My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: July 2005

  • Game Development talk

    Chaos Recon pointed out a presentation, in PDF format, called ‘Research in Game Development: Halo 2’ – it looks at how different problems can be attacked, and what some of the pros and cons of each technique might be. It looks like this was presented at the Microsoft Research Asia Theme Workshop 2005, in Beijing,…

  • Popular Halo Sightings

    Vella pointed out that there’s a really small Halo mention in the latest Wired – in the Found section (a ‘Last Page’ feature of Wired which shows ‘Artifacts from the Future’), there’s a shot of the crossword puzzle from an edition of the New York Times in 2019. 65 Across is ‘First video game to…

  • Update: No maps on September OXM disc

    A week or so ago, we got email from Mars Man 0013, stating that the 9 multiplayer maps were available on the September OXM bonus disc. Unfortunately, we’ve now received confirmation from both TURBO and Max Power that this info is not correct – there are no maps on that disc. You’ll have to buy…

  • PumaHog’s Toy Soldiers Trailer Released

    PumaHog Productions has released its Toy Soldiers Series Trailer – an introduction to their upcoming machinima series. I’m likin’ the Elite. Check it out! 25-36 mb, depending on format (WMP9 and MPEG1 available).

  • MC Helmet Progress

    corpseguy has posted an update for his MC Helmet (we mentioned this yesterday) – it’s now painted. Looks great!

  • IGN’s Top 100

    IGN has posted their Top 100 Games of All Time – Halo makes the top third. Thanks, DPowers90.

  • MC Kicks Elite Butt

    Ross Gemuend is working on a rendered animation – MC vs some Elites. I can’t watch the second one (the combination of WMP9 encoding and an AVI format seems to make it unwatchable on a Mac – but if you’re on a PC, it’s the bottom link, labeled ‘MC Vs Elites’), but the first one…

  • Rocket Part 1

    Reinsoft has whipped up another rap parody – this one is called Rocket Part 1, and is set to R. Kelly’s ‘Closet Part 1’… you can find it in this forum post. 3:22 long, 2.7 mb, MP3 format (or streaming).

  • Halo Nationals 2 First Day Results

    There’s a ton of info over at MLGPro.com about results from yesterday’s competition at Halo Nationals 2 – more coming today, including full writeups, but for basic info about who won – swing by their front page! Thanks, 3Suns.

  • Halogen Update (our last for a while)

    There are more updates over at the Halogen site – there’s apparently a video (Safari refuses to recognize the ‘Forum’ link, so I can’t see it), and info about some new units. Since they plan to update every couple of days, please take this news post as an indication that if you’re interested in this…

  • Now THAT’S new.

    We don’t usually post trick stuff any more – High Impact Halo does such an amazing job covering that whole field that stepping in seems like trespassing – but yesterday, something pretty darn cool got posted to our forum… something that I couldn’t pass up. KadeshSa gave us a movie showing a nice hog launch…

  • Cleaning out the Inbox

    The Weekly What’s Update went up as expected last night – it’s been a quiet week, so this one basically covers some common questions Bungie gets. Some decent clarifications – Action Replay is fine if you use it to transfer unmodified game saves, for example – and some good ‘nice to know’ stuff. Go read!

  • 5 Easy Pieces

    In an uncharacteristic move, I’m emptying the Miscellaneous Art queue when it’s almost brand-new – there are a few really spectacular pieces waiting to be seen, and one was overlooked for several weeks, accidentally. Go check ’em out – and I hope you’re as impressed as I was!

  • Tough Call

    You know the Halo Babies are growing up when conversations like THIS one start happening.

  • Online Tourney

    Larger Then Live is running a 32 team double elimination tournament online – yo ucan find all the details on their front page. Gameplay begins on Tuesday (I assume this coming Tuesday) at 9:45 EST, and will continue each night until the competition is over. It’s free to enter, and there will be prizes (undecided…

  • Mister Chief – active!

    Reiginko posted a rendered 3D Mister Chief – first a head, then a whole body, then a walking Chief… then a DANCING Chief. That’s right – Mister Chief does the Lindy Hop. Yeah.

  • Bunker 27 Ep II – Infiltration

    Bunker 27, Episode 2 has cleared the Movie Peer Review Rating System – Goose is shooting for The Stupidest Spartan Evar award, and is in serious contention. Some great techniques, some bad jokes, good filming – give this one a watch! WMP9 format (38.5 mb) or QuickTime format (36.7 mb).

  • HCEC 13: Realization

    Episode 13 of the Halo CE Chronicles has been released – ‘Realization’ examines personal weakness and self-realization. Minimal action, but plenty of emotion. Read Dennis Powers’ summary on the HCEC website if you’re unsure what this means for you. WMP9, QuickTime, and Flash formats – 9.3 mb streaming, or about 25 mb to download.

  • High Charity, Low Comedy.

    Stuntmutt’s made a name for himself foisting bad puns on the Halo community. Today’s One One Se7en shows that there may not be limits to the lengths he’ll go…

  • Story – and why it matters

    There’s a great piece over at Gamasutra, discussing the concept of Story in the context of video games – why the story is important, how games differ from the media that came before, what the developer can do to improve the experience for the player. Halo is held up as an example of Story Done…