Today Halo Legends is available on Blu-ray, DVD (single disc and two-disc edition). Halo Legends features eight animated shorts, each running about 10-17 minutes in length. There is also a wealth of information on the Halo franchise, with additional material available in the Halo Legends Blu-ray Edition and Two-Disc Special Edition DVD. Longtime fans of the series or those wanting to brush up on the Halo universe before the release of Halo Reach have a great resource with Halo Legends. The animation style and presentations vary, and they all make for enriching the Halo experience. The episodes in Halo Legends are done by creators of other excellent animated features including Ghost in the Shell, The Animatrix, Vampire Hunter D and more.
Here is some of the extra content that you will find in the Halo Legends Blu-ray and Two-Disc Editions:
Halo Legends - Blu-ray Edition
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Includes bonus materials found in the DVD Two-Disc Edition (see below), as well as "Halo: The Story so Far," which is an overview of Halo through the end of Halo 3.
Halo Legends – Two-Disc Special Edition
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Includes several hours of bonus features:
– The Making of Halo Legends: An introduction to Halo Legends followed by a making-of segment for each episode.
– Halo: Gaming Evolved – Explaining the Halo phenomenon from its inception as an Xbox video game to a present day entertainment franchise.
– Audio Commentary with directors Frank O’Connor and Joseph Chou.
- Widescreen format (1.78:1)
See more details on the Halo Legends discs here on warnervideo.com or here on halo.xbox.com. You can also enter the Halo Legends Heroes Journey Sweepstakes here for a chance on winning a trip to 343 Industries, an Xbox 360 Elite and the Halo Legends Blu-ray or DVD.
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Descend into the nine circles of Hell, beginning today. Dante’s Inferno is now available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and soon on the PSP. The game comes from EA’s internal studio, Visceral Games (Dead Space series) and is an adaptation of the first book of Dante Alighieri’s poem, The Divine Comedy.
You can catch a live developer chat today, starting at 2pm PST (5pm EST). Here are the details from EA:
"To help celebrate the release of Dante’s Inferno, join the Dante’s dev team and other fans like you for a CoverItLive chat event on launch day, this Tuesday, February 9th. Fans can chat live with the Dante’s production team from 2-5pm PST!
The event schedule is as follows:
2-2:45 = Vince Napoli, Combat Designer
2:45-3:30 = Zach Mumbach, Assistant Producer
3:30-4:15 = Jonathan Knight, EP
4:15-5 = Justin Lambros, Producer"
Watch for the developer chat here.
EA and Visceral Games also have planned an upcoming line-up of downloadable content (DLC) for Dante’s Inferno, to be released over the next few months. This will encourage you to keep Dante’s Inferno in your collection of games. Downloadable content packs will include "souls, skins, relics and magics." The "Dark Forest" DLC will be released in March, which is a prequel with "new enemies, puzzles and relics." April will bring the "Trials of St. Lucia" DLC, an expansion to the game which includes many features, such as "co-operative multiplayer mode, a new playable character, and an in-game combat editor." The combat editor will allow you to create custom combat trials and share them online.
A Dante’s Inferno animated film is also available (as Blu-ray or DVD). Visit the official website at www.dantesinferno.com for plenty of details on
Dante’s Inferno and more on the history of The Divine Comedy.
Good luck on your descent!
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