My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • Letters to the Webmaster

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    The Webmaster is back. Fat lot of good that’s going to do you. Misplaced letters answered by a drunken monkey.

  • The Halo Effect

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    Over at GameSetWatch, you’ll find a short review of a new Halo book called ‘The Halo Effect’ – it was posted last week, but I’ve held off mentioning it because I wanted to post my OWN review. (The book includes significant amounts of work from two of the three Halo Story Page editors – Finn…

  • MMaster Talks MMachinima with GGTV

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    Over at GamingTV, you’ll find an interview with machinima creator MMaster, conducted by GTV moderator Soupa. Check it out!(Louis Wu 16:55:23 UTC)

  • What Not To Do In Halo 2

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    Black Aye pointed out a new film by a new machinima clan, Mystik Films. Go see what they’re up to.(Louis Wu 15:26:32 UTC)

  • MARVELous

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    Sane Intolerant let us know about a new Halo Toy Box episode – given that Marvel’s going to be doing an episodic Halo comic soon, he thought it might be good for Halo denizens to meet their new neighbors.(Louis Wu 14:51:11 UTC)

  • Custom Halo Themes on your 360

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    Hellhawk created a custom Halo-flavored Xbox 360 Theme – check it out in this post! (The most interesting part, for me, is the ease with which one of these can be created…)(Louis Wu 14:49:28 UTC)

  • Shane Kim looks down the road

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    There’s an interview with Shane Kim over at Gamasutra; they asked him about projects Bungie might be working on outside Halo 3, and he mentioned the upcoming episodic content announced at X06 last fall:I know that we are working with Peter Jackson on the next installment in the Halo series and that we’ve had that…

  • The Forthcoming World of Halo

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    ActionTrip wrote up a piece looking at the upcoming roadmap for the Halo franchise in the near future (Halo 2 Vista, Halo 3, and Halo Wars). There are a few questionable facts inside (there’s a discussion of DX10 enhancements for Halo 2 Vista, for example; I was pretty sure there WERE no DX10-specific features included…

  • Bring Me The Head Of Content Management.

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    Stuntmutt fills in the missing pieces of the Next Generation interview we mentioned – check today’s One One Se7en for details.(Louis Wu 14:18:03 UTC)

  • They are keeping their heads

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    Next Generation sat down with Frank O’Connor to talk about the Halo 3 development process. It’s an interesting read – even if it doesn’t answer some of the loudest questions people are asking (“when is the beta coming out?”, for example). Bungie learned a lot from Halo 2 – looks like they’re actually USING that…

  • FS2H Weekly Update 2.0

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    Devrous is back with another FS2H update – FS2H, you might remember, is his Halo mod for Freespace 2. This one lays out his vision for the project, and introduces a number of flight craft that will be available. Some are familiar… some are not. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:27:53 UTC)

  • The Ultimate Halo Showdown

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    Glasser stopped by to mention a vid he’d made – he set ‘The Ultimate Showdown’ (a song created for a popular Newgrounds Flash) to Halo action. Interesting cuts; all footage comes from cutscenes, but the sync with the song is quite good. The vid is available at YouTube.(Louis Wu 12:23:58 UTC)

  • Good Guys and Guns

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    Narcogen has put up the second of his three-part series comparing Gears of War to Halo – this one focuses on friendly AI and weapons. It’s more a summary of Gears of War than a comparison, actually – but read it so that you’re ready for part 3.(Louis Wu 12:16:14 UTC)

  • XBOX 360 Elite confirmed at XBOX.com

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    XBOX.com now has a page for the XBOX 360 Elite. Video of the Elite in action was released last night at on10.net. From the press release at XBOX.com. MICROSOFT PRESS RELEASE Redmond, Washington—Microsoft Corp. today announced the upcoming availability of Xbox 360â„¢ Elite, a new model of the video game and entertainment system that includes…

  • The Xbox 360 Elite Is Official.

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    JVB

    For weeks now, we have seen the rumors about an updated Xbox 360, that would provide gamers the much coveted HDMI connection, and a 120 gig hard drive. Microsoft has finally made it official, that the pretty Black edition, known as the Elite, is truly a reality. Microsoft Corp. today announced the upcoming availability of…

  • Gears of Halo, Part Two

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    narcogen

    The first time around, I talked a bit about Gears’ level structure, its cinematics, and main characters. Now a bit more about some of its unique strengths and weaknesses, compared to Halo, including NPCs and weapons. Click “read more” from the front page for the entire text. read more

  • Major Microsoft news Tues and Wed night

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    rapture

    Microsoft will make two major announcements tonight (Tuesday) and Wednesday night at 11PM CST. These announcements are supposed to be the biggest announcements since CES. The announcements will be in the form of video at on10.net a Microsoft nerdie hangout. The announcements may or may not be related to gaming or the XBOX platform. However,…

  • Video Games Live: CT

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    The Video Games Live concert series’ next stop is Yale University in New Haven, CT, this Saturday, March 31st, at 8PM. These events feature music from a number of classic video game soundtracks for attendees to rock out to, including a medley of songs from the Halo series. Scores are performed by a full orchestra…

  • The Godtacular Bible study gets coverage on Kotaku and Gamerscore Blog

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    foomojive

    Looks like the concept of a Bible study in a Halo 2 lobby is stirring up a lot of conversation around the gaming community. ChuckieJ’s Godtacular Bible study is being covered by our friends at Kotaku and Gamerscore Blog. Lots of interesting discussion in the comments there. Thanks guys!

  • A Long Time Ago…

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    Paul Maestri let us know that Halo Heads 56 was up – the things that can go wrong when you’re on the bleeding edge…(Louis Wu 20:42:34 UTC)