Halo: Combat Evolved News

Company shoots down speculation that Halo 3, or any other entries in the series, is coming to PC.

Bungie reveals players spent 235,182 years playing Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo: Reach since 2004; series now entirely in hands of Microsoft.

Former Master Chief studio officially leaving sci-fi shooter series in publisher's hands early next month; "O Brave New Worlds" video documentary arriving on that day.

Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 HD rerelease of Bungie original dropping November 15, 2011--10 years to the day after original Xbox release.

Saber Interactive reportedly readying heavily made-over remake of classic shooter with new art assets.

343 Industries looking for game engineer, multiplayer designer, effects artist, missions designer, more for "next big Halo project."

GDC Online 2010: Writer-design director Joseph Staten on what he has learned from 10 years in the sci-fi shooter universe, how the studio walked away, and what he wants to accomplish with the upcoming Bungie-Activision project.

Halo makers Brian Jarrard and Joseph Staten explain why their studio chose the controversial publisher, potentially letting others work on their IP, and how far along development is on the studio's all-new franchise.

Suburban Seattle shop will remain independent, develop wholly owned new IP exclusively for Call of Duty publisher through 2020 on "all platforms" Microsoft retains Halo ownership; Sony says PS3 edition will be "Halo on steroids."

Blu-ray, DVD, OnDemand, and downloadable arrivals for animated anthology based on Bungie's sci-fi shooter series pushed back a week.

Xbox Live's all-Halo channel launches with avatar awards, open to all until Nov. 26; Halo Legends preview coming Sat.; combined Halo 3: ODST US/UK/Japan sales hit 1.85M.

343 Industries' Frank O'Connor says Microsoft has multimedia plan for sci-fi franchise that "goes out at least six years"; Halo 3 not the end of Master Chief/Cortana storyline.

[UPDATE 2] At Comic-Con, filmmaker reveals his Microsoft collaboration "collapsed" when film project fell apart in 2006; manager Ken Kamins says final fate was sealed in January; Microsoft finally concedes game "on hold."

Developer says Halo: Reach will likely be its sci-fi series swan song; senior designer Lars Bakken thinks new publishing agreement will be closed "sometime soon."

District 9 and live-action short director Neil Blomkamp said he "probably wouldn't do Halo if it was offered" due to lingering bitterness over project's unraveling.

Microsoft working with Ghost in the Shell, Dragon Ball studios on collection of short films; 343 Industries revealed to be Halo publishing brand; teaser trailer inside.

Cult World of Warcraft show The Guild to be distributed via Xbox Live; more Red vs Blue also promised.

The veteran game-score composer talks to GameSpot UK about his musical showcase, how games are affecting classical music sales, and comparisons with the film industry.

[UPDATE] Gamasutra reports that the soon-to-be-shuttered Microsoft studio was working on a massively multiplayer spin-off of the shooter series; 50 prototype screenshots leaked, followed by concept art which all but confirms project.

The man behind the artificial intelligence in Master Chief's last two outings talks to developer conference about where Halo AI is going next.