My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2008

  • Interlocking Objects in Forge

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    ForgeHub and Flem Productions have gotten together to produce a new Forging 101 Video Tutorial.  This one teaches you how to merge, or “Interlock” objects together using Halo 3’s Forge to create the best maps possible.

  • Pwnathon Forge Contest Winners

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    There were a lot of great maps submitted in this contest. A lot of great games were played on these maps during the last month. If you missed the chance to download one of them, check out the fileshare for the Pwnathon2o2p tag. They’re all there.

  • Best of Forge, Round 2

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    ForgeHub’s TrueDarkFusion let us know that the nomination round for their Best of Forge event has ended, and Round 2 of voting has begun. You’ve got 10 days to vote – you have to be registered, but once you are, the voting stuff is here.(Louis Wu 14:18:09 UTC)

  • Flood Push

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    TTL Demag0gue has posted the latest Reclaimer (Episode 67) – it gives us an idea of what happened to the Chief…(Louis Wu 14:15:11 UTC)

  • Forgetting Stuff

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    New sheet music available at Rampancy.net – Donkk has transcribed Unforgotten and Never Forget. Get to playing!(Louis Wu 14:14:54 UTC)

  • More Halo Wars Coverage

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    mrtitan, over at Planet Halo, has summarized a roundup of Halo Wars articles in the wake of E3 that were listed on the Halo Wars website – there are a bunch I hadn’t seen. Go read! (Louis Wu 14:14:37 UTC)

  • Banshee tips, via example

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    Slith has used GameVee to record a few clips that might be able to teach you some cool Banshee-flying techniques. Go see what he’s got! (Louis Wu 14:14:20 UTC)

  • Fan Fic Pick of the Week

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    kr-1426 let us know last night that the HBO Fan Fic Pick of the Week was posted over at the HBOFF forum. Go get some advice in your reading material! (Louis Wu 14:13:47 UTC)

  • Never Forget Full Score

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    Donkk

    After transcribing “Unforgotten” into a full score, I decided to do it again for the updated version, “Never Forget”. I did it to the best of my ability, had to guess on some things, but I played it side by side with the Halo 3 CD and it sounded pretty darn close, if not exact,…

  • Podtacular MLG night 07/21/2008

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    Cryptoflix

    Hey guys, just thort i would bring us together to play some MLG games Monday night. This will be a casual thing which will be happening once every couple of weeks or something. We will be playing best of 3 games (TBA) and the videos will be available for dowload from each of the teams.…

  • Boom De Yada – Redux

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    Dragoncoals let us know about a version of the “I love the whole world” Discovery commercial song, done (by him) in Halo 3. There’ve been others before (we mentioned this one, back in June), but I liked Dragoncoals’ choice of footage a lot. (The head-bobbing… not so much.) Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:43:58 UTC)

  • Halo 3 involved in a domestic violence case

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    It’s too bad Jack Thompson’s been disbarred – he’d love this story of a 38 year old man in New Hampshire who was arrested for punching two young boys each time they killed him in a game of Halo 3. (Me? I think cases like this show the rest of us how twisted we actually…

  • The Superintendent’s Sorrow

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    This is the funniest thing I’ve seen this weekend. Thanks, neoism.(Louis Wu 16:25:08 UTC)

  • Unforgotten Orchestral Score (With Piano)

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    Donkk

    This is a transcription done by myself concerning Unforgotten from Halo 2. There are 3 horns, full string orchestra, and a piano. I do not have a MIDI or MP3 of this file as of yet. Shouldn’t need one anyway. Just listen to the Halo 2 CD. Anyway, hope you like this one.

  • Pod TV will retern after these few messages.

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    Cryptoflix

    Hey all, I know things here at Podtacular have come to a halt. The reason for this is because myself and other members of the team are very busy atm. Myself trying to get a nice portfolio together for university which I start in September. And Freak with work and his marriage etc. With this…

  • BSB Friday nite battles

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    Barking Spiders Brigade’s Recent News

    Barking Spiders looses first clan match to GCM

  • Gears of War 2 Limited Edition $70. Exclusive gold-plated Lancer.

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    rapture

    Features: * Collectible SteelBook DVD case * “Beneath the Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War 2,” a 48-page hardbound book including character profiles, exclusive concept art, and foreword by Design Director Cliff Bleszinski * Bonus DVD including exclusive making-of-the-game video footage, design galleries with audio commentary by Epic Games, and promotional videos including…

  • Papercraft Rocks

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    Vrogy.net has a short YouTube vid of a pepakura Halo 3 marine helmet, in progress. Looks pretty cool!(Louis Wu 14:03:25 UTC)

  • The Man-Maker

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    Eep, almost forgot – Sain7 noticed that yesterday’s Penny Arcade pays homage to the Cardboard Weapons Halo Kid (dunno what to call him, we first mentioned him on Bungie Day). Good stuff!(Louis Wu 10:13:10 UTC)

  • Halo Canon Contest Results

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    UNSC Trooper announced the winner of the Halo Canon Contest (we pointed it out a few weeks ago) – go read! And congrats to all who entered.(Louis Wu 10:06:28 UTC)