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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: June 2007

  • When Spartans Don’t Measure Up

    Devin Olsen found an article on the Baddest Bottle Openers on the Planet. Many of the respondents in the thread disagreed with the inclusion of the Halo Spartan opener on that list… go read why.(Louis Wu 11:56:34 UTC)

  • The Future of Online Gaming

    There’s an interesting read over at 1Up.com – it’s about the future of online gaming, and it has some pretty cool concepts discussed in it. Halo 3’s Lead Designer Jaime Griesemer was one of the developers interviewed for it – and Halo gets mentioned a…

  • The Man Behind the Iris ARG Curtain?

    Do you know this man? If you hang with us, you should. His name is Jordan Weisman, founder of the company 42 Entertainment, ARG and storytelling extraordinaires, and he’s most likely the mastermind behind the current “Iris” ARG we’re currently losing …

  • Hail To The Chimp Coming To Xbox 360, PS3

    The first trailer for Hail to the Chimp, Wideload’s upcoming political party beat-’em-up, is available now at 1Up, and it shows actual gameplay, including the creation of a temporary player alliance. 1Up has also done a preview. The basics? Up to fou…

  • “Video Game Addiction”

    Welcome back for our second roundtable episode. This weeks topic was about “Video Game Addiction”, which was inspired by a recent article about how the American Medical Association is investigating whether or not to include videogame addiction as a me…

  • “Video Game Addiction”

    Welcome back for our second roundtable episode. This weeks topic was about “Video Game Addiction”, which was inspired by a recent article about how the American Medical Association is investigating whether or not to include videogame addiction as a me…

  • “Video Game Addiction”

    Welcome back for our second roundtable episode. This weeks topic was about “Video Game Addiction”, which was inspired by a recent article about how the American Medical Association is investigating whether or not to include videogame addiction as a me…

  • THX on G4’s Attack of the Show

    The Hushed Casket was featured on Attack of the Show on the G4 cable network on Wednesday the 20th. J-DOGG passed along these pictures today. Thanks for capturing these, J. I think we may have also been on there last week when we lead with the HALO…

  • Humpday Challenge: Steaktacular

    With pounds and pounds of meat on the line, battle is waged, grudges are settled, and bets are ended.

  • Band Of Bugs.

    The code is: M3MF3-72HJJ-69VW7-MHVJD-VRR6W This code only works once. GOOD LUCK..:-)

  • Slick Halo Signatures

    Venom at SimpleGFX.net wrote up a tutorial for creating cool-looking signatures you can use on Halo forums around the net. Thanks to The Photoshop Roadmap for pointing this out.(Louis Wu 20:11:17 UTC)

  • Working on Efficiency

    Overswarm has written a new article entitled ‘Working on Efficiency’ – playing to stay alive, rather than playing to get kills. There’s a nice example of how this works in a common stalemate situation on Lockout. Good read!(Louis Wu 20:06:15 UTC)

  • RT: Get out of jail 'not so' free…

    Today’s comic s just gross. I’m beginning to think Griffon and Luke are kind of sick. Reader beware…. my eyes!

  • Wow, the ARG is really heating up!

    At around Midnight Eastern Time, the site 206.16.223.65 had an update. What it was is that people recieved a “key” instead of that countdown timer. They had to take that key up to www.unlock.msgamestudios.com and be one of the first 100 to help unlock …

  • Wow, the ARG is really heating up!

    At around Midnight Eastern Time, the site 206.16.223.65 had an update. What it was is that people recieved a “key” instead of that countdown timer. They had to take that key up to www.unlock.msgamestudios.com and be one of the first 100 to help unlock …

  • Wow, the ARG is really heating up!

    At around Midnight Eastern Time, the site 206.16.223.65 had an update. What it was is that people recieved a “key” instead of that countdown timer. They had to take that key up to www.unlock.msgamestudios.com and be one of the first 100 to help unlock …

  • WETA’s handiwork

    Nice – JAY132 was digging around the WETA Workshop website, and came across what looks to be a BR55 in production. (It’s the first image in the Gallery link he’s posted.) Who knows if they’ll ever get back to those…(Louis Wu 15:35:31 UTC)

  • H3 Brute Captain, Modelled

    ethereal has been working on modeling the Halo 3 Brutes, as shown in the Brute ViDoc a few months ago. Awesome start!(Louis Wu 15:07:49 UTC)

  • If you’re gonna steal…

    Both Blackstar and nash–housewares noticed that a video of an iPhone knock-off also contains some Halo content…(Louis Wu 15:05:27 UTC)

  • The Making of Starry Night

    Wow, very cool. S3NATOR noticed that over at the Digital Domain website, they not only have the Starry Night commercial shown last December, but they have a very cool ‘Making Of Starry Night’ piece, as well. The site is Flash-based, so you’ll have to …