At Gamescom 2014, 343 Industries gave us a brief tour of Halo 2 Anniversary’s campaign showing of the Delta Halo level.
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Halo 2 Anniversary Sanctuary Remastered Gameplay
343 Industries revealed that Sanctuary will be 1 of the 6 remastered Halo 2 maps for Halo 2 Anniversary. Sanctuary joins Ascension, Coagulation, and Zanzibar. There are rumors that Lockout will be one of the six. The final map is unknown.
There are reports that the remastered Sanctuary actually has the name of “Shrine”. This is seen while paused in-game.
Larry Hryb sat down with Dan Ayoub, Executive Producer at 343 Industries, to give us a more detailed walkthrough of Halo 2 Anniversary and it’s remastered map Sanctuary.
Finally check out this multiplayer footage on the remastered Sanctuary.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection Will Support LAN
Yesterday via Twitter it was revealed by a 343 Industries employee, Che Chou Franchise Manager at 343 Industries, that Halo: The Master Chief Collection will support LAN (or System Link). Che Chou was responding to tweets about how the upcomming Gamescom Halo 2 Anniversary tournament would work and Che Chou replied through “Custom Games on LAN”
Two more tweets clarified that for LAN to work there still needs to be a connection to the internet. The internet connection doesn’t have to be major, it’s just so the Xbox One consoles can make a “handshake” and ping to Xbox Live.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection – Limited & Mjolnir Editions!
GAME UK just announced two editions for Halo: The Master Chief Collection – Limited Edition and Mjolnir Edition. The Limited Edition comes with a Limited Edition steel book case, a physical map book, and the Grunt Funeral Skull. The Mjolnir Edition comes with a 12 inch Master Chief Statue from Kotobukiya.
Pre-order the LIMITED EDITIONÂ here
Pre-order the MJOLNIR EDITION here
Check out the continually updated list to learn more about the different pre-order bonuses and editions for Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Halo 2 Anniversary – Cinematic Motion Capture BTS – SDCC 2014
343 Industries showed us a behind the scenes look of Halo 2 Anniversary’s cinematics and the motion capture work that goes into producing the final product – which is being made by Blur Studio.
Halo 2 Anniversary is only available in the Halo: The Master Chief Collection out this November 11th. Blur is handling the re-mastering of all of the Halo 2 cutscenes, terminal videos for Halo 2 Anniversary, and they’re including brand-new prologue and epilogue cutscenes that will act as bookends that will provide some details and story elements for Halo 5: Guardians.
Check out the Halo 2 Anniversary Cinematic trailer and comparison to the original Halo 2 cinematics.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection Dev Panel – SDCC 2014
The Halo: The Master Chief Collection Developer Panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2014.
Check out exclusive look at Halo: The Master Chief Collection, with a behind-the-scenes before and after video of the incredible work Blur Studio is doing to bring Halo 2: Anniversary cinematics to new life, and also learn about another map that you’ll see re-mastered and reimagined in Halo 2: Anniversary as part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Get ready to spend some time this November in sandy, sunny Zanzibar!
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is available only for Xbox One this November!
Panelists:
Andy “Bravo” Dudynsky, Halo Community Manager
Dennis Ries, Senior Producer on Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Frank O’Connor, Halo Franchise Development Director
Max Hoberman, President at Certain Affinity
Franck Balson, Director at Blur Studio
The panel is one hour long but if you want a recap click here!
Also checkout the Halo: Nightfall SDCC panel
Halo 2 Anniversary – Cinematic Comparison Anniversary vs. Original
A comparison between Halo 2 and Halo 2 Anniversary cinematics. Halo 2 Anniversary is only available in the Halo: The Master Chief Collection out this November 11th. Blur is handling the re-mastering of all of the Halo 2 cutscenes, terminal videos for Halo 2 Anniversary, and they’re including brand-new prologue and epilogue cutscenes that will act as bookends that will provide some details and story elements for Halo 5: Guardians.
Halo: Nightfall Panel – SDCC 2014
343Â shared a ton of new info in our Halo: Nightfall panel at San Diego Comic-Con this year. Geoff Knighley welcomed Executive Producer Kiki Wolfkill, Franchise Development Director Frank O’Connor, Scott Free Productions President David Zucker and two of the stars of Halo: Nightfall, Mike Colter and Christina Chong, to talk about the digital series with a packed crowd of fans.
The panel is one hour long but if you want the recap of the new information click here!
Also checkout the Halo: Master Chief Collection Dev Panel here.
Zanzibar Remastered for Halo 2 Anniversary in Halo: The Master Chief Collection
343 Industries announced at San Diego Comic Con that Zanzibar will be remastered for Halo 2 Anniversary in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. They also revealed a trailer for Halo 2 Anniversary’s cinematics by Blur Studio!
Zanzibar will be one of the 6 re-imagined Halo 2 maps. Zanzibar joins Ascension and Coagulation as the 3 maps confirmed so far. So to clarify, these 3 maps will have 2 playable versions: original in Halo 2 classic multiplayer and remastered in Halo 2 Anniversary multiplayer.
Halo 2: Anniversary Cinematic Trailer
Take a first look at the overhauled Halo 2: Anniversary cut-scenes in this trailer from Blur Studio. Included in Halo: The Master Chief Collection as part of Halo 2: Anniversary, the cut-scenes immerse fans into the critically acclaimed story and complement fully the re-mastered campaign gameplay.
In addition to Halo 2: Anniversary celebrating its 10th Anniversary, Halo: The Master Chief Collection also features Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4, Halo: Nightfall, and access to the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta. This is the definitive Halo experience, coming November 11, 2014.
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