My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • Halo 3 Front Lines

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    Injunfett has kicked off a blog to discuss tips and strategy for Halo 3. Look past the spelling and grammar. (Louis Wu 11:15:57 UTC)

  • What does Halo 3 mean to you?

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    MTV News is looking for fans in the New York area who want to tell their story – no prizes, but they’re offering to publish the best ones. Google News was first with this, but Impervium wasn’t too far behind.(Louis Wu 11:14:18 UTC)

  • Everybody starts sometime.

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    Geezer Gamers has a nice editorial about making room for new friends, soon…(Louis Wu 11:12:03 UTC)

  • I’m waiting for the ‘Do I hear…?’

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    More predictions about sales – they seem to get bigger each time someone opens their mouth. According to PC World, GamerMetrics is predicting 4 million units of Halo 3 sold in the US in the first 2 months.(Louis Wu 11:02:35 UTC)

  • Flying and Driving

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    It’s Friday (well, Saturday by HBO’s clock, but Friday where I am), so it’s time for another Bungie Weekly Update. It went up on time this week – about 4 hours ago – and you should enjoy it, since it’s the second-to-last one that’ll be posted before the game launches. This one covers what the…

  • Episode 127: Bioshock Special

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    Download | Shownotes So I’m back from a short vacation and it’s time to catch up on editing. This show we talk all about one of the greatest games to come down the pike in a long time: Bioshock. Joining JVB and I are Immortal Three from the Podtacular crew and Mintz from Halo Portable.…

  • Bungie Weekly Update 09/14/2007

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    The penultimate Update before the game launches in less than 11 days. ZOMG!

  • halo3.com/believe. HALO 3’s best marketing to date! Diorama.

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    If you look at any HALO 3 online marketing, you have got to see halo3.com/believe. This website contains an interactive flash movie that allows you to fly through the battle memorial seen in the commercial “Believe”. You can even take screenshots as you pace through the battle. Also, you can get personal interviews with the…

  • Believe Hi-Res Mirrors

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    trigger119 let us know that he’s put up a mirror of the 720p WMP9 from Yahoo, as well as encoded (with H.264, 72 mb) a version in QuickTime. They can both be found on this page at GamingTV. For what it’s worth, We’ve put up a 720p QuickTime, as well (62.5 mb) – this one…

  • NYC IMAX Writeup

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    KEEZY was at the New York IMAX event last night – and wrote it up for PreGameLobby. Go read!(Louis Wu 19:51:22 UTC)

  • Edge’s View of Halo 3

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    Edge Magazine had a large Halo feature last month – it’s online at Next Generation now. (This was mentioned by Red_Breast a few days ago; I held off posting it because I’d meant to host his magazine scans as well, but haven’t found time to do that yet. The article showed up today at BusinessWeek,…

  • Win a Legendary Edition from CVG

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    CVG is running a contest whereby you can win one of five Legendary Editions by answering a question; I couldn’t find any info that limited entry to folks in the UK, but you might want to check that yourself.(Louis Wu 19:14:50 UTC)

  • Master Chief Speed Painting

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    bs angel, aka Hawty McBloggy, let us know about a very cool Halo speedpainting at YouTube – watch the Master Chief come to life in 5 minutes!(Louis Wu 18:42:08 UTC)

  • Halo 3: Believe Kicks into High Gear

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    There is quite a bit of new information out there about the Believe ad(s) – if you visit the Xbox.com BELIEVE page (thanks, Avateur and Sep7imus), you’ll find multiple versions of the ‘Believe’ ad (labeled ‘Diorama’ here), as well as a Making Of video (also visible at Yahoo, listed as ‘Monument’ – thanks, Fernando Paniagua),…

  • Halo 3: Five Reasons You Want It

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    Yahoo’s got a ‘5 Reasons You Want It’ list up – they’re all pretty common-sense, but hey. Thanks, Phoenix42.(Louis Wu 17:44:06 UTC)

  • Believe is Up

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    The full, hi-res version of the “Believe” ad is now online at Yahoo Games. (Thanks, The Cancers.) You can watch it online, or download a huge HD (720p, 81 mb) version from them. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 16:30:29 UTC)

  • MLGWiki opens

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    Broderick Shoemaker sent us a note that MLG has kicked off a Wiki that contains (or will contain) tips and tricks, strategies, and info on all three Halo games. (Other games, too – anything MLG plays.) They’re looking for input from you, the fans – because that’s how wikis work. Go see what’s there already,…

  • Big numbers from Wedbush Morgan

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    Another financial analyst weighs in – according to Next Generation, Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter believes that Halo 3 will sell 3 million units in the first 12 days, and help Microsoft sell more than 400,000 Xbox 360s by the end of September. He thinks that there’ll be some new news on the Sony front this…

  • The Halo 3 Hype Hoedown

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    Sarcastic Gamers has put together a song they call ‘The Halo 3 Hype Hoedown’ – you’ll finally understand what you can expect on September 25. This brought a smile to my face, at least…(Louis Wu 13:56:00 UTC)

  • Alien Genocide Is Thirsty Work

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    Today’s Penny Arcade touches on the marketing fervor for Halo 3, as well. Guess it’s the theme this week. Thanks, RotaJota.(Louis Wu 13:45:47 UTC)