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D+PAD Magazine - Halo: The Great Journey – The Art of Building Worlds - Reviewed

D+PAD Magazine writes:

The front cover of Titan Books’ ‘Halo: The Great Journey – The Art of Building Worlds’ sports a small sticker depicting the Master Chief’s iconic Spartan helmet, underneath which are etched two short words – ’10 Years’ – that hold a great deal of significance; Halo: Combat Evolved turning a decade old feels like a genuine landmark, not just for the series, but for videogaming as a whole. Love it or loathe it, the series has arguably done more than any other to shape the tastes of a generation of gamers; it brought PC-quality first-person shooting into the living-room, cemented the popularity of online multiplayer and crafted an epic space opera of proportions challenging even George Lucas at his most imaginative (or, dare we say it, convoluted…). It is Halo’s world – and the series legacy – that The Art of Building Worlds sets about exploring through the visionary artwork that help shape it

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Halo CE Mod Adds a New Way to Play Co-Op in the Worst Way Imaginable

This Halo CE mod allows a new way to play co-op, but probably in the worst possible way.

spicelicka71d ago

This looks like cursed halo at its finest, love it. They need to bring mods to consoles.

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Iconic Halo voice actor has been “waiting” to record Halo audiobooks, but 343 never asked

Halo multiplayer announcer Jeff Steitzer has never been asked to record audiobooks for the franchise's expanded universe.

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Iconic Halo multiplayer announcer recalls being “disappointed” at losing the role of Master Chief

Halo multiplayer announcer Jeff Steitzer reveals he auditioned for the role of Master Chief but lost it to the iconic Steve Downes.

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Sciurus_vulgaris200d ago

The announcer was canonized as being an AI character in universe. No offence to Jeff Steitzer, but his voice might be a bit too over the top for Master Chief.