HALO 4.

Today kicks off the start of the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo, otherwise known to geeks worldwide as "E3." Microsoft had their annual press conference this morning at 9:30AM PST. Microsoft showed off more Kinect integration to their format and games, more media outlets on the XBOX Live subscription, and showed off demos of a few of the biggest cross-platform games like Mass Effect 3 and Batman: Arkham City. However, the biggest news is that there is a possible new Halo trilogy with the release of the Halo 4 teaser trailer at the end of the conference.

The trailer shows where Halo 3 left off with overall badass Master Chief and cyber hottie Cortana escaping their ship and facing a bigger one, possibly being the Covenant mothership. Since Halo 3, there have been games that explored the Halo universe such as a RTS game like Halo Wars, and spin-off shooters like Halo: ODST and Halo: REACH. Halo 4 won't be handled by popular developers Bungie but will be under Microsoft's 343 Studio.

And if you didn't know already, Halo is one of the biggest first-person shooters not named Call of Duty. Unapproved by girlfriends, bonding time with the bros. Halo 4 is slated for a 2012 holiday release.

Lucky for us males, the imminent release of Modern Warfare 3 and Uncharted 3 in November is enough to keep us satiated for quite some time.

Flashback of the Day: Hieroglyphics - "Halo"

If you've dabbled with the underground hip-hop scene, you might have heard of a collective of MCs and producers called Hieroglyphics. based in the SF/Oakland bay area. This track, "Halo" comes from their second album, "Full Circle." Opio, the first MC to spit his verse on this track goes absolutely hard. So does Del, Phesto, Tajai, A-Plus, and Casual. Listen to their lyrical flow. MY BRAIN IS CRYING.