My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2000

  • Haloweb back online with a new look

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    Another German Halo site overhauls their look: Haloweb is back with a new design. (Go look with Internet Explorer, because you won’t see much past the first page with Netscape… those pesky missing close table tags again.) Thanks to ToonSquad for the heads-up.

  • Halo SETI Marines poised to slip a notch

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    Ack! The Halo SETI Marines are about to be overtaken by the IsraAliens! As of this moment, they’re neck and neck… 136,674 units each. However, a week ago, the Marines had a healthy lead.. crunch time is here!

  • DR UK says MS wants a piece of PS2’s action

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    In other Xbox news, Daily Radar UK is reporting that Microsoft is planning to announce the final design of the Xbox on October 26, timed to coincide with the PlayStation 2 launch in the US. Thunder-stealing, anyone?

  • X-Dome studies Xbox graphics

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    X-Dome has a rather enormous article on ‘the graphical prowess of the Xbox’… if you’re into the tech side of stuff, this article is for you. Go take a look at what Halo will have to work with!

  • Halo Short Story contest at Halo-Australia

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    Louis Wu
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    Terror sends word that Halo-Australia are hosting a competition for the best Halo short story… winner gets a wireless mouse. If you’re interested, check ’em out!

  • Wallpaper page updated

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    Louis Wu
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    Jesse Keenan sends in a nice desktop image using his tiger-striped marine… you can find it on our Wallpaper page. (The tiger-striped marine was submitted to the Miscellaneous Art page last month.) Hey… this marks our 100th Wallpaper submission! Thanks, Jesse.

  • Halo-News goes live (again)

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    Louis Wu
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    In mid-August, we noted a new German site devoted to Halo, Halo-News. Well, they’ve revamped the site, and fleshed it out… and would love for you to visit it again. Take a look!

  • The Arbiter comes online

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    T/K posts about a new Covenant clan, The Arbiter. If you’re looking to play on the non-human side, this is one of the few groups that focuses on it. Check ’em out!

  • Halo SETI team 7 day stats posted

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    A little late, the morning’s been busy… The SETI server seems to be having some serious problems keeping up with submitted results, so it’s hard to tell where the Halo SETI Marines stand, but one thing’s for sure… they’re doing their part to find the Covenant! DarthFlounder continues to crunch those units, taking La Crunch…

  • Halo Heaven comes online

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    BluR sends word that a new Halo site, Halo Heaven, has come online. News, pictures, movie links, info. Take a look! Pax.

  • Death ‘n Destruction squad featured at HP

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    Louis Wu
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    Haloplayers have put up an interview with one of their hosted squads… DnDs, the Death ‘n Destruction squad. They’re Dutch, they’re big, and their website is IE-only. (No, really, they’re keeping NS users out with a javascript.) First seen at R.net, cause we’re lazy tonight.

  • Miscellaneous Art updated

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    Louis Wu
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    Andre Correa has submitted another piece of Halo-inspired art, this time of a random Bob. You can find it in our Miscellaneous Art section.

  • Wallpaper page updated

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    DRAVEN, of the Halo Information Network, sends in a simple and clean desktop image for our Wallpaper page. Great for those cluttered desktops that just need some eye relief…

  • Big Myth tourney could go Halo

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    Louis Wu
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    Mock writes to let us know that airbornerangers.org are putting together a Myth tournament called ‘WWII: Risk Global Domination Tournament’. In Mock’s words, it is ‘by far the most ambitious Myth tournament to date’. Why are you reading this on a Halo page?If all goes well, we will run a Halo Risk tournament, with a…

  • Logos page updated

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    Louis Wu
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    Luke Varley submits a… different sort of Halo logo. You can find it on our Logos page.

  • Per-pixel everything, says the birthday boy

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    Louis Wu
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    Happy Belated Birthday, Chucky! (We almost let it slide, even though it was mentioned on bungie.net, but Matt took us to task in his (weekly?) Halo update, posted to our forum this time.) Indoor goodness, AI improvements, and Wall-Hugging Hippos… it’s all there! See? And you thought they were just trying to stick forks in…

  • Marathon’s Story looks closely at Island Four

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    Hamish Sinclair does his typically thorough analysis of an Island Four post we mentioned last week. Lots and lots of details about Pablo Neruda… more Blake tie-ins… even some Smashing Pumpkins. The details can be found in today’s Marathon Story update.

  • New WinAmp skin from Halo Command UK

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    Louis Wu
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    Peter Askam sends word that Halo Command UK has a new Halo skin for WinAmp, the Windows mp3 player. You can find it in their Media section, under Sounds. Take a look!

  • Halo Libs debuts at BGH

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    Louis Wu
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    Battleground Halo is combating the no-news-induced boredom with Halo Libs, a new feature based on the parlor game ‘Mad Libs’ created in 1958 by Roger Price and Leonard Stern. You fill a form out with various parts of speech, and these words or phrases will be added to a story. BGH will print the funniest…

  • Clan Halo Death now recruiting

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    Zero4 writes on our forum that his clan, Halo Death, is recruiting. Join up today! Pax.