My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: September 2006

  • Always Leave Them Laughing

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    Although two panelists– Al Lowe, Leisure Suit Larry creator and Erik Wolpaw, better known as Old Man Murray and a writer on Psychonauts were no-shows, attendees at the Game Writers Conference were treated to a few laughs by Wideload Games’ Matt Soell and Tom Abernathy of Pandemic, makers of Destroy All Humans! Making gamers laugh…

  • Always Leave Them Laughing

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    Although two panelists– Al Lowe, Leisure Suit Larry creator and Erik Wolpaw, better known as Old Man Murray and a writer on Psychonauts were no-shows, attendees at the Game Writers Conference were treated to a few laughs by Wideload Games’ Matt Soell and Tom Abernathy of Pandemic, makers of Destroy All Humans! Making gamers laugh…

  • Microsoft Foxes Halogen Project

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    Halogen, an unofficial fan project to create a real-time strategy game in the Halo universe, is shutting down due to a request from Microsoft. From their homepage: Hours ago, we finally recieved the words we’ve been dreading since the mod started to get noticed. Microsoft has decided that we are infringing on the intellectual property…

  • Microsoft Foxes Halogen Project

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    Halogen, an unofficial fan project to create a real-time strategy game in the Halo universe, is shutting down due to a request from Microsoft. From their homepage: Hours ago, we finally recieved the words we’ve been dreading since the mod started to get noticed. Microsoft has decided that we are infringing on the intellectual property…

  • Secret Ninja Stuff, and More

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    The Bungie Weekly Update is out – and it’s pretty darned meaty this time around. There’s a great interview with Eric Nylund, mostly about what got him into this whole Halo novel-writing gig in the first place… and there’s spectacular Lorraine McLees cover art from the upcoming Ghosts of Onyx novel (including some armor that…

  • Bungie Weekly Update

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    The usual snooze and news about Bungie Studios during its media lockdown period, but Eric Nylund chats with Bungie about his upcoming Halo novel: Ghosts of Onyx and let’s you in on his life, his loves and the creative process that brings you the expanded Halo fiction.

  • Clarification on the FIFTH Halo novel

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    Okay, okay, before folks get TOO wound up, I need to clarify something. This morning, I mentioned a tidbit from Dean Takahashi; it looked like there was another Halo novel scheduled for Spring 2007, also written by Eric Nylund. There’s a record for it on Amazon, and a record at ISBNdb.com. Official word from Bungie…

  • Repent!

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    Paul Maestri writes to let us know that Halo Heads 4 is now up – Cliffy Bear? Goodness.(Louis Wu 18:32:29 UTC)

  • Host With The Most.

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    Sometimes, you can look at the most recent One One Se7en and know exactly what Stuntmutt was doing when he came up with the concept. Today is one of those times.(Louis Wu 16:35:54 UTC)

  • Oh, bloody brilliant, mate.

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    Hellhawk reminded me that there are still hundreds of dialogue snippets in the queue (I’d completely forgotten about them) – I’ve posted nearly 100 marine clips today, and will do my best to get through most of the rest soon. Some of these are fantastic – go browsing!(Louis Wu 14:29:51 UTC)

  • Friday’s Fanfic

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    Only 10 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today – probably because of the Fanfic contest going on at UNSCDF. Enjoy these!(Louis Wu 13:03:15 UTC)

  • Where do I apply for the ‘Contract Jerk’ position?

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    This week’s Halo Humpday Challenge was against NeoGAF (as far as I can tell, GAF = “Gaming Age Forums”) – GhaleonEB mentioned it (and the Bungie loss) yesterday afternoon, but the Bungie writeup wasn’t posted until evening. Bungie brought in a ringer (I’m pretty sure there’s no ‘Hawt Chik’ position on Microsoft’s payroll), but even…

  • Dead Man’s Hand – The Weekly Goodness

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    Dead Man’s Hand remains a hotbed of Halo discussion and speculation; new articles this week include a writeup of Dead Man’s Potluck (a night of gaming I’m really sorry I missed), a discussion on when playing Halo on XBL stops being fun and starts to be stressful, 22 Questions with Wheezin Geezers’ Overlord Sunburned Goose…

  • What’s Next for Bungie?

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    What the heck? Dean Takahashi, who writes books about gaming as well as a column for the Mercury News, has put up a blog entry that discusses what might, or might not, be going on inside Bungie Studios. (He suggests that on top of Halo 3, there’s a team working on another game, PLUS a…

  • Second Game In The Works At Bungie

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    San Jose Mercury News columnist Dean Takahashi, also author of books on the Xbox and Xbox 360, has a new column up saying that a small team of developers within Bungie Studios, led by Jason Jones and Chris Butcher, aren’t working on Halo 3. They’re working on something else: They are on a small project…

  • Second Game In The Works At Bungie

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    San Jose Mercury News columnist Dean Takahashi, also author of books on the Xbox and Xbox 360, has a new column up saying that a small team of developers within Bungie Studios, led by Jason Jones and Chris Butcher, aren’t working on Halo 3. They’re working on something else: They are on a small project…

  • Conference Comments Cause Cutscene Controversy

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    Gamasutra reports that Alexis Nolent, Editorial Story Design Director for Ubisoft, delivered remarks at the Austin Games Conference on the integration of stories into games. He seems to favor the Half-Life 2 brand of “scripted events” versus the more traditional, cinematic sort of Halo-style “cutscenes”: First, he saw a trend toward fewer cinematics, and more…

  • Conference Comments Cause Cutscene Controversy

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    Gamasutra reports that Alexis Nolent, Editorial Story Design Director for Ubisoft, delivered remarks at the Austin Games Conference on the integration of stories into games. Nolent seems to favor the Half-Life 2 brand of “scripted events” versus the more traditional, cinematic sort of Halo-style “cutscenes”: First, he saw a trend toward fewer cinematics, and more…

  • Humpday: NeoGAF

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    Bungie accepted a challenge from some Halo 2 fans over at the NeoGAF forums this week. Over the course of three very close games, both teams performed admirably but one came to rise above the other. Possibly as a result of chetz and sploitz.

  • Halo Heads 3 – Wishlist

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    Paul Maestri points out that Halo Heads Episode 3 (his webcomic) is now online. Heh – I’ve felt the same way as his protagonist…(Louis Wu 22:15:05 UTC)