Halo Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Halo, the television adaptation of the gaming franchise of the same name, is under way now, but how many episodes will there be? The show, created by Kyle Killen (Lone Star) and Steven Kane (Alias, Jack Ryan), is going out in weekly instalments on Paramount+, with the first two episodes having premiered on February 8. Read on for the full season two schedule.

Halo wrapping up this week, what do we know about the possibility of Season Three? Read on for all the info. The television adaptation of the gaming franchise has been created by Kyle Killen (Lone Star) and Steven Kane (Alias, Jack Ryan), and is streaming on Paramount+, with the eighth and final episode premiering on March 21.

After a minor dry spell of new releases, February is gearing up for a stacked slate. This includes major, highly buzzed-about series such as the remake of “Mr.

Two years ago, “Halo” premiered on Paramount+ as one of the upstart streamer’s tentpole series, with high hopes that the show would soar thanks to the original videogame’s popularity. But “Halo” failed to take off with critics, with many meeting it with a mixed reception.

Nearly two years after it debuted on Paramount +, the military science fiction television series “Halo” will return in 2024. As expected—Paramount accidentally revealed the news early when they put all of season one on YouTube—“Halo” season two will return on February 8, 2024.

Halo have been invited to take part in the “world’s biggest” performance of its now-iconic Gregorian chant, with “no previous singing or gaming experience” required.The original Gregorian chant debuted in 2002, as part of the first Halo game’s theme.  Composed by Marty O’Donnell, the piece went on to become synonymous with the long-running Halo series, with many elements from the first theme turning up in subsequent games.Today (June 28), gamechoir has sent out a call for fans of the game to come together in creating the “world’s biggest” performance of the series’ Gregorian chant.The digital event will begin with a live-streamed vocals lesson on YouTube, which will take place on July 10 at 18:45 BST. From there, singers will be encouraged to practice using a professionally-recorded backing track, before submitting their “high, medium or low voice” performances to gamechoir.Following that, gamechoir will broadcast the final piece on August 17.Marty O’Donnell, the composer behind Halo‘s theme, has encouraged fans — “singer or not” — to take part in the Halo chant, and admitted he “never imagined” people would still be singing the chant over 20 years later.“Video games and video game music have the power to bring people together,” shared O’Donnell.

Halo Infinite‘s former head of creative, Joseph Staten, has joined Netflix Games after leaving 343 Industries earlier in the year.On Twitter, Staten revealed that he would be serving as creative director “for a brand-new AAA multiplatform game and original IP” at Netflix Games.“In my work life, there’s nothing I love more than collaborating with others to build worlds filled with iconic characters, deep mysteries, and endless adventures,” shared the Halo veteran.While Staten was involved with Microsoft’s Halo series since Halo 2, recent layoffs and restructuring saw him moved from 343 Industries to Xbox’s publishing division in January. However, Staten ultimately left Microsoft this month to join Netflix.So today, I'm thrilled to announce that I've joined @Netflix Games as Creative Director for a brand-new AAA multiplatform game and original IP.

343 Industries is still contemplating adding microtransactions into Halo: The Master Chief Collection due to the game’s current progression system and number of available cosmetics. The developer penned a post discussing the current state of cosmetics in the game and outlining what solutions it is considering for earnable items (via Kotaku).At present there are over 1000 individual cosmetic items in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, with some released during specific seasonal updates. Back in June 343 Industries made it clear that it is happy with the current play-to-unlock system, but that it understands new players may benefit from the option of using purchasable points to unlock items.To that end, 343 Industries has shared that “no decision has been made around the potential for purchasable SP (Spartan Points) being added as a secondary vector in the future,” but the studio says it does agree with players that the rate in which points are earned needs to be improved at the very least.Spartan Points can currently be earned from any multiplayer game in the Halo collection, and then used on any cosmetics specific to each title.343 Industries is currently working to solve the issue with an update that will allow players to players retroactively earn Spartan Points from every level between Tour one and 11 (for 329 total points) they’ve already progressed through that didn’t reward them with the points.

