My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • Halo Music Pops Up In Weird Places

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    narcogen

    Two strange Halo-related music items of note today: The Scissor Sisters apparently did a video with music somehow “inspired” by the Halo Wars trailer. CVG reports a rumor that the “Halo Mjolnir Theme Song”, the guitar-based Halo 2 theme, will be available as a Guitar Hero 2 add-on.

  • Halo 3 Betas Will Come Simultaneously

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    narcogen

    Don’t believe the rumor going around that those who got into the Halo 3 public multiplayer beta by purchasing Crackdown are going to get a different version of the game, or get it at a different time, than those who gained entry some other way: it’s false. Bungie’s own Frankie busted that rumor to HBO’s…

  • The Baby And The Bathwater

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    narcogen

    Last week I wrote about the website Halo2Sucks.com, a site devoted to discussing why Halo 2, despite being tremendously popular, was not actually a good game in the minds of some people; more specifically, why it was not as good a game as the original Halo. The key points of this argument were laid out…

  • Episode 103: Halo 3 show

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    foomojive

    Download | Shownotes It’s a double feature! We had a strange issue come up that delayed the previous show which shouldn’t happen again. This is the Halo 3 show where we cover all the little tidbits about Halo 3 that have been buzzing around the gaming community. This week we have a special guest: George…

  • Episode 102: Customs and Callins

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    foomojive

    Download | Shownotes It’s the customs and callins show where we talk about the top few custom games people sent in, the top few jokes, some voice mails from the month from CapnKrunk, and some tales from the foxhole. Guest host this week is Dialpex, the community director at Podtacular. Art this week is an…

  • MLG VoD – Free

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    halo@bungie.org
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    I was gonna wait on this, but the news is too good to sit on. MLGPro.com has made their Video on Demand service free. FREE! Thousands of matches, dating back 3 years (Halo 1 footage, even) – there for the watching. Mac and PC alike, since the DRM is gone. Go read the details (including…

  • False Rumor – dual betas

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Okay, rumor-busting time. There’s a doozy, going around (see QJ.net and Computer and Video Games, for example) that there may be two different Halo 3 beta groups; the first will be for competition winners (including the first two phases of the Rule of Three), the second will be for Crackdown purchasers. According to these articles,…

  • I gotta get me one of those.

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    Bluestone figured out how to customize his Logitech G15 keyboard – nice!(Louis Wu 22:49:07 UTC)

  • Okay, what?

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Over at Xbox.com, you’ll find links for a video created by The Scissor Sisters, apparently inspired by the Halo Wars trailer. (I’m having trouble finding a link between the music and the video footage that accompanies it, but maybe it’s just me. If you’re using a Mac, the Microsoft movie links will fail (as usual)…

  • The End?

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    Paul Maestri takes a look at the whole Blogspot fiasco in the latest Halo Heads comic – we’re glad to have him aboard, and hope there’s never a related episode regarding us!(Louis Wu 17:38:59 UTC)

  • MA5C, from Wood and PVC

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    Colonel James Falcon, CO of the Halo PC Squad 9, sent in a set of pictures of an assault rifle he’s building, that will go along with a full suit of armor he’s also building. Check out the pics!(Louis Wu 15:20:57 UTC)

  • Mercenary

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    Luke Jeffery let us know that Mercenary is out now, as well – you can grab it from the Wandering Tiger website in WMP9 format (22.4 mb). I found the story to be a bit… disjointed, but the filming is pretty nice. Give it a look!(Louis Wu 14:06:24 UTC)

  • Energy, Ep 1

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Simply Greg stopped by to point out Energy Episode One: Routine Drop – the opening of a machinima series in which humans discover that they might not be alone out there… It’s available from their website in WMP9 or QT format – 112 mb either way. It should be available on YouTube later today. While…

  • Spike This.

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Bungie.net has put up a new Weapon Profile – this time, it’s the Brute Spiker. Check it out for details on this rugged but deadly piece of equipment – stats, quotes from Marines who’ve used it, even a QTVR file showing some details. Thanks, Frankie.(Louis Wu 13:50:41 UTC)

  • Halo 3 – Spiker

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    slayer

    Another in Bungie’s continuing and in-depth looks at the weapons of Halo 3. This time they expose a dual wieldable weapon, designed exclusively for Halo 3. The Brute Spiker. A nasty, vicious, shredding horror used primarily by Brutes. Learn to love it now. The Spiker Posted by Frankie at 2/28/2007 4:19 PM PST Spiker Excerpt…

  • Shadowrun trailer from Microsoft.com

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    rapture

    Some of you are curious about Shadowrun. This trailer isn’t really public right now except for the fact that I’m linking you to it. small @ 22MB  large @ 77MB

  • The Spiker

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    Another in our continuing and in-depth looks at the weapons of Halo 3. This time we expose a dual wieldable weapon, designed exclusively for Halo 3. The Brute Spiker. A nasty, vicious, shredding horror used primarily by Brutes. Learn to love it now. And make sure you have QuickTime installed…

  • February Halo Wars Update

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Mike Smith pointed out a new update over at the Halo Wars forum – very little real information, but they DO seem to have a playable version, because a bunch of Microsoft bigwigs came by to play. There’s also an enigmatic image at the bottom of the post; I thought it was a ‘magic picture’…

  • Warner buys Halo music publishing rights

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    Over at Music4Games, you can read about a new licensing agreement between Microsoft and Warner/Chappell Music (the publishing arm of Warner Music Group) – Warner will now “claim, administer, and license music compositions owned and controlled by Microsoft, including […] Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2.” The agreement covers the upcoming Halo 3, as well.…

  • An automated vasectomy clinic?

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    Weebl’s Stuff was lucky enough to rate a tour of Bungie Studios recently – it’s not clear how many NDAs they violated documenting what they saw, so read it while you can! Thanks, Hypersoldier.(Louis Wu 18:16:35 UTC)