My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2002

  • Gold on Black

    A new banner for you, from Jack Smith – check our Banners section.

  • One for the road

    One last desktop before I get on a plane… grab it in our Wallpaper collection.

  • Stories

    Fan Fiction for an early Monday morning:Marine Ambush, part 1, by Diomedes Rangue Liberation, part 4, by Hoju This may be the last fanfic update for several days. I’m headed out of town, and although there are others who might update (and although I might find time while gone to do so), it’s quite possible…

  • Logo addition

    A nice brick wall, enhanced with a Halo logo, courtesy of Random Hero… check our Logos section.

  • The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

    Gah! Almost missed a postcard – from WHERE? Check it out in the Miscellaneous Art section.

  • Apes and Gangsters…

    A couple of new desktops (one in two flavors) in our Wallpaper section. Update: Eep – missed one. (I’m not doing very well this evening.) Find it here.

  • Is that an MC in your pocket…?

    Got an iPAQ, Jornada or a T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone? Want a Master Chief theme for your Today Screen? Thanks to Jack Ash, you can grab one from our Miscellaneous Art section. Cool!

  • MC drawing

    A nice MC sketch from Doggone, now in our Miscellaneous Art section. (News for the near future will be pretty light – I’m out all day today.)

  • Schwag for Atlanta

    Woohoo! Gary points out that the Halo50K store is now open! Grab a shirt, sticker, lunchbox (!!), mousepad, backpack, travelmug now!

  • This is Rough and Tough

    Travis Cossel, who recently submitted the Groove 117 movie, has given us another fun clip. This one’s called ‘Tough Guy’, and every MC-induced death in this 96 second vid is dealt via a melee attack. Timing is quite good. Check it out! 8.1 mb of QT goodness at mythica.org. (Not sure if this is still…

  • Stories for Saturday

    Start your weekend off with some Fan Fiction: Halo: The Final Fight, part 1, by Daniel Luiken The Shadows, part 9, by Glenny John 117: The Second Coming, part 2, by WildebeestNZ Wings of Death, part 10, by el_halo_diablo Fafnir, part 6, by KnightmareWolf Revolution, part 15, by GruntkillerThe Final Fight was split into two…

  • Busy, busy…

    6 new desktop images for you in our Wallpaper section.

  • Soledad, eh?

    Deimosâ„¢, of Subnova fame, has been spotlighted over at the Junkyard. Check it out!

  • Donate Your Brain to Bungie

    Wondering how to build a successful Seventh Column Chapter? Matt Soell has written up a nice overview of the components that make a good chapter hum. Go read it at b.net.

  • You say you want a Halolution…

    Pair of new desktops for you – a Halo 2 composite, and a wicked-cool ‘Evolution of the MC’ bit. Check ’em out in our Wallpaper section!

  • Is that a covie ship?

    Jenova puts together a Halo pic using Bryce – you’ll find it in our Miscellaneous Art section.

  • The New Paint

    HaloJuggaloProductions gets a new (flash) look – go take a look!

  • More mirrors at Nukedude

    Nukedude drops us a note that a bunch more movies have been mirrored at his site: halo50k (wmv format) halo e3 preview from 2000 OXM UK Ultimate Warthog Jumps Groove 117 We’ve added the mirror links to the appropriate mirror pages or Movie database links. Thanks, Nukedude!

  • Rappin’ MC…

    Choreographed MC dancing has shown up in vids before… but never to this extent. Travis Cossel, the mind behind Fragfest: Unleashed, has turned in a 2:38 vid in QT format that should make you laugh. And just when you think it’s getting old… it gets funny again. 🙂 Check it out! 6.3 mb at mythica.org…

  • The Accolades Continue

    Halo picked up a pair of top-notch awards at the annual Bafta Interactive Entertainment Awards – it beat GTA3 for top spot in Games Multiplayer and Games Console. (It was also nominated for the Audio award, but didn’t win.) Read more at BBC news. Thanks to Chris Chan for the heads-up.