Halo: Combat Evolved – это динамичный научно-фантастический шутер от первого лица, в котором игрок берет на себя роль Мастера Чифа, генетически модифицированного солдата. В центре сюжета – борьба человечества против инопланетного Ковенанта за контроль над загадочным кольцевым миром Halo. Геймплей сочетает в себе интенсивные перестрелки с использованием разнообразного футуристического оружия и тактические маневры на открытых локациях. Игрок может управлять транспортными средствами, такими как Warthog и Ghost, что значительно расширяет возможности перемещения и ведения боя. Одной из ключевых особенностей является возможность подбирать оружие и экипировку павших врагов, адаптируясь к текущей ситуации. Искусственный интеллект противников достаточно продвинут, они используют укрытия, координируют атаки и реагируют на действия игрока.
PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past Plus, Exodus, White Knuckle, Resident Evil Veronica, Vice Undercover, RimWorld, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Corsair Cove, great RTS games, gaming laptops, and much more, too This month, PC Gamer delivers world-exclusive access to CD Projekt Red's jaw-dropping new The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion, Songs of the Past. Cover story: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past | Secondary features: PC gaming's best RTS games This month, PC Gamer delivers world-exclusive access to CD Projekt Red's jaw-dropping new The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion, Songs of the Past. Cover feature: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past Written by: Joshua Wolens Magazine exclusive: Until September 26th, 2026 What's in this month's cover story: PC Gamer travels to CD Projekt Red's headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, to get up close and personal with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's jaw-dropping new expansion, Songs of the Past. Subscribe to PC Gamer magazine 13 issue UK Annual subscription: $141.99 (Print) | $58.99 (Digital) 13 issue US Annual subscription: $36.95 (Print) | $20 (Digital) Where else can you subscribe to PC Gamer?
I know I'm around two decades late to the party, but I recently purchased and then completed the excellent FPS, F.E.A.R. This came after beating Sprawl zero, an exciting new shooter by a small developer called Maeth. Sprawl zero hearkens back to the age of early 2000s FPS titles, taking inspiration from the likes of the aforementioned F.E.A.R., but also Halo and Half-Life. A Super Soldier By All Accounts Take the slow-mo from F.E.A.R., the Gravity Gun from Half-Life 2, and pack those powers into a Spartan from Halo, and you might get something resembling Sprawl zero.
When it drastically increased the price of Game Pass Ultimate on October 1, 2025, Xbox made a promise in a now-deleted Xbox Wire post: “Ultimate subscribers now get access to over 75 day-one releases a year.” In the year since, a lot has changed at Xbox. This promotional image from October 2025 promotes "75+ day one games a year" as an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit October 2025: 9 Games Added Sopa: The Tale of the Stolen Potato Little Rocket Lab Ball X Pit Keeper Ninja Gaiden 4 The Outer Worlds 2 Powerwash Simulator 2 Bounty Star: Super Fantasy Kingdom Following the price-increase announcement and 75+ game commitment, Xbox came out swinging in October. November 2025: 12 Games Added Football Manager 26 Dead Static Drive Egging On Whiskerwood Pigeon Simulator Winter Burrow Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Moonlighter 2 Total Chaos Young Suns Monsters Are Coming More day-one games would come to Game Pass Ultimate in November 2025 than any other month. Kiln (Double Fine) May 2026: 11 Games Added Mixtape Motorslice Forza Horizon 6 Outbound Black Jacket Call of the Elder Gods Subnautica 2 Luna Abyss Echo Generation 2 Crashout Crew Kabuto Park May 2026 was the most chaotic month for Game Pass within the past year.
Mattel представила конструктор с копией первой Xbox. Набор Brick Shop состоит из 3 509 деталей и в октябре поступит в продажу по цене $330. Он включает консоль в масштабе 1:1 и реплику оригинального контроллера Duke. Модель выполнена в масштабе 1:22, состоит из 935 деталей и будет стоить $76.
For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news. Join the GamesRadar community for quick access. We've not seen a Covenant perspective of the great war, in the games at least, since Halo 2, nor have we seen a UNSC perspective outside of chief's since Reach, (not counting Halo 4: Spartan Ops or Halo Wars 2 as those are post-war).
For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news. In honor of the original console's 25th anniversary, Mattel Brick Shop has produced a 3,000-piece model that recreates the system in all its glory alongside the 'Duke' controller and vignettes from three of its most iconic games. Due to ship on October 16, this 1:1 scale replica is made up of 3,509 pieces.
