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Halo Legends DVD Special Features

Do you remember the Animatrix, that compilation of short animated films meant to provide insight to the world of the feature films? Well, our favorite video game franchise is about to get the same treatment. Halo Legends is an anime experience that presents enthralling new stories from one of the world's most popular video game franchises. Produced by 343 Industries, a part of Microsoft Game Studios, this behind-the-game story will arrive February 9, 2010 as a Special Edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray for $29.98. Each of the chapters will also be available through Digital Download on the Xbox 360. True fans will probably want to get the disc set, however, since it contains many extra goodies and features (see below). You can pre-order it from Amazon here for only $20.

Halo Legends is an anthology of stories told across eight episodes that explores the origin and historical events of the Halo universe and its characters. Halo Legends has been created in the same breakthrough format as The Animatrix and Batman Gotham Knight with each individual episode imagined by a cutting-edge, renowned Japanese anime director/animator, including Shinji Aramaki, Mamoru Oshii, Hideki Futamura, Tomoki Kyoda and Yasushi Muraki. You can read more about the anime credentials behind Halo Legends here, and trust us, there are some big names working on this project.

The individual episodes fall within Halo's 26th Century mythology as the battle between humanity and aliens rages on in an attempt to protect Earth and mankind's expansive number of space colonies. The intense stories feature characters and locales that should be familiar to Halo fans, and episodes range in length between 10 and 17 minutes - resulting in nearly two hours of animated adventures.

Halo Legends Blu-Ray versions will be loaded with even more bonus materials, including all the extras from the 2-disc Special Edition as well as Halo: The Story so Far, an overview of the Halo universe up until the end of Halo 3