Halo: Combat Evolved for the PC has evolved. It's been patched to version 1.08. This patch removes the CD check for the game, five years after the game has been released. There's also a patch available for Halo: Custom Edition as well. More after the jump!

After Halo 3, what's next for Bungie? Well, we might be finding out soon because there's a mysterious timer counting down on their official website. Head on over to the full article for more information on this.

Gearbox Software has done a lot of accomplishments in the past and has a lot of successful titles under its belt. How would you feel now if the company says that it is working on its biggest and most ambitious project to date?

Well, we are pretty sure that you will be ecstatic because that's what exactly what we felt. To know more about this, read the full article to read what company president Randy Pitchford had to say about the project.

There are video game awards, and then there are video game awards. This particular video game awards feature is probably of the latter, but with a lot of good-natured irreverence thrown into the mix. While it would have been easier for us to just make an article about our favorite games (and we did), we felt that the gaming year of 2007 had a lot to offer, and thus we're giving credit (and blame) where it's due.

Check out the winners in the full article.

Originally posted on January 21, 2008 at 1:14 PM.

Less gamers are clocking in hours to spend time playing PC games online, according to Xfire's latest report. Numbers began to drop since August. Xfire senior director of marketing Frederic Descamps believes there's a very apparent reason behind this - many tried to finish the fight, while others continue to play Bungie Studios' Halo 3 on the Microsoft Xbox 360 instead of their PC gaming rigs.

More details at the full article!

Microsoft and Bungie Studios' Halo 3 is hands down the standard by which video game sales success is measured these days, but analyst Jesse Divnich of simExchange says that things just might get a little tighter in the FPS market. The Arrival of A-list shooters such as The Orange Box and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Sony PS3, Microsoft Xbox 360, PC)could weaken Halo 3 sales dramatically in the weeks to come leading to the holidays.

The recent split between Bungie Studios (of Halo fame) and Microsoft generated a lot of buzz, most of them fearful ones. What about Halo? Will the split mean that there's going to be some degree of enmity between Bungie and Microsoft? Bungie's Community Lead Brian Jarrard cleared up some of the speculations in an interview with 1Up.

Jarrard said that it was "nervewracking" to see the initial rumors of their split with Microsoft spread like wildfire online, especially when both Bungie and Microsoft were not at liberty to say anything about the split at that time. He was quick to point out, however, that the rumors didn't cause friction between Bungie and Microsoft.

When presented with the possibility of Microsoft not giving Bungie Studios their independence, Jarrard answered:

It's hard to say what could or would have happened. Who knows. But it's definitely true that this newfound relationship with Microsoft will help to reinvigorate and energize many of our elder team members.

In a previous article, Microsoft has assured Halo fans that another Halo game is in the works. Reaffirming what Shane Kim earlier said, Jarrard also talked about the new Halo title during the interview. "I wouldn't call it "Halo 4", but it is based in the Halo Universe [...] Halo 3 was definitely not the last Bungie Halo game," he said.

All's well that ends well, we say. We're sure that you want to get more information about the upcoming Halo game, so stay tuned for more updates!

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It's official: Bungie Studios and Microsoft are parting ways. A press release from Microsoft announced today that Bungie Studios will be embarking on a path to become an independent company. This confirms earlier rumors of the Bungie-Microsoft split.

Microsoft will still retain an equity interest in the studio. Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie will be continuing their publishing agreement for the Halo IP as well as other future Bungie projects. According to Bungie studio head Harold Ryan, the studio will continue to focus primarily on video game development for Microsoft platforms.

Shane Kim, Microsoft Game Studios' corporate vice president, also assured people that they will continue to invest in "a new interactive series set in the Halo universe" with Bungie and other partners including director Peter Jackson.

How many titles more before Jack Thompson succeeds in driving home the point that minors are being sold Mature-rated games even without the proper identification from retail stores?

After sending his 15-year-old son to purchase BioShock (PC, Xbox 360) a while back, the kid adds yet another to his growing collection, in the form of Bungie Studios' epic Halo 3.

In a press release circulated yesterday, the anti-game advocate claims that his son was able to purchase the game from a Target store without having to verify his age. Ironically, in doing so, he helped the very title he sought a TRO for just last week.

Miami attorney and anti-violent video game activist today did a successful sting on Target Corporation. His fifteen-year-old son, on the first try, was able to buy the "Mature-rated" Halo 3 without producing any age ID at the Dadeland Station Target.

Thompson is aiming to prove that the current game age rating system is majorly flawed and that serious revisions have to be made on it to make it more effective.

Over here at the QJ offices, we're not sure whether we should be jealous or angry. Jealous because a Bungie dev got to drive the actual warthog made by the folks at WETA. Angry because the said developer managed to scratch the beautiful warthog against a wooden shed.

That's right folks. We've got video today that should be rather exciting, because some Bungie developers got the chance to drive the well-known Warthog we covered earlier in July. According to Bungie Studios' Weekly Update, the devs were in New Zealand to help Peter Jackson on the Halo project, and managed to spend some time at WETA as well, driving their souped up buggy.

Of course, being developers (and not stunt drivers), one of the devs managed to mess up the paint job by hitting a wood shed while taking it out for a spin, but he still counts as one of the most awesome people in the world, if only because he drove a gamer's dream car.

In related news, Bungie Studios is reminding gamers to steer clear of player profiles to avoid spoilers because, as they say, certain people "could LITERALLY have the final frame of the game as a screenshot on their file share." For these and other Bungie updates, feel free to check the readlink below.