The original Xbox is still one of the best-looking consoles ever: a big black box that's instantly recognizable thanks to some clever design choices. If you've ever wanted to own and build one of these, you're in luck, as Mattel has just opened up preorders for a 1:1 replica that you can put together alongside several accessories. It's a bit pricey at $330 , but it includes a few neat features that make it a cool display piece. Microsoft's plans to celebrate 25 years of Xbox come during a turbulent time for the gaming brand, as the years has been marked by mass layoffs , console price increases , and a massive $1.7 billion decline in revenue last quarter.
This is an IGN opinion piece from Ryan McCaffrey, who worked at Official Xbox Magazine from 2002-2012 during the original Xbox and Xbox 360 era before joining IGN, where he remains “the Xbox guy.” In the run-up to Xbox’s 25th anniversary, he’ll be sharing his memories from the platform’s first quarter-century. Those of you who’ve been reading my stuff long enough may remember that when I reviewed Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, the third game in Ubisoft’s stellar Tom Clancy stealth series, for Official Xbox Magazine, I awarded it 9.9 out of 10 (interestingly enough, IGN wrote the shortest news story ever about it back then). But even at .1 of a point lower, Sam Fisher still got a higher score than Master Chief – Halo: Combat Evolved got a 9.6 in one of the magazine’s very first issues in 2001, and Halo 2 got a 9.7 in 2004. It wasn’t a surprise then or now, as Chaos Theory was being built by Ubisoft Montreal, then one of the premier development studios in the world, and the makers of the original Splinter Cell (Ubisoft Shanghai handled the first sequel, Pandora Tomorrow, and the game after Chaos Theory, Double Agent – both a tier below Montreal’s work).
Steam Week in Review: Here are the 32 Steam games brave enough to release on GTA 6 day All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 16. - Lord of Undead - Parry Survivor - Cute Country - Phantom Vice Auto - Flick - Moba Team Manager - Astro Industry Wars - The Creator: Live Together - Dig! - Iona's Island - Blyte - Boom Rush: Desert OPS - Core Logistics - Sokobomb - 树人：中国班主任 - Veil Breach: Raven County - Neo Light - Man Simulator - Desert Island Time - Utopium - Cats and Pillos - Anomaly Corp. Top Steam games by revenue (August 4 - 11) Soulslike extraction RPG Mistfall Hunter disappeared from the top 10 after debuting in at number 3 last week (it ranked 12th, so almost).
Гейм-дизайнер Маркус Лето (Marcus Lehto), считающийся соавтором серии Halo и «отцом» Мастера Чифа, поделился мнением о вышедшем недавно шутере Halo: Campaign Evolved от Halo Studios — ремейке одиночной кампании Halo: Combat Evolved. Источник изображения: Steam (TrashBoat) На днях Лето сообщил, что завершил прохождение Halo: Campaign Evolved и остался доволен: «Это был одновременно и привет из прошлого, и свежий взгляд на игру, которую я помог создать. Однозначно!» В то же время, по мнению Лето, «Halo Studios зашла слишком далеко в неправильном направлении» при создании некоторых элементов художественного оформления Halo: Campaign Evolved. Halo: Campaign Evolved вышла 28 июля на PC (Steam, Microsoft Store), PS5, Xbox Series X и S, а также в подписке Game Pass (Ultimate, PC).
Halo: Campaign Evolved's lack of PvP multiplayer is probably the remake's biggest drawback, a baffling letdown for fans of the original 2001 classic FPS with beloved memories playing against friends in the same room on the same TV. I'm having a great time playing through the campaign in co-op mode with a few pals, but what good is playing games with friends when you don't end up hating each other at the end? Anyway, Halo: Campaign Evolved doesn't have PvP, and Halo Studios has provided zero indication that it'll be added at any point. One prominent analyst has suggested this fact is one of the key reasons the Halo remake isn't selling nearly as well as a pair of newly released Call of Duty ports, and now one of the progenitors of the Halo franchise is straight-up calling the game's lack of PvP a mistake.
