My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • Great Beta Moments

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    Neo-genesis pointed out a really funny Youtube clip – I never realized you could do that with a mancannon! (While we’re pointing out funny clips, BOLL posted one a couple of days ago…)(Louis Wu 13:24:29 UTC)

  • H3 Beta Quick Report: Describing Saved Films

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    narcogen

    The Saved Film feature of Halo 3, as implemented in the beta, looks more like a framework than a finished piece of work, but even as such there are some quirks worth noting. Currently you can “share” up to six of your saved films; essentially, Xbox Li…

  • Beta press continues

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    Stuff.co.nz has its own beta impressions – go read. (Louis Wu 12:57:07 UTC)

  • Tied The Beta

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    narcogen

    XerxdeeJ writes that Tied The Leader has a live audio report from the Halo 3 press event in New York. Check the blog for photos and other pre-beta coverage.

  • They Should Give Him A Medal

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    narcogen

    Sorahn put up a page of all the H3 beta medals he’s found so far; we also put up a special H3 Beta Medals page where you can search and sort them. Work is underway on better quality images and a more complete collection, word is there are still a fe…

  • Halo 3: I Think They Like It

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    narcogen

    Kudos to Stuntmutt via HBO for pointing out that Gabe and Tycho now like Halo. Are you a dirty little jeep? Yeah… I thought so. Other news: Halo 2 for Vista sucks, says CVG. Even the music. And the gameplay. And the enemies. And the pacing. This is…

  • Halomega Weekly Update

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    F1rsTxLas7 sent us an update from Halomega – there’s a beta gameplay vid from Valhalla, a minitage from Rektangle, a celebration of their first anniversary, and more. Go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 21:12:04 UTC)

  • RT: What's the A stand for again?

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    Rooster Teeth News

    In an effort to tie up loose ends, we’ve decided to deal with that pesky adopted kid floating around in the comic universe. Now, what to do with little Tadahito? xoxoxo

  • RT: Pets

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    Rooster Teeth News

    So now we have an office cat, and she pretty much lives on Nathan’s chair, ignoring everyone but him. Burnie is weathering it well, but I think he’s secretly heartbroken. I think Nathan’s days here may be numbered. xoxoxo

  • RT: Episode 97 and tans

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    Rooster Teeth News

    So Episode 97 is up for sponsors here, and Burnie’s fake tan can be seen on display below. He said it was a joke, but for some reason he keeps going back for more coats. He’s beginning to look like an old retired woman in Miami, but that might have som…

  • RT: Wacka Wacka Wacky Pt 2!

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    Rooster Teeth News

    Hi Lover, So what are you wearing…oh shit, wrong website. Um…anyway, we have a new picture pack up on Xbox Live Marketplace today. It’s our second “Wacky Pack”, and features the eight images pictured below. As usual, it’s a miniscule 80 pts….

  • RT: Episode 97

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    Rooster Teeth News

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  • A Harvest Sown In Strip #27.

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    Last week, some details about the next Halo novel were released – Stuntmutt realized that a few things were finally made clear, as explained in today’s One One Se7en. (To save you some clicking, strip #27 is here.)(Louis Wu 20:09:44 UTC)

  • Movies, movies, movies

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    trigger119 stopped by with lots and lots of movie links to be found at GamingTV.org – drama, gameplay, music vids… go see what’s what. (Because we’ve hosted mirrors of all the other episodes, we’re putting up mirrors of Episode 4 of Jamie98s’ ‘Halo 2…

  • Halo 3 Confessional

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    Thanks also to Narcogen for a link to this article – I’m not sure how you’d describe it, so I’ll just suggest you go read it. (Louis Wu 19:36:32 UTC)

  • The more things change

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    Narcogen has written up his own Halo 3 Beta impressions article at Rampancy.net – it’s a look at how things have changed since Halo 2. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 19:33:55 UTC)

  • Cool H3B shirts

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    Wow, I’m sad now. Apparently, if you went to the SAN FRANCISCO Halo 3 Beta Press Event, you got a cool t-shirt. (They didn’t have these in New York.) Kotaku picked up a couple of extras, and they’re planning to give them away. madcowjim gets props for …

  • The Third Time

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    Penny Arcade has been playing the Halo 3 Beta, too – it’s doing things to them that they don’t like very much. Thanks to Stuntmutt for the first heads-up.(Louis Wu 19:26:58 UTC)

  • Three Things Every Beta Player Must Do

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    MTV has a piece explaining what you should do to prepare for the beta – thanks to JeBr0nie, who found it on Major Nelson’s blog.(Louis Wu 19:23:09 UTC)

  • H3B Minitage

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    Z let us know that Oxfire has whipped up a ‘minitage’ of Halo 3 beta footage; this isn’t straight gameplay, it’s more like a standard montage (but short). 33 mb, WMP9 format.(Louis Wu 19:04:04 UTC)