There has been a lot of exciting news out of E3 all ready and come the end of the week I plan on posting a wee wrap up. But I couldn't, as resident Halo fanboy, pass up my duty to post the latest 2 pieces of Halo news out of 343 Studios. Yes there is a Halo 4, yes Masterchief is in it picking up right from the end of Halo 3 and it seems Cortana and da' chief are heading for more mysterious Forerunner trouble. See explodey teaser below. I actually heard the closing notes of the Flash theme song (by Queen FYI) as that teaser closed.

News two, that we knew, Halo CE is getting a sweet HD remake using the Reach engine and the multiplayer levels from Halo CE are also in the pack on a seperate disc as maps for Halo Reach. Very much looking forward to taking an HD spin through the original Halo without that ugly last gen playdough look to the trappings. Seen screenshots after the jump/below.

Ah the return of the purple, Reach was weaker without it

As put off by Reach MP as I've been lately I'm stupidly excited for Halo CE Anniversary

Another returning feature: the Flood

Love that crazy horizon

Weird seeing the Halo Reach USMC grunts on the first Halo installation