Primaries attachments Short magazines for: AR-23 Liberator AR-23P Liberator Penetrator AR-23C Liberator Concussive AR-23A Liberator Carbine AR-59 Suppressor Increased spare magazines 12 to 16 Increased starting magazines 7 to 9 Short magazines for: SMG-37 Defender SMG-72 Pummeler Increased spare magazines 9 to 12 Increased starting magazines 6 to 8 Short magazines for: SMG/FLAM-34 Stoker Increased spare magazines 10 to 13 Increased starting magazines 6 to 7 Decreased reload duration 2.8 sec to 2.3 sec Short magazines for: SG-225 Breaker SG-225IE Breaker Incendiary Increased magazines spare magazines 9 to 11 Increased magazines starting magazines 6 to 7 Short magazines for: SG-225SP Breaker Spray&Pray Increased spare magazines 16 to 20 Increased starting magazines 11 to 12 Secondaries P-113 Verdict Increased max spare magazines from 8 to 10 Increased starting magazines from 4 to 6 M6C/SOCOM Pistol Increased max spare magazines from 8 to 10 Increased starting magazines from 5 to 6 P-19 Redeemer Increased spare magazines from 4 to 6 Stratagems Eagle Napalm Airstrike Problem we want to solve: The Eagle napalm did not feel as effective compared to other Eagle stratagems and napalm stratagems Intent and expectation with the change: Create a larger area of effect for the napalms fire Make it more effective compared to other napalm stratagems The change we made: Increased explosion radius 8 to 10m More spread out bomb pattern to cover a larger area MD-17 Anti-Tank Mines Problem we want to solve: The explosion of the mines looks like they can destroy larger things Intent and expectation with the change: The effect of the explosion match should match the visuals better Make the mines work in more situations like destroying colony walls and bug holes from the outside The change we made: Increased Demolition strength from 30 to 40 Enemies Terminids Hunters Problem we want to solve: Hunters and their variants were unable to attack FRVs consistently They could only use their tongue to attack, and struggle to find a proper position to launch it Intent and expectation with the change: When Helldivers enter a FRV, Hunters should be able to attack the vehicle more naturally The change we made: We allowed one melee attack to be correctly triggered against FRVs Illuminate Veracitor Problem we want to solve: When the Helldiver got attacked by a Veracitor while holding a ballistic shield it could created clipping issue where the arm of the Veracitor could merge with the body of the Helldiver and sometime resulting in sending the Helldiver at high speed in the air Intent and expectation with the change: Fighting an exomech with a ballistic shield still protects against damage, but Helldivers will now ragdoll when blocking an attack Helldivers won’t be sent to low orbit anymore after blocking an attack with ballistic shield. Ballistic shield will break after around 15 direct hits The change we made: Increased Exomech melee’s force strength from 25 to 40 Conformed Exomech melee’s attack armor penetration to all correctly be Anti tank Fixes Crash Fixes Fixed rare crash that could happen when dropping down the core drill Fixed a crash which could occur when spreading fire Fixed a very rare crash which could occur when mortar sentries update their targeting aim Fixed a crash that could happen sometimes when dropping in on CR7+ missions on Cyberstan Fixed a rare UI crash on shutdown Fixed a crash when using multiple monitors with different DPI scales in Windows Weapons & Stratagem Fixes Sway and reload weapon stats now display decimals for better accuracy Stratagem Weapons that require a backpack now have a backpack icon included on their loadout icons Stratagem Weapons that cannot be reloaded now have a drop weapon icon included on their loadout icons You can now assist reload a Helldiver, using ammo from their backpack Fixed glitch where Veto pistol would receive one extra round (translating to one extra 6 bullet reload!) from the Siege-Ready armor passive. Orbital Laser will no longer occasionally get stuck after targeting a flying enemy Exosuits will no longer get stuck in trees when being dropped off Throwable items are now being visible to other players when the Helldiver is carrying them Fixed a bug where the EXO-55 Breakthrough Exosuit would sometimes have the shield arm damage zones protrude through the shield, resulting in the arm taking damage that the shield should have protected Fixed case where the Breaker Drill could get stuck on the roof in certain hive world missions M-104 Incinerator FRV's mounted flamethrower now shows the correct icon and name Enemies Fixed an issue where the Gatekeeper's weapons clipped into each other when their target was too close Fixed an issue where visually removing the armor of the Impaler didn't match the gameplay experience Impaler close melee attack now has a damage shockwave Hunters are now able to attack FRVs more consistently Fixed a bug where enemies would disappear when the Helldiver died, thus not being able to know what just killed the Helldiver Fixed enemy navigation issues in one of the Take Down Overship locations Fixed a bug where the Veracitor's melee attack could clip through Helldivers holding a SH-20 Ballistic Shield Backpack Fixed issue where Watchers and Obtruders were not attacking players while mounted behind a Grenadier Battlement Fixed an issue where sometimes the Hive Lord scales would not visually break properly (did not affect gameplay behavior) Obtruder will now collide correctly with Helldivers Reduced clipping between Obtruder and Helldivers' vehicles Veracitors now guard outposts Fixed an issue where the Veracitor clipped through buildings and obstacles while charging. Fixed a bug where the CQC-1 One True Flag would be planted at the Helldivers feet instead of being planted in front of the Helldiver Fixed an issue where the player could see through the Destroyer ship while in a cutscene Decreased the Helldivers heavy land animation from 1.32 sec to 0.8 sec Scrolling to the bottom of the Bindings menu with a controller now correctly stops at the last available option instead of disappearing Fixed possible graphical artifacts in the Control Center Fixed a bug where Network Desync can cause SEAF Artillery shells to not be inserted properly, causing a soft lock Fixed a visual bug where the Oil Rig was displaying both destroyed and non-destroyed visual states Clothes on the upper body of civilian industrial corpses in cities now have the correct textures Optimized tree VFX materials Fixed an issue where network problems caused collision errors with enemy corpses.
