Added: 13.11.2014 22:08 | 0 views | 0 comments

, the following playlists will be temporarily removed:

• Team Hardcore
• Rumble Pit
• Halo 4
• SWAT (rotational)

The "updated" playlist will include:

• Team Halo 2: Anniversary
• Halo Championship Series
• Team Slayer
• Big Team Battle
• Halo 2 Classic
• Halo 3

While there are no complete solutions available right now, Ayoub writes that most matches should successfully pair you up by four minutes. "We’re seeing successful match times from anywhere from 15 seconds to 4 minutes. 4 minutes is a long time to wait for a match, but don’t quit out too quickly as it will come. If you haven’t found a match within about 4 minutes, please exit the search and restart, as this will reset the parameters and increase the likelihood of entering a match."

Ayoub closes out his letter by personally apologizing for the "current situation" and adding, "...we won’t rest until it’s what it should be. People are reporting improvements across the board, which is great, but we’re not backing down until we finish this fight."

If you're experiencing issues with the game, unfortunately there's isn't much to do besides sit tight and know that updates and patches will be continuously pouring in.

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Added: 06.11.2014 21:11 | 9 views | 0 comments


In anticipation of the release of Halo: The Master Chief Collection next week, 343 Industries is excited to announce the Halo Championship Series, the official eSports league that will celebrate the franchises rich competitive gaming legacy while building an all-new platform for the future of Halo eSports. The Halo Championship Series, or HCS, was born of 343 Industries desire to curate a quality eSports experience for pro players, enthusiasts, and spectators by creating a single sanctioning body for Halo. Designed to foster the best environment and platform for competitive multiplayer, the HCS will showcase, sponsor and support existing tournament organizers in the growing landscape of eSports today. To help fulfill this ambition, 343 Industries has teamed up with Twitch, ESL, and various tournament organizers to create a year of high-stakes action featuring Halo 2: Anniversary, the newly reimagined multiplayer engine within Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

Added: 06.11.2014 0:49 | 0 views | 0 comments


Halo Championship Series gets detailed we get some behind the scenes Evolve info. Plus, PS4 gets an update Naomi gives you the best gaming deals of the week.

Added: 05.11.2014 21:37 | 3 views | 0 comments



Halo: The Master Chief Collection will launch alongside a new eSports league. Today 343 Industries announced the "Halo Championship Series," a professional competition featuring Halo multiplayer.

Added: 05.11.2014 1:11 | 5 views | 0 comments


FPS games arent exactly the most popular genre in Japan, even if their appeal has been on a very gradual rise in the past few years. Yet, Microsoft came up with a new way to push the genre, alongside the FPS offering on Xbox One, with the Japanese FPS Championship 2014.

Added: 03.11.2014 0:00 | 2 views | 0 comments

With their bite-sized chunks of nostalgic NES challenges, the NES Remix games always seemed better suited to quick blasts on a 3DS rather than extended sessions in front of a Wii U. Perhaps that's why, despite Ultimate NES Remix being a simple compilation of its two couch-bound predecessors, it's so darn appealing.

Of course, much of that appeal comes down to just how invested you are in the Nintendo universe. NES Remix is all about nostalgia, from the 8-bit-inspired music and menus, to the classic cuts of games that make up its many challenges. Like the games that inspired them, the remixed challenges play to the old-school mechanics of score chasing and speed, focusing on dexterity and concentration over more modern conceits like accessibility and story. That's not to say knowing how to make Mario jump over a set of obstacles is particularly challenging, but doing so against the clock when the obstacles suddenly turn invisible most certainly is.

The whole lineup works wonderfully as a nostalgic tour of Nintendo's impressive back catalogue, or as a history lesson to those not old enough to remember them the first time around. Zelda, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Kid Icarus: these are the series that introduced an entire generation to video games, and age has done little to sour their excellence. Only lesser-known titles--the likes of Balloon Fight and Excitebike--fail to hit the mark, but maybe that's as much down to them not being a part of my childhood as it is down to the mundane challenges within.

Aside from the challenges, Championship Mode from NES Remix 2 returns, giving you the chance to play through three quick-fire sections of Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Dr. Mario, with an accumulated score awarded at the end. A new addition comes in the form of Speed Mario Bros., which, as the name suggests, is the entirety of Super Mario Bros., but significantly sped up. Suffice to say, it is very difficult, but skilled players will be able to perform some seriously impressive speed runs with it.

There's enough variety and challenge on offer in Ultimate NES Remix, not to mention some powerful nostalgia, to keep you glued to the screen for longer than you think 30-second challenges ever could. Sure, if you own older versions of the game, there's nothing new here for you to see, but NES Remix's new home on the 3DS makes so much sense that you might be inspired to go back and attempt those challenges again.