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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: March 2007

  • New Gears of War patch with new Gametype and bug fixes

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    rapture

    Epic’s Mark Rein announced on their forums that GoW is getting patch with some promising gameplay enhancements. There’s a new gametype called Annex and some bug fixes. He promises more details next week. The patch is currently going through certification. From his post on the forums: The next title update for Gears of War is…

  • Hi-Res CA Screens

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    Phan7om noticed that Certain Affinity’s website is hosting very high resolution versions of the two new screenshots – 3480×2106 pixels apiece, to be exact. Nice!(Louis Wu 19:45:03 UTC)

  • Pod TV Episode 9: Superjumps and Glitching

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    foomojive

    iPod version | YouTube version This episode is a little different. It’s kind of an instructional montage on how to superbounce and perform certain glitches, with a really sweet soundtrack. Thanks to the crew that put it together: Cryptoflix, Molers, D…

  • Pod TV Episode 9: Superjumps and Glitching

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    foomojive

    iPod version | YouTube version This episode is a little different. It’s kind of an instructional montage on how to superbounce and perform certain glitches, with a really sweet soundtrack. Thanks to the crew that put it together: Cryptoflix, Molers, Darqnight, and Paradox. Check it out! ‹ Pod TV Episode 7: Grunt Birthday SkullupPodtacular Radio…

  • Biting the Hand

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    Red vs Episode 93 has now been posted for sponsors. (As always, it’ll be up for the general public in a few days.) This won’t make a lot of sense if you’ve never watched the Out of Mind series they posted on Marketplace last year; all 5 episodes are available in their video archive, if…

  • Fan-made HEH

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    NeuroKoNeza had been working on a remake of Hang ‘Em High for Halo2Vista – he was shooting for a Colossus-type environment. You can see a couple of shots of his work in progress over on the Gearbox forums – looks like he’s not sure whether to continue work, or simply let the Bungie version step…

  • A cautionary tale…

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    A high school student in Michigan spent 9 months organizing a Halo tournament to be held on school grounds. He did everything right; he talked to school officials, he organized parents and teachers to act as chaperones, he advertised both in school and out. All was copacetic – until 4 days before the event, His…

  • Blast from the Past

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    Teen Ink has reviewed the Halo 2 Original Soundtrack, Volume 1. At least, it LOOKS like a new review… (Louis Wu 11:29:47 UTC)

  • When Bloggers Get Bored

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    Last weekend, we posted a link to an article at Unconfirmed Sources – it was clearly parody, but at the time I thought it was a one-off. I was wrong. They’ve got a followup.(Louis Wu 11:25:58 UTC)

  • DPAD looks at MLG 2007

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    GotFrag posted an article looking at the changes in the MLG rules and gametypes, and how those might affect the standings in the upcoming season. Go read!(Louis Wu 11:23:02 UTC)

  • The Voices Trailer

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    QuickTactical pointed out a trailer for ‘The Voices’, a machinima series coming out in a few months. It’s… odd.(Louis Wu 11:18:44 UTC)

  • MLG Interviews XiT

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    XiT Woundz is one of the pro squads that did some major rearranging with their roster after the end of last season – they’re back, and rarin’ to go for Charlotte with two new players, and you can see what they’re thinking in a new interview at MLGPro.com. Thanks, Tyger.(Louis Wu 11:14:44 UTC)

  • Medals We Could Use

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    Mister Froggy has posted Halo, Articulated #26 – methinks he had some bad experiences in MatchMaking recently.(Louis Wu 11:10:50 UTC)

  • Monkey Sounds and a Crane

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    The Bungie Weekly Update is up way early this week – it’s mostly about the new Halo 2 maps announced today, but there’s also a bit about a comic convention in Seattle this weekend, if you’re nearby. Be very, very happy that Bungie found a way for all Halo 2 players – Xbox and 360…

  • Bungie Weekly Update

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    In this weeks update, we concentrate almost exclusively on the new Halo 2 maps, announced this morning. Lots o’ details inside!

  • How To Make Halo Machinima

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    Alexander ‘Nerrolken’ Winn, the leader of the Edgeworks Entertainment crew, has put together a very nicely laid-out tutorial entitled ‘How To Make Halo Machinima’. Give it a read; there’s lots to learn! (Louis Wu 20:05:36 UTC)

  • Holy Shazbot! New Halo 2 map info!!

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    foomojive

    Big news from Bungie! Frankie finally revealed the details today about the new Halo 2 maps. Tombstone Halo 2 players can now play arguably the best Halo 1 map out there: Hang ’em High! Time to get the BRs ready and prepare for some mid-range pwnage across the map. This map is so awesome for…

  • Hang ‘Em High and Derelict coming to HALO 2!

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    THX SHYZZA

    The new Hang ‘Em High is known as Tombstone Remember the H2 maps anounced a while back? Well they are being released on April 17 and they are renditions of Derelict and Hang ’em High. $4 will get you both maps. I hope they’re cool and work well with the H2 weapons. Now if only…

  • Trade in your Glock for an M19 SSM RL

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    Wow. This one’s pretty interesting. Several sites (Engadget, Techdirt) are quoting a Reuters article about a new program from the Mexican government, an attempt to get guns off the streets; turn in a gun, get tech stuff. High-caliber weapons net you a computer, while handguns get you an Xbox. As Davidgojr (who sent in this…

  • Dew Process.

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    Last week, Kotaku mentioned a marketing program that involved Halo-branded Mountain Dew. Stuntmutt gets down to what it REALLY means in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:59:51 UTC)