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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: May 2007

  • Official Podtacular Xbox 360 Theme

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    CapnKrunk

    Recently, I was playing around with some ideas and cooked up this nifty official Podtacular Xbox 360 theme background for the whole community to use. It’s designed for widescreen displays at full 1080p resolution, so download and display it proudly in…

  • Official Podtacular Xbox 360 Theme

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    CapnKrunk

    Recently, I was playing around with some ideas and cooked up this nifty official Podtacular Xbox 360 theme background for the whole community to use. It’s designed for widescreen displays at full 1080p resolution, so download and display it proudly in …

  • Seventh Column back online. So is our old group.

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    rapture

    Recently the Seventh Column came back online. You recall that Bungie.net got a makeover. The old THX group is still on there. A lot of information has been lost over the years. It looks like a lot of accounts have been deleted and that most all o…

  • Bungie Weekly Update

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    This week there is a LOT of information. You pretty much have to read this one. Seriously.

  • Halo 3 Press Event – you might be able to go

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Last week, we mentioned a ‘press event’ happening on May 11 – very few details. Yesterday, Gamerscoreblog released their latest podcast – and in it they’ve made a pretty amazing offer:”…one in New York, and one in San Francisco, for Halo 3. They’re b…

  • Time To Bail?

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Some people have been expressing unhappiness about spoilers from leaks of Halo 3 gameplay. Stuntmutt thinks he might have a solution, in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:32:07 UTC)

  • H2V on the cheap (if you’re Canadian)

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    If you live in Canada, boesman found a deal for you – $20 off the cover price of Halo 2 Vista, at Futureshop. (Louis Wu 14:27:29 UTC)

  • Podtacular 111

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    Big Goalie Dan pointed out that Podtacular 111 has been released – 60 mb, 90 minutes, focuses on leaked Halo 3 video stuff. That’s about as close as we’re gonna get to the leaks, ourselves…(Louis Wu 14:26:18 UTC)

  • New Shin Guards for Mjolnir Outfit

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    James Falcon sent us a few pictures of the Shin Guards that go with his Mjolnir Armor outfit – you can find them on his Rifle/Armor page. Gettin’ there!(Louis Wu 14:23:33 UTC)

  • Lithium 1v1 Montage

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Z pointed out Lithium’s 1v1 montage over at Halo3forum.com – 8.5 minutes, 155 mb, nice editing, and some sick sticks and snipes. The use of fusion cores as placement engines is great – haven’t seen much of that before. Check it out! (Louis Wu 13:56:54 …

  • Friday’s Fan Fiction

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Fan Fiction offerings this week are slim – only 4 pieces. Shouldn’t take you long to read!(Louis Wu 13:49:25 UTC)

  • Speck is here!

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    Reverend

    I received this email from Brick’s brother this morning: Quote: Spencer Jacob was born last night at 10:54. 7 lbs, 4 oz and 19 inches long. Everyone’s doing well and resting and recovering right now. Congratulations Brick. _________________________…

  • Shadowrun beta stats revealed

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    rapture

    Pretty cool. FASA has released a ton of stats they collected during the beta. (They actually collected from pretty complex stats like “distance bullets traveled” and other complex stats). Kill to Death ratio stats Gamer Tag Kills Deaths …

  • Portable lifts and turrets in H3

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    rapture

    Should make for some interesting physics experiments. How do you think they will impact gameplay though? via x360fb. __________________________ rapzilla blog | Shadowrun | HALO 2 Vista | cooked Gamers

  • District and Uplift tours at Game Videos

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Nelson, Game Videos, wrote to let us know that they’ve put up ‘tours’ of the two new Halo 2 Vista maps, District and Uplift. They’re pretty bizarre vids; it looks like they’re just the first time someone jumped onto these maps. There’s no real attempt …

  • The Origins of Shadowrun

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Whoa. rapture pointed out an entry in EnragedGnome’s Shadowrun blog that references some comments by Derek Carroll, Game Designer for FASA (the guys behind Shadowrun) – looks like that game started life as a Halo mod. (Okay, not really – but when they …

  • RT: Catch Phrases

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    Rooster Teeth News

    Hey Everyone, I just wanted to drop a line to post today’s awesome comic, as well as mention that we’re working on a very special video for next week (fingers crossed), and possibly a director’s commentary for Episode 96 as well. xoxoxo

  • Shadowrun does have close H1 ties.

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    rapture

    It doesn’t take a genius to figure out where Shadowrun started out. EnragedGnome reported that FASA posted a blog about prototyping Shadowrun. Looks like H1 played a big role in the development of Shadowrun. Check out those images. Pretty cool st…

  • Longswords on Escort Duty

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    Mid7night posted a link to some cool pics of his X-Plane conversion of the Marathon-class cruiser – being escorted by a pair of Longswords. Nice!(Louis Wu 23:36:29 UTC)

  • For Mature Audiences Only

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    Darksage let us know that over at his new site, Nation of Gamers, you’ll find a contest with Halo-related prizes. Tell ’em why you’re a mature gamer, win cool stuff including a redvsblue sponsorship (the Halo part) and a 360 Elite. You’ve got a month! …