Live-action Short: How to Make a Spartan

Didn’t manage to catch the brand new Halo: Reach live-action short that premiered across television networks this evening? Watch it here in all its glory.

Directed by award-winning director Noam Murro, Birth of a Spartan tells the tale of (future Noble Team leader) Carter 259’s transformation from man to Spartan. An extended version will launch tomorrow on Xbox Live, including the launch of (www.welcometonobleteam.com) which will apparently allow users to upload photos of themselves to be converted into Spartan-IIIs – hopefully the process isn’t as painful.

Holiday Gift Guide 09: Action Adventures

We’ve had our fair share of Action Adventure titles this year. Rocksteady’s Arkham Asylum surprised us, Tim Schafer’s latest project brought out the roadie in us all and Assassin’s Creed II put us back in the Animus. Whether your idea of fun involves jumping between carriages on a moving train, lurking in the shadows or working on your air assassinations there’s something here for us all. Like the season, it’s the genre that keeps giving and there’s sure to be a title here worthy of just that.

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MAG: Our Smaller Action Game

Unfortunately we weren’t able to take part in MAG‘s 256-man war, we did however have a stab at a smaller battle and can come out saying we thoroughly enjoyed it. A lot of tweaking needs to go on in terms of balancing the weapons but it’s looking promising, as well as requiring a lot of co-operation, patience and headsets.