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Halo 5 won’t be getting a fully optimized upgrade for the Xbox Series X, but it will have faster loading times and “consistently higher resolution gameplay.” In a recent Halo Waypoint update (opens in new tab), 343 Industries confirmed that Halo 5 won’t be getting the same optimizations on Xbox …

Halo fans were not pleased with Halo 5: Guardians (opens in new tab)’ lack of splitscreen. The absence of this feature, long held as sacred by the community, caused a great deal of ire to be aimed at Microsoft and developer 343 Industries. But that won’t happen again, because Halo …

Itching to jump into some WW1-era combat, but don’t have a copy of Battlefield 1 (opens in new tab)? That’s okay, Halo 5 (opens in new tab) has you covered. Xbox gamer JoeAct20 has created a custom Halo map that includes old-school “planes” (Sam said with sarcastic air quotes) created …

You had to take on Bongo Bongo and its dismembered, drumming hands all on your lonesome back in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, but this custom Halo 5 (opens in new tab) map will let you recruit your buddies for the battle. There’s a lot of surprisingly creepy …

If there was one thing the Star Wars prequels got right, it was podracing. The high-speed chases featuring small cockpits strapped to ludicrously large engines blazing across the surface of Tatooine were great to watch on the big screen, and even more fun to play when the inevitable video game …

343’s getting pretty good at giving away free stuff. Between two major updates (the latest of which arrives this week (opens in new tab)), the developer’s already added (or announced it’s adding) a new Forge mode, an updated Blood Gulch, Big Team Battle mode, more than a few dozen bits …

It used to be that you couldn’t make a living playing video games, and Lord, did a certain generation of gamers hear that point emphasised a lot, as they (we) frittered away yet another afternoon in the Green Hill Zone. But times have changed. Sonic’s most successful work today involves …

After countless deaths, frustrated restarts, and aimless wandering through dark cavernous hallways that seemingly went nowhere at all, my best friend and I looked at each other and agreed: even though we loved playing it and wanted to keep loving it, Halo Combat Evolved is awful. This was the game? …

If you’ve upgraded to Windows 10 of late, you’ll have gained easy access to Cortana, a voice-activated personal assistant who bears a striking audio resemblance to Master Chief’s see-through secretary/guidance councillor/probable love interest. That point’s proven when you ask her Halo-themed questions – she’s got a surprising repository of trivial/sassy …

Ooooh boy patch fans, has your ship come in. With Halo 5 (opens in new tab) and Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (opens in new tab) both imminent, release info, like updates, is starting to arrive. First there’s this from Halo 5 studio head, Josh Holmes: @crazyherb9 The MP update (includes map …