Halo: Combat Evolved News

Microsoft not planning to release Halo games on Steam
Company shoots down speculation that Halo 3, or any other entries in the series, is coming to PC.
News - Posted Feb 5, 2013 1:28 pm GMT
Halo Infinity domain names registered
Web listings tied to Microsoft point to Halo factory building something new in first-person shooter franchise.
News - Posted Apr 4, 2012 2:35 pm GMT
Halo hits 20 billion games
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.
News - Posted Apr 2, 2012 2:57 pm GMT
From Halo to hardback
Comic-Con 2011: Authors from Gears of War, BioShock, and other popular franchises gather to share their experience when it comes to working for an interactive medium.
News - Posted Jul 22, 2011 8:31 pm GMT
Bungie handing Halo to Microsoft August 2
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.
News - Posted Jul 12, 2011 12:26 am GMT
E3 2011: Halo: CE Anniversary confirmed
Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 HD rerelease of Bungie original dropping November 15, 2011--10 years to the day after original Xbox release.
News - Posted Jun 6, 2011 7:56 pm GMT
E3 2011: Xbox.com outs Halo 4, Halo HD remake
Microsoft's site prematurely tips its hand for new Master Chief entry, "remastered" version of Combat evolved; Dance Central 2, Kinect game "Ryse" also shown.
News - Posted Jun 6, 2011 3:46 pm GMT
Halo: Combat Evolved redux due in Q4 - Report
Saber Interactive reportedly readying heavily made-over remake of classic shooter with new art assets.
News - Posted Feb 5, 2011 12:12 am GMT
Microsoft lists 15 new Halo jobs
343 Industries looking for game engineer, multiplayer designer, effects artist, missions designer, more for "next big Halo project."
News - Posted Dec 22, 2010 4:30 pm GMT
Bungie dev comes full circle on Halo
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.
News - Posted Oct 6, 2010 4:53 pm GMT
Bungie details, discusses landmark Activision deal
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.
News - Posted Apr 29, 2010 9:56 pm GMT
Bungie, Activision lock down 10-year exclusivity
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."
News - Posted Apr 29, 2010 4:31 pm GMT
Halo MMORPG had $90 million budget pre-cancellation
Ex-Ensemble developer Dusty Monk says Ensemble Studios spent three years developing a WOW killer--before Microsoft suddenly pulled the plug.
News - Posted Apr 14, 2010 12:43 am GMT
Pitchford opens up on Gearbox, Borderlands a '3-million-unit game'
DICE 2010: Studio president talks success of "looter shooter," outlines the philosophy and profit-sharing that helped his company sell 25 million games worth $500 million.
News - Posted Feb 20, 2010 12:52 am GMT
Halo Legends slips to Feb. 16
Blu-ray, DVD, OnDemand, and downloadable arrivals for animated anthology based on Bungie's sci-fi shooter series pushed back a week.
News - Posted Jan 7, 2010 11:41 pm GMT
Halo Waypoint opens up, anime due out Feb. 9
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.
News - Posted Nov 5, 2009 8:34 pm GMT
Halo series to continue through 2015
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.
News - Posted Oct 8, 2009 11:06 pm GMT
Peter Jackson Halo game scrapped
[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."
News - Posted Jul 27, 2009 8:28 pm GMT
Bungie 'probably' exiting Halo franchise, new IP deal 'close'
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."
News - Posted Jul 27, 2009 7:55 pm GMT
Halo movie director no longer interested in adaptation - Report
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.
News - Posted Jul 24, 2009 10:18 pm GMT