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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: August 2006

  • Weekly Porridge # 33: Fare Thee Well

    Quality Jeverage is back with his exceptional illustration skills for another weekly porridge! This time we get a new sidekick, but will he stick around? More talk in the forums. Now where was I in this asteroids game…

  • Weekly Porridge #33: Fare Thee Well

    Quality Jeverage is back with his exceptional illustration skills for another weekly porridge! This time we get a new sidekick, but will he stick around? More talk in the forums. Now where was I in this asteroids game… ‹ Weekly Porridge #32: And the Winner Is…upWeekly Porridge #34: Sweet Victory ›

  • RT: Out of Mind Part IV

    The fourth episode of Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind is now available to the public. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet on XBox Live Marketplace, you can find it now in the RvB Video Archive. There’s only episode left in this special…

  • RT: PAX 06 – Bigger than the Beatles

    Well, we survived the massive throngs of attendees at PAX 06 with minimal scarring, and I believe the phrase “best time ever” would be an accurate assessment of the event and its surrounding festivities. Those of you lucky enough to be in attendance…

  • RT: Anger Management

    Anyone who has ever met Gus, or even been within a 500 foot radius of him should be well acquainted with his incredible temper. It is the stuff of legend. I once saw him take cotton candy from a small child, then tell him that Santa and the Easter Bunny…

  • Finnish Spartan’s Cardboard Armor

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    Finnish Spartan sent along a bunch of pictures of some cardboard armor he’s putting together – check it out!(Louis Wu 14:28:58 UTC)

  • Pen is Mightier

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    The second episode of Halo Heads went online today – two in two days! Chuck Norris… isn’t as tough as he looks? Thanks, Paul.(Louis Wu 12:40:46 UTC)

  • She’s married, so…

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    MsValentine has posted another Cortana cosplay photo in her RvB Image section – if you aren’t an RvB member, you can see it here. Dang!(Louis Wu 12:34:37 UTC)

  • NYC Tourneys

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    Johnathan Lugo wrote to point out NYC Gaming, a site offering a number of Halo tourneys – there’s one in Brooklyn on September 2 ($30 pp to get in, MLG sponsorship on the line), and another in Manhattan on September 9 ($20 to get in, $300 plus prizes for first place). More details, rules, prizes,…

  • Magma Releases Public Beta Of Myth II 1.6 Patch

    Project Magma has announced the availability of a public beta of version 1.6 of Myth II. The update makes Myth II on the Mac a Universal application, running natively on PPC or Intel hardware, allows it to run in a window on Windows 2000 or XP, and many other new features and bug fixes. This…

  • Magma Releases Public Beta Of Myth II 1.6 Patch

    Project Magma has announced the availability of a public beta of version 1.6 of Myth II. The update makes Myth II on the Mac a Universal application, running natively on PPC or Intel hardware, allows it to run in a window on Windows 2000 or XP, and many other new features and bug fixes. This…

  • Hushed Casket Celebrates Fourth Year

    Hushed Casket, a long-standing gaming group that has that’s been around since the early days of Halo 1, is celebrating its fourth year of existence today. Its founder, rapture, has written a few words about their experiences over the years.

  • New Mongo Tourney Site

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    Xtournaments and Gescrow.com have merged into one site – they now claim to be the largest organized Halo 2 Tournament site. First event is September 9 – 2v2, free to enter, $150 in cash and prizes. (You don’t have to pay to play, but you DO have to have at least $10 in a Gescrow…

  • If You Fade Out…

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    Last week, Neill Blomkamp answered a couple of questions at RvB – today, Stuntmutt spins his answers in One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:39:36 UTC)

  • The Next Halo Novel: Ghosts of Onyx

    Source: http://bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?cid=8849The next Halo novel is Ghosts of Onyx, by Eric Nylund. Let the celebrations begin! Our new publishing partner, Tor, will release the latest …

  • The Next Halo Novel: Ghosts of Onyx

    Source: http://bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?cid=8849The next Halo novel is Ghosts of Onyx, by Eric Nylund. Let the celebrations begin! Our new publishing partner, Tor, will release the latest …

  • Gotta watch that peanut butter…

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    Speaking of comics, a neighborhood kid found one I’d never seen before – it’s hosted at VGPub, and it’s dated November 11, 2004. I’m rather surprised nobody ever noticed! Check out ‘Camping with Halo 2’.(Louis Wu 12:32:03 UTC)

  • Halo Heads Ep 1

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    Paul Maestri has started up a comic strip that focuses on ‘scifi elements’ – his first strip is here. I always wondered about that…(Louis Wu 12:29:58 UTC)

  • Hush Yo Casket!

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    This is what the Halo community is all about. rapture wrote up a summary of the last year for The Hushed Casket – a Halo-centric (though not exclusive) group in Huntsville, AL. Good friends, good times, good games. And some bad. (Sorry about the 360, rap.) Give it a read. Makes me want to start…

  • 4 Marines and a Hog (starring Charlie Sheen?)

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    Heh – Ducain pointed out a new Halo vid, again by BigGruntyThirst, over at High Impact Halo… it builds on the technique shown in his recent variety vid, but as Ducain says, the kicker here is how easy he makes it all look! (This trick, from start to finish, is anything BUT easy.) Worth a…