My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2006

  • Wait… that makes… wait…

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    Jillybean found a reader submission in the Halo Story mailbag that tickled her fancy. Go read why!(Louis Wu 20:41:30 UTC)

  • FFA Tourney – MaesterGXL & Podtacular

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    As many of you know the Cavegirls held a tournament yesterday, Oct 21, to raise money to combat Breast Cancer and help on researches. It was great, an amazing tournament putting together around 64 players for an amazing FFA feast and podtacular has some people there. I, Dialpex, couldn’t show up due to a family…

  • FFA Tourney – MaesterGXL & ImmortalThree

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    As many of you know the Cavegirls held a tournament yesterday, Oct 21, to raise money to combat Breast Cancer and help on researches. It was great, an amazing tournament putting together around 64 players for an amazing FFA feast and podtacular has some people there. I, Dialpex, couldn’t show up due to a family…

  • TSAH2 – The Toon

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    Retsof-Noraa pointed out a new Flash movie called ‘There’s Something About Halo 2’ – the movie isn’t done yet, but Legendary Frog has released his toon. And it’s really nicely done. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:59:05 UTC)

  • Eric Nylund Interviewed by UNSCDF

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    The folks at UNSCDF have interviewed Eric Nylund on several topics including Ghosts of Onyx, fan-fiction, Gears of War, and some of his personal projects.

  • After 4 years, Halo’s still in the lineup

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    Three years ago, IGN started a Top 100 Games of all time list (updated annually, of course) – Halo came in 39th. The following year, IGN let the readers decide – Halo and Halo 2 placed 18th and 19th, respectively, on the list. In 2005, it was back to the editors – Halo placed 30th,…

  • I’ve done my part today.

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    Yesterday, Captain Spark posted another 28 dialogue snippets – you can grab them en masse from his site, or browse them in our Dialogue Databank.(Louis Wu 17:12:23 UTC)

  • Terminal Dogs – Redux

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    A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned the machinima project ‘Terminal Dogs’ – it was being hosted on machinima.com and YouTube. I guess Krad Productions wanted to widen the viewership, because they submitted the film to the MPRRS – and the reviewers liked it. We’re hosting a WMP9 version (24.7 mb) and a QuickTime version…

  • Malay Mail says HGN Doesn’t Cut It

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    The Malay Mail reviewed the Halo Graphic Novel – and found it lacking. Go read why.(Louis Wu 16:51:30 UTC)

  • Copies are in the wild.

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    BOLL noticed this blog post at destructoid.com – looks like advance copies of Ghosts of Onyx are beginning to arrive at reviewers’ doors!(Louis Wu 13:28:26 UTC)

  • Second GoO excerpt available

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    UrsosArctos found a second excerpt from Ghosts of Onyx – this one completes the cliffhanger situation left by the first excerpt. Again – if you’re looking to avoid spoilers, don’t follow this link.(Louis Wu 13:26:09 UTC)

  • Hello, Juneau!

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    Over at Red vs Blue, there’s a new Public Service Announcement – this one’s called ‘Planning to Fail’, and it discusses what you might do when zombies take over the earth. Currently for sponsors-only, but it should be available for the masses by the end of the weekend. Thanks to darthbob for the heads-up.(Louis Wu…

  • New art at the Halouvre

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    prometheus stopped by with word that the Halouvre had been updated – lots and lots and lots of new shots, from a variety of artists. Check out his forum post for details – and then check out the new work!(Louis Wu 12:49:31 UTC)

  • News from The Bungie World

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    A day late, a dollar short… the Weekly Update went up as usual last night on Bungie.net, but we were… indisposed. If you haven’t read it yet, you should – it’s full of Bungie goodness, from movie news to Halo 3 tidbits to a community roundup to a Q&A session with Mat Noguchi to the…

  • Bungie Weekly Update

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    News breaks about the movie this week and we’re here with clarity and hints of good news to come. We also return with a guest appearance of Ask Noguchi, discuss the EGM visit to play Halo 3 and even a couple of Waaaahmbulance mails.

  • Indiana Chief

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    Paul Maestri released Halo Heads 20 today – Clash of the Arks! Check it out.(Louis Wu 19:54:05 UTC)

  • Halo Movie Loses Studio Support

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    Variety.com is reporting today that the Halo movie, recently pushed back to a release in 2008, has lost support from both Univeral Studios and 20th Century Fox. It seems that they were getting cold feet about putting so much money towards the project, especially with director without a feature film to his name. Both of…

  • Halo Movie Loses Studio Support

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    Variety.com is reporting today that the Halo movie, recently pushed back to a release in 2008, has lost support from both Univeral Studios and 20th Century Fox. It seems that they were getting cold feet about putting so much money towards the project, especially with director without a feature film to his name. Both of…

  • S’What?

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    Today’s One One Se7en looks at a recent change in the XBL playlists. Be careful what you wish for…(Louis Wu 12:50:33 UTC)

  • Xbox 360 To Get 100Gb Hard Drive?

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    Spong is reporting that the X06 Korea event gave details on a 100Gb hard drive unit for the Xbox 360. No official confirmation, or word on pricing or availability. Not sure why such news would surface first in Korea, so take this with the usual helping of salt you reserve for Spong stories.