2008
Claimed to have an exclusive look into a new title developed by Bungie Studios called "Lego Halo", which would play similarly to the current crop of Lego and other intellectual property mash-up video game titles, such as Lego Star Wars, Lego Batman, and Lego Indiana Jones, with a touch of the first person shooter genre. It played on Bungie's statement that their next title would be "something completely different". Continuing the 41 theme from previous years, EGM said a character named Burt-041 would be featured in a bonus mission.
In response to the 2008 joke, the Official Xbox Magazine did an article in their March issue about a kid who does real Halo scenes from the game with Lego. The title of the article on the cover is "Lego Halo: The Real Deal".
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