My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: April 2007

  • Alternate Lifestyle Ending

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    Mister Froggy wrote yesterday to let us know that Halo Articulated #35 was available for your enjoyment and amusement. Poor Sarge. He just wants to spread the love.(mnemesis 19:26:07 UTC)

  • Oh yeah, he totally went there.

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    The Weekly Update is up (and has been for a few hours now) over at Bungie.net. Lots of info on the upcoming beta, control schemes, a bunch of rumors busted, a bit of teaser info on a new map, and an absolutely stirring Mister Chief. Oh, and some art….

  • I Love Guitar Hero II

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    Midnight

    After eating dinner Christina and I wandered into the nearby Gamestop and picked up the GHII demo. We took turns playing Cherry Pie and were hooked. We tried to buy it from them but they didn’t have any more. We had them call two other stores nearby…

  • Bungie Weekly Update

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    We have a nice, fat update today, with lots of Halo 2 and Halo 3 stuff for you, including some interesting new art.

  • Hands On: 360 Hard Drive Transfer Kit

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    Midnight

    HDD transfer and Elite hands-on video from Major Nelson: Stream From joystiq While we’re going through the manual that came with the Hard-Drive Transfer Kit, we though we’d share some pics of the little devil. It connects to the underside of the Xbox …

  • Enjoy Your Trip.

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    In today’s strip, One One Se7en shows off his superior mental faculties. *snort* Betcha Stuntmutt never thought he’d see that on the front page.(mnemesis 18:13:43 UTC)

  • No Pressure Though

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    Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell can be found commenting on Halo 3’s potential impact on next (fiscal) year’s earnings for Microsoft on OXM’s UK website: In terms of the direct impact, obviously it’s a first-party product so it’s reasonably profitable fro…

  • Friday Fan Fiction Festival

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    Nine new pieces of Fan Fiction for you guys this afternoon. Enjoy!(KP 17:48:38 UTC)

  • Spend $1500 of My Money at Tiger Direct

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    Midnight

    Well, it’s not my money…My dad’s laptop croaked a few days ago. He returned it under warranty to tigerdirect and they called him today to tell him he had a $1500 credit. He’s got to call them in the next hour and tell them what laptop he wants with…

  • Nail in the coffin for Halo Movie?

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    Bungie Sightings

    As reported in Variety and Deadline Hollywood Daily, Larry Shapiro has left his position at CAA. What’s the big deal? Remember when Bungie would mention how they were meeting with CAA and shopping the Halo script around to movie production houses? Larr…

  • Nail in the coffin for Halo Movie?

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    As reported in Variety and Deadline Hollywood Daily, Larry Shapiro has left his position at CAA. What’s the big deal? Remember when Bungie would mention how they were meeting with CAA and shopping the Halo script around to movie production houses? Larry apparently was a big part of making those kind of meetings happen….

  • Nail in the coffin for Halo Movie?

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    As reported in Variety and Deadline Hollywood Daily, Larry Shapiro has left his position at CAA. What’s the big deal? Remember when Bungie would mention how they were meeting with CAA and shopping the Halo script around to movie production houses? Larry apparently was a big part of making those kind of meetings happen….

  • GG THX’ers

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    It was good to see some old (is long-time a better word?) THX’ers join up to the HALO 2 action last night. We’ve been having 6-8 regulars each night since the two new HALO maps came out. If you’ve got old or new XBOX hardware and have some time, come…

  • ONI Secrets

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    Interesting, the kind of things one finds on one’s forum…(Crux Fidelis 04:51:39 UTC)

  • RT: Thursday comic and stuff

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    Rooster Teeth News

    Today’s comic is posted below. It’s about stuff. There’s also a sponsor extra here. five

  • Halo 3 Beta Special on GameHead

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    SpikeTV’s GameHead website is showing that their May 11th episode is going to be a “Halo 3 Beta Special.” No further details were given, so we’ll have to wait to see exactly what this entails. Thanks to seven days for the tip.(KP 20:44:45 UTC)

  • Tensity and Dissolution V2

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    Dennis wrote to tell us that there are two new HCE maps available at halomaps.org. The first offering is Tensity and the second is Dissolution V2. Both feature improved visuals and slight alterations to gameplay, go give them a try!(KP 16:48:55 UTC)

  • More Charlotte Wrap-ups

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    3Suns wrote to alert us to the most recent updates at MLG. The first is a video recap of MLG Charlotte and the second is an interview with a newly formed team, The Agency.(KP 16:35:40 UTC)

  • Press to Touch Halo 3 Inappropriately

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    Kotaku reported last night that there will be some type of press event on May 11th at which the press may get some significant hands-on time with Halo 3. Who may be there – that is to say, from which media outlets and/or mediums we can ultimately expec…

  • Playlist Update and Rank Resets Delayed

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    Last night Frankie put minds at ease by updating the situation surrounding the playlist update and rank reset. Currently, top men are working to resolve the issues remaining for the few of us who still cannot get the new maps, which is causing them to …