Age of Wonders 3 review
When it comes to 4X – the crudely conceived title for games that pit you with the consistent management of a nation to ultimately reign supreme – it’s not like you’re drowning in options. If you’re...
View ArticleHalo is here to win the console war in games™ 153
Is Master Chief here to save the Xbox One and win the console war? Almost, as The Master Chief Collection draws closer, we sat down with 343 Industries’ Kiki Wolfkill and Dan Ayoub to talk over their...
View ArticleHalo: The Master Chief Collection review
Getting caught up in too much nostalgia is something to be avoided at the best of times, but in trying to assess 343 Industries’ attempts to revamp and repackage the Master Chief saga to date, it’s...
View Article343 opens up on Halo 5: Guardians
343 Industries looks to atone for recent blunders with Master Chief’s latest adventure. We speak to Josh Holmes and Frank O’Connor There can be little argument that the dominant genre of the last...
View ArticleHalo 5: Guardians review
Halo 5 claims to contain 15 missions, but there are actually only 12. Missions 4, 9 and 11 only earn their title in the sense that an Achievement pops up when they’ve been completed. At around 90...
View ArticleGears 4 team –“We’ve used 343 as a model”
Speaking exclusively to games™ as part of our issue 173 cover feature on Gears Of War 4, we asked whether or not The Coalition had been in touch with 343 Industries who also had to pick up a massive...
View ArticleThe making of Halo Wars 2 with 343 and Creative Assembly
343 Industries and Creative Assembly reveal how they are reinventing the RTS Halo Wars was always regarded as a bit of an oddity; a curious attempt to bring about the resurgence of the RTS, on a...
View ArticleHalo Wars 2 review
It’s no secret real-time strategy remains one of the few genres yet to properly seed on consoles, but what better way to cross-pollinate than one of the most recognisable franchises on the planet? The...
View ArticleHow Shadow Of War could change open-world narratives forever in games™ 186
Monolith is returning to Mordor as we get the inside scoop on Middle-earth: Shadow Of War from the developer. Find out how it is enhancing the Nemesis system to create a story like nothing you’ve seen...
View ArticleTalking Chief with Kiki Wolfkill and Frank O’Connor
[Originally printed in games™ 186] 343 Industries studio head Kiki Wolfkill and franchise director Frank O’Connor sit down for a candid discussion of the past, present and future of the Halo franchise...
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