My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • Halo showing in TGS Press Briefing

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    Eva Ribs let us know that on Xbox Live Marketplace, you’ll find footage from the Tokyo Game Show, and one of the videos contains Halo footage. Most is old, but there’s also a Japanese TV commercial. To find it, head to Marketplace, and then Navigate: Game Videos -> Gaming Community Videos -> Bringing It Home…

  • News Summary For September 18

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    narcogen

    Bungie.net will reboot tomorrow with new features enabled. TeamXbox has an interview with Bungie.net’s development lead, Chris Gossett, about the new features. IGN has previewed one of Halo 3’s previously unrevealed multiplayer maps: Isolation. Tyson “Ferrex” Green has put up part two of his three-part series on Forge; this one is on advanced features like…

  • Bungie.net Reboots Tomorrow

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    In preparation for Bungie.net’s relaunch tomorrow, we’re pressing pause on the site’s functionality.

  • More Swag Hits the Bungie Store

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    Three new pieces arrived at the Bungie Store, check ’em out.

  • Halo: The Numbers

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    JVB

    The Halo franchise has many critics, people who wonder why Master Chief and company has invaded the video game universe in such a successful way. Here are some facts that some of you may have never known. This will give us the ammunition needed to face the wave of ‘Doubters’ that gang up against the…

  • Unite to Fight Launch Locations

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    Filefront has a list of the Midnight Madness locations in New York, Seattle, LA, and Miami – if you live in or near one of these cities, and you didn’t know where the ‘big gathering’ was taking place… now you do.(Louis Wu 21:36:53 UTC)

  • But his name’s not Mikey…

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    GameDaily takes a look at the Master Chief as an endorsement property… some of these are pretty cute. Thanks, iN00B.(Louis Wu 21:31:08 UTC)

  • 2v2 Tourney in PA, September 22

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    Sam Blau let us know that CyberZone, near Philadelphia, PA, is hosting a 2v2 tournament this weekend – $5 to get in, $25 to play, cash and prizes to be won. More details on their events page.(Louis Wu 21:10:52 UTC)

  • MLG’s Halo 3 Launchtacular

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    Halo 3 overload at MLG? You bet. Thanks, trigger119.(Louis Wu 20:29:19 UTC)

  • Community Halo 3 Montage

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    gdejohn is organizing a Halo 3 montage which will feature the best gameplay from the Halo community – but he needs you to provide footage. You don’t need editing skills or hardware; just save your gameplay films, and he’ll download and record them. Far more information can be found in this MLGPro.com forum thread (registration…

  • Halo 3 Launch Day Predictions

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    Over at The Hushed Casket, Midnight has been playing with numbers – he’s trying to predict the sales of Halo 3 (both in units, and dollars), in the first 24 hours. I’d disagree with some of his assumptions (the two biggies are total 360s sold to date and current number of preorders) – but whether…

  • Advanced Forgery

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    S043 let us know that Bungie’s put up the second of three Forge articles – this one looks at Object Editing. Everything you wanted to know about Forge – but were too impatient to wait for Halo 3 to check for yourself. (Louis Wu 20:02:57 UTC)

  • Halo 3 How-to: Forge Object Editing

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    Spawn points, inventory, budget and more are explained in this second in-depth look at Halo 3’s Forge.

  • Halo 3 Launch Day Predictions

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    Midnight

    Can Halo 3 upset Halo 2 for the most gross sales in a single day on any piece of electronic media in history? Halo 2 currently holds the record from when its 2.38 million units sold totaled over $125 million during the 24 hours of November 9th, 2004. On September 25th, 2007, Halo 3 is…

  • Wish Fulfillment

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    Hawty McBloggy is counting down the time to Halo 3 with new activities every day – I suppose the theory isif you stay distracted, you won’t go hunting for spoilers on the net. Today’s activity: Photoshop a picture of yourself with Master Chief. There are a couple of her, plus some that folks have sent…

  • Bungie.net Evolution, Defined

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    TeamXbox has interviewed Chris Gossett, Bungie.net Development Lead, about some of the new features you’ll be seeing soon on Bungie.net. Boatloads of info about what we’re getting – both in screenshots, and answers from Chris. Go read – and get pumped up! (Campaign spoiler-free.) Thanks, Red_Breast.(Louis Wu 18:51:57 UTC)

  • Alleged Halo 3 Final Cutscene Hits YouTube

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    IronGiant628

    This is [allegedly -ed.] the last cut scene to Halo 3. Personally I’ve only watched it a little bit through just to make sure it wasn’t some big prank. I did’nt finish because I’m trying to wait till the 25th. Any way I thought I would post it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWuDcN-PTwQ&mode=related&search=

  • Limited time offer: free 12-mo subscription to EGM

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    rapture

    Joystiq is giving away a free 12-month subscription to EGM. Go to this link and input your mailing address: https://www.zdmcirc.com/forms/secure/EGM_Joystiq_Partn.html

  • Floaty Silence 3 – A Fart in the Wind

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    Hellhawk let us know that he’s released Floaty Silence 3. It’s basically ‘A Whisper in the Storm’, with an entirely new soundtrack. Pretty funny! You can grab it in WMP9 format (44.4 mb) or QuickTime format (Sorenson-encoded, 49.4 mb) from us… or you can grab a non-deinterlaced QuickTime version (H.264 encoding, 46.9 mb) from Mythica.org.…

  • Isolation Revealed

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    With just a few days to go before the launch of Halo 3, it’s time to reveal the last few multiplayer maps that we’ve kept hiddne from the public. First up is Isloation, which you can see and read more about over at IGN.