My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: April 2002

  • Reading Material, part 724

    Your daily Fan Fiction collection:The Hell of War, Part 5, by Jaywhit10Well Enough Alone, Part 4, by RyanShadow and Iroquois, by JehkohThe Saga Continues, Chapter 3, by Edward ParkerWhat are you waiting for?

  • Free drinks… and free Halo!

    TeamXbox has put up an article covering the shindig thrown this week by Microsoft to celebrate the passing of the million-copies-sold milestone for Halo. (Wow, that was too long.) Nice pics, and it sounds like it was a good time! Fan-submitted movies, like Randy Glass’ Warthog Jump, were shown to the appreciative crowd… congrats, guys,…

  • Badger ATV… nice.

    StormSinger is working on a new model for… well, for something. Halo-related, it seems. Maybe. Anyway, it’s pretty interesting, and the thread it spawned is a great read.

  • Major Tru7h and Recon update

    Whoa. Major update at Bungie’s Tru7h and Reconciliation site. New Screenshots (12 of ’em, not a mediocre one in the bunch – but beware spoilers in at least one), and new Concept Art (early Hunters and guns). Thanks to Tarrsk for the speedy heads-up!

  • Paul is Dead

    Yesterday, xbill dropped a bombshell on our forum – he pointed out (with proof) where the Elite voices in Halo came from. Recently, his host pulled the page – apparently, free hosts don’t like it when you’re too popular… so we’ve done what we don’t usually do, and jumped a trick to the front of…

  • Elite Speech Details

    Jay Weinland stepped into the discussion about Elite speech on our forum with a pretty interesting description of how the whole process came about. Give it a read!

  • Psyjnir.com back up

    Just a quick heads-up… The Psyjnir Complex is back online. (No new content – yet… but the name resolves again, and the Hotline server is accessible again.)

  • Roadkill, huh?

    Wow. That’s all I have to say. Update: Credit where credit is due: Jester asked this, then this, a couple of weeks ago. Thanks, Psyrixx.

  • More Hurricane mirrors

    That Weasel has put up mirrors of Hurricane Halo in two different formats (soon to be 3): the original, plus a re-encoded .wmv file (for Windows Media Player 8, weighing in at 11.6 mb) have been added. (A half-size QT5 version is apparently coming.) You can find the links on That Weasel Television’s mirror page.…

  • A pair of tricks – more coming

    There’s a huge backlog of tricks (again) – but rather than simply making them LATER, I’m gonna put up the two I formatted today, and get to some more tomorrow. Check out the Gameplay Tricks page for the latest – some interesting views from INSIDE various Pelicans… and some amazing jump work. More on the…

  • xbox.com interviews Max

    xbox.com has posted a small interview with Max Hoberman, our friendly neighbourhood Online Guy. Here’s a quote: S: What were some of the greatest challenges to overcome during production? MH: Two things come to mind. First, switching from the PC to the Xbox necessitated a huge change in the direction we were going with Halo.…

  • FanFicFanFicFanFicFANFIC!

    The daily dose of Fan Fiction:Goin’ To War!, by SlithCombat Revolved, Chapter 2, by eL diAbLoProject: Rebirth, by John ParkerThe Saga Continues: Halo 2 Chapter 2, by Edward ParkerThe Long Ride Home part 2, by Joshua BarretoIf this ever slows up, I can get back to formatting Gameplay Tricks…

  • It all comes down to…

    Dolbex took some artwork from the Truth and Reconciliation website, played with it a bit, and turned out this nice desktop for our Wallpaper collection. Take a look…

  • Macleans.ca reviews Halo

    Macleans.ca, the website for a leading Canadian news magazine, has put up a Halo review – they gave it 5/5 (the best of any of the 4 games they reviewed). We’ve added it to our Reviews database. Thanks to Ph.D. for the heads-up!

  • Hurricane mirror list started

    Thanks muchly to SonicStorm and the Battleground: Halo crew – the latest movie, ‘Halo Hurricane’, now has another set of download links at FilePlanet. We’ve started a mirror list, to provide easy access to existing mirrors. More as we hear about ’em! Update: Alan Wu (no relation) points out that his Project MJOLNIR now has…

  • Rock Me Like a Hurricane, baby…

    A new movie has hit the scene… and it’s a biggie. 21 megs, almost 7 minutes long… with some great stunts, weird glitches, and a large number of laugh-out-loud moments. As of now, there’s exactly one host – our favorite savior, mythica.org. You folks have been known to peg even that prodigious pipe, though… so…

  • More wallpaper for you

    Another pair of desktop images from Eric Gandhi – find ’em in our Wallpaper section.

  • Girl, you’re my angel

    Just a small note of concern… this peep stuff is getting a little out of hand; you people are starting to scare me.

  • More Halo audio goodness

    Thanks to Djoey.154, who pointed out that the Xbox.com Winamp skin easter egg page now contains a second Halo track for your listening pleasure. Worth a look!

  • They keep writing… and writing…

    Another batch of Fan Fiction – it’s pretty scary how much you guys write…The Renegade Marines, Part X, by ShadowThe Capture, by Jason PridgenCheck, please, by Kellen SquireThe Rookie, Chapter 3, by The British CommandoGo to it!