My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2006

  • Episode 92: Halo 3 Show with special guest: Laird

    Download | Show Notes This time we talk all about the Halo 3 commercial, of course. We cover pretty much everything from the gloves to the bubble shield and much, much more. This time it’s me, JVB and Laird, our buddy from Sponsors Vs. Freeloaders and Halo Unyielding. Oh and for the record we tried…

  • Episode 92: Halo 3 Show with special guest: Laird

    Download | Show Notes This time we talk all about the Halo 3 commercial, of course. We cover pretty much everything from the gloves to the bubble shield and much, much more. This time it’s me, JVB and Laird, our buddy from Sponsors Vs. Freeloaders and Halo Unyielding. Oh and for the record we tried…

  • Igni Ferroque shutting down

    Only the Phoenix rises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is lost.

  • XGA and LOA Hosts 4v4 Tournament for Child’s Play Charity

    The Xtreme Gaming Arena and Legion of the Apocalypse is hosting a Halo 2 4v4 tournament this weekend. Signup is open with a $10 per player donation– all proceeds benefit Child’s Play! The Legion of the Apocalypse is hosting a Halo 2 4v4 tournament this weekend. Signup is open with a $10 donation– all proceeds benefit Child’s Play.

  • Is that a metric buttload, or a standard one?

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    According to IGN, over 140,000 people signed up at Halo3.com for a chance to participate in the North American Halo 3 beta test kicking off next spring. No wonder the page was having trouble at times!(Louis Wu 19:18:11 UTC)

  • LOA and XGA Present:Halo 2 CHARITY EVENT

    Its time to get your team together and warm up those fingers to play halo 2 for a good cause. The LOA clan along with XGA are sponsoring a Halo 2 4v4 CHARITY EVENT for gamers across the globe to team up and help kids in hospitals this holiday season. They decided to rally competitve…

  • LOA and XGA Present:Halo 2 CHARITY EVENT

    Its time to get your team together and warm up those fingers to play halo 2 for a good cause. The LOA clan along with XGA are sponsoring a Halo 2 4v4 CHARITY EVENT for gamers across the globe to team up and help kids in hospitals this holiday season. They decided to rally competitve…

  • Tied the Leader Tuesday

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    If it’s Tuesday, there must be a TTL update! And lo and behold, there is. XerxdeeJ summarizes the new goodies – a 22 Questions Interview with Fitbabits, of Evil Avatar, a fun bit of parody artwork, a reader’s poll asking for help updating the 22 Questions, and a profile of the PMS Clan. What are…

  • Static – now in one piece

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    Dennis Powers has re-released his movie Static, as a single 320×240 file, 36 minutes long. It’s 121mb, and only available in WMP9 format. (The individual episodes were released in higher-res, 640×480 format in WMP9, QT, and streaming flash; this is really only for the people who want to watch it as a single file, and…

  • Do Halos Melt?

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    Heh – Tex started a Halo snowflake craze. (Well, it’s not a craze YET – that’s sort of up to you.)(Louis Wu 15:54:34 UTC)

  • Halo: Slayer Edition

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    Compass stopped by with word of an alpha release of Halo: Slayer Edition, a mod for Madness Interactive. Fun stuff!(Louis Wu 15:51:18 UTC)

  • Str8 Rippin Wins WSVG

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    Despite the melodrama, the WSVG finals went off as planned this weekend – and Str8 Rippin took the first-place title (and $20,000). MoBDeep.net took second, and XiT WoundZ grabbed third. You can read a writeup at TeamXbox.(Louis Wu 15:46:30 UTC)

  • This Spartan Life talks to Augustana

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    The second interview done by This Spartan Life for the 2006 SpikeTV Video Game Awards (the first went live last month) is now up – Damian talks to Jared Palomar, of the band Augustana. Band talk, a discussion of the whole Game with Fame program, and trap shooting… with fusion cores. Fun stuff! (To find…

  • Story Doctor and Baby Deliverer

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    Evil Avatar has interviewed Eric Nylund – some Halo stuff, some general writing stuff, some questions about his other writings. Good stuff! Thanks to all who mentioned it – 3Suns was first.(Louis Wu 15:39:22 UTC)

  • Also, Have Backups

    Ducain put up an interview at High Impact Halo where Shdw Shinobi and Mr. Sprout put questions to HBO’s webmaster, Louis Wu. No, not the one with gorilla breath and the big hat, the other one. He gives some pointers on what it takes to run a big fansite like bungie.org. For the people who…

  • Also, Have Backups

    Ducain put up an interview at High Impact Halo where Shdw Shinobi and Mr. Sprout put questions to HBO’s webmaster, Louis Wu. No, not the one with gorilla breath and the big hat, the other one. He gives some pointers on what it takes to run a big fansite like bungie.org. For the people who…

  • Violated Gaming 4 v 4 Tournament

    ViolatedGaming.com is kicking off with a 4 vs 4 MLG online tournament on the 14th of December. Entry is completely free and all teams registered are guaranteed to play.

  • New Shirts to Hide Your Shame

    There’ve been a couple of new additions to the Bungie store over the past couple of weeks. There’s a Liquid Metal H3 Icon tee as well as a Brute Icon tee now available.

  • HIH Interviews The Wu

    The admins over at HIH took some time to talk to Louis Wu about what it takes to run a successful fansite. There’s some very useful info in there for anyone who would ever like to pursue such a venture, as Wu is the master.

  • 4v4 tourneys at Violated Gaming

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    Chad Souter wrote to point out 2 tournaments at violatedgaming.com – a 4v4 MLG-rules tourney on December 14, and a 4v4 SWAT tourney on the 21st. Swing by for more details!(Louis Wu 18:13:29 UTC)