My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: August 2004

  • Cartographically Challenged

    Halo Babies has a new comic up – in which Baby MC is a little… lost. If you’re interested in meeting these guys, they’re gonna be at MLG’s Downpour event in Seattle this weekend, selling Halo Babies T-Shirts – details can be found in this news post.

  • So Long Elmer

    You were also the best….

  • Big-Screen Halo

    Wow – a movie theater in Logan, Utah has set up a permanent weekly Halo tourney, making good use of their giant screens for some sweet gameplay. Not a bad way to bring in a little extra money! Thanks to Team Overkill (w00t! Halo 2 is coming, they’re visible again!) for the heads-up.

  • Shakeycam gameplay pics

    Yesterday, Art Vandelay pointed out some shakeycam photos taken at the X04 Canada event in Toronto, during Halo 2 multiplay. (There are 54 shots in all.) Apparently, they were originally taken by “Biff Sasquatch” of GameFAQs. Extra mirrors for some (or all) of the shots can be found in this TeamXbox thread. Before everyone gets…

  • Lowbrow and Grunt in the same sentence… whoda thunk?

    It’s that Bungie-special Episode 77 over at Calvin and Halo – and Blackstar takes a shot at the… hmm. Someone.

  • It’s Thursday, it must be FF

    The Fan Fiction section grows by another 13 pieces today, including a poem AND a song. Give it a look-see.

  • 82 Days!

    FYI there are only 82 days until Halo 2 is released. Are you ready?…

  • Halo Paintings are Cool.

    Wow. Nice Halo painting – 20×30 acrylic on canvas. Pointed out by its creator, Stinogatron. He mentions that there are a couple of other Halo pieces in his DeviantArt gallery. (One of them is already in our Wallpaper section…)

  • The PR onslaught begins… with a whimper

    Hmm… Alex Cross got his hands on the long-awaited OXM Holiday Preview Guide… and he was disappointed. Yes, there’s a large spread on Halo 2 – but to him, it seemed like a rehash of existing info, and there weren’t any new screenshots. (The leaked shots currently making the rounds will likely show up in…

  • Peter Moore talks to Gamespot

    As we mentioned yesterday, Microsoft was recently in Toronto for X04 Canada, a press-only event at which Halo 2 was present, and playable. Gamespot was there, and snuck in an interview with Peter Moore, Microsoft’s VP of marketing for Xbox International. Moore was enthusiastic across the board… but had some pretty amazing things to say…

  • RvB Set Pieces IV.5

    Hawaiian Pig fixed a small typo in his recently-posted Red vs Blue Season 3 poster – and added two new styles, and a new set piece. Pictures, and explanations, can be found in this forum post.

  • A whole new kind of megabattle

    Mintz08 decided to try the Megabattle technique (fixed camera, multiple composited shots) with Halo action figures, rather than ingame – interesting results. Plasmanator tossed in his own offering. A new creative option?

  • The Name of the Game

    Bestmasterchief posted a link to a vid hosted by Halo Babies – bouncing warthogs off dropships. It’s 5 mb, WMP9 format. The last one’s nicely timed.

  • Megabattle Tourney Matches

    Dolbex has been playing with the Megabattle picture technique (search our news if this doesn’t mean anything to you), and has recreated a few key moments from MLG games. There are four static shots, and one panoramic. Pretty slick! (Registration – free – required to see the pics.)

  • When They Say ‘Close’ Combat…

    So, in the novels, it’s made clear that Elites are MUCH taller than humans. How should this REALLY affect gameplay? One One Se7en takes a stab. Well, a shot. Sort of.

  • Yet again – Leak Policy at HBO

    To the folks sending us links to the Halo 2 screenshots currently making their way around the net: these are leaked shots, not meant to be shown to the public yet. We understand that it’s really, really hard to put the genie back in the bottle… but (as has always been the case here) we’re…

  • Laughing Llama

    Hehe – a late afternoon post by bentllama on his recently-unveiled blog points out a thread on the CGTalk forums in which a Toronto resident explained how to get into a press-only Halo 2 showing. (The event ended yesterday, so don’t bother going down now.) Goes to show… hang around in the right crowd, you…

  • Realism in Halo, Part II

    Mhaddy, of the Junkyard, points out the second installment of their realism-in-Halo interview with a US Marine pilot. In today’s article, the interview focuses on the level Halo, and what a current-day Marine would have done in some of the situations that arise in the game. An interesting read!

  • Cortana as a Role Model

    Pallor found a Halo reference in Jane, a magazine aimed at ‘the twenty-to-thirty-something female generation’. In the September issue, in the Play Tech section, is a small picture of Cortana and the MC, with the caption ‘Tough-chick Cortana is calling all the shots.’ Great to see a game like Halo 2 being marketed, sort of,…

  • Halo 2 ad – high quality

    Dan Chosich ripped another copy of the second Halo 2 ad to hit print mags; it’s not new, but it’s new at this quality. If you’re interested in digital versions of the Halo 2 print ads, grab this!