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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: April 2008

  • Double XP SWAT Weekend Live Now

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    Bungie has announced that this weekend’s Double XP playlist will be SWAT – and that it’s live, now. (XerxdeeJ… LIVE is calling you!) This is the last SWAT weekend – and your last chance to play SWAT unranked; when it comes back in May, it’ll be a full-time playlist, and it will be ranked. Go…

  • So THAT’S where the M rating came from!

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    Hawty McBloggy found a fun shirt at Split Reason – I’ve never seen a Spartan Laser do that, but it makes a nice sign!(Louis Wu 21:29:16 UTC)

  • Beat The Yeti – week of 4/23

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    HeavenlyYeti let us know that Beat the Yeti had another challenge – this time it was Team Yeti vs Team Flaming Tampons. Three games, with an overall tie. Sounds like fun games!(Louis Wu 21:27:36 UTC)

  • Tribute for Orchestra

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    Hey everyone, this is a transcription of ‘Tribute’ (heard at the end of the game when they are all standing on the mountain). It’s only half complete, but it is a work in progress so I will upload again when I’ve done some more (or contact me me if you’ve done a considerable amount more…

  • Podtacular Pod TV Pilot

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    The first episode of the new Podtacular Video Podcast (numbered 159, as a continuation of the audio podcast) is now up at Podtacular.com. Freak in a Box and Crypto flix interview Foo Mo Jive and JVB. 37 mb, 18 minutes, with layout of the upcoming episodes. Go watch! Thanks, Samus 117.(Louis Wu 21:22:12 UTC)

  • Team SWAT Double EXP Weekend Live!

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    Why are you reading this? Team SWAT’s in matchmaking again!

  • When Missiles Go Rogue

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    PaulMc was playing on Valhalla, and took a shot at a Banshee with his missile pod, from pretty close range. He missed, the Banshee boosted in and splattered him. Pretty standard, right? Well… the missile ALMOST got a lock… so it decided it was gonna follow that Banshee after all. The ‘shee had headed for…

  • Lowered Expectations

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    ZZoMBiE13 looks at the naming of the Halo Map Packs to date, does some extrapolating, and lets you know what might be coming next, in the latest installment of Another Halo Comic Strip. Here’s hoping he’s wrong.(Louis Wu 20:20:03 UTC)

  • Inside Halo 13

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    Whoa, that was quick. Inside Halo 13 is now online – The Dead Pixel shows off some cool screens, details a new request for submissions (you’ll have to watch it yourself for specifics), executes some mailbag hijinx, and gives you a taste of the endtimes. Go watch! Thanks, Adam Kovic.(Louis Wu 20:12:10 UTC)

  • Bugs

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    Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 13 is now up – some nice animations in those shots!(Louis Wu 20:04:21 UTC)

  • NFL Running Back to host a Halo 3 tourney in NE

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    If you live in Omaha, NE (or nearby, I guess), you might be interested in a Halo 3 tournament to be hosted this weekend at Heidelberg’s Sports Bar by Ahman Green, an NFL running back with the Houston Texans. Details (and an application form) are available in the Omaha World Herald story linked above.(Louis Wu…

  • Summary, Observations, Hypothesis, Experiment, Conclusion

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    Game and Player has a scientific review of the Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack. Go read it to see what that means.(Louis Wu 19:57:02 UTC)

  • Chairleg offering a Halo 3 Cutscene in HD

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    The Chairleg Productions crew is planning on releasing some new machinima in HD, and to test whether their server can handle the load, they’re releasing a Halo 3 cutscene (the ending of Floodgate) in QuickTime H.264 HD format. Swing by Squarecoin’s forum post for details and a download link. (Louis Wu 19:22:51 UTC)

  • Scout Helmet – nearing completion

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    We got new pics of GhettoMole’s Scout helmet – he’s finished up the grey and black painting, looking forward to the violet highlights and the visor! Go look.(Louis Wu 19:22:02 UTC)

  • Camouflage for when you’re hiding in a weapons bin

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    SPU7N1K was doing some searching, and stumbled across a blog post from back in September, showing off photos of a couple of Halo 3 caps I don’t recall seeing before. I’m not sure I’d wear ’em – but it’s interesting that they’re out there.(Louis Wu 19:21:37 UTC)

  • Magic Overshield Grab

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    xenøs was messing around with some map building, and ran across a pretty bizarre glitch; apparently, you can pick up an overshield by traveling between a pair of teleporters that has that overshield near the path that connects them. Huh? Watch his movie for more details (downloadable saved films linked in the forum post, too),…

  • Brothers in Arms

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    Phatcorns dropped in with a link to a little montage vid showing off some brotherly love. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy.(Louis Wu 19:20:29 UTC)

  • Banshee Hijacking

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    I hate days like this. Sorry for the lack of news. Rockslider wrote up an easy way to hijack banshees on The Covenant – swing by Bad Cyborg for details.(Louis Wu 19:19:19 UTC)

  • Grand Theft Auto IV – open thread

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    Midnight

    Anyone else getting this? I’ll be buying it on launch day (April 29th). GTA III revolutionized what I thought a game could be. I can’t wait to explore GTA IV. What say you?

  • Peter Jackson’s Halo Project Resurfaces

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    Joystiq (and the MTV Multiplayer blog before it) are discussing some new job postings on Microsoft’s Careers website, that point to (and this is now confirmed) an expansion of the team for Peter Jackson’s ‘Halo’ project. Does this mean that the game is just now getting into the engineering phase? Or has it just grown…