Bungie built the house, 343 has redecorated it for the modern marketplace. It would be criminally negligent not to stress the importance of Bungie's contribution to this re-release; this is still, at its heart, the game they lovingly created all those years ago.

Halo's 10th anniversary certainly deserves celebrating but a HD remake only serves to underline how little the series has moved forward over the years.

An excellent remake with a loving attention to detail and a useful range of extras, including full online multiplayer; Classic gameplay and levels for a very reasonable price

Too much of the game looks indistinguishable from later sequels; New graphics are not top flight and the loading waits for them to cache are annoying

Revisiting past masters is a prickly business that video games are only just beginning to dabble in, with varying degrees of success. Do you go for preservation or reinvention? Either way, you've got to tread carefully, for you're stepping on the precious memories of those who hold the originals...

Twelve years ago, a successful but relatively small studio unveiled what was to be a revolutionary first person shooter at Macworld… and then Microsoft bought them. Halo: Combat Evolved became the exclusive killer-app for Xbox.

- The game includes more updates and upgrades than I expected, and it's nice to have Master Chief back again even if it is in a game we've technically all played before. Certain sections seem more linear and artificially extended than I recall, which is disappointing, but when you account for the...

Very well done remake, but a second play through does highlight the flaws in Halo that the excitement of the original didn't. Notably The Library level, which is just pure repetition and frustration. Very difficult as well.

Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary Review Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary is a full recreation of the game that launched the Xbox brand, warts and all, brought up to date with a lovely visual makeover, plus optional 3D and Kinect support.

You know how awesome the last-gen of consoles were, when you see a spate of remakes hogging shelf space, time and most importantly reviews like this. The Halo series is legendary for reasons more than one.

Microsoft has sought to indulge Xbox fans with a graphical overhaul of the original Halo: Combat Evolved for the Xbox 360. Like all trips down memory lane it's bitter-sweet, but the emphasis is firmly on the latter.

Graphical upgrades; Classic multiplayer maps and a new firefight map; The magnum

Occasionally loses something in the translation; 343's additions are a bit flat; No four-player split-screen