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Halo Master Chief Collection Devs Talk About Working From Home, Updates On Their Progress

Bringing the Master Chief Collection (MCC) to PC is a big undertaking--with two games live and needing support, and three games still to be released, the team has a big job ahead of them. This is only complicated by the added need to work from home, but a new dev blog shows that the MCC team is taking this well in stride.The new post showcases some of the team's home offices as they work to bring the MCC to PC, with setups ranging from a backyard farm with multiple goats

Halo Infinite: Cool Video Shows How They Captured Bullet Sounds Without Using Bullets

While it may be sometime longer until we finally see Halo Infinite gameplay, developer 343 Industries continues to share neat behind-the-scenes videos about how the team made the game.This latest video, posted on Instagram, shows how the Halo Infinite audio team captured the sounds of bullets flying overhead. Earlier, the team actually captured real rounds flying overhead, but in this video, the studio got more creative. As you can see in the video below, they used a slingshot to launch bullet casings, washers, and various other objects overhead to capture

PSA: Don’t Expect Halo Infinite Gameplay At The Xbox Series X Event This Week

The Xbox Series X games showcase on May 7 promises to be a big and exciting event, featuring next-generation gameplay footage for a series of titles. But there is something very important to remember. Microsoft has said this event will focus on titles from its "global development partners."This means you should expect to see footage of titles like Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Valhalla and others from third-party publishers, but not games from Xbox Games Studios like Halo Infinite.Xbox marketing executive Aaron Greenberg confirmed on Twitter that Microsoft is planning a separate,

Halo: Reach ranks – Master Chief Collection

    Every rank in Halo: Reach on PC and Xbox One in the Master Chief Collection. Halo: Reach has finally arrived in the Master Chief Collection (MCC) and it has a new set of ranks. What this means is that the ranks from Halo: Reach on Xbox 360 are now obsolete. It's time to start tracking your progress based on brand new information, which can be found in a handy table below! It's also worth noting that this is actually the Season 1 ranks for the entire MCC, including

Disintegration’s Marcus Lehto discusses the campaign, Black Shuck, and Outlaw difficulty

Earlier this week, Shacknews got a chance to take an early look at Disintegration's single-player campaign. It was a peek into what drives this dystopian future, as players learned more about the dire state of humanity that has forced them to be integrated into robotic shells. More than that, it was a look into how humanity found itself in the clutches of civil war. War in Disintegration is different than one would expect, in more ways than one. Humans are battling within their robot shells, but for Disintegration itself, warfare

NECA Toys’ 2020 showcase includes Back to the Future, Jaws, & Godzilla

Shacknews checked out some of the coolest new toys to come out of NECA during the New York Toy Fair. At Shacknews, we dig toys and action figures. That means we took a trip to New York Toy Fair earlier this year and looked over all the cool stuff headed to store shelves this year and beyond. And, as it turns out, we found a ton of cool stuff. During part of our journey through the magical wonderland that was Toy Fair, we happened upon the NECA booth, where we

Weekend PC Download Deals for Apr. 3: Xbox Studios Steam Sale

With a lot more time to spend at home, there's probably no time like the present to jump into Halo, especially now that The Master Chief Collection is on PC. Have you not jumped into the Halo MCC yet? Good news! It's getting its very first Steam sale this weekend. You can pick up the whole thing or grab games like Halo: Reach a la carte while saving a few precious bucks along the way. This is part of a bigger Xbox Studios sale, so if you want to save

Treachery in Beatdown City review: Knuckle sandwich

Brawlers are an old-school genre that I've looked back at with a lot of fondness. I remember being raised on games like Final Fight and Double Dragon and it's likely that a lot of today's game developers have as well. Treachery in Beatdown City is one of those games that hopes to tug at those nostalgic heartstrings while also throwing in elements of an entirely different genre. And while it's an admirable effort, the result is something that feels too slow-paced and plodding to feel enjoyable. Enter the fist So

Doom Eternal voice actors and cast

Curious to know who plays your favorite character in Doom Eternal? Here's a list of all the voice actors and cast that you'll want to know. Doom Eternal has had fans ripping and tearing since its release on March 20, and if you’ve been playing through the latest chapter of the Slayer’s epic saga, then you’ve probably got loads of questions and curiosities. Chief among those might be who voices the various characters that you see brought to life within the game. That’s why we’ve put together this handy voice