Halo Campaign Evolved is a celebration of the franchise, but not many people are attending that party. New estimates peg sales at 1.2 million copies sold across PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5 so far, around $67 million in revenue, which isn't the best start for this remake of the original Halo campaign. Also available via Xbox Game Pass, the game is estimated to have 2.1 million players through the subscription service. Sales are split almost down the middle between Xbox Series X|S and PS5 at 42% and 41%, respectively, while Steam accounts for 17% of sales.
Сотрудники Sony опубликовали традиционный чарт загрузок, демонстрирующий списки наиболее востребованных игр в PlayStation Store за прошедший месяц. На сей раз лидирующую позицию заняла Call of Duty: Black Ops II, которая вышла на актуальных консолях PlayStation в начале июля. Напомним, подразделения Sony работают автономно друг от друга, а посему в каждой категории по два списка игр — слева для Северной Америки, по середине для Японии и справа для Европы соответственно: Игры для PlayStation 5 - Call of Duty: Black Ops II / Call of Duty: Black Ops II / Call of Duty: Black Ops II. - EA Sports College Football 27 / eBaseball PRO SPIRIT 2026 / Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced.
If one were to describe Halo: Campaign Evolved in a single word, it would be difficult to find a more fitting descriptor than "decent." By most accounts, this full remake of Halo: Combat Evolved does a lot to modernize some of the dated mechanics of the original game, which is arguably necessary if the franchise is to find any sort of a foothold on PlayStation platforms. Of course, following this train of thought would bring up the question of why a 25-year-old game needed a full remake to begin with when it was remastered once already. Longtime Halo fans certainly aren't experiencing anything new. Halo | An Infinite Number of Problems If the goal is to introduce PlayStation fans to Halo, the approach taken by Xbox feels outright counterintuitive.
The co-creator of Halo and designer of Master Chief, Marcus Lehto, has weighed in with his thoughts about the latest Halo remake, Halo: Campaign Evolved. Posting on social media , Lehto said he has been slowly playing through the game on the Heroic difficulty and he has some issues but mostly he's having a great time and is happy with the game. "Overall, I really love the upgrades: movement, cinematics, visuals. In terms of Campaign Evolved's new system that gives players hints about what to do and where to go next, Lehto said , "I think the hints are too heavy-handed--pandering to a new era of players with 0% attention span." Also on social media, Lehto addressed the online negativity surrounding Campaign Evolved, saying a platform like X/Twitter "fosters that hate." He said if people got together in the same room to discuss Campaign Evolved and play it, "I bet we would all eventually have a pretty damn good time playing the game together." Campaign Evolved is notable for being the first Halo game on PlayStation.
Do you remember that funny Halo: Combat Evolved video where, at the end of the campaign, someone managed to break the camera free to reveal Master Chief taking off his helmet, only to be wearing another helmet underneath? I thought it was the coolest thing, pulling the camera off its programmed rails to uncover the clever tricks of game development. Well, 25 years later, going beyond the boundaries is still just as fascinating. Recently posted to their X/Twitter account, Boundary Break lived up to its name by going beyond the iconic, flubber-like Xbox boot up screen from the early 2000s.
Halo: Combat Evolved is 25 years old now, so it's a marvel that playing its most recent remake, Halo: Campaign Evolved, is still as fun as it is. Everything from the weight of the weaponry, the ambiance of the Halo installation, the screams of fleeing grunts, and the grin-inducing sound of a plasma grenade exploding on an unfortunate target are all here to remind you (or introduce you) to the most important franchise in Xbox history. It's a series that has struggled in recent times, and it's easy to see this reminder of Halo's roots as critical to its future. So instead of committing to it long-term, 343 Industries reformed into Halo Studios, shut down its in-house Slipspace engine in favor of the ubiquitous Unreal Engine 5, and did what was once unthinkable: It brought Master Chief to PlayStation.
Играли на PC Мастер Чиф с начала нулевых стал лицом Xbox. Halo: Combat Evolved — прорывной для своих лет шутер, который не просто показал, что жанру вполне место и на консолях, но и ввел многие механики, используемые в играх по сей день. Каждая новая Halo была большим событием, а игроки занимали очередь еще до старта продаж, чтобы первыми прикоснуться к новым приключениям Джона-117. Но с момента, как серия перешла из рук Bungie к 343 Industries, ее преследуют беды.
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