My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: May 2007

  • Canadian H2V review

    I know there’s more news out there – but it’s gonna have to wait. Last tidbit for a while – the Winnipeg Sun has a review of Halo 2 Vista; they think it’s more about the synergy between consoles and PCs than it is about the game itself. Hmm… maybe.(L…

  • Uncommunicado

    Late Friday night, Red vs Blue Episode 97 was posted for sponsors. As you might expect, with the end coming soon, the action and storylines are heating up – this was a funny one. Only 3 left! (This should be available for the general public some time t…

  • Mad Catz to make Halo 3 Faceplates

    DHalo noticed that Mad Catz has announced that they’re going to be making official Halo 3 merchandise – at this point, that means faceplates.(Louis Wu 13:49:36 UTC)

  • Mother’s Day

    Mister Froggy put up a Mother’s Day episode of Halo, Articulated – #39.(Louis Wu 13:47:59 UTC)

  • Happy Mother’s Day – and MLG Impressions

    Everybody’s got a mother in their life – theirs, their kids’, their relatives’, their friends’ – find one and tell her how important she is. The fact that I’m not a mother will necessarily cut down the time I’ve got to post Halo news today – so I’m goi…

  • Wii want to play, but can’t.

    I went on a little expedition today to grab Super Paper Mario and pick up a Wii. Evidently Wii’s are still pretty hard to get these days. Every store on this side of Huntsville was completely sold out. After talking with some of the sales people, I…

  • The de facto face of Bungie talks to Joystiq

    Joystiq interviewed Frank O’Connor yesterday at the Halo 3 Beta press event – it’s a fun read. Mostly beta stuff, but they certainly get into a few other subjects (Halo movie, Shigeru Miyamoto, Luke Smith…). Go read. Thanks, White Rabbit.(Louis Wu 18…

  • Shirley You Jest

    Mister Froggy sent word of Halo, Articulated #38 – he says “Master Chief proves he isn’t too smart”. Um, yeah.(Louis Wu 18:17:57 UTC)

  • Pelican Tooling

    Mid7night posted a couple of movies of his X-Plane Pelican flying around inside (and outside) a Marathon-class cruiser – cool stuff!(Louis Wu 18:13:37 UTC)

  • That’s not MY friend.

    Wow, this is TOTALLY absurd. Some people have decided to sell their friends and family invites (yes, the ones that got them into the beta 5 days before the rest of the world) on eBay – this one is going for $910 right now, and the auction doesn’t even …

  • Dean Takahashi talks Halo 3 with Sketch

    In San Francisco, Dean Takahashi snagged Brian Jarrard for an interview between fragging sessions – read the result in his blog.(Louis Wu 13:52:07 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Zune

    Gizmodo posted pics of the new Zune Halo 3 Special Edition – thanks to MarkHawk, via email, and sorahn, on our forum, for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:50:41 UTC)

  • The first Halo 3 Beta Easter Egg?

    whiteraven found an easter egg in the Halo 3 beta – maybe the first? If you use your binoculars, you’ll string of binary code on the edge – this translates to ‘Dave’, the designer of the interface. Nice find! (No, marathon symbols visible on the AR don…

  • UNSCDF is back

    Major Silva pointed out that UNSCDF is back up and running – with a boatload of new content. You can find a summary – and links – in his forum post. (Louis Wu 13:46:15 UTC)

  • Halo3-based HUD concept

    BOLL was hit with inspiration, and created a concept HUD for Halo 3 – very, very cool. Go read his rationale, and look at the final product!(Louis Wu 13:44:30 UTC)

  • X-Plane Sparrowhawk, revisited

    There was other news yesterday, too. DuBbLe wrote up a summary of his Sparrowhawk in X-Plane, complete with pictures and movies, for example. Check it out.(Louis Wu 13:43:04 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Press Kit

    If you’re realiy into screenshots, grab the Halo 3 Press Kit from Xbox.com – it’s nearly 700 mb, because it contains ridiculously high-res pictures (6400×3600) in uncompressed TIFF format. They are oh, so pretty, though… thanks to Metapfhor, who prov…

  • Nerf vehicles lolz

    The Bungie Weekly Update got posted last night, by Luke Smith, who got left behind in Seattle as SketchFactor and Frankie hobnobbed with the press in San Francisco and New York, respectively. Nice interview – and a link to new screenshots on Bungie.net…

  • Beta Info Deluge

    There is more Halo 3 Beta coverage out there than anyone can read or watch, I think – you can find videos at Xboxyde, Gamespot, Kotaku, there’s a roundup at Gearheads of War (thanks, 3Suns), dogsounds wrote a review, 1Up wrote a preview (thanks, LoneRa…

  • Halo 3 Beta First Impressions

    Edit: rapture’s take. I know enough about Halo to know that I really don’t know much at all about the way H3 will finally be played from the 5 hours of Beta I played tonight. However, I do have some first impressions. Bottom Line It’s fun. I’m no…