My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: January 2007

  • Making Fun Games

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    GamesIndustry.biz sat down with Max Hoberman, of Certain Affinity (and recently of Bungie), to discuss his new venture, and how he got to where he is. Bunch of Bungie trivia in there, and some good Halo stuff. Max has positive things to say about Halo 3’s multiplayer – “It’s years ahead of everything that’s out…

  • MLG Content

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    3Suns noticed a couple of new features at MLGPro.com – there’s a Pro Player feature on Walshy linked on the front page, and a wrap-up of the Division II Halo 2 Final for their Online tournament. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:00:33 UTC)

  • Hammer of Aggravation

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    Mister Froggy sent word that Halo, Articulated #7 is now live – it’s a Gears of War crossover joke (one I didn’t get, but one that’s supposedly funny if you play GoW). Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:49:12 UTC)

  • GI talks to Bungie – mostly for subscribers

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    Game Informer talked to SketchFactor and Frankie about Halo 3 – they didn’t get a lot of info, but they had fun trying. The full interview is available to those with GI Unlimited access (subscribers, in other words) – but there are a few questions in the teaser. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 14:47:45 UTC)

  • Halomega Weekly Update

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    We got a weekly Update from Halomega – There’s a trailer for a montage, a whole lot of gameplay vids, and they’re taking entries for the next Snipe of the Week. Thanks, CiphA.(Louis Wu 14:44:08 UTC)

  • Gears of War Update 1/22/07

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    Just logged on and was required to download an update when starting GoW. No clue what it contained at this time. UPDATE: rap’s got some info below. ‹ MLG Gears of War Tournament GoW Tonight 1/26 ›

  • Bungie.net Fan Art Update

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    Another update to Bungie.net’s Fan Art collection today. Inside you’ll find all sorts of cool artwork of varying styles, methods and subjects. Suckle at the metaphorical teat of the Bungie Community’s mad art skillz.

  • HollywoodNHouse.com Fully Functional!

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    HollywoodNHouse has be a growing part of the Halo 2 Machinima community for nearly 2 years. We have just started expanding our horizons and opening up to all games, not just Halo. The website has just received a major face lift and is now up and running.

  • Dodo Tales

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    Occasionally, we get word of a movie that turns out to be a lot of fun – Limit 3 Productions just let us know about Dodo Tales. Dodo is a soldier who… well, he’s a lot like me, I guess. DANG IT! That is – he’s not particularly good at the whole soldiering thing. The…

  • Curvy Swords and Stolen Indexes

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    RVideo posted another group of Panoramas yesterday (and followed up with an explanation of parallax, and how it relates to pictures like this); I’d meant to post this yesterday, but forgot. Check these out – they’re great.(Louis Wu 16:35:25 UTC)

  • …op

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    Heh – you thought maybe that crossover was a one-way deal? No way. Today’s Halo Heads comic is the conclusion of the One One Se7en we just posted. (Louis Wu 16:29:03 UTC)

  • Co…

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    Today’s One One Se7en is a crossover strip with Paul Maestri’s Halo Heads – but Stuntmutt still don’t get no respect. (I’d like to take this opportunity to send a major shout-out to sorahn, who took the time to port over – well, actually, rebuild – our calendar system for One One Se7en; it’s much…

  • Forging the Hammer

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    highwaters visited our forum yesterday with news of a suit of Mjolnir armor he’s been working on since last summer – the forum post has a teaser image, but his MySpace blog has a far more complete description of the process. He’s also allowed us to put up a local mirror, if MySpace is a…

  • Phase One Halo 3 Beta Registration Ends

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    Halo3.com notes that the first way of getting into the Halo 3 public beta– the web registration form that offered any and all comers in the U.S. a chance to be chosen– has closed. Winners will be notified sometime this week. Those who don’t make it can still get in by buying a specially marked…

  • Hi-Res Halo 2 Rank Icons

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    Matt6908 wrote to point out a thread at the HollywoodNHouse forum – he’s created high-res versions of the Halo 2 Matchmaking Rank icons (currently just the first 43 levels, but the special levels are coming soon). Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 12:34:49 UTC)

  • Gaming Nation Halo 2 Tourney in Tennessee

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    An article in the Kingsport (TN) Times-News describes an upcoming tournament to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. If you’re going to be near northeast Tennessee on February 24, stop by!(Louis Wu 12:15:52 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Beta Signup Info – Updated

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    darthbob posted the newly-updated contents from halo3.com on our forum last night – the info is useful to anyone in the US trying to clarify when they’ll know whether they’ve gotten into the Halo 3 Beta program. (There’s also a more concise note about this over at Bungie.net – thanks to 3Suns for pointing that…

  • Wideload Applies For New Trademarks

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    GameSpot has an item up that says Wideload Games, makers of Stubbs the Zombie for Mac, PC and Xbox, have applied for several new trademarks that may be connected to as-yet-unannounced game projects: Another trio of trademarks was filed for by Wideload Games, the development studio behind Stubbs the Zombie. The trademarks don’t appear to…

  • Halo 3 Is Like An Onion

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    You know, because of the layers. Layers of detail, like the layers in Frankie’s latest Bungie Update. Between those layers are morsels of information: like the fact that every campaign level is now in the game, which is playable “from end to end”; like the fact that the usual levels of difficulty: easy, normal, heroic…

  • H3 beta testers notified this week

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    Start: 01/22/2007 – 8:00am End: 01/26/2007 – 11:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 The following is a release from the halo3.com website. Post a comment here if you are in. Greetings Halo® Nation and thanks for your interest in participating in the Halo 3 multiplayer public beta. The Xbox Live multiplayer public beta, which is a pre-release version…