My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2006

  • Microsoft Changes Their Tune Free Xbox 360 Repairs for Pre-2006 Units

    This was rumored on Xbox.com somewhere but subsequently confirmed by an Xbox representative contacted by Jaleeb Caru. At long last, Microsoft has come to their senses. After months of dealing with defective or sub-standard Xbox 360s, owners can breat…

  • Boren Dishes The Dirt

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    Over at Rampancy.net, Narcogen noticed a tasty tidbit in the weblog of Brannon Boren, who was once heavily involved in the maintenance of the Halo Bible – he’s going to be discussing some of his professional experience – and he’s starting, tomorrow, with ‘Creating A.I. for Halo’. Sounds great! (Louis Wu 12:51:18 UTC)

  • Creating A.I. For Halo

    Brannon Boren says today he’s playing on doing some more shop talk about writing on his blog, possibly on a weekly basis. The first installment, due this Sunday, he says will be called “Creating A.I. for Halo”. Can’t wait!

  • VGL Footage

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    j41m3z noticed that fan-filmed videos from the VGL Hollywood Bowl shows are showing up on YouTube… including one of the Halo 3 Premiere played there. Love the guitar licks! Update: just a quick note; Halo fans should be tickled by the fact that the Cortana part was being performed live at the show by Jen…

  • Another Halo Tat

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    _Wheels03 pointed out a tattoo he designed for his friend – pretty hardcore!(Louis Wu 10:49:20 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Logo Wallpaper

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    Bungie’s released a new Wallpaper incorporating their brand-spankin’-new Halo 3 logo (okay, so it’s not EXACTLY new, but the finalized version is) – it’s available in four resolutions, so go and grab the one that fits your monitor best! KP broke the news first (surprise, surprise).(Louis Wu 10:17:34 UTC)

  • RT: Open up and say ow!

    Today we continue with “part two” of what it’s like for Burnie to travel. I really do think that somehow, at some point, Burnie must have pissed off a prominent member of the TSA or FAA. It’s the only explanation for the horrors he encounters every…

  • RT: Perfect ending, perfect day…

    Happy Saturday everyone, If you’re reading this, it means you were able to tear yourself away from Saturday morning cartoons, which means there’s probably something wrong with you. Welcome to the club! As a reward, how about a Saturday morning comic? It’s…

  • Bungie reveals episode 1 of the Bungie podcast

    Download It’s finally here! 55 minutes long, the Bungie podcast is packed with brand new sound effects from Halo 3, interesting interviews, features, special guests, news and reader mail (including the first ever realtime “Waaahmblulance”). Also this week’s update has lots of great info including the final Halo 3 logo and what it took to…

  • Bungie Podcast – Episode 1

    50.3MB – 55:00 Minutes From Bungie.net: Oh crikey. It’s the first ever Bungie Podcast. We did a sneak preview a few weeks back, but thanks to Jay Weinland, Marty O’Donnell and C Paul Johnson, we finally got the first one edited together. It’s a cavalcade of audio fun and includes the first ever brand new…

  • Bungie reveals episode 1 of the Bungie podcast

    Download It’s finally here! 55 minutes long, the Bungie podcast is packed with brand new sound effects from Halo 3, interesting interviews, features, special guests, news and reader mail (including the first ever realtime “Waaahmblulance”). Also this week’s update has lots of great info including the final Halo 3 logo and what it took to…

  • Halo 3 Logo Wallpaper

    Today’s Weekly Update showcases the process of creation and finalization the Halo 3 logo. Thanks to Stosh, who spent some time this week making the logo into a wallpaper, you can now use it as your desktop! You can find all four versions of the wallpaper on the wallpapers page of our Halo 3 section.

  • First Ever Bungie Podcast

    There’s a lot of goodies in this week’s Bungie Update. Not a whole lot of it pertains to Halo 3, except possibly the logo, but that at least is something. What is special is the first-ever Bungie podcast. Go check out the update to download it if you haven’t yet. I don’t see it in…

  • A Cavalcade of Audio Fun

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    The Bungie Weekly Update has been posted – it’s a doozy. A full-length podcast is available (50 mb, 55 minutes); amazing music and dialogue (well, the dialogue’s cool, the music is… go listen). On top of that, there’s a bizarre ‘making the logo’ bit (with lots and lots and lots of pictures), and something called…

  • Bungie Weekly Update

    Huge update this week, starting with the first ever Bungie Podcast and including real audio from Halo 3. Download it! Listen to it! We also premiere the final Halo 3 logo and debut In-Fusio’s Halo Mobile Portal for cellphones. Halo music ringtones are finally here!

  • Face Facts.

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    Occasionally, Stuntmutt writes a One One Se7en a few days before it goes live, and then finds that the ideal setup for his punchline is unwittingly posted by a fan; usually, when this happens, it’s too late to rearrange strips to match. My apologies this time around; there was a 50-50 chance this strip would…

  • Press Release

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    Paul Maestri sends word that Halo Heads 10 is up. I think maybe he better not draw any more rodents…(Louis Wu 18:21:40 UTC)

  • Submit Stuff for Episode 82: Podtacular Update

    This week we’re recording on Sunday, which is why I’ve been lagging on writing this article. My mom is having a Halo cookie baking contest We’re looking for news and events… minus the oven mitts. Know of something happenin’ in the Halo community? Let us know! Just click submit news and tips on the right…

  • Submit Stuff for Episode 82: Podtacular Update

    This week we’re recording on Sunday, which is why I’ve been lagging on writing this article. My mom is having a Halo cookie baking contest We’re looking for news and events… minus the oven mitts. Know of something happenin’ in the Halo community? Let us know! Just click submit news and tips on the right…

  • Friday’s Fanfic

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    Eighteen new pieces added to the Fan Fiction section this morning – some doozies. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 13:21:34 UTC)