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. Humanity’s hope rests with the Spartans. […]
Spartan Games goes under
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. The company is also known for Uncharted Seas, Firestorm Armada, Dystopian Legions, Dystopian Wars and Spartan Scenics. No single reason has been given […]
Refreshing concept art from Justin Oaksford
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
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. Let’s see if Microsoft’s marketing can bring me around. We’ve […]
This video is an impressive scale comparison of 45 spaceships
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. I’m reminded of the very impressive sci-fi spaceship comparison chart by […]
Can you guess the results? The fastest sci-fi spaceships of all time! [infographic]
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. They do publish all their findings on their blog post. Hey, I don’t mind that they’re a coupon […]
Spaceships and warriors from John Liberto
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. His impressive CV extends to movies such as Alien vs Predator and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of […]
Solidly sci-fi: A review of Halo: Nightfall
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. The reason why we […]
On the Spot: Video game music
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. It works like this: Tom plays clips of music to talented composer and pianist Sonya Belousova. Sonya then tries […]
Halo Nightfall trailer
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. The story in Nightfall will connect Halo 4 and Halo […]
