My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2007

  • Warming Up The Forge

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    narcogen

    Tyson “Ferrex” Green has written up the first part of a three-part series on working in Forge, Halo 3’s in-game editor. You’ll apparently be able to call on a startling variety of objects in the editor; although you won’t be able to change map geometry, you’ll be able to add objects so large that they…

  • News Summary For September 17

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    narcogen

    Russ Pitts at the escapist has never preordered a game– until Halo 3, that is. Gamesindustry.biz reports that Microsoft is expecting to sell out of the Legendary edition of Halo 3, in the US at least. According to CVG, the Legendary edition has already sold out in the UK. Frank Caron from Ars Technica had…

  • The Ending Of Halo 3

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    narcogen

    First of all, this page contains SPOILERS. Do NOT read it unless you want the ending of Halo 3 spoiled for you. This is not appearing on the front page unless you’ve selected to view spoilers, and I’ve obscured the text by making it white on a white background; you’ll have to highlight it to…

  • Halo 3 How-to: Forge Basics

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    How does the Forge actually work? Tyson Green, Halo 3’s Multiplayer Lead just begins to explain.

  • Fanswag: The Halo 3 Version

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    Xbox 360 Fanboy is giving away a pretty amazing package – 50″ HDTV, surround sound system, Xox 360 Elite – in honor of Halo 3’s release. (No copy of Halo 3, though, oddly enough.) Go read the full details at their site – you’ve got up to 11 chances to win!(Louis Wu 01:02:43 UTC)

  • Blue Filters Still En Route to Bungie Store

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    The Blue Filter, which is certainly not required for an enjoyable Halo 3 experience but can be used to fine tune your television’s color settings isn’t available at the Bungie Store, yet.

  • Alert! Ending for Halo 3 has been leaked. Videos, articles surface.

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    rapture

    Fair warning. The ending to Halo 3 has been leaked to the internet. Within a few button presses and clicks of the mouse, you can be watching the end to the trilogy. I for one can say that I was surprised that Master Chief was killed by Cortana and that she is going to have…

  • Midnight Madness (a representative example)

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    We’re not going to list every US store that’s hosting a midnight sale (there are 10,000 of them; we don’t have the front-page space), but we got word that Micro Center in Hilliard, OH is hosting a costume party, and top prize wins a Legendary Edition of Halo 3. (I’m POSITIVE this is happening elsewhere…

  • Machinima Europe Nominations

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    Hugh Hancock let us know that the nominations for Machinima Europe can be seen at the Promoting Machinima website; congratulations to Laird, whose Halo Unyielding Parts 1 and 2 have been nominated for ‘Best Technical Achievement’!(Louis Wu 21:23:03 UTC)

  • Wallpaper pack at Gamespot

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    Gamespot has made a Wallpaper Pack out of some of the images from the Believe campaign – 11 images at 1600×1200 resolution. Nice work – and it’s free (regisration required). Thanks, serpx.(Louis Wu 20:20:24 UTC)

  • Free Stuff from Halopedia

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    Halopedia is running a Halo 3 Launch Contest – be active on the site, win chances at Halo 3 schwag. Read the contest page for full details. Thanks, Nogard.(Louis Wu 20:15:50 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Legendary – Going, Going, Gone?

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    According to GamesIndustry.biz, a Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed that the Halo 3 Legendary Edition is on track to sell out in the US before Halo 3’s launch next week. (There are many reports that it’s already sold out in the UK, although Milk, in IRC, told me today that Play just reopened their preorders, so…

  • Sellin’ It

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    SquirrelOnFire lets us know that today’s Sore Thumbs is Halo-related – comics might be all you have left, go read.(Louis Wu 19:15:16 UTC)

  • Yep, it’s out there.

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    halo@bungie.org
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    I’m posting this because I need to stem the flood of emails rolling in – but yes, the ending to Halo 3 has been leaked. If you’re trying to avoid spoilers – my suggestion is to get off the internet for a week.(Louis Wu 18:10:33 UTC)

  • Plastic Explosives.

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    Stuntmutt takes a look at the Diorama from last week’s Believe ads in today’s One One Se7en. Come see me after class – I’ll lend you a whiffle bat for beating him about the head and ears.(Louis Wu 17:58:35 UTC)

  • eBay’d statue – update

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    A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a life-size MC statue for sale on eBay – we got word from SG Noodles that his friend won this. Final price was $1035, plus $250 shipping. He sent along a bunch of photos – he calls 03 “Bubble Shield v1.0”, but I’d call it “MC Gets Married”.…

  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Multiplayer Beta Review

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    Midnight

    If you haven’t yet begged, borrowed, or stolen a token to download the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Multiplayer Beta then you really should, because it’s probably the most entertaining demo/beta I’ve ever downloaded from XBL. Yes, the Halo 3 Beta was good, but without a friends and family invitation it required a $60…

  • Evolution of Halo, Revisited

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    trigger119 points out that the GamingTV Spotlight of the week is Evolution of Halo – if you haven’t seen this video (created years ago, to show where Halo came from), now’s a good time!(Louis Wu 17:03:29 UTC)

  • Come on in.

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    Trunks let us know that the latest episode of Trunks and Soto has a couple of Halo references. It also has nearly naked men. You need to decide your own level of exposure comfort.(Louis Wu 17:00:15 UTC)

  • NO SOUP FOR YOU!

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    Warbow gives us a new Calvin and Halo – but I have to say, if this were my kid… never mind, this is a public newspost.(Louis Wu 16:54:18 UTC)