My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • The Tied the Leader donates funds to support veterans

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    Just got this email from Paul Hooper from Tied the Leader: The Tied the Leader gaming community recently announced their first donation to the Azalea Charities, which support combat wounded war veterans. Within only seven months, TTL has been able to…

  • Blue vs Green Ep 3

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    Spartan Erik let us know that Blue vs Green Ep 3 is up at Newgrounds; seemed sort of weak, but the grand larceny section was well done.(Louis Wu 16:51:29 UTC)

  • Podtacular 123

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    Big Goalie Dan points out that Podtacular 123, Part 1 is now up – 40 mb of discussion about the EGM info.(Louis Wu 16:48:33 UTC)

  • Do not drink while in a non-visible state.

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    Heh – We got word from Andrew that Fire Team Charlie has a promo for the MLG Canadian Open on the MLG Canada website. (Even if you’re not planning on entering the tourney, it’s a funny vid.)(Louis Wu 14:56:36 UTC)

  • Tied the Leader Tuesday

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    XerxdeeJ stopped by last night to point out new content at Tied the Leader; there’s a readers’s poll asking about whether you plan to try out the HaloClix tabletop game stuff, and an update on the TTL Foundation, a non-profit organization kicked off l…

  • Halo 3 Xbox 360 Priced

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    Major Nelson has announced a price on the Halo 3 Xbox 360 (and some price drops on the other 360 SKUs) – that puppy will cost you $400, which means you’re paying $50 for the goodies that come exclusively with the Halo 3 box. Doesn’t sound too terrible…

  • Director vs. Halo 3

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    Apparently, there was (is?) an Xbox 360 Soundtrack Competition – and the Irish band Director has entered it with a song set to video of the Halo 3 Announcement Trailer. Nice work! Thanks, MasterChief2829.(Louis Wu 14:29:42 UTC)

  • Three Little Words

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    Mister Froggy pointed out that Halo, Articulated #63 is now up. Trust me – you don’t want to be taking courting lessons from the MC.(Louis Wu 14:22:53 UTC)

  • HALO 3 Zune – Military Edition announced

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    Jobby Boy: Hey, if you want me to slap a HALO 3 sticker on a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer’s sake, for your daughter’s sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from me…

  • Tied the Leader Foundation

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    The chivalrous, gunslinging guys over at Tied the Leader have just recently made a contribution to Azalea Charities, which support combat wounded war veterans. We should thank them for supporting our troops, but also for helping shed a kinder light up…

  • Xbox 360 Price Cut; Halo-Themed Xbox 360 Priced

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    Starting Wednesday, the Core system will retail for $279 (a $20 price cut), the Premium will retail for $349 (a $50 price cut), and the Elite system will be available for $449 (a $30 price cut). The Halo-themed Xbox 360 is coming in September for $399…

  • Episode 124: New Halo 3 Hotness part 2 of 2

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    Download | Shownotes It’s part deux of the new Halo 3 hotness show. the2cheat was still here with us but we also got vicious696 from the Uncle Gamer podcast to talk with us about some of this recently revealed info.

  • Episode 123: New Halo 3 Hotness part 1 of 2

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    Download | Shownotes We’re back again with another 2-parter! This week the2cheat joins us to talk all about the recently revealed Halo 3 info in EGM and other magazines. Be sure to check out the outtakes at the end!

  • Halo Genecide v1.3 for PSP

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    This is pretty cool. Zion, from the 1timeuser.com forums, posted a version of Halo for the PSP. It’s a 2D side-scroller, and it seems similar to Halo Zero. Give it a download and lemme know what you think!

  • Pod TV: Famine Skull

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    Download this video Cryptoflix gives us a brief run through of how to get the famine skull, in halo 2 on the oracle in legendary mode. The skulls effect is that it makes any weapon that you pick up have less ammo in it. Thanks Crypto!

  • Zune – Halo 3 Military Edition

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    Interesting. Microsoft has decided to release yet another Halo 3 Zune – this one is brown, and is labeled “Zune – Halo 3 Military Edition”, and will be available exclusively at military retail stores in August. 300 of them will be given to soldiers in…

  • He needed massive damage.

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    He’s on a roll! Warbow has submitted another new Calvin and Halo for your perusal… poor Calvin.(Louis Wu 21:05:35 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Runthrough Preview at WP

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    WorthPlaying put up a review of the Halo 3 Level 1 runthrough they watched at E3 a couple of weeks ago – give it a read.(Louis Wu 20:40:09 UTC)

  • Outback – in Hi-res

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    As mentioned earlier, last week we were sent a high-res version of ‘Outback’, a fun live-action video created by Westerfield Studios. Because I was out of town, there was no way to reencode this until today – but now you can grab WMP9 or QuickTime ver…

  • MLG Halo Boot Camp Sweepstakes at GS

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    Dojorkan seems to be unhappy about a new sweepstakes he noticed at GameStop – you’ve got a chance at winning a grand prize package consisting of a training session with one of the Ogre twins, a copy of Halo 2, an Xbox 360 Elite, a Halo 3 headset, a po…