My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • Halo Wars Gameplay Walkthrough

    —

    by

    narcogen

    Kotaku has a video it calls a “guided walk” through the gameplay of Halo Wars. No word yet on whether this is the same content as the rumored XBLM video “demo” due out. UPDATE: Ensemble Studios has put up a ten minute video on their own site; this is what they showed at E3 this…

  • Games for Windows Live gets a minor update. Hints at Chess game?

    —

    by

    rapture

    Games for Windows – Live users (a.k.a. HALO 2 Vista and Shadowrun Vista gamers) were greeted with a tiny update to their service today. Who knows what the update did? I mean, the Games for Windows – Live website isn’t exactly a hot spot for information about the service. Heck the website is still out…

  • Send in stuff for this week’s show: Video Overload!

    —

    by

    foomojive

    First off I want to say a big thank you to Laird who represented us at the last minute at PAX this past week. He got some great interviews and video which we’ll be posting soon. So this past few weeks we’ve been inundated with Halo 3 footage of stuff we haven’t seen before. Now’s…

  • New HALO Wars video available at XBOX.com. And right here in your browser.

    —

    by

    rapture

    Edit: It’s not available on the XBL Marketplace. It’s at XBOX.com. currently playing: Shadowrun currently supporting: Ron Paul

  • Luke and Sketch on EGM Live*

    —

    by

    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    Both Brian “Sketch” Jarrard and Luke Smith join the crew of EGM Live* this week to talk to them about new weapons, Forge, and give behind-the-scenes tidbits about life at Bungie. Download it now at egmlive.1up.com.

  • Behind The Scenes Shots

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    I posted these a little while ago, but forgot to front-page them. Microsoft distributed some ‘Behind the Scenes’ pictures when the second Blomkamp short went live today – you can see them over at TeamXbox, as pointed out by S043 – but we’ve got ’em too, bigger, and without a watermark. Go look.(Louis Wu 23:24:44…

  • Master Chief, Playing in Traffic

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    From ClubMS, in Korea (via GameBrink, via FileFront) – a whole bunch of new pics of the Master Chief and other Halo stuff. Some of the same stuff posted earlier today – but lots of new pics. Nice! (Louis Wu 23:18:03 UTC)

  • Bioshock vs Halo 3?

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    Wow. Games Radar has put up an article comparing Halo 3 to Bioshock; according to GR’s senior editor, Joe McNeilly, Bioshock pwns (their choice of words) Halo 3 in Story, Setting, Art, Multiplayer (!?!!), and Combat. Go see if you agree. Thanks, Charley117. (Louis Wu 23:00:38 UTC)

  • At this rate, nobody has to buy ANYTHING

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    DHalo noticed yet ANOTHER Mountain Dew Game Fuel-related contest – this one over at Gamestop. Enter and win lots of stuff. As usual, US residents, 18 or older. Sorry, European kids.(Louis Wu 22:50:09 UTC)

  • Call of Duty 4 beta registration still broke. Infinity Ward fixing. 24-hour open registration announced.

    —

    by

    rapture

    Tried going to http://charlieoscardelta.com lately? You may have gone there to register for the Call of Duty 4 multiplayer beta. While a few of you were lucky enough to get in, the rest of us have been stuck with error page after error page. Today a first-come first-server registration for the CoD4 beta was supposed…

  • New Omegathon vids at GT

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    MasterChief2829 pointed out 3 new films from the PAX Omegathon competition last night – all are available for streaming or download, in WMP9 or QuickTime, in SD or HD, over at GameTrailers. Lots of good stuff to see!(Louis Wu 22:39:28 UTC)

  • EGM Halo 3 Blowout – Monday

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    masterskill let us know that 1Up has put up Monday’s Halo 3 content on their minisite. You can find a preview of coop and the metagame aspect of Halo 3 – how to play with s7yle. You can a map breakdown of Sandtrap and Epitaph. And LoneRanger 2.5 reminds us that the new EGM Live…

  • The Vidjagames Show looks at Halo

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    Wil & Will let us know that the first episode of their new podcast, The Vidjagames Show, focuses on Halo 3 and the Halo universe. Just under half an hour long, 26 mb. Go listen.(Louis Wu 22:26:49 UTC)

  • Halo 3: The Ride

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    Everybody’s paying attention to Halo 3, and Halo Wars, and the PAX stuff, and the WETA shorts – but not Kotaku. They’re focused on what’s important: Halo 3, The Ride. Check it out.(Louis Wu 21:30:18 UTC)

  • Combat, Part 1

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    A high-quality version of the second Neil Blomkamp/WETA short is now online at halo3.msn.com – it’ll be up on Marketplace tomorrow. Not only is this not shakeycam, but it actually ends properly – absolutely worth the watch. Thanks, Red_Breast. (According to black asgard, it’s available on GameVideos, as well. Might be a better choice for…

  • The Power of Fans

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    Many of you probably remember Peter Marks – he was a Bungie.net admin during the Myth days, then he worked for Bungie during Halo’s development (Hang ’em High is his design, among others), before moving off to other jobs in the games industry. I recently got word that Peter’s been diagnosed with a pretty aggressive…

  • Concert featuring Halo music in Norway

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    HaloNorge has a news article (in Norwegian) about a VGL-like concert happening in Oslo in the near future – in the words of Stian Øby Johansen:Microsoft Norway is arranging some kind of VGL-ish concert in Oslo and the famous choir “The Silver Boys” and guitarist Ronni Le Tekrø will be interpreting the Halo-music. Also, the…

  • Textana

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    So I’m not really sure this is totally appropriate for the front page, but she went to the effort of actually going outside to take the pic this morning, so… Tex decided to model the new Cortana Tank Top so you can decide if you like the way it looks on a real person, as…

  • UK Halo 3 Tourney – 10K on the line

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    XLEAGUE.TV, a dedicated eSports channel/website in the UK, is kicking off their first Halo 3 tournament on September 26 – it’s a 4v4 tourney, and they’ve got £10,000 to give away to the top 4 places. Check it out!(Louis Wu 16:57:08 UTC)

  • Halo Wars Demo – now up

    —

    by

    halo@bungie.org
    in

    The Halo Wars demo is now available for downloading – you can grab it from the HaloWars.com website (WMP9, three sizes, ranging from 61 to 470 mb), or streaming from Xbox.com – GET TO DOWNLOADING!(Louis Wu 16:25:57 UTC)