I have fond memories of our Halo 3 Firefight nights on Xbox Live. We had huge community participation and hours upon hours and waves upon waves of Covenant to defeat. But when Halo: The Master Chief Collection finally added Halo 3: ODST to its assortment of games, it neglected to add the specific flavor of Firefight we loved.

Microsoft continues to please owners of the Xbox One with more additions to its Backwards Compatibility program, with the most recent members of the family being a slew of Halo titles, including Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo 4 (Disc Version only).

If you don't want to wait for the Halo: Master Chief Collection when it's released this fall, you can get a jump on checking out and catching up on most of the Halo games available - sans the first two. Right now Gamestop is offering Halo 3, Halo 4, Halo ODST and Halo Reach for the low low price of just $17.99. That's four games for $18.

Microsoft announced Halo: The Master Chief Collection at its press conference on Monday, featuring all four games starring our favorite faceless supersoldier in one convenient package. Because playing games in anything less than 1080p makes some people's eyes bleed, Master Chief's adventures have all received the Halo Anniversary treatment and been updated for our modern retinas. Feast your eyes on some of the hot campaign action from Halo 2 in this trailer.

Are you longing to relive the magic of those original Halo games, yet your cherished copies were stolen by wolves, or some other woodland creature? Weep not, friends. Rumors have it that you'll be able to once again experience the delight of mowing down thousands of Covenant as your favorite seven foot tall space marine and his freaky alien buddy in glorious current gen graphics.

Xbox Live Gold Members can download the full version of Halo 3 to their Xbox 360 consoles starting today through the end of the month and keep it forever. The game is part of Microsoft's new games for gold program which is used to add value to your Xbox Live Gold membership.

We've all gained a few pounds over the years.  I remember back in 2007 I could fit into my Mankini without a problem and sit and play Halo 3 all day long with 3 of my co-op buddies - not anymore.  However, from October 16th you can recreate this scene yourself as Halo 3 goes free as part of Games with Gold on the Xbox 360.

Bungie’s next blockbuster title, Destiny, will do co-op gameplay better than a Halo gamer ever could, due to the knowledge they've gained from their successes and failures. In a recent interview, Design Director, Joe Staten, gave some insight on changes to co-op and the number of character choices given to the players that will shape Destiny dramatically.

  Microsoft recently announced their XBOX Live Ultimate Sale event that will have 60 games going on sale over the next week.  Each day has a different set of games and today's starting offer is sure to interest co-op and Halo fans as it is a Master Chief bonanza.  Halo 3, Halo Wars and Halo Reach are all down to $9.99, whi...

Since the dawn of Halo 3, Forge Mode has been a massive hit between casual and professional players to make the perfect maps for any occasion. The question these days is, however, will Halo 4’s version hold its own compared to its predecessor’s?

Bungie are no longer the developers of the Halo franchise, but as one door closes another, in the form of 343 Industries' Halo 4, opens. Before bidding so long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu to the Halo franchise, Bungie have released one last statistical overload.  Amongst the multiplayer stats (over 208 billion games played), are some co-op Firefight stats - 29 Billion kills, 350,405,511 games played, 12.8 Trillion points earned.  Check out Read More and open the gallery for a tiny version of this Halo stat orgy.  Or better yet, follow this link for the full image!