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Halo Legends Blu-ray dated Feb. 9, 2010; perfect fanboy storm approaches

by Richard Mitchell on Nov 5th 2009 2:27PM

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A year ago, the following sentence would have been absolutely, totally, and in all other ways inconceivable: The Blu-ray edition of the Halo Legends anime project is scheduled for release on February 9, 2010. The impossible union of Halo and Blu-ray will not only arrive on the same day as the DVD release, but it will also contain an exclusive overview of the series through the events of Halo 3. As Blu-ray.com risibly puts it, "Soon you'll be able to play Halo on your PS3."

Now, we'd like to think that this generation of consoles is far enough along that this news won't ruffle any fanboy feathers. Then again, we'd also like to think that HD DVD, in all its awesomeness, is poised for a comeback. Just remember, Halo fans, Blu-ray discs are not your enemy. Cliffhangers are.

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Tags: 343-industries, blu-ray, dvd, halo, halo-legends, Microsoft, release-date, warner, warner-bros, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (135)

I don't think this will actually annoy anyone, they still have the DVD version.

ROFLMMFBAO!!!!!

**DIES**

It's definitely going to annoy people after I tell everyone I know that it's going to be one of those Blu-Ray movie Game Demo combos. You know...just for the hell of it.

On second thought never mind I might just get stabbed.

And why would I get the Blu-ray when I can download it on Xbox Live?

How convenient for you. I don't like paying for gas; where are you parked?

Why did I get downvoted?

You all might not agree with edge but I do, its not like they can't buy a blu-ray or download the HD version.

Just out of curiosity, why MrAlex and Chris were down voted ? o.O

Yes, but the DVD version, because of the lack of space, will have a lower bitrate.

Meaning, for the highest quality Halo, you have to use the Blu-Ray. Meaning the highest quality Halo can only be seen on the competitor's console.

The irony is poignant.

That's OK. I don't think PS3 fanboys have still recovered from Xbox 360 getting Final Fantasy XIII (and inevitably Final Fantasy XIV).

I'm willing to bet that you will be able to download them to a 360 in the long-run, but in the extremely short-run (pre-Feb 10), you'll be able to watch them on Waypoint for free, with the first episode "airing" this Saturday. I'm pretty sure all the big time Halo fans will watch them first that way, and from what I can tell, they look to be pretty smooth (judging by the preview), though I imagine lower resolutions are probably much more forgiving to animations, so my eyes might just be deceiving me.

So in summary, the Xbox is getting preferential treatment in this situation, and the 'Stiq conveniently left that out so everyone'd argue down here in the comments.

LOOK AT HIS LIL BABY HANDS THEY SO ADOWABLE

The irony!

I'll actually look forward to watching this in HD on my PS3. My 360 that sits beside the my PS3 will feel like its been cheated on, but I like the Halo universe and the stories that it brings. This will be a welcomed edition to my BD collection.

its delicious, isnt it?

Is the Halo anime going to be as boring as the games?

Well at least the movie will be in HD....

and will be ripped asap to a 1080p mkv and a day later to 1080p wmv-hd files and spread on the internet about as fast as the comment "is this better than halo?".

I'm not sure what to say other than "lol"

I had a good laugh just now and then I remembered what Ballmer said about Blu-Ray drives. Maybe he was referring to this?

Welcome to 2004, a time when millions of Halo 2 Limited Collector's Edition owners watched their Halo 2 Making of DVD on their PlayStation 2s (which is still one of, if not the best, making of DVD to ship with a game).

yeah but fallout 3 had a black out in it's making of disk.

BLACKOUT!

I was just talking about that documentary, actually. It really is a marvel.

Yeah it really was great, still get disappointed by most other making of DVDs. And im also still disappointed at how awesome the starting city level would have been : (

The Halo 3 extra DVD's were pretty good. Especially the Remastered Cutscenes with Developer Commentary in the Legendary Edition.

I watched it on my xbox.. never bothered with the PS2

The PS3 is not a horrible blu ray player. Oh, I just saw your name. Give that food back right now, troll!

Care to explain why it's a horrible BD player? Or are you just being that guy?

And so it begins....

NERD RAGE!

Fanboy 1, you will go on my first whistle. Fanboy 2, you will go on my second whistle.

Does the winner get a piece of the "crag"?

+1 to you Dirty for the aggro crag reference! Now to blend in an Olmec/Legends of the Hidden Temple reference in here somewhere.

As long as they don't cross into another players side of the crag and they hit all the actuators

PS3 is among the better Blu-ray players, what are you smoking? Its biggest *and as far as I'm concerned, only* caveat is the loading times (and if you're crazy, the lack of an IR remote).

alright sounds good finaly halo truly in HD now hope bungie joins the dark side we will gladly welcome them

You're very obviously trying to get excited/angry responses from people.

"we'd like to think that this generation of consoles is far enough along that this news won't ruffle any fanboy feathers"

I'll have what he's having.

Actually, it makes sense...

What better way to get a PS3 owner interested in the 360?

Forget about Blu-Ray and Halo, Cliffhangers are the real problem...

Yes, as long as nobody makes a sequel to that shitty Stallone movie, we'll all be happy.

http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=26512

yikes....

Um no it wasnt. The ps2 was just as good as a dvd player you would buy for 200$ and as for the PS3 blu ray its one of the best and yes you can even look it up its faster.

If they had any sense of compassion, they would release this on HD DVD at least - forget all the console wars, you have to feel sorry for those people who bought the HD DVD drive for $200 or something.

Somewhere out in the abyss, Sprinkles is having a stroke after seeing this.

Any 360 fanboys want to come over and watch Halo on my PS3......
...
.....
I've got popcorn!

ROFLMMFBAO!!!!

**DIES**

Im sure HD versions will be available to download from waypoint.

Still not worth buying a blu-ray player for.

Come to think of it, Halo isn't worth buying anything for.

Halo was worth buying Bungie for.

Once the Uncharted movie is made available on the Xbox360 through NetFlix, karma will even out.

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