My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2001

  • Banshee confusion

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    Ok we’ve got some confusion on our forums about what a Banshee is. Today’s Story page tries to clear up some of the confusion which a number of items from E3 2000. Hopefully Matt Soell will put all this straight when he gets back on Monday. Pax.

  • More fan fiction.

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    “Meanwhile, not far away, under the cover of protective camouflage netting, two dropship pilots sat in the sweltering semi-darkness of their cockpit.” Maszimo sends us more fan fiction. This piece is called Private Reg’s Last Day Of Combat. Just the ticket for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Pax.

  • What’s a Banshee?

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    Want to know what a Banshee is in Halo? Then head on over to the Marathon’s Story page to learn more.

  • Island Four working

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    As noted by Psyrixx on our forum the Island Four site is now working. It’s a good idea to check the HTML source code. Pax.

  • Matt’s Halo Update

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    Well I don’t know where Ding and Wirehead are but given it was a Friday night and their youthful exuberance I think I can guess. We have alot of youthful exuberance at bungie.org. Anyway Matt Soell did send us his Halo update but he also kindly posted it to our forums. Don’t forget you can…

  • Bungie looking for a level designer for Halo

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    Kudos to Tom Van Sinden for pointing out that Bungie are now looking for a level designer for Halo. A pretty cool job. But read the requirements carefully. There are a few surprises in there.

  • All your base belong to us

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    Spotted this over at the Story page. Made Crux laugh anyway. The funny thing is it kinda fits with the Covenant theme.

  • More fan fiction

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    “Then I realized that Bob, whom I personally felt was in cahoots with the Covenant to kill me…” Maszimo sent us in another piece of fan fiction. This piece is called ‘War Thoughts’. Maszimo also wrote ‘The Second Fall’.

  • Vote Halo at PC Game Review

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    Poll smash! Clark Williams-Derry sends word that there is a poll at PC Game Review that asks what game are you most looking forward to. Halo is on the list but not doing so well. Let’s tell them about Halo. Go vote!

  • Matt Soell interview

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    eldar-colonel of Halo HQ dropped us a note to say: We’ve just posted a community interview with bungies matt seoll, you can view it at this link: http://halohq.hqgaming.com/views/matt_seoll.shtml There’s also some news on our front page below the latest stuff that you might wanna check out, it’s about PcPowerplays poll and Halo comment. Check out…

  • nVidia GeForce 3 coming to Macs first

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    Good news for Mac gamers as Jonathan Keegan points out that nVidia GeForce 3 is coming to Macs first. Watch Halo fly on that. Of course we have to get Halo first.

  • More wallpaper

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    Diogo Barbosa’s second wallpaper is now up. It’s called called Rock (328K).

  • Halo’s Universe a new Halo site

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    Ding
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    Bosskiller 51 sends word of a new French Halo site called Halo’s Universe. Check it out. Parlez Vous Francais?

  • New wallpaper

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    Diogo Barbosa kindly sent us in some nice wallpapers. Here’s the first one called Desert. It’s a biggie 509K.

  • Halo merchandise poll

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    As seen on the Marathon’s Story page bungie.net have a new poll up about what Halo merchandise you’d like to buy at the Bungie Store. Here are the choices: Wall Poster Action Figure DVD (with cool content) Art Book (with cool pictures) Go vote!

  • Want to work on Halo?

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    Want to work on Halo? Kudos to Harry Al-Shakarchi maintainer of Oni Central for this cool heads up. Bungie are looking for a 3D Multiplayer Artist to create exciting multiplayer battlegrounds in Halo. Check this out for size: 3D Multiplayer Artist (Redmond) We are looking for a contractor to help design the site of a…

  • New look bungie.comon the way

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    New look bungie.com on the way says Matt in a news update on our forums. Here’s the details: I’m working on some stuff for the relaunch of bungie.com, doing preliminary work for the next FanFest, meeting with various folks about various Halo-related things (websites, merchandise, etc.), and doing some other stuff that’s still a secret.…

  • New fan fiction

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    “He remembered his pistol. Not much, only a 9mm Glock. He pulled it out. He jammed it against the alien’s face.” NevinNiven sent us some fan fiction. The piece is called “Halo Offshoot”. This is the second piece submitted by NevinNiven.

  • Louis to do SETI stats!

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    “Who’s gonna do SETI stats this Monday?” is our usual fun game of tag at coffee time in the HBO offices. Louis lost (hey you go on holidays what do you expect?). The Halo SETI Marines added ten new members to their ranks since last Monday bringing total membership up to 569 marines. We’re ranked…

  • Don’t forget about AoD Halo

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    Sorry to the AoD Halo boys for not adding their site to our links page. We mention their site back in February 13th news. You can blame Louis guys… we do. 😉