My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2006

  • EU beta opportunities – lots of ’em

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    Thanks to broony, who noticed, over at IGN UK, a full list of EU sites offering beta seats – there are 34 on the list, corresponding to 3400 beta testers in the UK – a far more reasonable number than the paltry 15 for NZ/AU mentioned yesterday. (I’m SURE there’ll be more listed for those…

  • HD QT, finally

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    Simply because it’s not out there, I whipped up a 720p QuickTime version of the commercial, one that doesn’t require a machine that can process the H.264 codec. It weighs in at 35 mb (I probably could have shaved a few megs without any loss, but that’s not huge anyway), and it started life as…

  • Beta slots for UK residents

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    Ross Mills pointed out 6 separate places in the UK where folks on that side of the pond can try for a beta slot – each site has 100 seats to give away. Go get ’em! (I like BritXbox’s contest. 🙂 )(Louis Wu 12:21:40 UTC)

  • OMG A TRAILER

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    Okay, so I knew that if I stuck around last night, and tried to keep up with the news about the Halo 3 commercial that aired on Monday Night Football, I’d NEVER get to bed… so I skipped it all. This means two things: it means HBO’s currently about 8 hours behind the curve, news-wise……

  • Halo 3 CG TV Commercial Commentary

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    Although it is only sixty seconds in length, there’s actually quite a bit of content to pore over in the CG animated Halo 3 TV commercial. It starts slow, moves quickly, and ends suddenly, so pay attention. There’s also a transcript of the events in the advertisement pointing out various items, but without any commentary…

  • Halo 3 CG TV Commercial Commentary

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    Although it is only sixty seconds in length, there’s actually quite a bit of content to pore over in the CG animated Halo 3 TV commercial. It starts slow, moves quickly, and ends suddenly, so pay attention. Click “read more” from the front page for the entire text. read more

  • Do You Think We Will Meet Them?

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    The fan community switched into high gear this evening as the Halo 3 CG TV Commercial aired, and digitized versions began popping up immediately. One of the first is a very small, relatively low quality WMV version kindly provided by HYB. Next, Xbox.com had its own streamed version, but as it doesn’t play on Macs…

  • Do You Think We Will Meet Them?

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    The fan community switched into high gear this evening as the Halo 3 CG TV Commercial aired, and digitized versions began popping up immediately. One of the first is a very small, relatively low quality WMV version kindly provided by HYB. Next, Xbox.com had its own streamed version, but as it doesn’t play on Macs…

  • Halo 3 TV Spot

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    59 seconds From ESPN This needs no introduction. The Halo 3 ad from Monday Night Football, December 4th, 2006. Local links PSP – 4MB Zune – 5.1MB iPod – 6MB Rampancy.net – Choose these please. PSP – 4MB Zune – 5.1MB iPod – 6MB Want different sizes? Here’s the mirror page at Rampancy.net

  • Halo3.com – for everyone.

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    There’s a short note up at Bungie.net about the beta signups; it says that from here on in, you should use ONLY the halo3.com URL to register. Don’t fret if you used a direct link earlier today; those should be fine. However, now that the front page is working for everyone (except, apparently, Safari users…

  • Halo 3 Beta Signup Live… Kinda

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    Okay, so right now, if you’re a US or Canadian resident with an XBL account linked to a Passport account and you use Internet Explorer 6 on Windows (or can create a configuration that mimics the above) you can access www.halo3.com and begin the signup process for the beta. Along the way, you’ll be told…

  • Halo 3 Beta Signup Live… Kinda

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    Okay, so right now, if you’re a US resident with an XBL account linked to a Passport account and you use Internet Explorer 6 on Windows (or can create a configuration that mimics the above) you can access www.halo3.com and begin the signup process for the beta. Along the way, you’ll be told that you…

  • Halo 3 Beta Shenaniganry

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    There’s been a lot of rampant speculation going on today regarding the Halo 3 Beta and the sign-up page for it. Going through the now live Halo3.com is the only way in which you are guaranteed to have actually registered. Do not trust direct links to the sign-up form, only access it through Halo3.com.

  • Halo 3 TV Ad

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    Don’t forget that the Halo 3 ad will debut tonight during Monday Night Football on ESPN. It will air between 5:50 and 6:20 PST and will run only once. After that, it will be released on XBL Marketplace. ‹ Epic Racing Holiday Clock for GoW Patch Wireless Headset Fix ›

  • Halo 3 TV Ad

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    Don’t forget that the Halo 3 ad will debut tonight during Monday Night Football on ESPN. It will air between 5:50 and 6:20 PST and will run only once. After that, it will be released on XBL Marketplace. ‹ Epic Racing Holiday Clock for GoW Patch Wireless Headset Fix ›

  • MLG Pro Circuit Week 4 – Online Now

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    If you missed episode 4 of the MLG Pro Circuit last Saturday at 10 am, you can watch it in its entirety over at MLGPro.com right now. Week 4 covers the Chicago tourney. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 22:31:31 UTC)

  • WSVG on CBS

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    Usul found an interesting New York Times article about an upcoming network TV show covering video games; we already have USA Networks’ MLG Pro Circuit, but this is on CBS Sports Spectacular on December 30 – that’s a pretty big audience! If you have trouble getting in to read it, bugmenot.com can help.(Louis Wu 22:01:56…

  • ESPN Halo Ad

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    Bah – this was posted yesterday, and I forgot to front-page it. S043 noticed that at ESPN.com, they were running a banner ad for the upcoming commercial this evening; it was in heavy rotation yesterday, but doesn’t seem to be quite as prevalent today. In any case, there’s a local version in his forum post,…

  • A word of clarification

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    From the wording of some of the posts on our forum, I’m getting the impression that people think that filling out the registration at halo3.com gives them a spot in the beta test. Filling out the registration at Halo3.com puts you into the pool of participants from which Microsoft will choose beta testers. You are…

  • Don’t Hold Your Breath

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    Heh – Paul Maestri has some advice for the most strident among those of us waiting for the beta… check out today’s Halo Heads.(Louis Wu 20:13:56 UTC)