Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary ViDoc Released, Pre-Order Bonuses Detailed

Halo is still the one of the biggest FPS games in the current-gen, but with Bungie working on their own project with Activision and 343 Industries taking over the franchise, some people can begin to speculate. Not to mention that there will be a new Halo trilogy, beginning with Halo 4. For now, get yourself nostalgic with 343 Industries remake of Bungie's console debut of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

This'll be the first time we'll be looking at more of what this HD re-master of the Halo will be like, with this new ViDoc that 343 Industries has released.

In the video, 343 Industries take a look back at why Halo: Combat Evolved was one of the biggest FPS games to ever release on a console. Not only does the team love the original Halo and everything about it, but they're also bringing back many of fan favorite things, one of which is the old school pistol. Another is Co-Op play, which will be utilized online as well! From the looks of it as well, in multiplayer, we may be playing this game with the Halo: Reach engine.

That's not all! One of the most unique features in the game is the ability to change between the old graphics to the new graphics with just a push of a button. I reccommend checking out the video right above to see that game and comparisons in action.

With all of you getting pretty damn excited about this, there will be a pre-order bonus. When pre-ordered, you will receive the "Grunt Funeral" skull (skulls being "options" in the game to either change difficulty or just for plain fun). What this skull does is causes all hell to break loose when you kill off a grunt. Once it's down, it'll blow up as if a plasma grenade had been stuck on it, as portrayed in the video below.

The other pre-order bonus will be Master Chief Power Armor for your avatar, which hasn't been seen yet, but I'm pretty sure we can all see in our imagination what it would look like on our avatars.

With November being 4 months away, I'd suggest to keep your eyes peeled for this one.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Will Have Kinect Support, Will Not Affect Core Game

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is set to ship later this year, and when it does it will have Kinect support.

Though Microsoft made no mention of this at this years E3, a recent GamesSpot interview with Microsoft Game Studios chief Phil Spencer revealed the intent to have Kinect in Halo.

"As a first party, we believe that Kinect will be important to all genres of games," said Spencer in the interview, "be it racing games with Forza, combat games like Ryse -- even games like Halo Anniversary has Kinect integration."

A later statement was released by 343 Industries community manager Jessica Shea via the Halo Waypoint message boards. The release provided a deal of clarity to the statement, and emphasized the word optional.

"The Kinect features we're exploring with Halo: Anniversary are optional and won't affect your core gameplay experience," said Shea. "Our mission, from day one, has been to deliver a faithful recreation of the original game, and we remain dedicated to seeing that through to completion."

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is set to be released November 15.