My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • More Awards for the Machinimators

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    Deomitrus wrote to point out a press release from the Sentinel Machinima Awards – this is a new awards project intended to replace the ‘Rockets on Prisoner’ Awards. (Well, ‘replace’ is probably a bad word, since Funkmon has said he intends to continue that particular tradition… but the idea is certainly understandable; the Sentinel Machinima…

  • Halo: The Fall

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    Ruben Gonzalez sent along a screenplay adaptation of Eric Nylund’s ‘The Fall of Reach’ – he’s looking for feedback from Halo fans. Give it a read, then stop by our forum and let him know what you think!(Louis Wu 15:41:18 UTC)

  • More Gender in Halo 2

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    Heh – this is one of the reasons I like this community so much. Cody Miller resurrected an older post from DanteThePoet, about gender usage in Halo 2… and the resultant thread is actually pretty highbrow, given the potential for crude humor. If you’re interested in how women are portrayed in Halo 2, you might…

  • More LAN reportage

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    rapture wrote up his own version of the Undead JANLAN 2007 event last weekend (the one Mintz went to only to get a front-page mention for) – comments can go either after the story itself, or in response to his forum post.(Louis Wu 15:01:15 UTC)

  • MLG Content

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    Tons of new stuff at MLGPro.com – you’ll find Player Match Commentary from Strongside (it’s currently the default video), plus Part II and Part III of the 2006 Halo Retrospective, plus the Division I Quarterfinal Wrap-up. That should keep you busy… (Louis Wu 14:54:27 UTC)

  • A Small Experiment

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    Just so viewers know, I’ve enabled an interstitial ad on the site. It’s the first such ad requested on the site, through the AdBrite service, which I haven’t actively used since mid-2005; I found that Google AdWords was sufficient to chip in enough small change to make me feel that the site isn’t just a…

  • News Update For January 11, 2007

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    Not even two weeks into the new year, and real life plus other circumstances have already conspired to let far too much Halo and Bungie material slide by without a mention. So here’s a quick list of what’s been going on: Community Shuffle Due to spam attacks, HBO’s forum has had to require users to…

  • Hydrogen-injected, my patootie

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    Over at Bungie.net, you’ll find a detailed summary of the M274 ULATV “Mongoose” – a vehicle we’ve all heard about, but very few have seen in action. What it can do, when you should use it, when you should get your butt off one… it’s all in there. Great read!(Louis Wu 00:33:18 UTC)

  • The Mongoose

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    With the invaluable help of Robt. McLees, Bungie formally introduces you to The Mongoose, the newest addition to the UNSC’s ever-expanding arsenal with which to wage war against the Covenant.

  • An absurd amount of Wallpaper.

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    I have no idea how this happened, but when I checked last weekend, I noticed that the Wallpapers section hadn’t been updated in over 3 months. !!! During this time, Bungie released the Halo 3 Ad, providing wallpaper creators with a WEALTH of material, it seems – there are 75 distinct new entries in the…

  • Frankie’s Coffee Table

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    KP was recently interviewed on the Podtacular podcast – it’s long and rambling, but there’s some fun stuff in there! Go listen.(Louis Wu 22:05:19 UTC)

  • H2V Multiplayer Impressions

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    Shacknews posted a Halo 2 Vista multiplayer impressions article from someone who got to play during CES – good read! Thanks to rapture, who let us know by writing this up at H2Vista.(Louis Wu 20:08:09 UTC)

  • Cat in the Hat, Part II

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    Paul Maestri is on a comic kick – Cat in the Hat, Part II is the latest Halo Heads. How could you NOT like a comic about exploding cats? (Note: they don’t really explode.)(Louis Wu 18:55:48 UTC)

  • Crack Shot.

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    Stuntmutt takes a shot (crack?) at one of the possible routes into the Halo 3 beta in today’s One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 17:50:36 UTC)

  • Early thoughts on the Gears of War patch

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    I downloaded and installed the Gears of War patch last night and played with 8-10 people on my friends list. The game seemed to play differently than expected. I noticed these differences both on another player’s host and on my host. The biggest differences: The Longshot sniper rifle seems to fire a second shot without…

  • Riot Community Awards – Voting Opened

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    Sigafoos stopped by to point out that voting has opened for the 2006 Community Awards from The Riot. Stop by and toss in your two cents!(Louis Wu 14:21:33 UTC)

  • So THAT’S where he’s been!

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    Bader found a truly bizarre entry over at IMDb; Jason Jones, the Jason Jones that co-founded Bungie, is credited with work as Cecil the Puppet for the TV series ‘Mother Goose and Friends’. Now, IMDb has been known to contain mistakes, and Jason Jones is a pretty common name (there are 15 of them at…

  • Halo Outkastz Epsiode 2

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    Deekor posted a note about Halo Outkastz Episode 2 – for me, it didn’t live up to the potential of earlier work, but watch it and decide for yourself!(Louis Wu 14:12:15 UTC)

  • MLG Online Tourney Update

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    MLG’s got a wrapup of the Round one competition in their Division One Online Tournament. Go see who’s on top! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 14:10:56 UTC)

  • Undead JANLAN 2007 Recap

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    Link dump: Mintz’s already wrote about the LAN: http://hushedcasket.com/node/1628/ Midnight blogged about it: http://midnight.hushedcasket.com/2007/01/16/gears-of-war-halo-1-lan-at-raptures/ 70 photos from the LAN: at Flickr.com THX’ers gather around for 3-shot lessons This past Saturday the Hushed Casket held its first epic HALO LAN of 2007 in Huntsville, Alabama.  It was massive (over 30 gamers), starting on Saturday morning at…