My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: June 2007

  • HaloGrid CapCon (recurring)

    HaloGrid is running a series of Caption contests – week one kicked off 5 days ago, and the top captions for the first picture are now up for public voting. Thanks, Trindacut.(Louis Wu 13:25:13 UTC)

  • vnunet finds H2V underwhelming

    vnunet.com has reviewed Halo 2 Vista – they felt it took too long, and it offered too little. 3/5.(Louis Wu 12:24:12 UTC)

  • I’d buy THAT for five dollars…

    Wow. Now THAT’S cheap. sorahn points out a deal at Slickdeals.net whereby you can pick up Halo (the original Xbox version) for $6 – $5 for the game, plus a buck to ship it.(Louis Wu 12:21:28 UTC)

  • Halo Mac 2.0.2 released

    Last summer, Halo Mac went Universal – you had to pay $5 for the upgrade, but for folks with Intel Macs, it would run considerably faster. HookMeUpImLocal noticed that 2.0.2 was released yesterday – mostly bug fixes and tweaks. Grab the update from A…

  • TTL Update

    Dweezle stopped by this week with the Tied the Leader update – swing by their site for a couple of new pieces (they’re still recovering from their Halo 3 bacchanalia) – there’s a 22 Questions interview with Kevin Steele, of RetroBlast (not even REMOTE…

  • EGM’s gonna get their minds blown

    GhaleonEB noticed a small item on the latest EGM Live podcast – sounds like the crew is headed up to Kirkland to see some Halo 3 singleplayer this week. Yes, you can be jealous now. (Louis Wu 10:29:21 UTC)

  • Murphy’s Law

    Mister Froggy let us know that Halo, Articulated #48 is now up – and I must say, it’s a little disturbing. (Looks like Gravemind noticed it before I got a chance to post this.)(Louis Wu 10:20:18 UTC)

  • Muscle Cars

    Luke, on Bungie.net, has posted a short article, showing off some of the fan-created Forza cars that have resulted from Bungie’s offers for free (virtual) schwag – I’m thinkin’ Pimp My Ride’s gonna be calling any minute. Thanks, Fires7orm.(Louis Wu 10…

  • Halo Designs Flood Forza 2

    Artists, infinitely more talented and patient than us, created some amazing Halo-themed cars in Forza 2. We drool, they rule.

  • Master Replicas Weapons – coming soon

    Interesting – X1Zero noticed a pair of scaled weapon replicas up for preorder right now at GameStop – a BR55 Battle Rifle, and a Covenant Carbine, both being attributed to Master Replicas, and both due in early September. (No pictures yet.) Back in Fe…

  • Shadowrun + Halo 2 PC = $39.99

    This week Circuit City has a sweet deal on the only two GFWL games out there. Not only is Halo 2 PC discounted $10 to $39.99, but Shadowrun is free with purchase of Halo 2. Obviously, both are PC versions. __________________________ Top Ten Guitar He…

  • Halo 3 action figures coming from McFarlane Toys

    It appears that Joyride Studios is no longer set to produce more Halo action figure goodness for the release of Halo 3, because McFarlane Toys has announced that they will be doing just that. The line-up includes characters from the game such as Maste…

  • Halo 3 action figures coming from McFarlane Toys

    It appears that Joyride Studios is no longer set to produce more Halo action figure goodness for the release of Halo 3, because McFarlane Toys has announced that they will be doing just that. The line-up includes characters from the game such as Maste…

  • Halo 3 action figures coming from McFarlane Toys

    It appears that Joyride Studios is no longer set to produce more Halo action figure goodness for the release of Halo 3, because McFarlane Toys has announced that they will be doing just that. The line-up includes characters from the game such as Maste…

  • McFarlane and Bungie Team Up for Halo 3 Figures

    Excellent maker-of-fun McFarlane Toys, will be creating a line of figures based on Halo 3.

  • Proto-Typical.

    Today kicks off a series of guest One One Se7en strips created by ZZoMBiE13 – you might remember his work in our Miscellaneous Art section. If today’s strip is any indication, it’s gonna be a good week…(Louis Wu 18:21:53 UTC)

  • Free Shadowrun with H2V

    Wow. Halo 2 Vista came out a few weeks ago – so did Shadowrun. Both are Vista-only, both debuted for $49.99 each. Now you can buy the pair at Circuit City – for $39.99. (The deal is actually labeled as ‘Free Shadowrun with the purchase of Halo 2’.) Th…

  • Where’s my Gravemind Underoos?

    20th Century Fox has signed a deal to become the primary licensor for Halo, according to this story in Variety – this doesn’t mean the Halo movie is back on the table, but it DOES mean that you’ll be seeing a “broad array of products, from books to ap…

  • McFarlane Details

    The official press release for the McFarlane Toys deal with Microsoft is now up on the Spawn.com website – it contains a breakdown of the proposed action figure lineup, expected in stores in Spring 2008, as well as a shot of the Master Chief prototype…

  • Pod TV Episode 11: Envy Skull

    Download this video Pod TV returns with a blast from the past: a detailed walkthrough on how to get the envy skull in Halo 2! This one’s my fault for the extreme delay. Cryptoflix and the Pod TV crew have some more cool videos in the queue coming soon…