Halo Studios now a support studio for existing Halo games
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For decades, Halo developers have resisted the influence of the vastly better-selling Call of Duty shooters. Now, the makers of Call of Duty own Halo. As part of Microsoft's on-going axing-down of their Xbox gaming business, the company have placed Bungie's old FPS in the hands of Activision, while making layoffs at erstwhile series custodian Halo Studios and demoting the latter to a support studio for existing Halo games.
It's a much darker art style and tone than we've been used to from Hoyoverse.
Nodusfall doesn't have Devil May Cry-type combat, but it does make you feel cool while in combat.
It's definitely not a soulslike (in a good way).
They told us that the Maldrake, the last of the three bosses my team squadded up against in Nodusfall, would be the one that would really try us. But it was the Qiongqi that really tested our group, wiping out our entire party the first time we attempted him. “Okay,” I said to our team. “Let’s do that again, but good this time.” Someone else pointed out that we hadn’t really been using our potions (I for the record, had, but I was just being judicious). We took a second to regroup and crack a couple more jokes, and then we ran back into the fight.
Short of the addition of an available Bronze package, the 2026 Ford Bronco Sport is largely identical to the 2025 model. So, why spend extra bucks on a 2026 Bronco Sport when there are hundreds of new 2025 Bronco Sports in stock that dealers are surely eager to get rid of? We recommend searching for a nearby 2025 Bronco Sport Badlands, given the trim’s 250-hp turbocharged four-cylinder packs a punch that the base 180-hp turbo three-cylinder simply lacks.
France was rocked by protests on Sunday against proposed legislation that would grant additional protections to law enforcement officials using firearms in the line of duty.
The new law, which critics say will grant police officers a “licence to kill”, comes amid mounting allegations of police brutality in recent years, particularly against immigrant communities in the banlieues – outlying suburbs – of Paris and other major cities.
The iPhone 18 Pro is an impressive phone, but you won't notice a big difference compared to the 17 Pro.
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September means new iPhones are out in the wild, and while all eyes are on the fancy iPhone Duo, we shouldn't forget about the iPhone 18 Pro. This generation isn't radically different from the iPhone 17 Pro, but some folks might still consider upgrading — especially if you get a good deal from your carrier.
When I was younger, I loved Chewits. Each parcel of chewy sugar threatened to tear out a tooth, but their punch of strawberry, blackcurrent, and orange flavour was hard to resist. Left to my own devices, I would take packs of Chewits, unwrap all the sweets, and press them together in the palm of my hand until they formed a single Chewit boulder. The different colours and flavours became indistinguishable but the sheer size and density of the thing was attractive to my inner glutton. The first time I did this, I put the whole thing into my mouth and when I tried to bite down on the sweet mass my jaw became almost glued together by the sugary morass. Panicking, I tried to swallow it down and almost choked, as the formless Chewitts filled my oesophagus. Before I turned completely blue, I was able to cough it back up.
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