f Sonic has his own bible, and Blizzard has two historians on staff for World of Warcraft, why shouldn’t Halo get its own encyclopedia? Publisher Dorling Kindersley (a.k.a. DK) announced today that the company will be publishing a Halo encyclopedia, an officially licensed guide to “the characters, weapons, vehicles, equipment, and locations from Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Wars, and Halo 3: ODST.” The encyclopedia will be 352 pages and include a foreword by Frank O’Connor, Halo’s franchise development director. DK has also worked on a variety of Star Wars, DC Comics, and Marvel reference books as well, and Alex Allan, the company’s Director of Licensed Publishing says the creative team at DK are avid gamers and have been fascinated by Halo for quite some time. So, if you do have a set of encyclopedias detailing all of this world’s intricacies, why not supplement it with one about Halo’s ringed worlds as well?
