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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: May 2007

  • Halo Science 101

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    Over at Gamasutra, you can read ‘Halo Science 101’, one of the pieces compiled in the recently-released book, ‘Halo Effect’. It’s a fascinating study of the science behind Halo – what Bungie got right, what they got wrong, what you can actually pull fr…

  • B.net Emblem Contest

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    Frankie pointed out a new story at Bungie.net – they’re currently accepting submissions for a new emblem to be used in Halo 3. Go read the rules – and get designing!(Louis Wu 18:56:13 UTC)

  • Blastacular Map Pack Fixed!

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    The recent downloading problems with the Halo 2 “Blastacular” map pack have been (mostly) fixed. Details inside.

  • Halo 3 Kubricks Coming!

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    Kubricks, the adorable Super Deformed action figures from Japan, are coming in Halo 3 flavors!

  • Meh-chinema.

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    Today’s One One Se7en has our favorite Halo schmuck getting his hands on the Halo beta a bit early… (Louis Wu 18:16:39 UTC)

  • Order your Kubrick Figures Now

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    Yesterday, we mentioned the Halo 3 figures coming from Gentle Giant – today, they’re preorderable, for $18 for the set. Thanks to Carsten for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 18:07:20 UTC)

  • Design a Halo 3 Emblem!

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    Wow! Design an emblem, and if it’s the winner, your emblem design will be featured in the actual Halo 3 game!

  • Fantasy Halo Part Three

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    In late march, we mentioned Parts One and Two of ‘Fantasy Halo’, a machinima project that turns Halo 2 into a turn-based RPG. Yesterday, Deep Reaver stopped by to let us know that Part Three had been released – and I have to agree with RVideo on our fo…

  • Told ya.

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    Heh – Yahoo has put up a feature called ‘Games are Good for You’, which points out some positive benefits that games have had (with specific examples). Halo gets mentioned as a tool to help students “understand the complexities of Homeric epics” (check…

  • Halo Painting

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    Nick Paton pointed out a large (4′ x 5′) Halo canvas painting for sale right now on eBay; if you’re looking for a gigantic acrylic, this might help! No bids yet, but there’s still almost a week left.(Louis Wu 16:27:22 UTC)

  • Another Halo Poster

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    In the spirit of yesterday’s wall poster, Zerowind117 put up pics of his own wall hanging… Halo is gracing walls everywhere! (Louis Wu 16:23:54 UTC)

  • Plantronics lets you game in style

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    Master Kim stopped by our forum yesterday to point out a new Halo 2 headset, made by Plantronics, for your PC – presumably in conjunction with the release of Halo 2 Vista. Looks good! (Thanks to rapture, who pointed out that MK also posted this at the …

  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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    A couple of weeks ago, it became known that Luke Smith was leaving 1Up, and soon after that, he announced he was being hired by Bungie. Yesterday, Kotaku posted a an article explaining how it all happened. Sounds like Luke will soon be helping to bring…

  • Halo 3 Guide Opens

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    In 2004, before the release of Halo 2, a website separate from Bungie.net, Halo2.com, went live, with information about the units, vehicles, and weapons in the game, laid out as if from the perspective of a Covenant intelligence agency. Similarly, Hal…

  • Podtacular Interviews: MARKO POLO7

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    !{float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0}http://podtacular.com/files/images/marko.jpg!:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDEH3rbSYdk *jBurton90 and BlankCANVAS* bring us a new project at Podtacular: interviews with the community. First show is a little rough …

  • Podtacular Interviews: MARKO POLO7

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    jBurton90, BigDaddy991 and BlankCANVAS bring us a new project at Podtacular: interviews with the community. First show is a little rough but I think it’s a great idea with a lot of potential. Let’s find out a little bit about MARKO POLO7 and how he go…

  • Submit stuff for episode 112: Return of the tips show!

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    foomojive

    Episode 112 is done and on the way, and it’s a really good one. In the mean time it’s time to gather up some stuff for the return of a show that’s been sorely missed for a long time: the tips show! You’ve had some time to play lots of tombstone and des…

  • M6G Pistol in H3. Not M6D.

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    rapture

    Frankie has burst our bubble. He has now confirmed that the pistol in HALO 3 will be a M6G. Looks like the HALO 1 LAN lives. __________________________ rapzilla blog | Shadowrun | HALO 2 Vista | cooked Gamers

  • New Gears of War Maps Coming This Week

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    This Thursday the 3rd of May you’ll be able to download four new multiplayer maps for Gears of War. The download will cost you 800 Microsoft points ($10) and will become free on September 3rd. Click ‘read more’ for descriptions and screenshots of ea…

  • Smacktalkin’.

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    New top story at Bungie.net – it’s an interview with the crew from Shadowrun. Wait, you say – how is this Halo-related? Well, see, it’s Bungie doing the interviewing – so half the questions tie back to Halo in some way or other. And oh, yeah, the Lead …