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Competition: Win Halo – Silent Storm

September 7, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 11 Comments

Halo: Silent Storm The year is 2526 and humanity is now in open conflict with the conservative religious zealots in the alien Covenant. The United Nations Space Command understands nothing about this new and strange foe except for two things; they have better technology than us, and they’re out to get us.…

Spartan Games goes under

August 27, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Customers are being advised to contact their credit card providers to see if refunds are possible. Spartan Games the UK based company with the Halo Wars miniature games license has closed down.…

Refreshing concept art from Justin Oaksford

June 17, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Justin Oaksford is a concept artist who works for 343 Industries on games like Halo 4, Halo 5 and Project Spark. You can check out his vibrant art over on Tumblr and, good news, can buy a few pieces as prints from InPrnt.…

E3: Halo Wars 2

June 13, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The most recent Halo games came at a time of my life when I didn’t have the room for them. As a result I feel dropped by the franchise. I don’t even recognise some of the aliens in this Halo Wars 2 trailer from E3.…

This video is an impressive scale comparison of 45 spaceships

December 8, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is one of those videos that builds slowly and then starts to wheel in the surprises. Star Trek, Halo, Mass Effect and EVE Online dominate towards the end but we’ve also got V, The Dark Zone, Warhammer, Star Trek and others in here.…

Can you guess the results? The fastest sci-fi spaceships of all time! [infographic]

July 16, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Which of these spaceships can fly faster? The Millennium Falcon, Planet Express, USS Voyager or the Borg Cube? In an infographic designed to grab your attention Fat Wallet.com has done the maths and a bit of research.…

Spaceships and warriors from John Liberto

June 21, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

John Liberto has worked as a concept artist at 343 Industries and is currently at Oculus VR. Think Halo and you’ll be spot on but he’s also contributed to Battlefield, Gears of War and Unreal Tournament games.…

Solidly sci-fi: A review of Halo: Nightfall

March 16, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Halo: Nightfall is a live action movie based on the Halo computer game franchise. If your initial reaction is ‘that could never work’ then you probably haven’t had the chance to watch Halo: Forward Unto Dawn, the original live action series, which worked very well and premiered as a webs series.…

On the Spot: Video game music

January 7, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tune in for Halo, Skyrim, Final Fantasy 7, BioShock and Chrono Cross. This video is done to support Player Piano’s Indiegogo campaign (backer link) and follows on from their “on the spot” jammin’ to Nintendo themes.…

Halo Nightfall trailer

October 24, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are a few Halo Nightfalls – there’s the Halo: Reach level and a Halo song. This Halo Nightfall is the live action crated by Paul Scheuring (Prison Break). It’s expected there will be five episodes that’ll come out with Halo: The Master Chief Collection.…

Competition: Win Halo – Silent Storm

Spartan Games goes under

Refreshing concept art from Justin Oaksford

E3: Halo Wars 2

This video is an impressive scale comparison of 45 spaceships

Can you guess the results? The fastest sci-fi spaceships of all time! [infographic]

Spaceships and warriors from John Liberto

Solidly sci-fi: A review of Halo: Nightfall

On the Spot: Video game music

Halo Nightfall trailer

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