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The first Halo was being developed for the personal computer (Mac to be precise) before it jumped ship onto the Xbox. Halo 2 followed a similar suit and was tagged as being one of the first games to be available for Windows Vista. Halo 3 was rumored to fall in the footsteps along with its predecessors and make an appearance onto the platform, however it never did.

This, however, might just be subject to change after you have a look at "Matt Waggle" who served as an object artist for Bungie Studios during the project. His duties included working on Halo 3 which was being developed for the Xbox 360 and PC at that point in time.

Revealed on the latest episode of GT TV, Bungie revealed that Halo: Reach, thus far, doesn’t feature dual-wielding. The first Halo title didn’t have this feature either, but it was later introduced in Halo 2. Geoff Keighley joked that since the game was a prequel to the first game that the Spartans haven’t learned that technique yet.

One look at Halo Reach and you can see it all falling into place. Halo 3 was good, it looked ok and played well but Microsoft needed something better, something to make people say "wow, look what the Xbox 360 can do!". with one look at the new footage and screenshots from Halo Reach it’s easy to see that Bungie are really trying to push for something special now, something better than just another Halo game.

And it’s thanks in no small part to Killzone 2 and the PS3

RespawnAction: " Remember back in 2007, where on that tuesday, September 25th, you anxiously sat in your chair at work or school? You looked at the clock every few minutes as time slowly ticked away? You knew that once you got out of the current hellhole you were in, you were going to do one of two things. Either go wait at your local Gamestop for eight hours until midnight, or go home and play Halo 2 on Live in anticipation for what was to come. This was the night Halo 3 was released, and millions of people were in the hype to, at the time, end the Halo series."

GB writes:"Halo Reach is arguably Xbox 360’s biggest game this year. Yes it has Fable III, Alan Wake and Splinter Cell: Conviction, but come on, we all know the impact that Halo games make on Microsoft’s console. Killzone 2 is without a doubt the most amazing looking first person shooter even a year after its release. So we at GamingBolt decided to do a high definition screen shot comparison of both these games."

G4TV writes: April 14 will mark the end of an era for Bungie. Halo 2, the game that launched the studio into triple-A status and made headlines worldwide, will no longer be playable online.

Bungie reacted as you might expected: they were bummed out but thankful for the fans.

Fans were much more vocal about their disappointment, however, taking to the official Halo 2 forums on Bungie’s website to swap memories about their time spent battling each other online.

"Damn, I wanna cry, Halo 2 is the reason I’m aiming to design game sin the future," said Sonic343.

"Twiggy", PushSquare: "In 2004 I fell in love. My XBOX Live subscription had been running for about 6 months and I’d had many enjoyable sessions on Project Gotham Racing 2. But Live never truly demonstrated its potential until later that year. Halo 2 released. Prior to Halo 2, my only real exposure to online shooters on a console had come via Quake III Arena on the Dreamcast, which was a fantastic game for the time. But Halo 2 really changed everything: the scale, the maps, the ranking, the gameplay, the netcode. Everything about Halo 2 blew my mind in a way no other shooter has managed since. I can appreciate the brilliance of Modern Warfare 2 – the tight gameplay mechanics and upgrade system make it truly addictive. But at the core, I still feel like I’m playing Halo 2. It’s infinitely better, of course, but I’ve been waiting for a game that feels different. MAG is the change I’ve been craving."

A new video compares the graphics of Warthogs, Spartans, Alliance and a lot of more between Halo: Reach, Halo, Halo 2 and Halo 3.

Today McFarlane Toys announced that a seventh batch of Halo action figures will be released in January 2010. They also provided details and photos of each item in this latest assortment, which features characters from Halo 2, Halo Wars, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo 3.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare didn’t receive anywhere near as much hype leading up to its release as its sequel has. That’s a given considering it was the first in the Modern Warfare franchise and the first Call of Duty game to move onto the modern battlefield. We all knew it was going to be great, taking the series to all new heights with more advanced weapons and a great online experience. But it blew up. It went crazy. Halo 2 may have defined online gaming for consoles, helping make XBOX Live the great online service it is today, but COD4 seemed to redefined it. It was able to attract an all-new market of gamers to not only the genre, but also to online multiplayer gaming.