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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: November 2006

  • The 12 Games Of Xbox

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    Eurogamer is doing a retrospective on the top twelve exclusive franchises for the first Xbox console. Halo 1 and 2 unsurprisingly clock in at #1.

  • The 12 Games Of Xbox

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    Eurogamer is doing a retrospective on the top twelve exclusive franchises for the first Xbox console. Halo 1 and 2 unsurprisingly clock in at #1.

  • Xbox 360 Sales May Be Making Profit

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    Ars Technica notes that recent decreases in the costs of parts and manufacturing may mean Microsoft no longer has to subsidize the sales of their Xbox 360 console with profits from software: they may be making as much as $75 on each console sold, according to iSuppli. Meanwhile, it is estimated that Sony will lose…

  • Xbox 360 Sales May Be Making Profit

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    Ars Technica notes that recent decreases in the costs of parts and manufacturing may mean Microsoft no longer has to subsidize the sales of their Xbox 360 console with profits from software: they may be making as much as $75 on each console sold, according to iSuppli. Meanwhile, it is estimated that Sony will lose…

  • Pfhor For Pfhriday

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    Four Aleph One netmaps and a Lua CTF script for Marathon fans today over at Aleph One, courtesy of eX and W’rkcacnter.

  • Pfhor For Pfhriday

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    Four Aleph One netmaps and a Lua CTF script for Marathon fans today over at Aleph One, courtesy of eX and W’rkcacnter.

  • Not Just For PCs Anymore

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    One of the oft-discussed topics among those following the upcoming Halo Wars RTS game by Ensemble for the Xbox 360 console is whether or not a workable interface for a strategy game can be created for a console. Many commenters have offered that RTS games just belong on PCs to be played with mice and…

  • Not Just For PCs Anymore

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    One of the oft-discussed topics among those following the upcoming Halo Wars RTS game by Ensemble for the Xbox 360 console is whether or not a workable interface for a strategy game can be created for a console. Many commenters have offered that RTS games just belong on PCs to be played with mice and…

  • OH SHEETS HE’S GOT A NEEDLER

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    This week’s Halo 3 Humpday wasn’t really a challenge – it was a 3-player game between SketchFactor, Frankie, and KP. What makes it interesting is that since High Ground has been described in detail (including concept artwork showing layout) by EGM and others, the writeup goes into minute detail about the game. Strategery abounds. (Shenanigans,…

  • Towering Cels

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    Dustbunny27 points out a new pair of cel-shaded pieces he’s created over at DeviantART – nice work!(Louis Wu 02:20:54 UTC)

  • The Pros Pour It On

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    Tons of new content up over at MLGPro.com, just in time for Nationals – 3Suns has nicely laid it all out in this forum post. Stuff, stuff, and more stuff!(Louis Wu 02:19:23 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Humpday

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    We had another internal Humpday this week at Bungie Studios, again in Halo 3. So, as you might expect, you’ll read a bunch of vague descriptions of rocks and weapons that may or may not sound familiar.

  • Totally Random Act 2 [Directors Cut]

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    Pothole Studios has released a remake of their first ever video – you can grab Totally Random Act 2 [Directors Cut] on their website. Owned by a soda machine! Two and a half minutes long, available in both WMP9 and DivX formats. Check it out!(Louis Wu 22:51:01 UTC)

  • RT: Viva Pinata and Episode 83

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    I don’t know if you’ve had the opportunity to play Rare’s new family game Viva Pinata, but as today’s comic shows, it’s kind of…unique. In other news, video production began on Episode 83 today, so we should be in good shape for a Friday sponsor release. Also,…

  • Wooden Ships

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    Dennis Powers writes to say that Static, Episode 4 is now up – it’s called ‘Wooden Ships’. Alex speculates about his environs, and begins to tire of the chase. Crosby, Stills, and Nash accompany. As usual, available in WMP9, QuickTime, and streaming Flash.(Louis Wu 20:56:14 UTC)

  • That’s just… big.

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    Heh – if you’re interested in a super-high-resolution version of the campaign screenshot released yesterday (uncompressed TIFF format, 5120×2880, 28 mb), you can find one over at HaloPlanet. Nice!(Louis Wu 16:17:41 UTC)

  • More info on the Halo 3 teaser ad

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    Interesting. Pro-G is reporting that the Halo 3 teaser ad that will air on December 4 here in the US will air on the Britain’s Channel 4 on Friday, December 15 – and will be visible on xbox.com then, too. This hasn’t been confirmed by other sources yet, but it certainly makes sense. Thanks, MereCatfish.(Louis…

  • Halloween 2006

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    BitMaP points out another Halo-related strip of Strouperman, his webcomic. You know… I think I know those guys.(Louis Wu 15:55:00 UTC)

  • 1Up puts up THEIR Halo screens

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    Heh – I should check ALL mail before posting. Looks like 1Up decided to go ahead and release all the new assets they have, since they’re already out there on the web. (There’s been no announcement from Bungie yet about this content, but I’m guessing it’ll come today.) Oddly, though the news post says they’ve…

  • Halo Base pulls screens down

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    We were contacted by Oliver, of Halo Base – turns out the word they got from GameCity about the screens yesterday was that GameCity was allowed to release them; they wouldn’t have linked to them (or mirrored them) otherwise. They’ve taken DOWN their mirrors, now, because they’ve learned from a Microsoft PR representative that the…