My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • New Mullins

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    Craig Mullins dropped off a new image today – not really NEW, I guess, but the inclusion of a piece of it in the new Bungie.net design has generated quite a bit of new interest in it. (It was originally published in the Halo Graphic Novel, last year.) It’s an awe-inspiring image of carnage on…

  • Fantasy Halo, Part One

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    RVideo found a fantastic video posted on the HaloGrid forums (yep, they’re back) – it was done by the the guys over at Chaos Films, and it emulates a standard turn-based RPG using the Halo engine. These guys did an amazing job compressing the vid – the original is in WMP9 format, but I couldn’t…

  • H2 into SL

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    This is… weird.(Louis Wu 19:53:09 UTC)

  • Hunter Buddies

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    Nomi found some really cool paper recently, and to celebrate, she decided to make a Hunter (it doesn’t use any of this new, rare paper). Right after she finished it, ManKitten showed her a new piece of artwork he’d created (it’ll be in the next Misc Art update), so she decided she needed to make…

  • Early Mourn

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    Veegie and HawaiianPig have teamed up again – their latest piece of artwork is a scene that could be out of the level Halo. A poignant look at the human side of the Master Chief. It was announced by HP in a forum post, and you can also find it on Veegie’s gallery page here.…

  • UNSC Rapier class fighter

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    Laird stopped by with some shots of a custom fighter for his upcoming Halo Unyielding Part 2 – a single seater that can operate in space or in an atmosphere. Check it out!(Louis Wu 17:15:24 UTC)

  • Halo Snake v2

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    Spartan Erik pointed out a Flash game at Newgrounds – Halo Snake v2. Nice update on a 30 year old game!(Louis Wu 17:01:57 UTC)

  • Hydrolysis

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    DocOctavius announced a new map he’s finished for Halo CE – Hydrolysis. Water-based (as you might guess from the name) – looks pretty! Check it out.(Louis Wu 16:10:09 UTC)

  • Episode 106: Halo 3 Show

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    Kiaffex stopped by to point out that Podtacular 106 has been released; they focus on Halo 3 this time around. 1:19 long, 74 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 15:27:42 UTC)

  • I Was Interviewed By Tied The Leader.

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    I had the pleasure of getting interviewed by one of the best gaming community websites in existence. The have a column called: 22 questions, and here are mine. This week I had the pleasure of interviewing someone I had been itching to learn more about. He has definitely made his mark on many of the…

  • Halo Map Battle!

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    A Halo 2 enters its twilight years and Halo 3 looms on the horizon, we’re embarking on a journey to determine which Halo multiplayer map is better than all the rest. Through a series of polls you can help us crown the ultimate killing ground in our Bungie.net “Map Battle.”  Get to votin!

  • Asking for Trouble

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    Mister Froggy let us know that Halo, Articulated #24 is now available – you gotta wonder if morality can be governed by the same rules as friendly AI…(Louis Wu 14:00:53 UTC)

  • Episode 106: Halo 3 Show

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    Download | Shownotes This week’s mysterious mystery guest is Gamer Andy from gamerandy.com, an established and cool gaming podcast. We also have TheDecode on the show, our resident PGR2 master. This time we’re talking about The Legendary Edition price change, the new Bungie.net, and all kinds of interesting ideas for Halo 3. Show clocks in…

  • Bungie Weekly Update.

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    This week the fellas over at Bungie released their weekly update. Posted by Frankie at 3/23/2007 5:22 PM PDT Let us discuss atmosphere. Let us begin with the simplest question of all. Why is the sky blue? The answer is of course infinitely more complex than the question. The sky is blue, because of Rayleigh…

  • RvB Episode 92 Director’s Commentary

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    Rooster Teeth has posted Episode 92 with Director’s Commentary for sponsors – swing by to see how they did some of the trickier shots in that episode! Good stuff. (Heh – how long until some of this pops up in a dozen Halo machinima pieces?)(Louis Wu 02:00:52 UTC)

  • And I run, I run so far away…

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    Bungie Weekly Update is up (Trindacut, in IRC, beat Frankie, on the forum, by at least a minute) – lots and lots of fun stuff, including physics to make your eyes glaze. (I kid – I have an undergraduate degree in physics. But YOU probably don’t – so maybe I don’t kid.) Water Lovin’, even…

  • “Jetpac Refuelled” Rockets Onto Xbox LIVE Arcade

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    A galactic test pilot’s work is never done, and in Rare’s “Jetpac Refuelled” gamers have to fight off pesky aliens while trying to build rockets to take them to their next destination. “Jetpac Refuelled” will be available for download exclusively on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 beginning Wednesday, March 28 at 0900 GMT (2:00…

  • Bungie Weekly Update

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    We talk about atmosphere  and scale in this Week’s Update, and of course it wouldn’t be an update without a mention of water, would it?

  • Hired Gun chats about LIVE

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    Brand-new Hired Gun blog post over at IGN – interesting discussion about bringing Halo 2 to Windows Live. Give it a read! Thanks, PsychoRaven.(Louis Wu 23:51:50 UTC)

  • Bungie.net – now with more accessibility

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    Bungie.net has fixed the Windows Live ID login problem – read about it here (and yes, you probably can – w00t!). Thanks, JeBr0nie.(Louis Wu 23:47:44 UTC)