Halo franchise, and it even fires rockets and plays the iconic theme.Apparently, a world first from YouTuber Jairus For All, a video from June 3 shows off the rocket launcher in action, which fires actual rockets at a target. That said, the project wasn’t so easy to get working properly (via PC Gamer).After a misfire, the SPNKR fired a rocket straight into the ground, missing its target, with the laser sight also not working properly.

continues to build, actor Danny Sapani hyped up the sequel while sharing what it was like being back on set to reprise his role as M'Kathu, a Border Tribe elder. “Oh, just amazing,” he told ET’s Will Marfuggi during the premiere of his new sci-fi series, . “You know, Ryan [Coogler] and the cast and the team at Marvel have just been amazing,” the actor said, referring to the films’ director and co-writer.

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our revitalized TV and streaming podcast, co-hosts Mike DeAngelo and Rodrigo Perez dig into Paramount+’s long-gestating sci-fi epic, “Halo.” Based on the video game franchise of the same name, the show takes place in the 26th century amidst a war between humanity and an alien race called The Covenant. At the center of the story is Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber), a genetically enhanced super-soldier who uncovers an artifact that changes the course of his life, and potentially all life as he knows it (read our review here).

Films based on video games are a notoriously dicey prospect, and that’s being polite. From “Hitman” to “Uncharted” to “Assassin’s Creed,” the overwhelming majority of them have failed to replicate on a screen what worked when fans had controllers in their hands.

exciting new series based on the best-selling Xbox Game Studios first-person shooter game,, is coming to Paramount+ this year. The show, which intends to put a new spin on the central storyline, while still bringing the original feel of the video game franchise to life, takes place hundreds of years in the future, in the midst of a massive war. In, Pablo Schreiber stars as Master Chief, a super-soldier trained to battle an alien group known as the Covenant.

While there have been live-action adaptations of the hit Xbox sci-fi shooter video game series, “Halo,” in the past, Paramount+ will be the home to a very ambitious show that sees various characters like Master Chief get live-action counterparts. The expensive series seems to have won over the brass at Paramount after a very long and drawn-out production in Budapest during the pandemic.

Damn, son, while some festivals have still been really hurting thanks to COVID and Omicron problems, the 2022 South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), which runs March 11-20, this year, is truly going for it. The 2022 edition of the festival program includes 99 features including 76 World Premieres, 4 International Premieres, 4 North American Premieres, 2 U.S.

In March 2020, “Halo,” the long-awaited live-action adaptation of the popular video game, once a movie, now a series, was about to start shooting. Then COVID hit.

is the anticipated live-action, science fiction saga coming to Paramount+. The upcoming series starring Pablo Schreiber is the latest original from the streamer to explore the trials of space exploration after various installments of the franchise.

Is there a more influential video game series than Microsoft‘s “Halo” series from the last twenty years? The first game’s debut in 2001 virtually assured XBox’s success as a console, and the series went on to become one of the most critically acclaimed franchises of all time. The latest in the series, “Halo Infinite,” debuts right now, but that’s not the only new “Halo”-related media soon on its way.

Microsoft hints towards another Halo video game project, or maybe even something else.As spotted by Aggiornamenti Lumia on Twitter, trademarks for Halo: The Endless and The Endless have been made by Microsoft.

Halo Infinite finally launches on Xbox and PC today (December 8), so here’s everything you need to know about getting the game installed, including how to make it a faster process.The new 343 Industries title is going for a simultaneous release, meaning it should launch at the exact same moment across the globe, so here are the release times:Sadly, these times can’t be planned around to let players have the game ready to go as soon as the title unlocks, as Halo community director Brian Jarrard

Halo Infinite’s free-to-play multiplayer will run multiple events through its six-month first season, and the free rewards and event themes have been detailed.Up first is the Samurai-themed Fracture: Tenrai event, running from November 23 to 30, which another three events throughout the season will then follow.

