My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

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    Stuntmutt reminds us in today’s One One Se7en that not all Halo 3 players will use the same button layouts…(Louis Wu 15:06:22 UTC)

  • Thermopylae Now Chapter 2

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    Tyler Kirk let us know that Chapter 2 of THermopylae Now is now available – this is a Fan Fiction started last week. (Louis Wu 14:20:30 UTC)

  • Final Boss Wins in Charlotte

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    MLG’s opening tournament was action-packed – you can read about the final match between Carbon and Final Boss here – the Halo 2 VoD stream is currently offline (Monday morning), but should be back at some point. There’s plenty more tourney coverage – check their main page. And thanks to Drazenx, who started a discussion…

  • A… flamethrower?

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    Bizarre. Some folks from the Bungie.net forums have been digging around on the B.net servers, looking for images… and they found some unexpected ones. Read the details in elmicker’s b.net post. Thanks to EL for the heads-up on our own forum.(Louis Wu 12:41:25 UTC)

  • Bioshock Preview

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    Midnight

    I recently made a detour to the magazine section of Barnes and Noble while waiting for a table at a restaurant. I picked up a magazine called “Play” that featured a Bioshock preview as its cover story which contained an interview with a Bioshock developer. The following is the information I gleaned. Bioshock is not…

  • Halo 3 Beta Alert

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    Starting as early as this weekend, it is possible you will see Gamertags on Xbox Live reporting that they are playing the “Halo 3 Beta.” Rest assured, this is a Microsoft internal Beta, and not the early start of the Halo 3 Public Beta which is still scheduled for May 16th. So don’t panic.

  • DC Combat Spring Bash Tournament.

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    JVB

    Our friends at Digital Combat, are bringing the gaming public its first annual DC Bash Tournament, Spring 07. With a guarantee of $3000 worth of prizes, this looks like a tournament Podtacular members should take interest in. Digital Combat is please…

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    Our friends at Digital Combat, are bringing the gaming public its first annual DC Bash Tournament, Spring 07. With a guarantee of $3000 worth of prizes, this looks like a tournament Podtacular members should take interest in. Digital Combat is pleased to announce the first annual DC Bash Tournament for Spring 07. This will be…

  • Halo Theme Variation

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    Sean Mortensen sent us a midi variation of the main Halo theme – it’s just over 3 minutes long, and weighs in at 51k. Give it a listen!(Louis Wu 15:49:49 UTC)

  • Master Chief Fist Sculpture

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    Eternal sent us a picture of a really cool sculpture he made (1024×1002, 204k, or a much larger version, 3200×3130, 1.1 mb) – he had this to say about it:This is an original sculpture that i created and then made a mold so that i can cast several of them. I call it The Fist…

  • Ladies and Gentlemen, Start your Engines

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    imSuck has kicked off the HaloGrid.com Affinity map tricking race – find (and record) glitches in the new maps after they are released, post your results in their movie forum. No prizes beyond a spotlight on your work, if you’re first. Thanks to Black Aye for pointing it out.(Louis Wu 15:22:46 UTC)

  • Counting Down

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    Urban Reflex has posted a new blog entry at Ordained Insight, looking at the upcoming Halo 3 beta. Let him know what you think, either in his blog, or in the forum thread he started.(Louis Wu 15:19:21 UTC)

  • MLG Charlotte Update

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    Both GotFrag DPAD and MLGPro.com are keeping track of how things are going in Charlotte – go see!(Louis Wu 15:15:42 UTC)

  • Halo 2 vs Halo 3

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    Adam Kovic, over at machinima.com, put together a short video that compares some of the early Halo 2 alpha and beta footage to the final product, in the context of the Halo 3 alpha footage we’re seeing. His point is that we really don’t have anything to worry about. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:12:14 UTC)

  • FS2H Teaser Video

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    Devrous put up a teaser for FS2H, his Freespace 2 Halo mod project. 25.5 mb, DivX format; we’re hosting a mirror in case his server gets swamped.(Louis Wu 12:37:17 UTC)

  • Twin bridges megabattle update

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    Rockslider has found a new way to have fun on AotCR – amazing. When will it end?(Louis Wu 12:05:11 UTC)

  • Nickel and Dimed to Death

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    Mister Froggy has posted Halo, Articulated #31 – I guess he’s unhappy about the $4 charge for Tombstone and Desolation.(Louis Wu 11:43:13 UTC)

  • MLG Charlotte

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    The MLG Pro Circuit kicks off today – and you can watch the action happening, live, at the MLGPro.com website. (You have to be a member of the site, but registration is free.) As 3Suns pointed out, coverage actually began last night – and if you check out this forum post, you’ll find a whole…

  • Retrothon

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    Retronauts is a 1up podcast which discusses, lovingly reminisces and laughs at the insanity of old video games on all platforms. Apparently due to a high demand, this week’s retronauts podcast is a little special (particularly for Bungie fans)… It’s a Marathon special!

  • Updatedness

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    The Bungie Weekly Update discusses the two big Halo newsbits this week – the Vidoc, and the Matchmaking changes that will occur as soon as Tombstone and Desolation are available next week. Good stuff, all the way through. Go read! (As usual, you can read it at Bungie.net, or in our Weekly Update Archive.)(Louis Wu…