My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • I wonder if it shoots?

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    Omega was walking through the forest, and came upon a piece of driftwood in a stream. Looks like Mother Nature’s got Halo on her mind, too…(Louis Wu 15:31:44 UTC)

  • Production Issues

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    Mister Froggy pointed out that Halo, Articulated #5 is now available – if you wondered what happened to the Heretic Grunt action figure, wonder no more.(Louis Wu 15:14:05 UTC)

  • The Riot 31

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    Sigafoos wrote to point out The Riot 31 – a bit late, due to hosting issues, but up now. Community updates are the focuse of this one – swing by the site for a download. (The RSS feed is still down.) 20 minutes, 8 mb.(Louis Wu 15:12:27 UTC)

  • MLG Pro Reactions – Shockwave

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    A few days ago, MLG posted its Pro’s Choice Awards – the top players voted to identify the best among the best. ShocKWav3 put together a blog entry discussing his feelings about the voting. Interesting read. Thanks to 3Suns for pointing it out.(Louis Wu 15:10:27 UTC)

  • Separating the Meat from the Fluff

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    Games in Action interviewed Shishka, recently of Bungie and now of Certain Affinity, the gaming company started in Austin by Halo 2 and 3 Multiplayer Lead Max Hoberman. Go read to get a feel for where he started, how he got to where he is now, and what’s he’s doing in his new job. Thanks…

  • Halo tourney – on BIG screens

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    According to this article in the Hagerstown (MD) Herald-Mail, there’ll be a Game Crazy-sponsored Halo 2 tournament held on Saturday, January 27, at the Hagerstown 10 Cineplex – $10 to play (or $5 to watch),no word on prizes. Check the article for more info.(Louis Wu 14:49:30 UTC)

  • For reference – info on the Halo 3 Legendary Edition

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    It’s been more than 2 months since the various flavors of Halo 3 were made public – it’s been known since early November that $60 would buy you the bare game, $70 would buy you the ‘special’ edition (game plus bonus disc(s)), and $100 would snag you the Legendary edition – helmet and 4 discs,…

  • RT: Episode 88

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  • Kitty 117 Wallpaper

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    Paul Maestri sends word of a new Wallpaper at Halo Heads – tasty!(Louis Wu 21:43:02 UTC)

  • Itsa me, BruteKiller

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    Heh – BOLL’s been playing again…(Louis Wu 21:41:15 UTC)

  • HALO 3 Legendary Edition details with pictures of Helmet (prototype)

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    UPDATE: Frankie says “Those photos are of the prototype. The real thing looks waaaaay better, more detailed and has much fancier textures. (not texturemaps)” Finally we see what the HALO 3 Legendary Edition bundle will look like. thanks to a listing at Walmart.com. Check out that helmet! Wal-Mart also suggests October 1st, 2007 at the…

  • M2Zen4.

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    Stuntmutt takes a closer look at the Mongoose, and Bungie’s claims about it, in today’s One One Se7en. Paging Robert Pirsig…(Louis Wu 16:15:26 UTC)

  • Fan-generated SPI Armor

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    WortroW found some cool work towards the Spartan III armor from Ghosts of Onyx over at the Scifi Meshes forum; most of the images so far are visible without a registration. Nice stuff!(Louis Wu 12:30:38 UTC)

  • Caption Contest #3

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    Dojorkan posted 3 fun screens, and asked for user-submitted captions – no prizes in this contest, but see how creative you can be!(Louis Wu 12:09:35 UTC)

  • Pictaps

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    Retsof-Noraa stopped by last night to point out a website that takes user-created art (in this case, his renditions of One One Se7en, in the initial post, and a Grunt, in a followup) and animates it in a huge rave scene. Bizarre… but fun. Check it out! (Add your own creations to the thread; it’s…

  • Lifepod #6

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    MereCatfish writes to point out that Lifepod #6 is now up for your listening pleasure – HaloCE news, the standard community roundtable, and an interview with Zeph round this one out. 29 minutes, 26 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 11:49:37 UTC)

  • Halo Everywhere Prizes Posted

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    Remember the Halo Everywhere contest sponsored by the Halo 3 Webring? LordGideon posted the prize packs yesterday – and man, there’s some nice stuff in there! Go see what’s on the line, and then make sure you’ve submitted your entries – contest deadline is February 1, 2007. Still plenty of time!(Louis Wu 11:46:18 UTC)

  • TriStarGames fires up another UK Halo 2 Tourney

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    Riccardo Lee Davies wrote to point out ENDURANCE IV, a Halo 2 tournament in Birmingham, UK coming up on February 3rd and 4th. Entrance is £15/person to play in either the FFA or the 4v4, with thousand of pounds in prizes and cash on the line. Check out all the details at the TriStarGames website.…

  • Nile Rodgers in Cannes

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    Greg O’Connor-Read writes to point out that Nile Rodgers, the Halo 2 Soundtrack Album producer and founder of Sumthing Else, will be in Cannes for the MIDEM Music for Images Conference next week; he’ll be participating in a session set up by Music4Games entitled ‘Video Games – The Latest Challenge for Labels and Composers’, and…

  • GamingTV Intro Contest – Still Open

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    trigger119 wrote to remind us that the Video Intro contest they announced about a month ago has had its entry deadline extended until Tuesday (the site was down for a short time, so the January 3 deadline was pushed back). If you’ve got the interest, check the details at the GTV website, and submit your…