The importance of the original Halo on the original Xbox can't be overstated, nor can it be denied. While not the very first console-based first-person shooter, it was the one that popularised the idea of this genre on anything other than a computer while the game's resultant success no doubt played...

Aside from a few local multiplayer matches with friends and family, I haven't played the origi

Beautiful new graphics; epic gun battles

Still too much backtracking and environment recycling

It's been 10 years since the Halo franchise burst onto Microsoft's original black block, and with that comes the inevitable High Definition rehash of the shooter that transformed Bungie into superstars and Master Chief into an icon.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary takes the original game and faithfully brings it into the HD era. Utilising a new graphics engine from Saber Interactive, we see the original game code running under the new graphics with both engines syncronised to give you the legitimate Halo: CE instead of a...

You don't really need a recommendation from me. You already know if Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is something that needs to be in your library or not. It offers the same game that we had ten years ago, and plenty of adjustments and additions that make it even more enjoyable without changing the...

The game is perfect and delevery was spot on.

Halo is undoubtedly the biggest title in the history of Xbox gaming. It may not be the best, though some would argue a pretty good case, and it may not be the biggest selling. But what it did after launching ten years ago was to give the new platform the true triple-A title that it needed, and...

It might not deal with terrorists or modern combat, but Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary remains a downright enjoyable experience from start to finish that most gamers should experience. Plus, it has Master Chief, and let's face it - he's all kinds of bad arse.

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

Ten years on and Halo Anniversary's worst bits are more numerous than you remember - but its best bits are better than you could ever have hoped.

Some of the best levels in shooter history; Beautiful new HD mode courtesy of Saber Interactive; A solid combat model that works as well in 2011 as it did in 2001

Were there; Bonus features locked away for everyone without a Kinect