My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: September 2006

  • First Ever Bungie Podcast

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    There’s a lot of goodies in this week’s Bungie Update. Not a whole lot of it pertains to Halo 3, except possibly the logo, but that at least is something. What is special is the first-ever Bungie podcast. Go check out the update to download it if you haven’t yet. I don’t see it in…

  • A Cavalcade of Audio Fun

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    The Bungie Weekly Update has been posted – it’s a doozy. A full-length podcast is available (50 mb, 55 minutes); amazing music and dialogue (well, the dialogue’s cool, the music is… go listen). On top of that, there’s a bizarre ‘making the logo’ bit (with lots and lots and lots of pictures), and something called…

  • Bungie Weekly Update

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    Huge update this week, starting with the first ever Bungie Podcast and including real audio from Halo 3. Download it! Listen to it! We also premiere the final Halo 3 logo and debut In-Fusio’s Halo Mobile Portal for cellphones. Halo music ringtones are finally here!

  • Face Facts.

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    Occasionally, Stuntmutt writes a One One Se7en a few days before it goes live, and then finds that the ideal setup for his punchline is unwittingly posted by a fan; usually, when this happens, it’s too late to rearrange strips to match. My apologies this time around; there was a 50-50 chance this strip would…

  • Press Release

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    Paul Maestri sends word that Halo Heads 10 is up. I think maybe he better not draw any more rodents…(Louis Wu 18:21:40 UTC)

  • Submit Stuff for Episode 82: Podtacular Update

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    This week we’re recording on Sunday, which is why I’ve been lagging on writing this article. My mom is having a Halo cookie baking contest We’re looking for news and events… minus the oven mitts. Know of something happenin’ in the Halo community? Let us know! Just click submit news and tips on the right…

  • Submit Stuff for Episode 82: Podtacular Update

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    This week we’re recording on Sunday, which is why I’ve been lagging on writing this article. My mom is having a Halo cookie baking contest We’re looking for news and events… minus the oven mitts. Know of something happenin’ in the Halo community? Let us know! Just click submit news and tips on the right…

  • Friday’s Fanfic

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    Eighteen new pieces added to the Fan Fiction section this morning – some doozies. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 13:21:34 UTC)

  • Free Xbox 360 repairs – a little late

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    Not strictly Halo-related – but it affects a lot of Halo fans, so it’s going up. Dolbex posted a note on our forum, pointing back to his blog, which in turn points to an article at IGN; all of this is about a new policy whereby Microsoft will fix any broken Xbox 360 consoles purchased…

  • The First Halo 3 Humpday Challenge

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    WOW… Don’t you wish you were there? Yes.. It looks like the bungie guys are having a lot of fun during the test of this amazing new game we’ve been waiting for. This week they took on each other there and had a blast playing some games, having some fun and just testing what will…

  • Tsquared talks to Boost Mobile

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    Boost Mobile has an interview with Tsquared – he reminisces about the tourneys that got him going in the Halo Pro scene, he discusses the pro circuit, and he tells a fun story about a cop with a Halo-playing son. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 12:09:48 UTC)

  • Halo Sucks.

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    Wow. Ferrago has a story about online gaming, and mostly, it’s just a screed about how crappy Halo 2 multiplayer is, how many problems it has, and how silly Bungie is for not having figured out how to fix those problems yet. (They also blame some of the problems on the “lack of an established…

  • Gamertag Database Returns

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    Parallel to the changes that we made in how the Bungie Timeline works, letting you search, filter and sort entries according to different criteria, we’ve now revamped the entire user profile system. Among other things, this allows us to bring back the Gamertag Database with much better features than before. The new Gamertag Database allows…

  • Flowing Alcohol and Face Stabbings

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    Over at Tied the Leader, there are a couple of new articles – there’s a writeup of their Third Annual LAN Party (a shindig involving players from all over the US), and a 22 Questions interview with KP (who knew the guy was also Shishka?). Give ’em a read! Thanks, Dweezle.(Louis Wu 11:38:51 UTC)

  • The First Halo 3 Humpday Challenge

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    WOW… Don’t you wish you were there? Yes.. It looks like the bungie guys are having a lot of fun during the test of this amazing new game we’ve been waiting for. This week they took on each other there and had a blast playing some games, having some fun and just testing what will…

  • Halo: Portable Podcast Episode 5

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    38 MB, 1:07 hours. (link) Like we promised, this podcast is way better. We dub it “The Apology Podcast,” so that means it has to be good, with an extra dose of guilty humor. We discuss all the breaking Halo news from Sept. 3 – Sept. 15, plus a bunch of community stuff. Well, as…

  • Crouching Diaper, Hidden Dingdong

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    Embarrassed that Stuntmutt guessed their Humpday Challenge strategy, the entire Bungie team (except for KP) hid this week when it came time to meet their opponents… so the Challenge never took place. However, KP gets paid by the word (I think he’s up to three cheerios per at this point), so in order to earn…

  • The First Halo 3 Humpday

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    This week the Humpday Challenge went internal with three head-to-head Halo 3 matches at Bungie Studios. Six men, three maps and an unlimited amount of vague descriptions. Don’t expect to find screenshots or new info on maps, weapons or multiplayer modes in here.

  • The Spartan Effect: Episode 1 (Redux)

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    Rookie Rabbit Productions sent along ‘The Spartan Effect: Episode 1’ for review; they said they didn’t need hosting, so we posted a note about this earlier today… but apparently, even just the HTML hits were killing them, so we pulled the post. I’ve gotten local versions posted, however, so I’m putting this back. It’s the…

  • Return to Innocence

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    Landon ‘LaP’ Pratte submitted a somewhat different movie to the MPRRS – it’s called ‘Return to Innocence’, and it’s set to Enigma’s eponymous song. He used Halo CE to create this film (and did all the acting/filming himself); many of the shots had to be created with camera scripts and AI enemy scripts. There are…