My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2006

  • X06 Humpday With A Twist

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    Frankie and SketchFactor, over in Barcelona for the X06 event, decided to do a different sort of Humpday Challenge this week, applying their Halo 2 skills to other games available for play. The two pitted themselves against bots in Shadowrun (the bots won) and then against each other in Gears of War (Frankie won).

  • In With The New… And Push The Old Stuff Over A Bit

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    To cope with all the new things we’re tracking now, we’ve made some additions to the site. There is now a Halo Wars image gallery and a mirror of the QuickTime version of the Halo Wars trailer; this is a mirror of the same file provided at HBO and re-encoded by Louis Wu. The image…

  • In With The New… And Push The Old Stuff Over A Bit

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    To cope with all the new things we’re tracking now, we’ve made some additions to the site. There is now a Halo Wars image gallery and a mirror of the QuickTime version of the Halo Wars trailer; this is a mirror of the same file provided at HBO and re-encoded by Louis Wu. The image…

  • X06 Humpday Challenge

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    Frankie and I are over in Barcelona for Microsoft’s X06 event but we still managed to throw together a little Humpday Day challenge… with a twist. Some things may change, but some things will always remain the same.

  • Deadly Encounters Of The Spirit Of Fire

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    From Ensemble Studios’ own web page is this announcement for Halo Wars, which may assuage some of those already screaming that the meagre amount shown in the trailer contradicts known canon: Breaking News – Ensemble Studios is bringing real-time-strategy to the Xbox 360 and to the Halo universe. Designed exclusively for the Xbox 360, Halo…

  • Deadly Encounters Of The Spirit Of Fire

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    From Ensemble Studios’ own web page is this announcement for Halo Wars, which may assuage some of those already screaming that the meagre amount shown in the trailer contradicts known canon: Breaking News – Ensemble Studios is bringing real-time-strategy to the Xbox 360 and to the Halo universe. Designed exclusively for the Xbox 360, Halo…

  • The Passing Of The Torch?

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    While I don’t think there’s enough actual content in the Halo Wars trailer to do a full-on annotation, as for the Halo 3 trailer, I did think it worthwhile to try and collect some thoughts about yesterday’s announcements that will be worth pondering in the time between now and when we actually see these new…

  • Episode 82: Podtacular Update with Special Guest: Stuntmutt

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    Download | Show Notes It’s the Podtacular Update show, where we talk about news and events (as of Sunday the 24th) in the Halo and Podtacular communities, cover some glitching tips, and we light up the stage for “Podtacular night at the Apollo” or Halo comedy people send in. With the usual JVB on a…

  • Episode 82: Podtacular Update with Special Guest: Stuntmutt

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    Download | Show Notes It’s the Podtacular Update show, where we talk about news and events (as of Sunday the 24th) in the Halo and Podtacular communities, cover some glitching tips, and we light up the stage for “Podtacular night at the Apollo” or Halo comedy people send in. With the usual JVB on a…

  • Machinima: Over The Years

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    TheMaker420 put together a tribute film entitled ‘Machinima: Over The Years’, looking at some of the better vids out there. The MPRRS reviewers liked it, for the most part… so we’re hosting it. It’s 50 mb, and comes in WMP9 or QuickTime formats. Grab one!(Louis Wu 01:52:52 UTC)

  • Halo Wars Trailer

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    1:31 Minutes From HaloWars.com A Halo RTS for the Xbox360… who would have thought? Apparently Bungie though, and this pre-rendered trailer sets the mood for the game and gets you ready for the epic battles that await! Despite the name (how generic is that?), this game looks like it could be a lot of fun.…

  • Halo Heads – Gerbil Wars.

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    Paul Maestri, having no idea that the Halo news scene would get flooded by goodies coming out of Barcelona, sent us a link yesterday for Halo Heads 11, which continued the running gerbil gag. (Made me laugh out loud.) As soon as he saw the treasure from Spain, however, he whipped up a topical strip,…

  • It’s not yesterday anymore.

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    Just a reminder – if you’ve been away from the Halo scene for a day or two, you REALLY want to check Wednesday’s news; there were quite a lot of tidbits worth reading.(Louis Wu 01:13:42 UTC)

  • HaloOrbit interviews Halogen Leader

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    Thanks to Oliver “HO Legend” Stopienski, who pointed out an interview with Dispraiser, of the Halogen team, at his website, HaloOrbit. An interesting read, and an interesting choice of release times… (Louis Wu 01:10:22 UTC)

  • Halo Wars Trailer in QT

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    There have been a number of requests for a QuickTime version of the Halo Wars trailer; I doubt there’ll be one coming from Ensemble, so I whipped one up myself. It’s not the full 720p version – but it’s still bigger than the low-res 360p they’ve made available – it’s 480p (852×480), and it weighs…

  • H2Vista Screens

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    In all the rush to cover Halo Wars and the Wingnuts stuff, we totally forgot that Bungie was going to be talking about Halo 2 for Vista in Barcelona today; if you swing by the Xbox Press section, you can grab a 50 mb zipfile containing a fact sheet, some logos, and 12 hi-res BMP…

  • I’m pushing for Flaming Gerbils.

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    Dolbex, in true Dolbex fashion, has put his own spin on the X06 news; things that make him happy, things that make him worried. My favorite kind of Halo/Bungie fan is one that loves Halo (and/or Bungie) without being blind to potential problems; Dolbex shows he fits this nicely. Go read!(Louis Wu 21:11:56 UTC)

  • Linkslinkslinks

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    Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, gathered up a bunch of links to stories about today’s Halo news. You can also check out ICDedPpl’s mention of this CNN Money article. I’m sure there’ll be plenty more – but it’s time to leave the keyboard for a bit…(Louis Wu 20:08:56 UTC)

  • Wingnut and a Prayer

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    Xbox.com article on the Peter Jackson venture… still hard to tell what he’s planning.(Louis Wu 19:44:55 UTC)

  • Halo Wars RTS coming to Xbox 360!

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    We knew about Halogen being cancelled and that made some speculate on Bungie possibly working on a RTS game. Well the rumors are confirmed today: Ensemble Studios, makers of the Age of Empires series of RTS games, is working on a Halo RTS called Halo Wars! There was a trailer shown at X06 today. You…