Halo's Cortana actor says the direction Bungie gave her for the FPS was to sound like "the girl next door" that you "wanted to hang out with, but you're not in love with"

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Halo's co-creator says Bungie redesigned Master Chief nine times before coming up with the now-iconic look: 'We tried a lot of things'

Lehto, who is an alumnus of Ohio's Kent State University, was speaking to Kent State Magazine (via GamesRadar) about the ...
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Halo 4 Almost Made a Change That Would Have Changed the Franchise Forever

Luke Dammann is a writer from the United States of America. Playing video games since before he can remember, writing about the next Halo or Call of Duty title comes naturally to Luke, who is always ...
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Ico Influenced Chief-Cortana Bond in Halo 4, Says Director

Continuing my three-part interview series with Josh Holmes, Halo 4‘s creative director, we delve into why the traditionally taciturn Master Chief is suddenly so chatty, the similarities between Halo 4 ...
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Master Chief's absence from Halo Wars wasn't Bungie's fault, it was a move to make players "care about everybody else" in the RTS

Halo OG Halo: CE dev says the remake's changes are "like the dance remix of a classic song that skips the intro and the bridge and just thumps the chorus over and over" Halo OG Halo CE dev reacts to ...
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Why Does Halo's Master Chief Rarely Wear His Iconic Armor?

The staple of the Halo video game franchise is the Spartans' armor and, in particular, Master Chief's iconic green Spartan armor. It has become a symbol for the Halo franchise and Xbox as an entire ...
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Did Halo 4 Successfully Relaunch the Franchise 13 Years Ago, or Was It a Mistake?

Halo 4 was a massive success for Microsoft, but the title also laid the groundwork for many of the struggles that it would increasingly face as a franchise. After launching with the original Xbox, ...
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Steve Downes, Jen Taylor, and Keith David jump back into the booth at the 2023 Halo World Championship. What they weren't expecting was a rather... peculiar change in direction. Coheed & Cambria ...

Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto redesigned Master Chief 9 times before perfecting the Xbox mascot: "It took forever, but I wasn't going to stop"

Halo co-creator and Bungie's former art director Marcus Lehto recently spoke with Kent State Magazine, the university he once ...
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection

I'm a total newcomer to Halo, and decided to pick the MCC before getting Halo 5, and I'm glad I made that decision. I'll review each game single player experience without taking into account they're ...