My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • Landing Strip.

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    Stuntmutt takes a shot at some non-player characters in today’s One One Se7en… blame Max.(Louis Wu 18:24:54 UTC)

  • From release to dissolution in five months

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    Ouch. Looks like the Hired Gun team (the guys who ported Halo 2 to Windows Vista) no longer exists. Not sure what that means for future support of the game… thanks, rapture.(Louis Wu 18:13:38 UTC)

  • First FASA. Now Hired Gun, makers of Halo 2 Vista, no longer exists.

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    According to a post by a former Hired Gun employee, the team that built Halo 2 for Windows Vista “no longer exists”. First FASA, makers of the first Games for Windows – Live title, folded after the launch of Shadowrun. Now Hired Gun folds just months after the launch of Halo 2 for PC. It…

  • Blue Realm Wearable Helmet

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    BARBARIC_RAGE commissioned a wearable helmet from Devin White’s Blue Realm Studios – the end result is gorgeous. Check it out.(Louis Wu 17:38:24 UTC)

  • Custom-painted Legendary Helmet

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    Very cool. BARBARIC_RAGE found a truly Legendary Edition of Halo 3; it’s just like the one you can buy at the store (has sealed game disc/sealed Essentials discs/original packaging)… except that the helmet is custom-painted and battle-scarred. Really nice paint job, too. The eBay Auction ends in about 3 and a half days… figure out…

  • What you gon’ do with all that junk?

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    Indutiomarus reminded us that Halo3.Junk.ws is now live, and accepting new members. This was one of the most useful (and long-lasting) stats sites for Halo 2, and now they’re back with stats aggregation for Halo 3. Add your gamertag, and keep track of lots of statistics you never knew you cared about!(Louis Wu 15:40:38 UTC)

  • Podtacular’s hands-on impression of Kane & Lynch

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    After coming home to a non-working computer I had to wait till today, Monday, November 12, 2007, to post the Podtacular impressions of Kane & Lynch and also talk about the event we went to. First of all, we all had an amazing time at Eidos. With representatives from several gaming communities, blogs and other…

  • Pumpkin Voting Ends Today!

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    A quick reminder: voting will end today for the 2007 Guilt O’ Lantern pumpkin carving contest. If you haven’t voted yet, do it today… because at midnight (Eastern Time), voting will be offline! We’ll tabulate the results and post the winners either tomorrow or Wednesday.(Louis Wu 13:30:37 UTC)

  • Interview with a Faceplate Designer

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    Hawty McBloggy has posted an interview with SpaceGhost2K, a guy who creates very cool custom faceplates for Xbox 360s. A bunch of the shots in the interview show off his Halo-related work – but he’s got amazing stuff in a LOT of genres. Go look!(Louis Wu 13:11:12 UTC)

  • Reclaimer: Chapter One, Part Seven – Will

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    TTL Demag0gue is up early, with a new episode of The Reclaimer – it’s a look at a basic human instinct.(Louis Wu 11:00:34 UTC)

  • Make your own targets.

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    sorahn found a site that allows high-quality vectorization of bitmap images (man, I remember when you had to PAY for programs that did that!), and immediately put it to use vectorizing the popup targets from The Pit. Pretty! (EPS files available, for folks who want to populate their OWN shooting galleries.)(Louis Wu 10:56:56 UTC)

  • Posterboard turret

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    gunluva whipped out a posterboard machine gun turret yesterday – not bad for 30 minutes work!(Louis Wu 10:54:24 UTC)

  • Podtacular 134

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    Big Goalie Dan stopped by to point out that Podtacular 134 is now up – and hour and 22 minutes long, 40 mb large, and full of tales from the foxholes. Go listen!(Louis Wu 10:50:51 UTC)

  • The Waiting Game

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    After a very long hiatus, Mister Froggy is back with a new episode of Halo, Articulated, skewering Marvel Comics for the delays over the Halo comic book. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 10:47:37 UTC)

  • Podtacular 134: Callins and Tales from the Foxhole

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    Download | Shownotes Unfortunately JVB got held up at work this week, but we’ve got a pretty cool show with Rodsmack from XBL 10K Club, MaesterGXL, leader of the Podtacular All-Stars, and of course CapnKrunk with this week’s voice mails. We cover tons of cool tales from the foxhole sent in by listeners this week.…

  • Podtacular Rec E vs. GCN Forums Clan Match

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    After being delayed twice and then changing the time enough times to give a calendar a headache, Rec E finally took on the boys over at the GCN forums in a five game series. Podtacular Recreation E started off with a strong showing with a full roster of eight players in the lobby while Gamercast…

  • The Riot 73

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    Sigafoos writes to let us know about The Riot 73. It’s their birthday tomorrow. Go listen – 30 mins, 12 mb.(Louis Wu 20:06:25 UTC)

  • Section 3 Issue 10: The Trap

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    V10L3N7 JAY stopped by to announce that Section 3 Issue #10 is now online. Looks like the Spartans might be facing some tricky times ahead…(Louis Wu 18:08:48 UTC)

  • Reverse yourself on Narrows

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    Phoenix42 sent us a note yesterday, pointed out a glitch he’d discovered on Narrows. I’d been meaning to test this out myself – but he’s posted it on our forum now, so someone else can confirm it.(Louis Wu 17:49:59 UTC)

  • Things to do when you’re bored

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    Over at HaloGrid.com, Two Eight Six recreated the Weapon Bold Hoody design (from the Bungie Store) on Construct. Pics can be found in Trindacut’s post on our forum.(Louis Wu 17:47:47 UTC)