You may have encountered an energy sword for the first time in 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved.Certain classes of Elites would wield what looked, at the time, like a cyan lightsaber drawn in ...

A good many of us whiled away the hours of our youths playing Swords Only deathmatch in Halo 2. The Energy Sword, aka the Plasma Sword, was the star of the show, with its devastating glowing blades… ...

Straight out of the Halo universe, this build brings the iconic Energy Sword to life—powered by real hydrogen. It lights up, it hisses, and it’s unlike anything you’ve seen outside the game.

The trailer depicts the fall of Reach, which Halo fans will know well, and shows typically explosive action, with Master Chief going up against Elites weidling the iconic Energy Sword from the ...

The energy sword has been a core part of Halo for nearly 25 years. For Cool Sword Day, here’s Polygon’s ode to the energy sword.