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When Microsoft announced the launch of Cortana, its Windows Phone based voice assistant, UK owners were told that they would have to wait until late 2014 to try it out. However, that date seems to have been brought forward as UK Windows Phone users can expect to receive Cortana sometime …

Microsoft's original programming plans have been cut short as it has been revealed that Xbox Entertainment Studios will be shutting down as part of the mass job cuts taking place at the company. The studio was in charge of the upcoming live action Halo projects and the Atari E.T landfill documentary. …

A long-lost Halo 3 easter egg has finally been found seven years after the game's release. The hidden message was discovered by a dedicated easter egg hunter, following a clue that was left back in 2012. Yesterday, competitive shooter site, TeamBeyond.net posted a discovery made by modder, Lord Zedd. If …

Microsoft didn't just announce the Halo 2 Anniversary Edition at its E3 press conference this evening, the company actually announced that it will be releasing the entire Master Chief collection on one disc with all of the multiplayer modes intact later this year. The collection spans across Halo 1-4. This …

Microsoft has officially announced Halo 5: Guardians ahead of its E3 presentation in just a few weeks. The game is in development at 343 Industries and is currently on track for an Autumn 2015 release. The next big title is described as a “massive and exciting project” and according to …

Activision is betting big on Bungie and its new IP, Destiny, having already sunk half a billion dollars in to the project, making it a huge gamble for both the publisher and the developer. According to Reuters, the Call of Duty publisher is spending $500 million on developing and advertising …

Bungie has revealed that new players won't be able to jump straight in to Destiny's PvP component and will have to put in a couple of hours in to the game first. This is so that brand new players can level up a bit and unlock some abilities before charging …

Destiny will be Bungie's first game since it parted ways with the Halo franchise, so as you can imagine, gamers are very interested in seeing what they do next. However, so far Destiny gameplay footage has been scarce and the developer hasn't given much away about the game, luckily though, …

Many fans of the series admired the soundtrack to Halo, Martin O'Donnell's work was so good that he was kept on at Bungie for ten years, working on the Halo series as well as the studio's upcoming game, Destiny. Unfortunately though, the board of directors at Bungie, for some unknown reason, …

It has been rumoured for a while but Microsoft has finally officially revealed Cortana, the Windows Phone version of Siri or Google Now. The Halo AI inspired voice assistant will be available in the next Windows Phone 8.1 update which is due to arrive in the US in beta form …

Man at Arms is a series of Youtube videos that has an experienced bladesmith crafting all sorts of weaponry from video games and movies, but for his latest project, he's building a Halo energy sword. Of course it doesn't have the power to one shot kill an Elite, but it …

NeoGAF user ‘Ntkrnl' turned the forum in to a dumping ground for Xbox One rumours last night claiming to have inside information on release dates, upcoming games and even a cheaper but disc less Xbox One console. To make matters interesting, there might be some credit to a few of …

Halo 4 developer, 343 Industries, has just hired professional gamer Eric “GH057ayame” Hewitt, a professional Halo player who is best known for his competing as a part of Team Carbon. The studio's latest employee let the news out over the weekend after tweeting “Ready to get back to work?” followed by …

Microsoft has announced that starting in early 2014, its Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles, will have access to their own unique, original content that won't be available anywhere else initially. What those shows will be at the moment remain somewhat of a mystery, though we do know some things. …

At E3 this year it was announced that Sony and Bungie had some form of partnership for Destiny, last night at the Playstation 4 event it was revealed that the PS3 and PS4 consoles will have early access to the beta next year. While it's not as big as a …

Destiny, the long awaited game developed by ‘Halo' creators, Bungie and its partner in crime: Activision, just got it's first game-play trailer along with pre-order beta access details and box art. Destiny is an ambitious game with a persistent growing universe, which Bungie wants to expand over the next 10 …

Halo Reach is quickly becoming one of 2010's biggest success stories and latest statistics in from Bungie are certainly verifying that gamers are really enjoying the newest title in the franchise. Since the game launched 31,000,000 games have been played across the world. 78,499,560,895 credits have been earned. Campaign mode …