My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2004

  • Ooh… change of focus

    Strykerwolf popped into our forum with a slick little animation of the Master Chief (as modeled by him). Go take a look!

  • Guilty Is Right.

    Today’s Guest One One Se7en comes from The Rat, and has a slightly different look than your average One One Se7en. I gotta say, though, I’ve felt the same way as the MC on the Library…

  • Never sleep with a tiger.

    Warbow continues to send in inspired Calvin and Halo comics; there’s a new one live today. Ooh… I just wouldn’t want to be there.

  • No, no – kill me NEXT!

    SketchFactor stopped by the forum this evening, once again looking for YOUR input. Concept du jour: Kill In Order Slayer games. (There’s one on the HBO servers, called targetpractice… all players are invisible, to boot.) Do you like these? Hate ’em? Have a particular peeve about ’em (like, say, if all players are invisible, and…

  • HBO-Subnova – now for Macs!

    It’s taking a bit longer than I’d expected to get the 1.03 patch for Mac Halo out to the fans… so in the meantime, we’ve decided to run HBO-Subnova as a 1.02 server, with a mapcycle that mirrors HBO-GameDaemons. (We’ve also removed the password for it.) If you have Mac Halo, and you feel left…

  • Video Hijinx

    Hehe – I read the article this morning, but managed to overlook the fact that it was Halo news. Ouch! Thanks to Rams, of BGH, and Dinky, for pointing out the error of my ways. Gamespy posted a ‘Year in Video’ article, in which they ranked what they considered to be the top 10 game…

  • I want to cut you.

    Ooh… see what happens when i go through the unread forum posts? Shishka pointed out a project of his over at The Silent Cartographers; as soon as that Halo Editing Kit is available, you should be able to melee your buddies with a pretty gorgeous energy sword. Wonga.

  • Words, words, and still MORE words

    Eighteen new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section: Jake A Model IV: Chapter Five: There Are Two Meanings To Full Metal Jacket, by Slipping Knot Forced Betrayal (Chapter 3: Destruction of 09), by CoLd BlooDed End of the Forerunner // Chapter 2 , by MarcusP Marooned Chapter 11, by Steve Ollett Neu…

  • The Continuing Saga…

    In the last couple of weeks, there have been two new episodes of 343 Guilty Stick sent in; I’m just now getting to them. (Sorry.) Episode 5 looks at the Halo 2 Announcement trailer… and will be continued in the future. Timberland is sort of an interlude. Enjoy!

  • LEGO my model!

    One of the ‘lost in the flood’ emails that came in during my trip was a message from Justin ‘Saber-Scorpion’ Stebbins, who pointed out a bunch of cool LEGO constructions over at his site. I particularly liked the Pillar of Autumn! Sorry for the delay…

  • Bonus goodies on Platinum Halo discs

    Almost forgot… we got some cool news from Blackstar recently. For Christmas, he got a spare copy of Halo (Xbox) – everyone should grab this, because it’s really cheap right now. For the heck of it, he went to the “Game Demo” options to see if there was anything new… and what should he find…

  • MC Wearable Suit – now with a helmet

    We’ve been chronicling the construction of a wearable Master Chief suit, as created by Chris Bryan. A couple of days ago, he sent along the latest shots; the helmet is finished. What a beautiful paint job! Just scroll to the bottom of the project page to see the latest update.

  • RvB – Impressions Begin

    Dark Impaler posted some impressions of the Red vs Blue Season 2 premiere at Lincoln Center a couple of nights ago; read through for some hints about what’s to come. (And stay tuned; our very own Miguel Chavez has a pretty serious report in the works, though the video portion might take a while to…

  • Footrest Fires Back

    someone that you don’t know has pointed out a Flash Halo movie on the net; it’s got pretty nice artwork in it! It’s less than a meg, and shows a pretty slick battle between Spartans and Elites. Take a look!

  • Beaten To The Punch

    Stuntmutt laments the loss of good material in today’s One One Se7en. Okay, ‘good’ might not be the right word…

  • A Mystery Indeed

    Today’s Halo: Resolution tackles the thorny question of Elite reproduction. No snickering, now. Baby Elites have to come from SOMEWHERE.

  • First Strike – via Halo PC

    Running Riot has started a website devoted to a mod for Halo PC based on the novel First Strike. He’s looking for lots of enthusiastic people to help out; visit the site, check out the project details, and see if you fit into the ‘How Can I Help?’ page! (There’s also a forum thread on…

  • HPC update info – from the source

    A few days ago, Randy Pitchford posted a note on the Gearbox forums, saying that he’d answer as many questions as possible before the new year. Read the whole thread for questions, or start with Randy’s first answer. Lots and lots and LOTS of good info in there. Thanks to progamerz for the heads-up.

  • Longest, revisited

    Back in July, we posted a preview for a Counter-Strike version of Longest. Its creator, Dylan Velasquez, wrote again so that we could give this map another home. You can grab a copy right here (252k, zipped, with the preview). Enjoy!

  • The online multiplayer fps Shangri-La

    Some of you might remember kapowaz, who once frequented our forums. He hasn’t been around much recently, but a couple of days ago, he wrote a very eloquent paean to the multiplayer portion of Halo PC – go take a look. (If you’re at all interested in good web design, check out the rest of…