My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • Lil Sparda

    Just thought i’d let you guys know that my son was born September 5th, 2007. Both him and his mom are doing great. we just got home today. His name is Logan. This is just my opinion on the matter and should be taken as such http://hushedcasket.com

  • Seven On Seven Winners Announced

    HBO is announcing the winners of their latest Seven on Seven contest. This last competition was to put the Master Chief into an older Bungie game. The seven winners get free downloads of Freeverse’s Marathon:Durandal from Xbox Live Arcade.

  • Cultural Backgrounds And Halo 3 Design

    Japanese publication PingMag interviews Bungie’s environmental artist Ken Taya on the cultural influences on design jobs here and in Japan: Well in terms of semantics the actual word designer and the roles associated with this position differ. Here comes an over generalisation: I feel that the Japanese game developers really focus on the feel of…

  • Ken Taya Talks Cultural Differences

    Japanese PingMag has an interview with Ken Taya, Environment Artist on the Halo 3 team. It’s an interesting read from a Japanese-American about the differences between Japan and America, and how those differences have affected his sense of game design. Take a look!(Louis Wu 11:23:44 UTC)

  • Friday’s Fan Fiction

    Five new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week… light load!(Louis Wu 11:18:20 UTC)

  • Montage Contest at GamingVidz

    GamingVidz just passed its 2nd Birthday – 730 days on 7/30, and they decided that this warranted a montage contest with a $730 prize. You can read all the details on the Contest Page. (No deadline set yet, that I can see.) Thanks, Tony Montanna.(Louis Wu 11:12:15 UTC)

  • Podtacular 126

    Big Goalie Dan lets us know that Podtacular Episode 126 is out – discussion of Halo 3 and the Halo Wars video released recently. 51 minutes, 35 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 11:07:17 UTC)

  • McFarlane Talks Halo Toys

    TeamXbox interviews Todd McFarlane, designer of new Halo toys and the Halo 3 controller. The first two pages are mostly about his failed baseball career and his entry into the world of comics, mainly Spawn, but by page three he’s talking about how they make figures from the information Bungie sends them: We’re developing figures…

  • Robert McLees: Author Of Lies, Damned Lies, And Half Truths

    Bungie.net’s latest feature is an interview with Robert McLees, artist-turned-writer who maintains the Halo Bible. What’s the Halo Bible? Funny you should ask: For lack of a more romanticized description it is the ponderous collection of lies, damned lies, and half-truths from which the entire Halo Universe is constructed. It is the tome which informs…

  • Unauthorized Epsilon Player Gets Eight Thousand Year Ban

    homicidal insomniac blogged something he came across in the Se7enSins.com forum; the aftermath of one of the unauthorized Epsilon players that The Hushed Casket mentioned awhile back. The upshot? Banned. Until December 31, 9999. Not just the XBL gamertag, but the console as well. So, yes: it is possible to override the per-gamertag restriction on…

  • Get your Halo 3 and help out Podtacular too!

    With September 25th fast approaching, it’s almost a sure bet that copies of Halo 3 will be flying off the shelves at stores across the globe. If you’re expecting to grab a copy on launch day, it’s probably best to pre-order your copy now and ensure that you’ll get one. We’ve set up links with…

  • RT: Too famous to post.

    Hey guys, Gav here. At the moment Geoff is busy showing Spike TV around the new Roosterteeth Office (Which looks super sweet by the way). So busy that he can’t post the comic today. Luckily his favourite and lovable British intern once again comes to save…

  • The invincible metal bra…

    Games Radar has an article on ridiculous realities we accept with almost no question in video games. Two of the tidbits they make fun of are prevalent in Halo. Thanks, Mike Carson.(Louis Wu 21:07:54 UTC)

  • Bad Crazy vs Good Crazy

    Bungie.net has an interview with Robt McLees about the Halo Bible – as well as some weapon sheets culled from that document. There is a boatload of information in those weapon sheets… and in the interview. Read carefully. Thanks, Duncan.(Louis Wu 20:21:37 UTC)

  • Taking Leaks Seriously

    Wow. Not really sure how to explain this one succinctly. Start at The Hushed Casket, I guess (thanks, Rampancy.net), to learn how a bunch of people got unauthorized access to the Halo 3 Epsilon. Then swing by homicidal insomniac to see the followup – Microsoft banned both the gamertags, AND the Console IDs, of those…

  • Halo Universe: Covenant Weapons

    In the wake of looking at some of the UNSC weapons, here’s a look at the fiction behind some of the Covenant’s weaponry.

  • PraetoriaGuard Launches Trinity Website & Trailer

    For over two years the PraetoriaGuard has been working on a groundbreaking machinima series, and now, two weeks before Halo 3 breaks every sales record, Trinity is being launched.

  • Crack the Code

    Pedro the Penguin noticed a contest at the UK version of Xbox.com; they’re giving away 150 pairs of tickets to the London Premiere of Halo 3, all you have to do is crack the code. (To make it a little harder, they’ve done something really creepy with the Master Chief’s animation on that page; he’ll…

  • Trinity Trailer

    The Praetoria Guard has released a trailer for Trinity, an upcoming machinima series. There is, in fact, an entire website devoted to the series. Swing by, read about it, and then download the trailer from the Downloads page – I have to say, it looks promising!(Louis Wu 16:01:58 UTC)

  • 360Zine Previews Halo 3

    GamerZines has put up episode 10 of their 360Zine – it contains a 5 page Halo 3 preview, along with a 10 question ‘Ultimate Halo 3 Quiz’ (‘ultimate’ might be a bit premature). I aced it – can you? (The download links on the main page point to episode 9, not episode 10 – but…