halo
Halo 4 Forge Island Available Now For Free
March 29, 2013 | Luis Alamilla
343 Industries has mysteriously made the new Forge Island map for Halo 4 available for free on Xbox Live today. The new forge map was suppose to be released on April 11th, but it looks the developer decided to release it a bit early. You can download the Forge Island forge map now by using the search option in [...]Read More
New Xbox Supposedly Requires All Games to be Installed
March 20, 2013 | Diego Macias
Vgleaks posted a number of screenshots today, reportedly displaying information contained in the Durango Xbox Development Kit (XDK). The screens confirm a number of rumored features of the next-generation Microsoft console, including a new high-fidelity Kinect sensor. The documentation also includes a rather blunt reference to mandatory game installs. “Every Durango console will have a [...]Read More
Halo 4 Castle Map Pack Trailer
March 11, 2013 | Luis Alamilla
Halo 4′s new Castle Map Pack is being released next month on April 8th. 343 Industries is partnering up with Certain Affinity to develop the DLC. This new map pack adds three new maps, a new 6 vs. 6 playlist, and 9 new achievements for gamers to unlock. The Castle Map Pack will retail for 800 microsoft points but [...]Read More
Halo 2 PC Multiplayer is Shutting Down
January 17, 2013 | Adam 1
A few years ago Halo 2 multiplayer for the original Xbox went cold, now the PC port of Halo 2 is now ready to follow. The multiplayer server will no longer be on on February 15, 2013. 343 Industries has been monitoring the traffic to the server for months now and has only gotten 20 [...]Read More
What I Think 343 Industries Needs To Do With Halo Wars
January 10, 2013 | Evan Hirsh 2
I was a fan of the first Halo Wars. I thought that for a console RTS, it was the one of the best. I really don’t want this great idea of a slightly simplified RTS taking place in the Halo universe to go to waste. Sadly however, it was Ensemble’s last game ever, and thus [...]Read More
Those Banned For the Halo 4 Map Pack Issue Are Now Unbanned
December 18, 2012 | Luis Alamilla
Microsoft release a statement today regarding yesterday’s announcement of some Halo 4 players being semi banned for downloading the Crimson map pack for free when they should have paid for it. Microsoft stated that less than 200 players were affected by the ban and that the ban was only on some features for Halo 4, [...]Read More
Deals of the Day – 12/16/12
December 16, 2012 | Luis Alamilla
Hello GVN readers, welcome to deals of the day, a new daily recap of the latest and greatest video game deals online and in store. Here are the deals for December 16th, 2012. Halo 4 For $40 Amazon.com has a really great deal on one of the greatest shooters of this year. For $40 you [...]Read More
Halo 4 Spartan Ops Being Postponed Next Week
December 6, 2012 | Luis Alamilla
343 Industries is taking next week off on Halo 4′s Spartan Ops to work on the final five episodes in season 1 of Halo 4′s Spartan Ops series that will be available for download next month. After next week Halo 4 spartan ops should continue to be released weekly like normal.Read More
Halo 4 Review
November 26, 2012 | Evan Hirsh 2
The Halo franchise is undoubtedly one of the biggest gaming franchises in history. Without it, every game classified as a first person shooter would not have been the same. Released in 2001, Halo: Combat Evolved changed first person shooters on consoles, just like Goldeneye the generation before Read More
Microsoft Will Ban Sexist Halo 4 Players
November 2, 2012 | Luis Alamilla
In a what may seem like a controversial move on Microsoft’s part, Microsoft is partnering with 343 Industries to ban Halo 4 players who use offensive sexist language. 343 Industries explained before that they believe sexist remarks like these are unacceptable. On one hand it’s understandable why Microsoft is doing this but on the other hand, many people [...]Read More
Latest News
What 3D Mario game do you want to see at E3?
May 26, 2013 | Luis Alamilla
Nintendo announced that a new 3D Mario game will be announced at E3 2013 for the Wii U. The staff here at GVN was wondering which 3D Mario game gamers wanted to see a sequel to the most, Super Mario Sunshine or Super Mario Galaxy. However, there’s also the option of getting something new like the 3DS [...]Read More
Venom & Human Torch confirmed for Lego Marvel Super Heroes
May 26, 2013 | Luis Alamilla
Two new characters have been revealed for the upcoming Lego game, Lego Marvel Super Heroes. Both Venom and the Human Torch will be playable in the upcoming Marvel based Lego game for Wii U, PS3, Xbox 360, 3DS, Vita and PC. Character designs weren’t released but we should see them very soon.Read More
Hotline Miami will run at 60 fps on PS3 and Vita
May 26, 2013 | Luis Alamilla
The Hotline Miami Twitter account confirmed that both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions of Hotline Miami are going to run at 60 fps. The 60 frames per second gameplay will make for some very smooth gameplay on both PlayStation platforms. Hotline Miami is running at 60 fps on PS3 and Vita. Almost there… [...]Read More
