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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: July 2007

  • Arbiter Rookie Card – Totally Rare

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    Littlebigman pointed out new Halo schwag, coming in September – Halo Topps Trading Cards. Collect your favorites!(Louis Wu 13:41:28 UTC)

  • Upcoming Halo 3 Downloadable Goodies

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    DHalo noticed a story at wonderwallweb.com – starting tomorrow, you’ll be able to download some ‘exclusive content’ from a site on msn.com, including a Halo 3 ringtone for your phone. The website is up now, though the downloads page isn’t – you can re…

  • Episode 119: ZOMG Bungie Blowout – part 1 of 2

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    Download | Shownotes This week Laird from Halo Unyielding joins us to talk about the overload of Halo material we got in the past week. We had so much to talk about we couldn’t fit it into one show! Part 2 will be out as soon as I can get it edited….

  • Episode 119: ZOMG Bungie Blowout – part 1 of 2

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    foomojive

    Download | Shownotes This week Laird from Halo Unyielding joins us to talk about the overload of Halo material we got in the past week. We had so much to talk about we couldn’t fit it into one show! Part 2 will be out as soon as I can get it edited….

  • Episode 119: ZOMG Bungie Blowout – part 1 of 2

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    foomojive

    Download | Shownotes This week Laird from Halo Unyielding joins us to talk about the overload of Halo material we got in the past week. We had so much to talk about we couldn’t fit it into one show! Part 2 will be out as soon as I can get it edited….

  • The Strange Story Of Xbox Marathon

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    Luke Smith has posted an interview with Freeverse’s Bruce Morrison over at Bungie.net to explain how and why Marathon is coming to the Xbox and the role that the Bungie community played in it: In 2004 Freeverse hired two new employees, Mark Levin and…

  • The Best Marathon Experience To Date

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    Not STRICTLY Halo-related… but it’s still worth knowing about (Marathon is, after all, the precursor to your favorite first-person shooter): Luke Smith sat down with Bruce Morrison, of Freeverse, to talk about Marathon: Durandal for XBLA. Great read…

  • Marathon: Durandal XBLA Q&A

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    We chat with Freeverse, the developers of the Marathon: Durandal Xbox Live Arcade game and find out why this is more than just a port.

  • RT: Putting your best foot forward

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    Rooster Teeth News

    Today’s comic is one of those things that I wish wasn’t a true story, but unfortunately is…

  • Transformers Content Hits XBL

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    In addition to the existing movie trailers, today gamer pics, themes, and a trailer for Transformers: The Game hit Xbox Live. Themes are 150 points, pics are 200 points, and the trailers are free. Oh, and yes, there is an “old school” Tr…

  • An Edible Masterpiece.

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    This is simply astounding. Will sent us a link to a video he created to show off a Halo cake he made for a friend. It’s… amazing. You have to watch it. It’s available at break.com, in Flash format, or you can download it from us in WMP9 format (20.2 …

  • Digging in for the details

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    There are a couple of pretty in-depth looks at the E3 trailer – one is from Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, and comes complete with pictures, the other is from Red Leader, over on the Bungie.net forums. Different viewpoints, a LOT of details. Go see w…

  • Twisted Shadows Trailer

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    eternalscrappy made a trailer for a machinima project he doesn’t plan on actually making. It’s called Twisted Shadows, and I liked it – I’d love to see the final product. (Yes, I understand that there isn’t one.) Local mirrors (WMP9 and QT) are in thi…

  • For the sake of screaming

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    IceWeasel’s back, with a 1.3 mb beauty of stop-motion action. It’s… not what you’d expect.(Louis Wu 13:33:59 UTC)

  • Plush Covenant

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    Wow. Horus stopped by to let us know he’d made a grunt plushie out of scrap materials (check out that needler!)… and his sister made a hunter plushie. I can’t believe I STILL can’t buy something like this! These are awesome.(Louis Wu 13:15:04 UTC)

  • HAFTed.

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    You know – I’m pretty good about keeping up with comic strips that folks tell me about. I’m even pretty good at reading Elnea’s Halo Action Figure Theater as it’s released… but for some reason, I never remember to POST about that one. Elnea’s come t…

  • Trouble Brewing

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    Mister Froggy let us know about Halo, Articulated #57 – there’s been some discussion about Grunts fighting on both sides of the upcoming battles in Halo 3, and this strip suggests one reason why.(Louis Wu 12:44:30 UTC)

  • Tiiiiiiieeeed…. the Leader!

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    It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for a Tied the Leader update – XerxdeeJ stopped by to provide one. There’s a shout-out to the clans that met them honorably on the field of battle, and there’s a plea, of sorts, that Halo 3 will contain some sort of Clan sys…

  • Treasure Hunt Clues: Day 2/7

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    ManKitten has posted Day 2’s clues for his Treasure Hunt on our forum – this batch seems to rule out a LOT of levels. Go see if it helps you!(Louis Wu 12:34:38 UTC)

  • Pixel Wars

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    BBC has posted a piece on game trailers, and how important they’ve become in the marketing process. It compares Killzone 2 and Halo 3, and the offerings both had at E3. Kroll GB is tickled by the fact that some of the quotes used in the piece were tak…