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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: February 2008

  • She Who Travels Fastest

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    Things continue to develop at Halo Action Figure Theater, today with 112% more educational content! Also, snow. And Uno! Can’t forget that.(mnemesis 18:46:38 UTC)

  • Meet Marty, Hear Halo

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    Ever wanted to meet Halo composer, Marty O’Donnell? Want to have an amazing and unique night out? Read on, MacDuff.

  • …till it’s gone

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    ZZoMBiE13 continues with Drone Week on Another Halo Comic Strip – and his writeup is chock-full of useful links for folks who need more ZZoMBiE goodness in their lives. Go read! And…. that’s it for me for the day. Say hi to mnemesis for me!(Louis Wu 13:13:56 UTC)

  • Halo 3 cleans up at 1UP Reader’s Choice

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    PR Newswire has a press release from 1UP.com – their Reader’s Choice Awards for 2007 were announced at a special ceremony this week in San Francisco… and Halo 3 did really well. They took home Best Shooting Game, Best Multiplayer Game, and Game of the Year. Congrats, guys! Full details can be found in the…

  • Why should players care about your stupid story?

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    Not Halo-focused (although Halo is mentioned in the article, briefly), but very relevant to a large chunk of our readership – Ken Levine, Creative Director of 2K Boston (the folks who made Bioshock) talked at the GDC about stories in video games, and how developers have to walk a fine line between casual and hardcore…

  • Chris Butcher talks to everybody

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    Tons of stuff coming out of the Game Developer Conference this week – couple of good Chris Butcher bits. Next Generation has a nice article on how Matchmaking has evolved (info from Chris), and Develop Magazine has an interview with him (on a wide range of interesting topics). Go read!(Louis Wu 13:06:18 UTC)

  • What they Play – in brief

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    USA Today has a news story about What They Play, a website that aims to provide parents with useful and concise information about videogames in the context of how appropriate they might be for their kids. The Halo review on the site mentions the level of violence (predominately human-on-alien in singleplayer, human-on-armored human in multiplayer),…

  • CoD4 – still on top

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    For the third week in a row, Call of Duty 4 is on top of Major Nelson’s LIVE usage charts – will that remain true now that the Auto Update has been released? Tune in next week to find out! (Before anyone gets upset that I’m even listing this – we had no trouble at…

  • VGL at GDC in SF

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    Video Games Live is doing a special show at the GDC this week – Friday night, February 22, they’ll be at the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium, with Skywalker Symphony Orchestra and Choir playing the goodies. Lots of industry luminaries will be on hand for the Meet and Greet afterwards, including Bungie’s Marty O’Donnell. Full details…

  • Halo 3 Stats Widget

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    uberpuppy whipped up a Halo 3 stats widget for folks using Mac OSX – grabs your most important stats, and puts them a keystroke away in your Dashboard. Check it out! You can see screens, and download the widget, at his website.(Louis Wu 13:03:11 UTC)

  • Standoff VR – 360 degree goodness

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    nefarius armati stopped by with a new Forge project he’s working on; we don’t generally cover those (there are just too many), but his presentation was unique; he created a QuickTime VR movie to show it off. Nice!(Louis Wu 13:02:37 UTC)

  • Blawg Hawtness

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    Hawty McBloggy’s been busy this week – she’s put together a Halo 3-themed gamer gear roundup (pick out your spring duds now!), and she’s compiled a list of the Top 10 Best Halo 3 Suicide videos. Boom!(Louis Wu 13:01:51 UTC)

  • ESPN/MLG Top Ten kicks off

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    Synide (along with Ryan Thompson, via email) let us know that Major League Gaming has just announced the ESPN/MLG Top Ten series – clips they’re putting together every couple of weeks for ESPN.com. The first one is up now – it’s a set of ten really fun-to-watch plays in Halo 3. (Read Synide’s thread for…

  • Grunts… in… SPACE!

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    Rockslider found some fun stuff to do with Grunts – read about it at Bad Cyborg.(Louis Wu 13:00:04 UTC)

  • Bungie Podcast – Luke Timmins

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    Huge props to mnemesis, who covered the place yesterday when I simply couldn’t get to an internet connection. Let’s see if I can whip out a few posts in the short time I’ve got available this morning – he might be around later today. First up – almost lost in the noise of the AutoUpdate…

  • Open thread: Making Gears of War better.

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    Today it was announced that Gears of War 2 is coming out in November. The original Gears of War was a fun game, but had it’s problems. What do you expect to be added, changed, or removed from Gears of War 2? Open thread.

  • Breaking: Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Ninja Gaiden II, XNA Community-developed games

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    The XBOX press conference at the Game Developer’s Conference just ended. Microsoft already has a press release ready. The highlights: • Gears of War 2!! Coming this November. Continues the story of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad. Developed by Epic Games exclusively for the XBOX 360. • Fable 2: In addition to the dynamic co-op…

  • The Butt Of A Joke.

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    Almost forgot today’s One One Se7en, although you may have been happier if I did.(mnemesis 19:25:43 UTC)

  • Reclaimer Chapter Three, Part Eight

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    Reclaimer Chapter Three, Part Eight has been posted for your Reclaimer comic requirements. Thank TTL Demag0gue for the heads-up.(mnemesis 16:43:25 UTC)

  • More Pinkuh Art

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    Pinkuh’s posted a new sketch of the MC with no helmet. Thank Pixellated for the heads-up. (mnemesis 16:38:10 UTC)