My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2006

  • Community Member of the Month: Quality Jeverage

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    BrentGamer does his first interview for member of the month with Quality Jeverage: the artist behind Weekly Porridge and nerd role model. We get to learn how he got here, how he makes Weekly Porridge, and the most pressing question of all: whether he likes waffles or pancakes. Click “read more” for the full interview.…

  • Carved Plasma Rifle for Sale

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    Very nice. AngelicLionheart found a solid oak carved plasma rifle on eBay – starting bid is $150, buy it now price is $25 higher, there are just about 2 days left. Pretty nicely done! Check it out.(Louis Wu 19:33:53 UTC)

  • Halo for Hunger IV

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    Over at Bungie.net, there’s an announcement about a Halo 2 tourney for charity in Wisconsin, coming up next weekend. $5 (or 5 cans of non-perishable food items) gets you in, prizes come from a lot of places. Visit B.net for more info!(Louis Wu 18:33:12 UTC)

  • Corpseguy’s Halo armor – 95% complete

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    Whoa, very cool. You might remember corpseguy – he was working on a Halo helmet. He stopped by the HaloPlanet forums today – looks like he’s nearly done with the full suit! Looks fantastic. Thanks, hedfones.(Louis Wu 17:55:49 UTC)

  • Halo on XBLA speculation

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    IGN interviewed Greg Canessa, the leader of the Xbox Live team, about the future of Xbox Live Arcade; there are a few questions pertaining to the Halo franchise. Nothing definite, nothing in the near future… but some interesting ideas. Thanks, beaurichardson.(Louis Wu 17:44:30 UTC)

  • Halo 2 – Under 2.

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    The High Speed Halo crew has completed one of their bigger goals – Halo 2, Legendary, in under 2 hours. (The record right now stands at 1:58:55, actually.) Check this forum post by Cody Miller, then swing by HSH for downloadable runs. Congrats, guys!(Louis Wu 17:17:32 UTC)

  • Halo Animation Extracting and Import

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    Wow, very cool. TheGhost stopped by with a few extracted Halo animations, in animated gif format. These look great!(Louis Wu 12:14:04 UTC)

  • Ode to… I got nothin’.

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    Gryponosiris penned a poem about XBL cheaters – everyone liked it except Frankie. (I think his sense of humor must have been tied up in his hair.)(Louis Wu 12:03:39 UTC)

  • Caption Contest

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    Dojorkan kicked off a ‘caption contest’, in the spirit of the old ones Bungie use to run, on our forum yesterday. Modded screenshot, you write the caption. (No, there’s no prize.) Personally, I think this makes more sense on a flat-style forum… but who am I, anyway?(Louis Wu 11:58:39 UTC)

  • A superfast egg hunt

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    Yesterday, Galen Eymer stopped by our forum with the announcement of a new Halo 1 egg. Normally, I’d have expected such an announcement to be laughed out of the forum – after all, Halo 1 is approaching 5 years old; how is it possible that there are still eggs (especially in-plain-sight ones, as this one…

  • Microsoft And Modchips, Part II: Homebrew Software

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    Yesterday I mentioned Ozymandias’ blog entry where he lists several reasons why an Xbox owner might want to modchip his console, as well as why he, in his own personal opinion, apart from being a Microsoft employee, could not approve of such actions. The first was fairly clean-cut: because it enables piracy. Fair enough. Ozymandias…

  • Pimps at Sea Rap

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    We’ve got little to no information on what this is, or who made it, but it’s a YTMND with a Pimps at Sea theme. And it’s mad wiggedy-wack yo. The lyrics contain adult language. You have been warned.

  • Southeastern Wisconsin Halo 2 Tournament for Charity!

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    Open call for Southeastern Wisconsin residents who would like to participate in a Halo 2 tournament for charity!

  • Project Crimson Official Trailer

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    Back in early July, Metroid05, of the Atomik Films crew, submitted a trailer for Project Crimson, a machinima series they’re in the process of making. The MPRRS reviewers liked it, but the instructions we got about hosting were unclear – and Metroid05’s email wasn’t working. Today, the hosting questions were answered, so we’re making the…

  • Video Games Live Hits Chicago

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    This Saturday in Chicago, not only will you have a chance to go to a fantastic concert, but you’ll also be able to meet the men responsible for the music you love. This will be your last chance to catch Marty O’Donnell and Mike Salvatori at one of these concerts for a while, so make sure to…

  • Bullshot.

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    Some gametypes just don’t allow for fudging. Stuntmutt looks at one in today’s One One Se7en. (If you like this strip, thank Ducain… though he didn’t inspire its actual content. And that’s all I have to say about that.)(Louis Wu 14:55:32 UTC)

  • A Sales Juggernaut

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    Well, I think it’s a dumb title for a list (the 21st century just started, it’s silly to start ranking the top 100 ANYTHINGS in it yet), but it’s still saying a lot about the games mentioned; Next Generation has published their ‘Top 100 Games of the 21st Century’, based on unit sales so far…

  • When Spam Filtering Gets Stupid

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    Okay, this is getting stupid. Last week, I sent out a request for mailing addresses to all the winners of the last 7 on the 7th contest (the grass-cutting one), so that Bungie could mail them prizes. I know that sometimes it takes a few days for people to answer these things, so I didn’t…

  • Cunbelin Building Bungie Better Crates

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    The latest Bungie Spotlight is on former community member, current Bungie staffer Cunbelin, and his contributions to Halo 3: Well My most recent item was to remake the classic human crate, better, faster, stronger! Well better at least. I’ve got a long list of those kinds of items both to be brought up to the…

  • A Showcased Artifact Gathers No Moss

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    Dojorkan found a cool little tidbit hidden in plain sight – I say that because I’ve walked by it dozens of times and never noticed it. (I’m sure I will now receive hundreds of emails from people who DID see it – let’s save us both some hassle, and just SAY you sent it… pat…