My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2008

  • Call of Duty 4 more popular than Halo 3 on XBOX Live

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    Major Nelson released the Xbox LIVE activity numbers for the week of 1/14.  More unique users played Call of Duty 4 than Halo 3 last week.  (JDOGG?).   Hrmm.  I wonder if gamers spent more time in Halo 3 than in Call of Duty 4. I got back into CoD4 and H3 in the last week. …

  • Counter-strike and Everquest banned in Brazil

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    “Since January 17th, the games “Counter-Strike” and “Everquest” have been banned from sale in Brazil. The order comes into effect following an October 2007 Brazilian federal court decision, which ruled the games encourage “the subversion of public order” and are an “attack against the democratic state.” LAN Centers have been forced to remove the games…

  • RT: Back so soon?

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    Rooster Teeth News

    Now that the introductions are out of the way, Knuckles is getting down to business. This week marks the release of the highly anticipated Burnout Paradise, and he’s all over those achievements like Burnie on a package of Fig Newtons. Try not to get too…

  • Thought I’d clean my way out.

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    As Ross Mills says, this is probably stretching it, but… OhGizmo compares the new Samsung Silencio Cylinder Vacuum to MC’s helmet. When you’re done sniggering, you’ll have to admit… there IS a slight resemblance.(Louis Wu 23:10:55 UTC)

  • Halo 3 OST Reviewed at SciFi.com

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    Jase let us know that Sci Fi Weekly (the weekly newsletter of SciFi.com) has reviewed the Halo 3 Original Soundtrack – they say it has “replay value that hoists it above the usual game soundtrack.” (They say a lot more than that – go read the whole review.)(Louis Wu 22:12:34 UTC)

  • Stupidity, incoming…

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    2phast let us know that another Larry the Marine comic is online – Larry needs to learn a few things.(Louis Wu 19:10:33 UTC)

  • Send in Stuff for This Week’s Show: Customs and Creations with ForgeHub!

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    foomojive

    Episode 145: Foundry multiplayer tips will be out shortly. I’m trying to give you a little time to soak up the rapid-fire spray of episodes that have come out lately. This Sunday, however, we’ll be back to the usual Sunday release, with the exception of a two week break in early February because I’ll be…

  • Downfalling.

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    A number of fans have gotten annoyed at the huge delays in the Halo comic from Marvel; it was supposed to bridge the gap between Halo 2 and Halo 3. Today, Stuntmutt shows you why it might not matter in the latest One One Se7en. Go read.(Louis Wu 15:59:27 UTC)

  • Print the Pink Mist

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    Cat Richards really wanted the ‘Fear the Pink Mist’ Achievement – on her shirt. So she made a full-sized version (rebuilt in Adobe Illustrator) for printing. And then passed it along so that you could make your OWN shirt. Grab it in .PNG format, or .PDF. Your call.(Louis Wu 13:10:22 UTC)

  • Halo Stats Tracking Utility is Back

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    Darkphibre has updated his Statistics Tracking Utility to work with Halo 3 – it’s a client-side tool, meaning you don’t have to access a website (other than Bungie.net) to view the stats. It requires the .NET 2.0 framework – not sure which Microsoft operating systems that includes, but it’s probably most of them. Take a…

  • blackouTT TV

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    trigger119 let us know that blackouTT has his own GTV channel now – if you want to watch all blackouTT, all the time… now you can.(Louis Wu 12:37:42 UTC)

  • I’m just goan wing ‘im.

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    Wow. Just… wow. G4’s X-Play has a video called ‘Tyler Perry’s Halo Family Reunion’. Thanks (I think) Grey Wolf.(Louis Wu 12:33:13 UTC)

  • The Riot 83

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    Sigafoos let us know that The Riot 83 is now up – not long (20 minutes, 8 mb), but full of stuff. Go listen!(Louis Wu 20:47:25 UTC)

  • Halo Serenity

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    Jammerfer [MunKy] created a video reproduction of the Serenity trailer, using cutscene footage. Pretty well-done!(Louis Wu 19:07:56 UTC)

  • Worth a Thousand Words

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    Halo Action Figure Theater Episode #116 is now up – that Elnea is getting more and more feisty, if you ask me. Keep an eye on her…(Louis Wu 19:05:11 UTC)

  • Someone’s gotta name him now.

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    BootStrap Boon put together a Mongoose Transformer video in Halo 3 – nice!(Louis Wu 19:01:47 UTC)

  • N is for Ninjaburger

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    Sparticus noticed a ‘Geek ABCs’ alphabet… and the ‘F’ entry has Halo overtones. Borderline relevant, sure… but it’s a funny list.(Louis Wu 18:57:29 UTC)

  • RT: Polar Bears and Ice Fishing and shit

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    Rooster Teeth News

    So the weather forecast for Park City, Utah (Sundance), is fuuucking cold. I don’t care how many drunk celebrities he’s partying with, I don’t envy Nathan one bit as he freezes his ass off showing his film in those sub-arctic conditions. What the hell was…

  • SG was 0.15 percent low.

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    Tied the Leader has posted the winners of its 117 Day Contest – congratulations to the 21 soundtrack winners! And thanks to EVERYONE who participated; apparently, more than $500 was collected for the TTL Foundation, all of which will be donated to “assist in the rehabilitation of wounded combat veterans of the Unites States Armed…

  • Deus Ex Machina: Episode 4 – The End

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    I’d hoped that I would have a high-resolution version to host for you before posting this news, but I need to leave, so it’s better you know about what’s out there than that you know what COULD be out there. DigitalPh33r has released part 4 of his Deus Ex Machina series (check our news for…