Moving past infinite. Late last year, Microsoft revealed a "new dawn" for its legendary Halo series - with 343 Industries also rebranding to 'Halo Studios' in the process. While we've not heard much about the franchise's next entry since this announcement, the Xbox developer is indeed hiring for this new project - and it's asking aspiring workers to be "part of something legendary" at the Microsoft studio. So, the question we're posing is, do you think Xbox has what it takes to bring Halo back to the top? In asking that, we're by no means slating the series' last game (we actually really like ..read more

Current objective: Survive. Halo Infinite is still getting all sorts of updates and today it's launched Operation: Blue Team - including Firefight Classic, Hot Swap, and a free 20-tier Operation Pass. This new event will run from now until 8th April 2025, so enjoy it while you can! Here are some of the highlights of this latest content drop via the official Halo Waypoint website: Read the full article on purexbox.com ..read more

It surely won't happen... will it? It was back in July of last year that the Halo TV show was officially cancelled by Paramount+ after two seasons, and we've heard nothing about it since then - until it was spotted this week as suddenly coming to Netflix in the UK! Yes, if you're a Netflix owner in the region, you'll notice that both seasons are set to join the service's library from March 1st. The same thing is happening in some other regions as well, but we've yet to verify the full list as things stand. Read the full article on purexbox.com ..read more

"But we'll see". It's been another massive week in the world of Xbox, and after ongoing rumours, it's now been officially confirmed that Forza Horizon 5 will be arriving on PlayStation 5 this spring. If you are wondering what the plan might be for PS5 beyond this point, it seems Xbox's main mascot could be one of the next ones up with Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Read the full article on purexbox.com ..read more

Do you think we'll get an announcement? This is a really interesting time for the Halo franchise. A few months ago, it was announced that a major shakeup was taking place at 343 Industries, with the company rebranding to "Halo Studios" and embarking on a series of new games using Unreal Engine 5. It served as the beginning of a new chapter with Halo Infinite slowly starting to wind down. But now, we're kind of in limbo as Xbox fans. No dates were provided for when to expect anything new from Halo Studios, and the footage they showed off was clearly just proof-of-concept stuff rather than anyth ..read more

"Team members will be exploring new opportunities". It's been a tough period for many game companies and it seems it might have got the better of the new team Jar of Sparks. This developer was formed by the former Microsoft, Xbox and Halo veteran Jerry Hook after he exited 343 Industries in 2022. Now, in an update on LinkedIn, he has announced the team will be "halting work" on its current title to search for a new publishing partner. Read the full article on purexbox.com ..read more

"I spent a whole weekend crafting this impassioned letter...". If you haven't come across it yet, a new adult-animated series called Secret Level arrived on Amazon Prime in early December, and it seems to have been a big hit so far - to the point where it's been greenlit for Season 2! All of the episodes in Secret Level are based around video games, including the likes of Sifu, New World, Pac-Man, Armored Core and Mega Man, but notably only The Outer Worlds makes an appearance from Xbox's first-party lineup. Read the full article on purexbox.com ..read more

Mainly concerning the Bungie era. It wasn't exactly a quiet Christmas Day for Halo this year, as although Halo Studios hasn't got anything to announce right now, some random poster on 4chan decided to leak 90GB worth of content relating to the franchise. That's according to a report from The Game Post, which mentions that the leak was for the "Halo Digsite Archive" - a resource that modders have previously used to help 343 Industries restore old content from early Halo games. Read the full article on purexbox.com ..read more

The best skin is "no longer unlockable". Believe it or not, it's actually been 935 days since Halo's Master Chief skin was last present in Fortnite! That date was June 3rd of 2022, but as a special Christmas treat, a bunch of Halo items (including that skin) have just reappeared. That's obviously great news for any Halo fans who love playing Fortnite, but the controversy stems from the previously unlockable "Matte Black" skin that came with the main one. In the past, if you played just one game of Fortnite with the Master Chief skin on Xbox Series X|S, you'd also get the Matte Black version at ..read more

Finish the slide. Developer Playground Games has detailed its latest Forza Horizon 5 update, and it contains a nice bonus feature for you Halo fans out there. Courtesy of Halo Studios, 71 props from the famous sci-fi franchise are now usable in Forza Horizon 5's EventLab mode - allowing players to create some wild Halo-themed courses and events. These props include UNSC and Covenant barriers, Halo health packs, energy shields, drop pods and loads more. We only have the example image up above for now, but basically, it sounds like you'll be able to go to town building cool Halo creations in FH5 ..read more