My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2006

  • Dean’s LAN Fest winners… where r ya?

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    Ding
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    Of the three lucky winners of the Dean LAN fest raffle, only ONE has replied! So please, Brian Kirchhoff and Ben Thompson, check your email and get in touch with me! If I don’t hear from you soon, you will forfeit your prize!

  • Halo 3 Content Now Up

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    Louis Wu
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    For what it’s worth: The Halo 3 content at Bungie.net is available. (Up until now, clicking any of the links in the Top Story or on B.net’s home page simply redirected to the home page… but the section is now live.) The screenshots are all from the trailer (though they’re considerably clearer than screengrabs), and…

  • Halo 3 Announced, Millions Pee Their Pants

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    foomojive
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    I hate to say I told you so but… I told you so. Ok I don’t hate it that much. The fateful day has arrived and we are treated to a trailer rendered on 360 hardware with the Halo 3 engine (which means that will be the quality of the graphics and sound). Let us…

  • Halo 3 Announced, Millions Pee Their Pants

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    foomojive
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    I hate to say I told you so but… I told you so. Ok I don’t hate it that much. The fateful day has arrived and we are treated to a trailer rendered on 360 hardware with the Halo 3 engine (which means that will be the quality of the graphics and sound). Let us…

  • Content for EVERYONE

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    Louis Wu
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    Swing by Bungie.net – now back up, and with a pretty amazing top story. The announcement trailer is available for all – in QT and WMP9 formats (with more options coming soon, looks like) – plus Screenshots, Storyboards, Wallpapers, a new FAQ, an About page, and a new forum. WONGA. Go take it all in.…

  • More Marketplace Content

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    Louis Wu
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    For the 360 owners out there, there are even MORE goodies for you – a new Halo 3 theme and gamerpics to match. Go look.

  • Halo 3 – Announced

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    Louis Wu
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    If you’ve got a 360, jump on to Marketplace right now. You can download a 104 mb trailer for Halo3 there. (To the best of my knowledge, this is not available outside of Xbox Live’s Marketplace.) Thanks to many – looks like Dan Chosich was first.

  • It’s A Shirt, Jim.

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    Louis Wu
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    Lo, the Hype Machine Cometh. Kotaku’s got a story about a Halo 3 shirt sighting – no guarantee that the person WEARING the shirt is not a fan who made it himself, but hey – it is what it is. Only a couple more hours until the MS press conference; it’s likely we’ll know SOMETHING…

  • The WPI Map

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    Louis Wu
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    GT Juggler has just finished up his first year at WPI, and he and some friends have released a playable map of the campus, so that EVERYONE can enjoy fragging each other at his school. The download is 24.5 mb for HaloCE, or 25.7 mb for Xbox (you’ll need a modded Xbox to play this…

  • The Valley of the Forerunners Part 11

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    Louis Wu
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    The Valley of the Forerunners Part 11, the Conclusion of season 3, has been posted over at the Halo CE Chronicles website. A heroic sacrifice and some philosophical musings bring closure to this epic tale. Dennis Powers has posted a list of links to all parts, for folks who were waiting for the series to…

  • He’ll Make You An Offer That You Can Refuse If You Want

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    mnemesis
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    Halo 3 Boards has an interview with our own distinguished Louis Wu, the “Godfather of HBO” (also known as the “Legal Guardian, Babysitter, and Annoyingly Wiser Cousin of HBO”). Anyway, check it out, and take a look around there while you’re at it!

  • Beautiful Needler – the Video

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    Louis Wu
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    A year ago, Archie Gates started creating Needler songs over at Gamespot. (Unfortunately, his profile is now private, so I can’t link you there.) He’s since created 4 (search our news) – and just recently, imSuck, of HollywoodHalo, submitted ‘Beautiful Needler’, a music video based on the first Needler song, to the MPRRS. The reviewers…

  • Marvel’s HGN Ad

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    Louis Wu
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    A couple of days ago, Ross Mills pointed out that there was an advertisement for the Halo Graphic Novel in a Marvel product he was looking at. It’s a pretty nice ad, with some heretofore unseen pics in it – so we’re putting up a copy (189K). I have trouble believing Marvel would have a…

  • Shirt/Raffle Info

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    Louis Wu
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    Thanks to all who preordered the first official HBO shirt, and entered our E3 raffles – I wanted to let you all know that the shirt is still available, but it’s no longer at pre-order pricing. (It’s now $14.89, instead of $11.29, and at the moment, only mediums and larges are available.) That doesn’t mean…

  • Episode 61: Halo 3 and Amaz Show

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    foomojive
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    Download | Show Notes (PDF) It’s the Halo 3 show, where we talk about only the coolest speculation for halo 3. Just in time too, as we’ll probably hear more very shortly! As usual big thanks to Ciclonic for the editing. Hopefully we’ll get episode 62 out this week as well along with another special…

  • Episode 61: Halo 3 and Amaz Show

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    foomojive
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    Download | Show Notes (PDF) It’s the Halo 3 show, where we talk about only the coolest speculation for halo 3. Just in time too, as we’ll probably hear more very shortly! As usual big thanks to Ciclonic for the editing. Hopefully we’ll get episode 62 out this week as well along with another special…

  • Halo, Halo, Everywhere

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    Louis Wu
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    A number of minor Halo mentions popped up in the news today (probably because it’s E3 week); I didn’t think any of them were worth news posts on their own, but there are enough of them to warrant a compilation. Dean Takahashi talks about Xbox 360 development at 1Up, with a few choice Halo 2…

  • Was It Something He Said?

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    Louis Wu
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    Today’s One One Se7en is much funnier if you’ve ever played online with MereCatfish. Or maybe it’s not.

  • More MySpace Contact Box Options

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    Louis Wu
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    Ajay let us know about another MySpace contact box he’d created (we mentioned one a couple of weeks ago) – you can see it, and grab code for it, on his forum.

  • Alonewinder

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    Louis Wu
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    EchoZuluFilms has released Alonewinder, a HaloCE map designed primarily for the machinimas ALONE and Major Tom Diaries. It’s a 13 mb download. (Sounds like it’s sidewinder with new vehicles and weapons.) One of the new weapons is the Boomstick; it started life as a simple shotgun mod, but now is a totally separate weapon. Thanks,…