My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: September 2007

  • MLG Goodies

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    3Suns pointed out a couple of hot links at MLGPro.com – their Halo 3 Launchtacular page, and a recap page from Orlando, including a spotlight on Str8 Rippin, the 4v4 champs this time around. Check it out!(Louis Wu 03:24:02 UTC)

  • Exclusive Halo 3 stuff for Gold users on XBLM?

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    According to this story at 1Up, there is new content on Xbox Live Marketplace that’s free to Gold users. However, following the image shown in the story gets me to a page that has 5 theme/gamerpic items available – all of which cost money (well, points). There are supposedly also videos coming later this week…

  • Shack looks at Forge

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    Shacknews has posted an article about Forge, and what it can do. It’s a great read – go check it out! Thanks, Chris Remo(Louis Wu 03:04:18 UTC)

  • Another shoutout for a community member in need

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    trigger119 pointed out the GTV Spotlight over at GamingTV – it focuses on Zukan, a longtime community contributor who is suffering from Hodgkin Lymphoma – he’ll be starting chemo soon. Stop by and give the guy some support!(Louis Wu 03:02:05 UTC)

  • Halomen

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    Samir Patel pointed out Halomen, an adult-rated Flash vid at Newgrounds which comes up with an alternate storyline for Halo. Animation and artwork are great, story… not so much.(Louis Wu 02:59:37 UTC)

  • Lego Zanzibar – finished

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    Kooberz let us know he’s finished his Lego Zanzibar video – you can see it on YouTube. It’s a 9 minute walktrhough, showing how closely he matched the Lego stuff to the in-game map. Even the bridge works! Insanity. It also contains tons of info about the building of the project – if you’re into…

  • Halo 3 OST – Coming in November, Probably

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    We’ve received news from a couple of fronts about the upcoming Halo 3 Official Soundtrack. SeannyD got email from Risa Malkinson, from Sumthing Distribution, letting him know that the release date will be in November. This is corroborated by Aj6627, who noticed that the Amazon listing for the soundtrack has a release date of November…

  • Huffington Post Shows Chimp Love…

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    narcogen

    …or rather woodchuck love, as a new blogger, the animal kingdom newscaster Woodchuck Chumley has shown up at the Huffington Post with his own blog. Perhaps he’ll be answering the age-old question, how much wood would a woodchuck chuck. Or maybe he’ll just talk animal kingdom politics: As we approach election year, I feel it’s…

  • That guy’s nuts.

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    You think YOU’RE devoted to Halo? You ain’t got NOTHIN’ on Alterb0y, a soldier in Iraq. He had his wife pick up his copy Legendary Edition copy and FedEx it overseas. Legendary Edition of Halo 3: $129.99 (plus tax). FedEx shipping: $326. The ability to play Halo 3 with your buds in the desert -…

  • Suck it, Spiderman

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    Major Nelson posted a press release about yesterday’s sales – Halo 3 is officially the biggest single-day sales event in entertainment history. $170 Million in the US, in 24 hours… not too shabby. Thanks, KP.(Louis Wu 22:46:39 UTC)

  • Teh Funniez

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    Comic roundup for Wednesday:LostRock11 noticed that SORE THUMBS had Halo 3-related strips on Monday and Wednesday – they both hit homeUre Paul let us know that ActionTrip celebrated the release of Halo 3 with a Muppets-inspired comic (I love those guys)Subnova comes back online with a new .Comic – and a mini-review of Halo 3…

  • Halo 3 Launch Week FAQ

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    Now that Halo 3 is released, many of you have questions. Fortunately we have answers.

  • Halo 3 Launch Week FAQ

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    narcogen

    Bungie has put up a Halo 3 Launch Week FAQ to cover some of the most common new player questions, especially about issues surrounding screenshot uploads and other features that might be having the kinks still worked out.

  • More News Than You Can Shake a Stick At

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    News roundup:The New York Times wrote a pretty long article about Halo 3 – not a lot new in it, but significant for the column space in a paper like the Times (thanks, Usul)TalkXBOX wrote up 10 Reasons they’re Pumped for Halo 3 – thanks, Rishi ModhaESPN (really? ESPN?) checks out what makes Halo 3…

  • Surround View of the ActionClix Scarab

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    Darkphibre created a “walkaround” viewer which runs in Windows – you can use it to see really cool pics of the Limited Edition Scarab ActionClix Figure (he took the pics at PAX). (Louis Wu 20:13:10 UTC)

  • Launch Writeups

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    Wow. So I was going through mail that came to email addresses other than halo@bungie.org, thinking that I’d make a summary of all the news that hadn’t gotten posted in the last couple of days before I STARTED posting – but the list is so enormous that I’ll never get through it unless I just…

  • FYI: there are two important cutscenes to watch after the H3 credits

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    There are two important cutscenes after the credits roll. One of the cutscenes can only be accessed after beating the game on Legendary. After beating the game, you can jump ahead to to certain points in the campaign, including the last half of the last level on Legendary. Go here to discuss those cutscenes (spoilers):…

  • Podtacular Invades Seattle

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    Foo Mo Jive and I had the honor of attending the Halo 3 launch event in Seattle. We had a chance to interview and meet a lot of great people. Our proudest moment had to be the interview we had with Marty O’Donnell, which made me a bit nervous, so nervous that I called myself…

  • Ultra Super Mega Uber Bundle

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    Check out this Halo bundle on eBay. Zowie. Got a bunch of spare money, anyone? 😉 (Thanks to MffnMn for the link)(mnemesis 16:10:02 UTC)

  • Welcome back to the madhouse

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    The HBO forum is now back online – if you haven’t finished the game, I’d caution you to be careful. We ask that folks not post spoilers without warning (and not to put spoilers in subject lines); we’ll do our best to remove or relabel spoiler posts if it does happen (and we’ll ban folks…