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Halo: Reach MP video

Halo: Reach MP video 

What appears to be a leaked version of a Halo: Reach multiplayer trailer has been leaked onto YouTube via some sources in Korea.
Check out the video, which features jetpacks and assassinations below:

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Halo Reach in-game shots

Halo Reach in-game shots 

EBGames (an American retail brand) has released some screens on their game page for Halo: Reach which is due later this year. The game is a prequel to the first Halo title, “Combat Evolved” which was released on the original xbox console. Remember that?

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Help Haiti with Halo

Help Haiti with Halo 

Murder your friends over XBox Live in a game of Halo on Wednesday and Thursday and Bungie will donate $100 for every 1000 gamers online who use the new Heart emblem in the game.
According to the Bungie Blog, the company have set a cap at $77,000 for donating to the cause. Yes, it is a [...]

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Halo: Reach blowout

Halo: Reach blowout 

More Halo, anyone?
A huge amount of information, screens and stuff has been leaked from the next release of GameInformer Magazine in the US of hay.
Release Date: October 2010
Beta Date: Spring
Data Burst

*Halo Prequel
*Halo 1 Era Weapons
*Large Scale Battles
*Elites Are Bad
*New Engine
*New Weapons
*New Enemies
*New Vehicles
*New Context Sensitive Assassination Kills
*New Perk Like Armour Module System
Intro
A prequel to Halo: [...]

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2009’s disappointments

2009’s disappointments 

2009 was a good year for gaming. A huge amount of top notch stuff came along, with cheaper versions of consoles off-setting the terrible economic crisis.
However, there were duds. Oh boy were there duds, and it wouldn’t be right to leave the year without acknowledging them. Shoryuken will have a list of the best [...]

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Bungie ODST Xmas card

Bungie ODST Xmas card 

In its ever loving Bungie weekly update on bungie.net; community manager Stosh gave a printable version of a very cool Halo xmas card. I though it was interesting enough to show here. If you click on the link there is also some interesting details on the VGA awards trailer released the weekend before last. All [...]

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Halo: Reach

Halo: Reach 

At the 2009 Video Game Rewards a lot was shown. Regulars to shoryuken know of the Batman trailer. We had plenty of awards handed out, news bits and comedic bits from the star of Prince of Persia, Donnie Darko. But probably the biggest news to hit from the show is the news that in 2010, [...]

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Killzone retrospective

Killzone retrospective 

Recently we celebrated Killzone’s fifth birthday, and to further mark the occasion we’re going to take a look down memory lane and revisit Killzone’s turbulent space history.
In 2004, Killzone was released on the PlayStation 2 to much fanfare. I recall going into the city center (Dublin) to pick it up and noticing Sony had bombarded [...]

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10 reasons why Modern Warefare 2 is one to avoid

10 reasons why Modern Warefare 2 is one to avoid 

Jumping into my shoryuken-ified emails and trawling the internet for some inane entertainment or pictures of cats, there’s simply no way for me to escape the impending release of Activisions number one cash-cow, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Most people shorten that to MW2; me? COD6, just to remind myself of just how many [...]

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MLG top ten Halo plays for September

MLG top ten Halo plays for September 

This has to be some of the worst voice over work in history either that or its the best. Listen as this ESPN presenter tries his best to hide that hes a late 20’s company man who clearly stays home ever night practicing his hip street speak. Its also worth watching for one of the best flag saves in history [...]

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