After months of waiting, the saga finally returns.

For those unfamiliar, Red vs. Blue was a bunch of guys (and a few girls) who took the Halo series and turned it into their own virtual movie studio, developing characters and stringing along a surprisingly complex storyline over a hundred short episodes, loaded with plenty of humor. What could have gotten old fast, especially when the only visible difference between the characters is their color, was kept fresh through sharp writing and some professional quality voice acting that humbles some big studio efforts.

With all the tricks they pulled off in Halo 1 and 2, I’ve been itching to see what they can do with the Forge and the ability to record anything in Halo 3. Now the wait is almost over with the first episode of Reconstruction:

If you’re a lapsed fan who needs to catch up, a box set of the entire series complete with bonus DVD is available on their store site, along with RvB T-shirts and other assorted goodies. Even if you have all the seasons on DVD, I’d definitely recommend snagging the bonus DVD that includes Recovery One and just about everything else they recorded for Red vs. Blue that wasn’t included elsewhere. Their store is here.

While you’re there, make sure to pick up some headlight fluid.

The legend returns, albeit without online love.

This evening, Namco released new gamplay footage of Soulcalibur, one of Namco’s most sensational titles set to make its debut for the Xbox Live Arcade. The new footage reveals the classic 3D fighter’s graceful transition in HD bliss. Diehard fans should expect a faithful port, joined by the standard arcade, survival and training modes. The XBLA edition will also include an online leaderboard, which will be the only aspect of competitive flair fans can look forward to other than having to settle for local sessions. Yeah, we’re not too thrilled about that either but it’s still going to be exciting to revisit an all-time favorite. Look forward to its release this summer.

Enjoy the short video montage of Soulcalibur featuring personal favorites like Taki, Ivy, Kilik, Maxi and more. Oh and we wanted to embed the video but our skills to do that have gone rusty.

The Legend NEVER Dies… (Right-click “Save Target As…”)

No it's not official, but we wish it were.

In the spirit of Kojima's highly anticipated release, an anonymous poster published a short animated clip that parodies the opening sequence of Lupin the 3rd (a popular anime series for those of you scratching their heads). So what makes this something of interest of us that you'd be guaranteed to LOL? We'll let the video do the talking. 

Ok, perhaps you won't quite get the nature of this post, though the developer deserves a great deal of credit for using MS Paint (and a commercial animation program to put it altogether! Anyways, we thought that you would enjoy it whether that seemed like a logical news post (which you've probably figured out by now that GN no longer regularly spends time dishing out rehashed press releases). 

I am counting the days for MGS4; it can't come soon enough. 

If only this were an officially licensed product.

Now you too can play Halo 2 with your WiiRemote. All you need is a 360, a PS2 to 360 adapter, a microcontroller emulating a PS2 controller running custom firmware, and a PC running a custom Wii remote firmware. In other words, the closest you're gonna get is watching this video…

Playing Halo 2 (Xbox 360) with a Wiimote

With how much people jump around in Halo, having to jerk the nunchuk to jump would likely lead to shoulder injury right quick…

[Via GoNintendo]

By now, you've all had a chance to catch Nintendo's amazingly underwhelming conference and we're just moments before the final press conference goes down. In the interim, I stumbled upon some awesome videos created by a few talented Shoryuken.com/SonicHurricane members. The site reports that a special Guile Exhibition will be featured at this year's Evolution tournament in Las Vegas. They've been working on the production over the past year and every fighting enthusiast planning to attend will be treated to an exclusive showing on the big screen!

To whet everyone's appetite, SRK offer a small sneak peek of what's to come. EVERY fighting fanatic needs to check this out. And while you're there, be sure to look throughout the rest of the combo collection created by the SonicHurricane.com crew. 

[Via Shoryuken.com]