My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • Legendary Paperccraft

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    This is pretty amazing – at Urban Art Central, there’s a collection of Halo 3-related papercraft, including downloadable templates so that you can make your own. (It’s 9.1 mb; given that this was already mentioned on Xbox360Fanboy back in October, the chances are good that bandwidth will hold out… but just in case, we’re mirroring…

  • Rise of the Video Game

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    The Discovery Channel is running a miniseries entitled ‘Rise of the Video Game’ – each show premieres on Wednesday nights. Last week’s show contained a short clip from Bungie’s Jaime Griesemer, discussing Halo 3. If you check your local listings, you should find rebroadcast times for that episode (for me, it’s showing next on Discovery…

  • Bungie Community Newsletter – Fan Submissions Needed

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    Maximum Fear dropped by to announce a monthly community newsletter… but he needs your help. They’re going to need fan content – artwork, fiction, whatever – from fans to flesh this project out; if you want to participate, he’s left an email address in the forum post. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:19:17 UTC)

  • 1UP GOTY Awards

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    1UP is hosting a poll for its reader-voted Games of the Year and it’s over at this link. We’re against shameless self promotion however, so we absolutely forbid you to vote. Mind you… if we did win, that would be sort of cool and  we’d probably remember that when it came to handing out Recon…

  • Forgeries Abound

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    If you enjoy playing around with Forge, our new maps are going to give you some useful tools to create wholly unique experiences. So here’s a shout out to one of several community-driven Forge sites. This one is called Forge Hub, and is a cool gathering place for ideas and maps.

  • Bungie on the Discovery Channel

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    Bungie Studios’ Sandbox Design Lead Jaime Griesemer is appearing in the Discovery Channel documentary series “Rise of the Video Game.”

  • Custom Johnson Bust on eBay

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    This bust of Avery Johnson showed up on eBay today – very, very cool. Thanks, Joerhyno (who either is bidding on it, or just bought a duplicate, I couldn’t tell from his email). You’ve got until tomorrow (or until someone pays the ‘Buy it Now’ price) to snag it.(Louis Wu 17:41:48 UTC)

  • Metallica to Debut New Single Via Rock Band

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    Midnight

    [from Xbox360fanboy.com] Looky here fanboys, we think we may have come across Rock Band’s rumored big announcement and it is definitely a first for video games. Talking with the Rocky Mountain News, MTV senior vice president of home entertainment Paul DeGooyer mentioned that they’re working with artists to exclusively debut new singles using Rock Band.…

  • Three.

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    The third offering in Stuntmutt’s One One Se7en Advent Calendar is now up. It made me giggle. Maybe that’s just the insanity peeking through.(Louis Wu 17:00:42 UTC)

  • Spriggs Episode 2: House Call

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    Spriggs Episode 2: House Call A week or two ago, we mentioned a new machinima project called ‘Spriggs’ – it was pretty funny. Episode 2 is now online – visit their website (or view it on YouTube), and this one’s pretty funny too. Go watch. (If you’re at work, make sure you’re wearing headphones.)(Louis Wu…

  • 2007 1UP Awards – Nominations Posted

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    1UP.com has posted their nominations for Best Games of 2007 – Halo 3 is up for Best Shooting Game, Best Multiplayer Game, and Game of the Year. Go vote!(Louis Wu 16:36:40 UTC)

  • Skies Edge Issue 2

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    Matt ‘Traize’ Hyne posted Skies Edge, a Halo story in graphic novel format, back in September. Feedback was pretty positive – so he’s back with Skies Edge Issue 2; you can download a copy of it at Britxbox.co.uk.(I had some trouble with Preview, Mac OS X’s default PDF reader, but Adobe Reader handled it just…

  • Another Disappearance

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    TTL Demag0gue continues his Reclaimer storyline – Chapter Two, Part Six has both good news and bad news.(Louis Wu 14:15:51 UTC)

  • But I LIKE Territories…

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    Paul Tassi, of the Michigan Daily (the paper of the University of Michigan) has written up a list of six things he’s learned from Halo 3. Agree or disagree, some are pretty funny. (Louis Wu 14:14:06 UTC)

  • Podtacular Episode 137

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    iN00B told us that Podtacular Episode 137 is now online. Tsavo Highway is discussed. Just under an hour long, 25.7 mb. Grab a copy! (Louis Wu 13:53:08 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Armour Permutation Guide

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    oriol pointed out that the Armor Permutation Guide at Grunts R Us is now the most complete one online. (Apparently that’s because they’ve added information about Bungie’s chestplate, used by employees showing off the flaming helmet.) I don’t know where this information comes from… but you’re welcome to judge its value for yourself. (Louis Wu…

  • Forge Hub 2.0

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    TrueDarkFusion let us know that The Forge Hub, a home for Halo 3 map modifiers, is now community-driven; there’s a forum, and lots of ways to interact. Go see! If you have your own Forged creations… join them. (Louis Wu 13:49:16 UTC)

  • group revival

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    Spartan Squad Omega’s Recent News

    Simon has left me in control of the group this week and he has some orders he wishes for me and everyone else to carry out. i currently think someone deleted all of the non archived threads. So im going to have to take way all thread deleteing powers, sorry. Read inside for more

  • Episode 137: Tsavo Highway Campaign Show

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    Download | Shownotes Time to hear some great tips from the Halo Nation on how to score high on Tsavo Highway, get the skull, get past tricky parts, and get achievements. This week’s guest hosts are Sgt Corona and Aero Strik3, both long time community members and forum-goers at Podtacular. Pod Art this week was…

  • The Riot 76

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    It’s Sunday, so it must be time for The Riot – this time it’s #76, 13 mb, 33 minutes of community/clan/chocolate milk discussion. The live video show is being replayed continuously all week. Thanks, Sigafoos.(Louis Wu 21:35:37 UTC)