My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2003

  • Vast Volumes of Verbiage

    It’s been 2 days since I last posted a Fan Fiction update – and after rejecting a couple of entries, there are still 16 pieces for you: Operation Sunlight Part 1: Aftermath, by Gruntkiller Rebirth – Shadow’s Chapter 5 – Impossible Infiltration, by Knightmare Wolf, Archangel’s Blade, Spartan 451, Shadow Shadow Spartans, Chapter 1: Combat…

  • What – like a spider?

    If you could part with a measly $5, you’d be watching Red vs Blue Episode 11 right now. And jumping out of your chair with fright. Or at least laughter. (Starts slow, but finishes with a bang.) If you can’t part with $5, you’ll have to wait until Sunday to get this.

  • Halo 2 summary

    Draconfrost has put up a small page containing all the info he could find about Halo 2. He’d like you all to know about it.

  • Halo Quiz still needs questions

    Three weeks ago, we mentioned a Halo quiz being put together by the Sector 7 website. Wolfy writes to say that they’re still in need of some VERY hard multiple-choice questions. (See the last news post for details on the format they need.) Help ’em out!

  • A Halo PC League

    emildux writes to say that he’s decided to host a league for Halo PC, once it’s released. He’s guaranteeing $25,000 in cash prizes in the first year – it’s a pretty extensive setup. If you’re interested, check out the CobaltNova website for details – this one looks to be big!

  • MJOLNIR. Now With Headlamps.

    And here’s a comic from a site that IS work-safe, for the most part – Friday’s installment of One One Se7en. Hehe – now that I think about it, even THIS one is sex-related. Dang.

  • I want one of those.

    Zypper points out a Halo-related comic at Anime Moments in History – and warns that the rest of the site is definitely not safe for work. (Um… yeah.)

  • Ooh, that weasel… he’s got movies!

    DOH! We’re short on bandwidth, and I STILL miss notes alleviating the problem. 🙁 That Weasel (who’d love it if you visited his 5-year-old site ThatWeasel.com) wrote to say that two recent movies have been mirrored:The Sidewinder Saga (400×300, QuickTime5, 5.9 MB)Too Many Vehicles ( 17 mb, zipped, QuickTime)If you’ve missed these, go over and…

  • So THAT’S how he did that…

    MaverickJ has posted a followup video (in first-person view) to his recent CTF2 vid (the new one is WMP9-only at the moment), as well as a text-based FAQ explaining all the tricks in that first one. You’ll need to be registered at the Project Spartan forums to see it. Nice tricks – I don’t think…

  • Hey, someone grab that!

    SleekShadow has tossed a flag 300 meters in Blood Gulch – and caught it on tape. (Apparently, there’s an explanation coming soon.) Visit his site for details and movies.

  • Help wanted – no, NEEDED

    Hehe – there’s a Help Wanted notice up over at Bungie.net; they want someone who can help build the next iteration of Bungie.net. Ironically, the link to the Jobs page doesn’t work… because the Web Developer description isn’t up yet. Guess they need a web developer to post it, so that… hmm. Anyway, if you’re…

  • The countdown is on

    Anonyme points out that the Halo Action Figures are available for pre-order at at least one online store. (It’s doubtful these are sanctioned by Joyride or Microsoft; they’re still using the images released when the figures were first announced, and as we’ve seen from the Bungie Webcam, the figures have changed quite a bit since…

  • Ninjas On Fire

    The way-cool 2003 Bungie Fanfest T-Shirt is now available for purchase at the Bungie Store; $12 buys you flaming ninja goodness. (Another, closer view of this can be found here – it’s the black shirt in the lower left.) Thanks to SketchFactor for the heads-up.

  • Looking back

    Couple of updates; one I missed a few days ago (oops), the other new today. A week ago, we mentioned a tournament in Athens, GA – but the reported website didn’t work. Here’s the right one. And Halo Source, a website we mentioned about a month and a half ago, is now back online, and…

  • Look at the paintings and then blow crap up!

    The Pillar of Art Gallery showing will take place in next Saturday, July 5th, in lovely New York City. It’ll be open from 12PM onwards. At some point, we’ll then switch over to Halo LAN mode… put away the entries and then start to blow ourselves up. I’m trying to get 4 projectors and all…

  • The Sidewinder Saga Begins

    Halogamers.com has put up a new version of their introduction episode of ‘The Sidewinder Saga’, a Red vs Blue-inspired project that has enormous potential. If you missed the mention in our forum yesterday… now’s your chance! It’s a 400×300 QuickTime5 film, weighing in at 5.9 mb. (Hosting help is always appreciated – just let us…

  • Gaming as Art

    Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, has written an opinion piece on the future of interactive gaming. Give it a read!

  • MC-X

    One One Se7en takes potshots at Metroid Prime’s shortcomings… check it out.

  • They just won’t quit.

    These guys STILL don’t have the hang of the Series field in the database (6 of these 11 Fan Fiction entries had the series set incorrectly)… but we love ’em anyway. The Fallen : Chapter 2, Section 2, by Hikaru-119 The Fallen : Chapter 2, Section 3, by Hikaru-119 On A Pale Horse: Two Cruisers,…

  • Missing Artwork… back!

    Yesterday, I said that the art queues had been cleared out, and if your work hadn’t been posted, it was because we either rejected it, or couldn’t tell who it was from. Well, there was a third possibliity – I could have just missed the piece. 🙁 There were three – two Wallpapers and one…