My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: September 2006

  • A new HALO game on XBLA – It’s not H3

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    http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/27/peter-jackson-and-fran-walsh-to-make-new-halo-game-original-ip/Microsoft has confirmed that the Academy Award-winning duo Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh (Lord of the Rings, King Kong) are set to create two “new in…

  • By The End Of The Year

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    Halo still hasn’t gotten more than a token mention in the press event so far, except for Moore’s statement that fans should expect something new related to Halo 3 “before the end of the year”.

  • Halo Wars From Ensemble Studios

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    Those of you who thought that behind the closure of the Halogen project, a three-year-long attempt to make an unofficial mod for Command & Conquer Generals, lay a more sinister purpose, your suspicions have been confirmed. Ensemble Studios, creators of Microsoft’s real-time strategy series Age of Empires, has announced Halo Wars, a real-time strategy game…

  • Peter Jackson and MS – teaming up for MORE Halo

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    I was wrong – there’s MORE Halo news from Barcelona today, Halo Wars isn’t the end. Peter Jackson and Microsoft are teaming up to create Wingnut Interactive (no real website yet) – a new studio that will create “a completely new and original chapter in the Halo universe”, according to this 1Up story. No details…

  • Wingnut Forms Game Studio

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    1Up is reporting that Peter Jackson and Microsoft are forming a new games studio, Wingnut Interactive. The announcement cites Jackson’s involvement in Halo 3 and a future Microsoft title. UPDATE: 1Up has added some details to this item, fleshing out Jackson’s involvement. It no longer mentions Halo 3 specifically, but does say: But perhaps more…

  • Bungie’s X06 Announcements

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    Bungie has announced two new projects today at X06. The first is a partnership with Peter Jackson and his talented crew to bring you another chapter in the Halo universe. The second is Halo Wars, a real-time strategy game being developed by Ensemble Studios. Get the scoop in the full story.

  • Live Video Feed from X06

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    Getting at the live video stream provided by the UK Xbox site seems to be a bit problematic, so here is an akamai cache link: mms://a1369.l2074835666.c20748.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1369/20748/v0001/reflector:48948?wmcache=0 Nothing Bungie or Halo related so far. As Louis Wu pointed out at HBO there is also a live blog of the event at 1UP: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3154042

  • Do we need to start HEO?

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    The really, really big news today from Microsoft is the announcement of ‘Halo Wars’, from Ensemble Studios (the guys behind Age of Empires, and other similar games) – a Halo Real-Time Strategy game! It hasn’t been announced on the live feed yet – but Luke Smith has announced it on 1Up. Stay tuned for more…

  • X06 Starts NOW.

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    X06 coverage is going live very soon – the Xbox.com feed seems to be busted for most viewers, but keep trying. In the meantime, Luke Smith, from 1Up.com, is going to be liveblogging (thanks, Morangie), so if you can’t SEE what’s up, at least you can read about it. We’re not positive what’s coming from…

  • ZOMGWTFfloodtanaBBQ!!111!?

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    Sometimes, Stuntmutt is scary in his ability to mimic real people. Like in today’s One One Se7en. I mean… this could have come right out of a forum thread! (Maybe it did…)(Louis Wu 16:30:31 UTC)

  • Trevor Chesler’s Mjolnir Armor

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    Trevor Chesler has embarked on the creation process for a suit of Mjolnir armor – he’s shooting for a very high quality finished product. He’s just starting out right now, but you can see his gameplan, and the first few photos, on this page. As we get more from him, we’ll add them (and let…

  • Halo Case Mod

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    Wow – Wolverine Monkey dropped in with word of a really cool Halo case mod he noticed. (Here’s hoping we don’t kill their bandwidth…) The original can be found at Team Xtender.(Louis Wu 12:24:55 UTC)

  • Brooklyn Tourney Oct 7

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    TNL Alex stopped by our forum to announce a tourney in Brooklyn coming up on October 7 – FFA and 2v2. Rules, prizes, and directions can all be found in his forum post.(Louis Wu 12:22:35 UTC)

  • Rumors Swirl Ahead Of Microsoft’s X06 Event

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    A lot of sources today are spreading news that details of revelations to be made at Microsoft’s X06 event in Barcelona, Spain today. 3Suns pointed out material at 2old2play and Neoseeker in an HBO forum post, while CVG cites similar claims in a TeamXbox forum thread. Some reports just say “something big”. Some say it’s…

  • What Kind of Halo Player Are You?

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    Over at Bungie.net, KP has written up a great guide to Halo 2 players online (and a quiz, to help show you which type you’re most like). What I want to know is… how did it know what kind of underoos I’m wearing?(Louis Wu 23:07:35 UTC)

  • What Kind of Halo Player Are You?

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    We’ve compiled a humorous list of the most prominent gamer stereotypes in the Halo 2 Xbox Live community. Check out our list, see if any of these seem familiar and take the quiz to find out which kind of gamer you are most like.

  • Submit Stuff for Episode 83: The Halo 3 Show!

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    Episode 82 has been recorded with a surprise guest host and Ciclonic is hard at work editing it. It will likely be out tonight. It’s a good one! In the mean time it’s time to gather content for our next show. In Halo 3 they need more cowbell! What do you want to see in…

  • Submit Stuff for Episode 83: The Halo 3 Show!

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    Episode 82 has been recorded with a surprise guest host and Ciclonic is hard at work editing it. It will likely be out tonight. It’s a good one! In the mean time it’s time to gather content for our next show. In Halo 3 they need more cowbell! What do you want to see in…

  • The Birth of a Tattoo

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    agdTinMan stopped by our forum with the story behind Don Wan’s Spartan Tattoo (mentioned, and pictured, in last week’s Bungie Weekly Update) – great read! (If you follow the Flickr link he provides, there are other photos in her stream that may or may not look familiar…)(Louis Wu 19:52:49 UTC)

  • The Spartan Effect: Episode 2

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    The MPRRS went into something of a hibernation over the weekend… but a little kick-start this morning got reviewers reviewing again, and a movie stuck in the queue for 5 days was spit out this afternoon, with pretty high marks. It’s ‘The Spartan Effect: Episode 2’, from Rookie Rabbit Productions, and it continues the story…