My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2008

  • Week Two of Running Riot on Favorites

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    The second installment of Running Riot’s Bungie Favorites are now live.

  • Sisterball Screen Contest

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    Over at Grifball.com, a new contest has kicked off – take a cool screenshot during Grifball weekend, top shot wins a Grifball t-shirt. Go read the rules, then get to screenshotting!(Louis Wu 18:03:15 UTC)

  • Turning off the mic

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    A Roanoke, VA TV station posted a story about foul language from Halo 3 players on Xbox LIVE – the reporter claimed it was ‘an eye-opener’ for him, and that his son would no longer be allowed to play against random people, but that just tells me that he didn’t do any homework before buying…

  • Halo Zero 2 Beta Test

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    About a month ago, Dobermann posted a beta test of Halo Zero 2 (a followup to a sidescroller released a couple of years ago) – you can try out the weapons and AI for the newest iteration. Looking good! Thanks to cupalloymk.vii for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:34:43 UTC)

  • High Score

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    Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 20 is up – Taylor and Johnston continue to explore.(Louis Wu 17:34:19 UTC)

  • MS NZ says no mistake on tourney winners

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    A couple of days ago, we mentioned the US Army Halo 3 Championship, and the controversy that existed in the Pacific region. A spokesperson from Microsoft NZ has made a statement that it’s not just rank that matters – you had to properly register (by downloading the gamerpic within a small time window), and the…

  • How it all began (parts 6 and 7)

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    ryu9921 let us know that there’ve been a couple new Larry the Marine strips posted since the last one we mentioned (How it all began Part 6 and Part 7) – glad SOMEONE’S keeping up! (Louis Wu 16:25:19 UTC)

  • Friday Caption Fun

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    Hawty McBloggy has posted Friday Caption Fun, Round 8 – this contains the cream of the crop from the nearly 200 captions posted LAST week, plus a new shot (again with the perspective tricks) for you to grace with your wit. (Louis Wu 16:21:26 UTC)

  • It’s a SUICIDE.

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    Backward Compatible has a Halo-themed comic up today.(mnemesis 16:05:53 UTC)

  • Time-lapse artwork – now in high-res

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    Daolpu, the artist we mentioned yesterday whose time-lapse drawing of Cortana was available on YouTube, has posted a much higher-res version on FileFront. Grab it if you want to see a creation come to life before your eyes!(Louis Wu 16:00:15 UTC)

  • Ranked BTB – now with more goodies.

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    GhaleonEB stopped by to point out a post by Shishka over at NeoGAF – it contains details about some new entries in the Ranked Big Team Battle playlist that should make BTB enthusiasts really, really happy. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 15:47:05 UTC)

  • Gearbox working on a new Halo game?

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    Planet Halo noticed a blog post on a blog called ‘The Space Oddity’ which suggested that Gearbox is working on a new Halo game, a prequel to the existing Halo trilogy. This is strongly into ‘rumor’ territory, so take it with a grain or two of salt… but it’s something to keep an eye on.(Louis…

  • Friday’s Fan Fiction

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    Just a tiny Fan Fiction update this week – only three new pieces. Shouldn’t take you long at all to read ’em!(Louis Wu 15:34:35 UTC)

  • In the studio with Marty O’Donnell

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    Music 4 Games sat down with Marty O’Donnell to find out what drives him, what inspires him, what got him started. Fun read! Go check it out. Thanks, Greg. (Louis Wu 19:41:49 UTC)

  • Holy crap, I’ve made 100 of these?

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    ZZoMBiE13 has posted Episode 100 of Another Halo Comic Strip – and announced a hiatus. (Not so much for the strip – he’s found someone to fill in for him… just for himself, to reenergize and become reinspired.) And I’d just like to say, on a personal note… those aren’t my eyes.(Louis Wu 19:04:17 UTC)

  • Inside Halo: Episode 14

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    Adam Kovic let us know that Inside Halo 14 (well, now it’s Aureola Interior, since it’s been taken over by Pancho Villa’s great-grandson Pete) is now online at YouTube. As surreal as ever, except now with a taste of Mexico. Seven minutes long. (Coincidence? I think not!)(Louis Wu 18:50:52 UTC)

  • Grifball Spring League Weekend

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    Last night, Team HBO lost their Quarterfinal Spring League Grifball playoff match, dashing their championship hopes… but today, Bungie kicked off the latest Double XP Weekend using the Spring League Grifball map. (This one is far more difficult to cheat in than the Winter League map was.) Go hammer someone in our memory! (Thanks to…

  • MSYF

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    Hawty McBloggy noticed a Cafe Press t-shirt devoted to the Spike Grenade (and the feeling it inspires in its victims). Go look!(Louis Wu 18:34:04 UTC)

  • Grifball Spring League Weekend

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    Grifball’s back! And marginally different than before!

  • Wanna Play?

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    Okay, Gryphonosiris wins the ‘Silliest Story of the Day’ award with his link to a Gamespot article about a bunch of 13-year-olds who hired prostitutes to play Halo with them on daddy’s stolen credit card. You have to read the whole story for the biggest WTF moments, though… I mean… oh, never mind. Just read…