My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • Hometown Boys Done Good

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    narcogen

    Chicagoist notes Bungie’s hometown roots at the University of Chicago, Jason Jones’ continued leadership of Bungie, and Alex Seropian’s founding of Wideload.

  • RT: Congrats Bingle!

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    Rooster Teeth News

    I just read on Gamespot that Halo 3’s opening day total was a staggering $170 million dollars, making it the largest entertainment launch in history. GG guys. GG. Also, today’s totally awesome sponsor comic is right here.

  • 33 Days of Halo, eh?

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    Canadians often get the short end of the stick when it comes to contests – but Anton P. Nym found a contest sponsored by Xbox.com-sponsored Canadian-only contest. Looks pretty juicy, too.(Louis Wu 21:13:41 UTC)

  • Machinima Makers – Read This

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    Okay, so I’ve got good news and bad news for you, if you make Halo machinima, and you want to know how to put your weapon down. The good news is, we’ve got that info for you, thanks to madmax. The bad news? It only works locally or in system link – it will NOT…

  • Halo 3 Premiere in Sweden

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    Thanks to Joakim Ericson, who let us know about a film on YouTube that shows the Halo 3 kickoff event in Sweden.(Louis Wu 19:30:31 UTC)

  • One Final Push is All that Remains

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    Heh – this one’s bizarre. A company has made a custom Halo 3 inhaler, for folks with asthma, and put it up for sale on eBay – 50% of the final price will go to the American Lung Association of Washington. Thanks, JC!(Louis Wu 19:19:16 UTC)

  • They did it again.

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    Edge Magazine doesn’t call a lot of games ‘perfect’. The first Halo was one – and before today, there were four others. Halo 3 just became the sixth game in the magazine’s history to earn that coveted score. In other words… one third of all games to ever receive an Edge rating of ’10’ came…

  • Guide: how to unlock customizable armor in Halo 3

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    rapture

    Thanks to Thumb who stepped up to the plate in our comments section and hit a homerun with some information that has been sending a lot of Google users to our site (over 20,000 yesterday searching for Halo 3 armor). Details on unlocking the different armors that are available in Halo 3’s multiplayer mode are…

  • Guide: how to unlock customizable armor in Halo 3

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    rapture

    Thanks to "v My Thumb v" who stepped up to the plate in our comments section and hit a homerun with some information that has been sending a lot of Google users to our site. We’ve been getting a lot of Google search users hitting the site looking for details on unlocking the different armors…

  • RT: Congrats Bungie!

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    Rooster Teeth News

    I just read on Gamespot that Halo 3’s opening day total was a staggering $170 million dollars, making it the largest entertainment launch in history. GG guys. GG. Also, today’s totally awesome sponsor comic is right here.

  • Last news round-up of the day

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    From here on, I’m caught up – news will be posted as it comes! w00t!Heh – the New Zealand Herald has a story about how dangerous videogames can be, and warns parents to keep an eye on their children in the wake of Halo 3’s release.Cinema Blend says Halo is the perfect dance of bullets…

  • 3 for 3, Round 3

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    JawReich and DisciplineN2k team up to remind you that the Halo 3 for 3 Sweepstakes Round 3 starts today. (Might not actually be live yet; I’m having trouble getting a confirmation.)(Louis Wu 16:20:43 UTC)

  • Hey-Low the Halfling Rogue

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    McKeeganWRX noticed that Goblins has a new Tempts Fate comic with a character that looks awfully familiar… (Louis Wu 16:16:16 UTC)

  • I was sleeping, dude.

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    If you’ve got friends like Warbow, today’s Calvin and Halo might remind you why they need a smack in the head occasionally.(Louis Wu 15:51:56 UTC)

  • Prima Guide Preview

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    Black Six pointed out a preview for the Halo 3 Official Strategy Guide, over at Xbox.com. It’s a 10 mb, 9 page PDF download, and it makes it pretty clear that this guide is GORGEOUS. Go look!(Louis Wu 15:50:32 UTC)

  • Stealing from the Neighbors

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    I visited Rampancy.net last night, and found a bunch of interesting articles I’d missed:Chevmeister on Bungie.net has gone to the trouble of removing all default objects from Bungie’s maps, so that you can start with blank slates for your Forge creations – what a bonus! (R.net story)The Sydney Morning Herald has an interview with Damian…

  • News Catchup

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    News dump, yet again (I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to the day when coverage can go back to commentary on every item):The Seattle Post-Intelligencer thought Halo 3 was good, but not great; there were plot holes. Three stars out of four.3of9 found a very cool UNSC logo shirt at MyTeeSpotGamespot created…

  • Halo 2 With New Graphics

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    narcogen

    It’s one thing to always see the glass half full, or to always look for the flaw in an otherwise brilliant diamond. There’s also such a thing as being a spoiler; having no other purpose than to be contrary, “alternative”, or to actively dislike that which others like for the sake of disagreement itself. You…

  • Halo 3 Launch FAQ

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    Bungie’s got a Halo 3 Launch FAQ posted; the answers to some of the most common questions they’re seeing can be found in there. Worth a look, even if you’re not having trouble – you might learn something!(Louis Wu 04:19:00 UTC)

  • Singapore Launch Rundown

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    We got mail from a couple of people about some recent Halo 3 events in Singapore; Spu7n1k sent along info from his blog (17 September | 19 September | 22 September), showing the progress on his launch party costume – winner of best costume got a Legendary Edition, which isn’t even sold in Singapore; I…