My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • Marathon. Coming Soon to XBLA.

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    We didn’t mention it last night, because we were afraid it was going to be buried in the Halo flood coming from the press conference… but another game announced during the evening was a title many thought they’d never see – Marathon 2 for Xbox Live …

  • It’s Got a Powerful Thrust.

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    What… you thought we’d forget One One Se7en on this day of stupendous news? Nah – everyone needs a puerile sex joke occasionally. If you don’t get it – you probably don’t live in the UK.(Louis Wu 20:47:45 UTC)

  • More music for GoO

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    Sean Mortensen continues to compose music for Ghosts of Onyx – he’s released Spartans Never Die (4 mb) (written for Kurt), and Reclaimers (4.2 mb), written for Ash. Anyone with questions, comments, or suggestions can mail Sean. (Louis Wu 20:45:04 UTC)

  • Awesome news – shorts coming all summer

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    That awfully cool short from Neil Blomkamp that was released yesterday? Looks like it’s the first of a series. w00t! Thanks, Dry Ice.(Louis Wu 20:24:21 UTC)

  • MLGPro stuff

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    3Suns let us know about a few things at MLGPro.com – a profile of synide, an audio interview with Legend, and some predictions about upcoming tourneys and the like. Go read!(Louis Wu 19:49:47 UTC)

  • Montage Stuff from GTV

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    trigger119 pointed out a pair of montage vids hosted at GamingTV – the Eurotage, a Halo 3 Beta montage (that was first pointed out to me by synide, of MLGPro.com, actually), and a trailer for SiR Tyner’s Montage 2. (Louis Wu 19:42:48 UTC)

  • SBG Invitational FFA

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    Some non-E3 news in the queue – should clear this out too. Deadly Warrior let us know of an online Halo 2 tournament being put together by SBG Omega – swing by their forums for more details.(Louis Wu 19:39:52 UTC)

  • Valhalla Shirt

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    x1zero noticed a new Valhalla shirt at the Bungie Store. (Louis Wu 19:27:48 UTC)

  • Halo Wars Details

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    If you’re interested in Halo Wars, especially past the short (and abruptly-ended) trailer, you might want to read the articles at 1Up.com and the San Jose Mercury News – there are nice written descriptions of gameplay and the like. There’s also new i…

  • Halo: Arms Race, Now Available in Quicktime

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    Last night, director Neill Blomkamp’s collboration with Bungie Studios, WETA and Origami LLC debuted “Halo: Arms race” today, we’ve uploaded the file in Quicktime. Details inside.

  • Halo 3 Themed Xbox 360

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    One story we didn’t get to yet involves the release of a Halo 3-themed Xbox 360. You can see pictures of it at Bungie.net right now, and there’ll be a full article about it later today, but the basics are a small (20GB) drive, gorgeous Halo 3 styling,…

  • Video Analysis from Joystiq

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    Joystiq has put up a frame-by-frame analysis of the new trailer – I disagree with a ton of the commentary, but everyone’s allowed their opinion.(Louis Wu 14:05:12 UTC)

  • TXB watches some Campaign

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    TeamXbox got to watch a chunk of the first level of the game being played last night, after the Press Conference – and they’ve written up the experience. It IS only the first level – but story spoilers abound; skip this one if you want to experience i…

  • Disney Movies Available in HD on XBL

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    Midnight

    Disney movies are now available for download (err…rental really) in high definition via Xbox Live. Why is this significant? Disney supports the Blu-Ray format and not HD-DVD. Apparently that didn’t stop Microsoft from securing the rights to distri…

  • The Microsoft hypE3 cometh. “Greatest holiday lineup in video game history.” Summary of last night.

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    A ton of news smacked us in the face last night as Microsoft held their E3 presentation.  They are hyping this holiday season as the “greatest holiday lineup in video game history.”  It’s hard to quantify “greatest” so I’m sure they’ll achiev…

  • Halo developments from E3 2007

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    CapnKrunk

    At last night’s E3 press conference, Microsoft and Bungie unveiled some new goodies for Halo fans: A new Halo 3 trailer focused on campaign and including new gameplay footage A short film from would-be Halo movie director Neill Blamkomp and WETA cal…

  • Halo developments from E3 2007

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    CapnKrunk

    At last night’s E3 press conference, Microsoft and Bungie unveiled some new goodies for Halo fans: A new Halo 3 trailer focused on campaign and including new gameplay footage A short film from would-be Halo movie director Neill Blamkomp and WETA cal…

  • Halo developments from E3 2007

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    CapnKrunk

    At last night’s E3 press conference, Microsoft and Bungie unveiled some new goodies for Halo fans: A new Halo 3 trailer focused on campaign and including new gameplay footage A short film from would-be Halo movie director Neill Blamkomp and WETA cal…

  • E3 2007 Trailers Available on XBL

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    Midnight

    A ton of game trailers that we’ve been waiting for from E3 2007 are now available for download on Xbox Live, according to Major Nelson. No, Halo 3 and Halo Wars aren’t on the list. Mass Effect (HD) Too Human (HD) Viva Pinata Party Animals (HD) Lost Od…

  • Halo Wars snippet

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    Over at GameVideos.com, there’s short (31 second) trailer for Halo Wars; it seems to end rather abruptly, so it might be that there’s some of it missing, but it’s intriguing nonetheless. If you want to see how this RTS is coming along, grab this!(Loui…