My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2005

  • “It’s a ceremony!” “It’s psychotic!”

    One potentially fun aspect of GDC is how easy it can be to get into arguments between those who know what they are talking about and those who think they know what they’re talking about. (That’s a bit of an oversimplification; it’s actually arguing bet…

  • Delta Squad Ep 3 Trailer

    Chronic V1RU5 has released a trailer for Episode 3 of their Delta Squad series. They won’t be able to release the whole thing before the first of next month, for bandwidth reasons… but you can grab a 4.5 mb teaser right now (WMP9 format). Thanks, KingFarnox.

  • Amateur Online league at MLG filling up

    Recently, we mentioned the opening of a pair of online leagues over at MLGPro.com – looks like the Amateur league is already over half-filled. If you’re interested in playing in this, get over there and sign up!

  • Anti-Cheating Website

    Cheated online, but don’t know where to turn? Check out StopStandby.com, a website run by an extremely persistent webmaster who wants to help you get your story out. (Bungie has said that the Standby problem will pretty much disappear after the online patch they’re releasing in the next few weeks – but as TheSPFXmaN, Project…

  • Two week update

    By now, I’m sure you have all heard about the new content we (Bungie) are releasing as both DLC on XBL and as a separate DVD. I’m not going to step much into the debate other than to point out the main reason for the DVD: get the update and new content…

  • Halo Action Figure Auction

    Josh sent us email about an auction he’s got going on eBay – every Halo 2 action figure released to date (plus a few Halo figures, as well). There’s some rare stuff here – the Civilian Hog, several limited edition models… it’s a big package. (16 full-size figures, plus two mini packs, and a Halo…

  • TheGhost’s Halo 2 Montage

    TheGhost put together a montage video; halofreak4567 posted a link on our forum. It’s a nice montage – great timing, good gameplay – so we’ve mirrored both the original WMP9 version (23.1 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org) as well as a QuickTime version (23.8 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org). Grab what works best for you!

  • What were they thinking?

    Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, has written a piece looking at your options in terms of the new Downloadable Content announced yesterday. He suggests that the plan actually borders on common sense. (He means that in a GOOD way.)

  • Halo 2v2 (plus racing stuff) in NY

    On April 9, Xtournaments will be running a Halo2 2v2 tourney in Smithtown, NY – details can be found on this page. (They’re also running Gran Tourismo 4 Time trials for the Red Bull Driver Search on the same day – win a chance to race a real Formula 1 car!) If you live near…

  • Pimp it

    retsamolah has posted ‘Shameless Self-Promotion’, a montage vid in widescreen. 41.6 mb, QuickTime format. Not quite up to the machine-like standards of some of the pro players… but there are some nice kills. He’s listed a pair of mirrors in this post, and Hawk7886 added a third in this one. Gotta love Dire Straits soundtracks…

  • Not So Common Sense – Coming Soon

    Over on the Bungie.net forums, Overswarm has been making a name for himself with a strategy guide, presented in forum posts, called ‘Not So Common Sense’. He came to us with a proposal – that he codify this guide, organize it, and that we give it a permanent home here at HBO. Seemed like a…

  • The return of an old favorite

    Hawaiian Pig has revisited his RvB Set Pieces, with a new batch of 5 shots from recent episodes. Fun!

  • Last Stand IA 1

    Phoenix_9286 posted an Informational Announcement for his Last Stand comic series, over on DeviantART. The Elites behind the characters…

  • How I Saved Christmas

    Red Vs Blue have released episode 53, “Let’s Come To Order” for sponsors over at their site. Louis would have posted this, but he’s off monkeying around about somewhere.

  • A home for your toys

    WOW. If you’re a Halo action figure collector, you want to know about these guys – Out of Reach Constructions, an Australian firm specializing in Halo-themed display structures for your action figures. They ain’t cheap (the two existing structures are A$160 plus shipping and handling, with four new prototypes on the way)… but they’re beautiful.…

  • Videogame Violence Feedback

    William Vitka posted another piece today in his GameCore series about videogame violence – this one is a collection of email feedback he’s received on the rest of the articles. It’s interesting that more than one of the letters involve interaction with Jack Thompson, the lawyer who suggests that videogame violence drives our children to…

  • Hahaha… get in line.

    Captain Spark has posted another four dozen dialogue snippets – you can grab them en masse on his website, or peruse them individually in our Dialogue Databank. Enjoy!

  • Three Pundred.

    Clearly, of FAR more importance to anyone visiting this website than news of downloadable content is the fact that Stuntmutt has posted his 300th One One Se7en today. Do him a favor, and go read it. Update: As if it weren’t groanworthy enough…

  • DLC Screenshots

    Don’t forget – it was mentioned in the WWU, but in case you missed it, there are new screenshots available showing the first four levels of DLC in Bungie’s Screenshots section. We’ll be adding them to our own section in the not-too-distant future. I can’t wait to play Needler Warlock…

  • Downloadable Content – Solid News

    There’s a Special Edition Weekly What’s Update over at Bungie.net… and it’s focused on the Xbox Expansion Pack (information about which was leaked earlier this week). Some of the info out there was accurate (the fact that the Pack existed, for example) – some wasn’t. The truth: There ARE 9 maps. They WILL be available…