My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • A Wall of Tex-t

    Tex has posted a thorough wrap-up of the activities she experienced over the past week at Comic-Con. She took some very cool pictures and overall has a great summary of everything Halo-related that you could have seen in San Diego last week. And let th…

  • Upcoming Concert @ Crossroads Tuesday, August 28th…19+

    So the last concert I posted about never materialized like I was told, but don’t fret because this one is inked. Three really good bands are set to rock it out at Crossroads 8/28/07. Check out Pollstar for the proof;) Bands: Evans Blue Submersed…

  • Marathon: Durandal release date

    DHalo noted on the forum that Marathon: Durandal will become available on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace this Wednesday, August 1st. Wonga! (mnemesis 21:58:25 UTC)

  • Halo 3 – coming to everywhere near you!

    Today, the folks at Xbox Family (xboxfamily.com) published an intercepted e-mail from Microsoft that includes the various ways that the company will be marketing Halo 3 to the public in the coming months. It looks like come August, you won’t be able to…

  • THX Thursday Outing

    Anyone up for an impromptu gathering in the Huntsville area this Thursday? We could use it as an opportunity for everyone to reclaim LAN equipment that was taken home by others this weekend. I’m fairly indifferent as to location and activity. …

  • cool group

    this is the coolest group ever!

  • Incredible Armor

    We received word from Adam Grumbo, of mjolnirarmor.com, of a new set of Mjolnir armor he made. There’s a post in his forum with all of the pictures to date, including a dog-kicking incident. Pretty slick.(KP 18:54:40 UTC)

  • More Vids

    TJ Baurain writes to tell us of Brothers in Arms, a campaign film by Jamie98 that you can check out over at GamingTV. He also reminded me that I forgot another film, Doomtage, that he’d mentioned earlier. Check ’em out!(mnemesis 18:53:18 UTC)

  • Free the Beast

    Rockslider wrote to tell us of a new feature to his site, a guide to unleashing your inner Grunt. Much of it is quite funny, some is quite strange and a few have a splendid combination of the two.(KP 18:37:06 UTC)

  • How to avoid *Spoilers*

    Not sure if you want to find out stuff about Halo 3 before the time is right? Bungie elder statesman and audio impresario Marty checks in on the forum with some helpful advice.(mnemesis 16:53:56 UTC)

  • Vids

    A couple of videos that have come through the inbox this afternoon, listed here for you: Tomminator and Hellhawk made a commentary reel for the Weekend Boredom video from the Zune contest. ClearviewPro mentions that eternalscrappy has made what he clai…

  • Marketing Madness!

    The folks at Xbox Family have ‘intercepted’ an email from Microsoft detailing all of the marketing efforts going into the Halo 3 launch this fall. Go see what’s coming up, and learn a little about how companies attempt to build brand awareness. We’re…

  • Got News?

    I’d like to remind anyone who has Halo news for us that if you don’t send it to halo@bungie.org, it ain’t getting posted on the front page. We’re not mind readers, you know (or lwu’s personal email readers, as the case may be).(mnemesis 18:43:35 UTC)

  • New RvB series coming soon

    Over at Xbox.com, there’s a promo page explaining the next project coming from the Rooster Teeth crew. It’s a commercial series; looks to be available for (probably paid) download from a variety of retail websites, starting on Tuesday. It’s a five-epi…

  • The Riot 58

    I might have been wrong about Halo coverage being kept up while I’m gone; there don’t seem to have been any updates since I left. Unfortunately, I was correct about my lack of internet access here – I have almost no connection at all, so I won’t be a…

  • HALO 3 campaign details – Humongous AI battles, Scarab is AI, Map Editor

    The press has recently attended preview sessions at Bungie HQ.  They’ve gotten to play parts of the campaign and magazines have been given renderings and screenshots to publish.  HALO 3 looks mature, spectacular, and deeper than HALO 2….

  • RT: Hello? Is anyone there?

    I don’t know who would be reading this, as I’m pretty sure that everyone on the planet is inside the convention hall right now, but just in case, here it is – today’s comic!

  • Gone.

    Okay, I’m out of here for a while. The site is in the capable hands of the HBO grunt crew; If you have news you think they should be posting, send it to halo (at) bungie.org. Do NOT send anything to lwu (at) bungie.org that you want to have read in th…

  • Halo Kitty Convention Badge

    Pinkuh created a pretty cool convention badge for a friend – check it out in her gallery here!(Louis Wu 08:13:02 UTC)

  • New Brute Halo 3 T at Hot Topic

    Wow, this is sort of odd – there’s a pretty nice new t-shirt design at Hot Topic; it celebrates the Brutes in Halo 3, and has some cool artwork. The odd part? It features Tartarus – the guy you killed in Halo 2. Thanks, Megan Stewart.(Louis Wu 07:31:1…