Halo live-action TV series.Debuted during Xbox’s 20th anniversary video stream, the teaser briefly shows Pablo Schreiber (American Gods) as protagonist Master Chief.The series will see Jen Taylor reprise her role from the games as artificial intelligence Cortana, alongside Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo) as Soren-006, and Natascha McElhone (The Truman Show) as Dr.

Halo Infinite free-to-play multiplayer yesterday has already been met with its ups and downs, and now a developer at 343 Industries has responded to how the team is handling the situation surrounding the battle pass.Community director Brian Jarrard tweeted earlier today about the current state of Halo Infinite, and what’s happening next: “The team is looking at Battle Pass progression and gathering data from yesterday’s sessions and we’ll share updates as we have them.

If you venture into the recesses of The Playlist’s early years, you will find mentions of a “Halo” adaptation dating back as far as 2009. At the time, the thought was Steven Spielberg would produce a “Halo” film, based on the massive video game franchise.

Dark Souls on its head by adding a publicly available mod that makes the game very Halo. A video showcasing the mod was uploaded by its creator InfernoPlus on November 5, which can be found embedded below. It shows off an over the shoulder shooter camera, Halo weapons, and even the infamous Blood Gulch map working in the FromSoftware title.Player invasions have also been taken to a whole new level, as teams look to be facing off against one another in iconic Halo maps.

Halo Infinite has been shown, with Streets being set in the famous Halo universe city of New Mombasa.You can see more about it in the IGN First video below.

343 Industries has confirmed that the online services for the Xbox 360 Halo games; Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo 4, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Spartan Assault and Halo Wars, will lose their online functionality in January 2022.Announcing today (October 25), in a new post on Halo Waypoint, 343 said: “Every cycle spent maintaining and supporting Xbox 360 legacy services is time and energy not spent on the future of Halo.” The shutdown, which began its first phase in 2019, saw 6 million pieces

Halo and creative force behind most of the franchisehas joined EA to help build a new studio in Seattle, Washington.Marcus Lehto announced on his Twitter today (October 19) that he will be game director at this new studio, which will be working on “first-person games”.

343 Industries has confirmed that Halo Infinite will not have a dedicated multiplayer ranking system outside of its battle pass.This decision means that owning the battle pass will be the only way to rank in Halo Infinite as of launch-day, and even this will not rely solely on a traditional XP ranking.

Microsoft Solitaire Collection now includes a Halo themed deck, and is available on Xbox Game Pass for PC.Released to celebrate 20 years of Halo, the clash of two Microsoft titans was announced this week, and changes both the front and backs of the Solitaire cards to make them in keeping with the Halo theme.

Halo Infinite is going to use a separate challenge system for levelling up its battle pass, and some fans aren’t too pleased with the idea.The concern stemmed from a recent Inside Infinite blog post by developer 343 Industries, where the head of design Jerry Hook talked about how the battle pass in the game will work.“Using challenges, our goal is that you will always be earning progress in your Battle Pass through playing and winning matches,” said Hook.

Halo 3, District 9 director Neill Blomkamp was working on a live action version of Halo and in a new interview, he’s revealed what his time was like on set. Turns out it was bloody.Working alongside Bungie, Blomkamp was involved with creating various shorts that would presumably create the foundations for the film.

Halo game and uses that classic voice on Cameo.Cameo allows people to pay celebrities to say phrases, often with a personalized twist. Jeff Steitzer has been using the platform to allow people to share his unique announcer style.

Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto has taken to Twitter to reveal a couple of features – including a spear gun – that never made it to the final version.Since Friday (July 9), Lehto has been posting behind-the-scenes footage from an old build of the original Halo on PC.

Halo Infinite’s multiplayer gameplay reveal at E3 during the Xbox event, you are in luck.According to Screen Rant “343 apparently wasn’t content with just one chance to show off their improvements to the game and will be holding an additional showcase on the morning of June 14”.This could be a huge bid to make amends for the game’s shaky start.