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When 343 Industries released the long-awaited weapon update for Halo 4 on Monday, I was ecstatic. Finally, I thought, after seven months of meaningful, though still relatively small changes, we’d be getting something really substantial. After spending some time with the update, I think we’ve got something that can satisfy both longtime Halo fans and [...]
The month of March 2013 rages on with its brutal release schedule. This week saw the launch of the latest in one of Sony’s biggest exclusive franchises, God of War. But with Tomb Raider and SimCity still occupying the VGW crew, will anyone step up to the plate to see the story that took place prior [...]
The week is finally behind us and it’s time for us to rattle off what we’re looking forward to playing this weekend and into next week. From the most niche to some of the biggest AAA releases from the past 6 months, to retro handheld titles on Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance, there is [...]
After an extended hiatus, Unfinished Business is back! For those who have joined us over the past 12 months, Unfinished Business is a weekly column where members of the team here at VGW run down what they’re playing during the weekend and into the next week. Even though this month is pretty jam-packed with high [...]
Attention Spartan! Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to watch an approximately five minute long cut scene before barreling through five missions every week. It’s all for the greater good… and easy experience points. I’m talking about Spartan Ops, 343 Industries’ episodic co-op series for Halo 4. On Monday, we reached the [...]
Halo 4 is an interesting game to review for several reasons. For starters, it marks the return of Master Chief for the first time in five years, after two games starring other characters in between. Secondly, this Xbox 360 title completes the hand-off from Bungie to 343 Industries, and I can’t think of a bigger franchise that [...]
Welcome to our bi-weekly podcast, Your Franchise Sucks, which focuses on why various, iconic franchises are actually garbage. Granted, some of them may be lovable garbage, but garbage nonetheless. This is in no way meant to be a rational, critical examination of a franchise, but rather a group of gamers discussing their love and hatred, [...]
This November may not be as insane as last year’s, but with some of the biggest releases of the year hitting in the next 30 days, there are still more than enough blockbuster releases to be excited about. November 2012′s video game releases include new entries into the two biggest first person shooter franchises, and [...]
In what may be a first in video game history, Halo 4 executive producer Kiki Wolfkill and head of 343 Industries Bonnie Ross have stated that they will be taking a zero-tolerance stance towards sexist and otherwise discriminatory conduct on Xbox Live. Any players who are found making discriminatory comments towards others will be permanently [...]
Earlier this week when the achievements for Halo 4 were revealed, it sparked concerns that the campaign’s length would come up on the short side. In response to this, 343 Industries developer and Spartan Ops designer David Ellis took to NeoGAF to dish out a few reassuring details, including the length for Halo 4′s free [...]
Microsoft and 343 Industries have confirmed the original soundtrack for Halo 4 will be available for purchase on October 22, 2012, and that Neil Davidge (of Massive Attack) will be composing the original score. The soundtrack will feature 75 minutes of music, and will be the first time Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori haven’t been at the helm for [...]
With the launch of Halo 4 coming in November, we’ve seen questions crop up recently along the lines of “Do I need to read any of the Halo novels and if so, which ones should I read?” We’ve put together this all too brief and spoiler-free column of our suggestions of which of the Halo novels you should read and [...]
The Xbox platform has seen numerous special edition incarnations spanning back to the original Xbox (Panzer Dragoon Orta console, anyone?) but none are as drool-worthy as this newly announced Limited Edition Halo 4 bundle. Microsoft unveiled the Halo 4-themed console in front of fans at San Diego Comic Con today, and we had to rush [...]