Blog Posts by Chris Morris

Master Chief and the master storyteller (Credit: 343 Industries/Getty Images)Halo may not have made it to the big screen, but it's getting its own TV show.

And one helluva producer.

As part of the Xbox One reveal Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled plans for Halo: The Television Series, which will air exclusively on Xbox Live. To assuage any fan fears about the show's quality, the Redmond-based company has partnered with legendary movie-maker Steven Spielberg to create it.

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Microsoft's next-generation Xbox will dominate headlines tomorrow, but Sony couldn't resist stealing one more news cycle for the PlayStation 4 today.

The company has released a teaser video showing off its upcoming console, which was conspicuously absent at Sony's own event in February.

Well, showing off is probably overstating it. The video strives to build on the suspense of the PS4's appearance with lots of blurred shots, quick cuts and extreme close-ups of things that appear to be the backs of fans and corners of the machine. See for yourself:

Madden NFL 25 Anniversary Edition (Credit: EA)Madden, the go-to franchise for NFL fans, is upping its game.

EA has unveiled a limited ‘Anniversary Edition’ edition of the upcoming Madden NFL 25 that will come with a free Sunday Ticket subscription, letting owners not only play simulations of the entire NFL season, but watch it live, too, whether they're in-market or not.

The special version of the game, which is only available via Amazon, has been marked up to $100, but there is something of a caveat. The subscription included will only cover NFL Sunday Ticket on computers, tablets and mobile services.

(Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)Nintendo has seen its share of rough patches over the years, but the past 12 months have been a doozy.

After revolutionizing the video game industry with the Wii, the company's follow-up console has consistently failed to connect with core gamers, casual gamers and, perhaps most worrying of all, game creators themselves.

Even the DC universe's mightiest superheroes couldn't fight off yet another month of poor retail sales for the video game industry.

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April was the latest in a long string of sales disappointments, with brick and mortar sales of video game software falling 17 percent as compared to the same period in 2012. Hardware sales, predictably, were drastically lower as consumers start to save their money for the looming next-generation systems.

Sales of game consoles, in fact, were down 42 percent to $109.5 million, while game sales dipped to $254.3 million. Overall, the industry was down 25 percent compared to a year ago.

Electronic Arts was the first company to institute the online pass. It was, at the time, a revolutionary idea that allowed the publisher to make money from used game sales.

Now, it's walking away from the practice -- and players are celebrating.

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It's been three years since Gran Turismo last revved its engine - but it's finally ready to pull up to the starting line once again.

The hit driving franchise will release its latest installment - Gran Turismo 6 - later this year, Sony and developer Polyphony Digital announced today. Even better, players will be able to get a taste this July, with a playable demo.

Gran Turismo is the best-selling PlayStation franchise around - with fans buying more than 70 million copies to date. And Gran Turismo 6 is looking to be the biggest installment yet.

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Julian Knight is one of the most notorious criminals in Australia. And he might be about to become the country's most dangerous gamer.

In documents filed with Australia's Supreme Court (via Kotaku), Knight is suing the prison system because no one will let him have a PlayStation. Knight says he is being treated unfairly by prison officials with no rational justification.