My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: June 2007

  • Try, try again

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    Screen Play, a column in The Age (a Melbourne, Australia newspaper), has a post up today that suggests that the Halo 3 Beta had nothing whatsoever to do with beta testing, and everything to do with hype-building. (The main argument is that since you h…

  • Forum Floodage – and Halo Unyielding

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    Wow. So the whole AdjutantReflex thing (looks to be another ARG, this time with possible Bungie input) is taking over our forum – it’s cool, but it’s drowning out all other content. (It’s hard to find tidbits now. I’d be willing to put up a temporary f…

  • Limited edition HALO 3 controllers and wireless headset

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    rapture

    A load of HALO 3 accessories and merchandise is headed our way. The controllers and headset are designed by Spawn and McFarlane Toys creator Todd McFarlane. Here’s a look at what is in store (geddit? “in store”?). * Xbox 360 Limited Edition “Ha…

  • Halo Zune Giveaway – Start Voting!

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    Voting is now open for the first category of the Halo Zune Giveaway – swing by and grab the 7 finalists for the Original Song category, and then pick your favorite!(Louis Wu 12:07:13 UTC)

  • Marathon 2 Coming To XBLA?

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    narcogen

    According to XBLArcade.com, German website xbox-arkiv says that the German ratings board, the USK, has been asked to rate Marathon 2: Durandal, indicating that a port of the Bungie shooter classic, already open sourced and available as Aleph One will …

  • Halo 3 Beta Quick Report: Parting Shots

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    narcogen

    So now it’s over. For just about everybody. I thought I’d do one last collection of observations about the Beta before we begin the four months or so waiting for the Real Thing to arrive. However, before that happens, it’s interesting to note that the…

  • HALO 3 ARG beginning? Meet Adjutant Reflex.

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    rapture

    Bungie likes to tease its fans. Remember the Cortana Letters that helped introduce the world to the HALO universe? Those were cryptic emails that originated from the Microsoft campus revealing clues about the HALO universe. Viral marketing from 19…

  • Stuff happens

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    foomojive

    So we had a cool show planned for this week. In the mean time real life came in and said “oh no you di-in’t” and snapped in a Z-formation and said not this week. I’ll spare you the boring details but this week instead of recording the next show I’m gon…

  • Stuff happens

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    foomojive

    So we had a cool show planned for this week. In the mean time real life came in and said “oh no you di-in’t” and snapped in a Z-formation and said not this week. I’ll spare you the boring details but this week instead of recording the next show I’m gon…

  • Stuff happens

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    foomojive

    So we had a cool show planned for this week. In the mean time real life came in and said “oh no you di-in’t” and snapped in a Z-formation and said not this week. I’ll spare you the boring details but this week instead of recording the next show I’m gon…

  • Cinematography and such

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    Very interesting article about the team working on Halo 3 Cinematics over at Bungie.net – all I can say is ‘D.A.M.N.’. Go read. Thanks, Avateur.(Louis Wu 22:47:56 UTC)

  • Halo 3’s Cinematics: Bungie and D.A.M.N. FX

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    In addition to the animation S.W.A.T. team at Bungie, we recruited some extra bodies for Halo 3’s cinematics.

  • Anything Goes – Last Chance!

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    Adam Kovic, over at Machinima.com, pointed out a page containing 40 entries to their Halo 3 Anything Goes contest – voting starts in 2 days, so you still have a tiny bit of time to get an entry in and be eligible to win a free copy of Halo 3! (We firs…

  • Halo 3 Controllers and Headset

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    Looks like some new Halo 3-branded schwag has appeared – Mariachi was first on our forum with a link to the wireless headset, and MasterChief2829 pointed out a page over at TeamXbox that contains shots of the headset and two new controllers. Reaction …

  • We have now reached over 300 members!

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    Sad Pandas’s Recent News

    Well, are numbers are increasing greatly.

  • Games Toaster reviews H3 Beta

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    Games Toaster wrote up a preview of the Halo 3 Beta – they think it bodes well for the final game.(Louis Wu 19:45:20 UTC)

  • Caption Contest 6/12

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    Brothers in Christ’s Recent News

    Two captions per person (please keep the captions in one post), winner will rank up. Contest ends next Monday.[IMG]http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j16/kdws22/MummyAttack.jpg[/IMG] DO NOT EDIT

  • RT: Yehawwed

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    Rooster Teeth News

    So, unfortunately this comic is a true story. Gus and I had to turn in our cowboy hats and spurs the next day. It was sad. Luckily we had buckets of Lonestar* to comfort us. *Lonestar is the National Beer of Texas (for you non-Texans) durnk

  • Google Finance

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    Midnight

    Believe it or not, Google has yet another tool to make your life easier, more interesting, and even help you make some money: Google Finance (Beta). Read about it’s plethora of features and why it’s better than Yahoo! Finance after the break. I discov…

  • TTLIBIB

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    halo@bungie.org
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    It’s early… but XerxdeeJ has returned to the Tied the Leader Tuesday Updates with a vengeance. There’s an open letter to Bungie in thanks for the Halo 3 Beta… and a call to arms, Halo 2 arms to be specific. Get fired up!(Louis Wu 06:15:14 UTC)