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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Nerdist just announced that you can win a Halo: The Master Chief Collection exclusive Xbox One console at SDCC 2014. This is an exclusive to those who attend the convention, hopefully this will generate interest for creating limited edition Halo Xbox One consoles for either Halo: The Master Chief Collection or Halo 5: Guardians.
343 Industries will also reveal details at Comic Con about Halo: Nightfall and Halo: The Master Chief Collection at each of their respective panels.
Halo: Nightfall First-Look
Thursday, July 24, 11:45AM – 12:45PM, Room 6BCF
Prepare for your next step in the Halo Journey with a deep-dive into Halo: Nightfall, the upcoming live-action digital series from 343 Industries and Scott Free Productions. Join 343’sKiki Wolfkill (Executive Producer), Frank O’Connor (Franchise Development Director) along with key Halo: Nightfall cast and crew, and be among the first to get the details of the story and production.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection Developer Panel
Friday, July 25, 10:15AM – 11:15AM, Room 6BCF Join 343 Industries’ Senior Producer, Dennis Ries, and Franchise Director, Frank O’Connor, Certain Affinity’s President and original Halo 2 multiplayer and online design lead, Max Hoberman, and other guests for an in-depth conversation about Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Fans can hear about what to expect from the highly anticipated compilation and discuss the efforts being made to bring the story of the Master Chief and Halo’s legendary multiplayer to a new generation.
At RTX 2014 343 Industries revealed more details about Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Halo 2 Anniversary. Details about terminals, skulls, a new Gungoose vehicle, Gungoose CTF, Coagulation remastered, new gametypes, and weapons like the assault rifle and silenced SMG!
Here’s all the news from the panel in more detail!
The BIG news
Coagulation Remastered
Coagulation will be one of the six Halo 2 maps (joining Ascension) in Halo 2 Anniversary that will also have a remastered version of the map running on a brand new Xbox One engine.
Gameplay and walkthrough the remastered Ascension in Halo 2 Anniversary from RTX 2014. Also revealing the addition of a central energy shield dome.
Ascension is one of the six Halo 2 maps that will have a remastered version as well. At RTX 343 confirmed that Coagulation will also be one of the six maps!
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