and-play…

Check out the trailer for the latest map pack, the Majestic Map Pack, for Halo 4. It contains the new Infinity Rumble mode as well as three new battle zones, and you can download it on your Xbox 360 from February 25th 2013. Please remember that you need the original Halo…

Spartan Ops Season One is coming to a close with Episode 10. Dubbed 'Exodus', a final plan is set in motion and Palmer and Fireteam Majestic are dispatched on a "do or die mission." It comes with new cinematics and, as per usual, 5 gameplay chapters. It will be available…

Episode 9 is the penultimate episode before the season comes to a close with Episode 10, and sees ONI ordering the assassination of Dr Halsey. Lasky, in an effort to stop this, sends Fireteam Majestic in. Remember that new episodes come out each Monday so make sure you're up to…

January 21st - the day that the second half of Spartan Ops Season One will make an appearance on all our Xbox consoles. 343 Industries and Microsoft have announced five weeks of brand-new content, from January 21st through to February 24th, returning Spartans to the episodic battle against the Prometheans…

Players will be pleased to announce that 343 Industries have lots of fun new things planned for Halo 4 with a whole bunch of new content. This will all happen after the Infinity Challenge concludes and there will once again be regular Matchmaking updates! It's set to include the second…

A workaround posted by Microsoft designed to fix some issues with people downloading the new Crimson Map Pack for Halo 4 has caused some players accounts to get banned! Those who had the season pass or bought the Halo 4: Limited Edition were meant to get the map pack for free, but…