My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2008

  • Lego Bionicle Spec Ops Elite

    retinence has put together one last Elite Bionicle – a Spec Ops version. Check out the links in his forum post!(Louis Wu 20:40:04 UTC)

  • Standard Issue?

    mrsmiley points out a new episode of Larry The Marine – he really isn’t very bright, is he?(Louis Wu 14:39:45 UTC)

  • Another Halo 3 Helper, from Hawty

    Hawty McBloggy has put together the Definitive Guide to Recognizing if Bunige Hates You. I think… I think I’m in trouble.(Louis Wu 14:25:55 UTC)

  • Splazer Suicide

    Pretty cool – The Progn0sticator, aka Lethal Casua1ty, pointed out a thread on Bungie.net which contains a link to a vid he created showing off a pretty entertaining suicide. His teammate tossed a frag grenade just as he fired his Spartan Laser – and the laser blast bounced off the flying grenade and killed him.…

  • Hummer sez No Halo Influence

    Miguel Chavez ran across an interview with the Director of Exterior Design of the Hummer HX concept (we mentioned the car a few days ago) – Hummer says they’ve heard the comparisons, but any resemblance to the Halo Warthog is completely coincidental. Funny to hear it asked, though!(Louis Wu 14:15:46 UTC)

  • IRIS, one last time

    Okay, this one’s really sort of odd. We got email from Boolean – he’d been flying around in Google Earth, and discovered a location that, with a Road overlay, looks remarkably (jpeg, 70k) like Adjutant Reflex’s Chrysopteron avatar on Bungie.net. (Remember the IRIS ARG?) If you want to explore the space yourself, grab the .kmz…

  • Movie Monday

    Bunch of movies announced recently on our forum (or via email) – Lordstemplar1 pointed out a teaser for Prophecy Episode 3, Harabek came by with his entry into the Broken Iris contest at HaloGrid, and MR from Running Gun Productions let us know that Spriggs Episode 5 (“Hammer Time!”) is now available for download from…

  • Episode 142: Call of Duty 4 vs. Halo 3 Smackdown, Part 1 of 2

    Download | Shownotes It’s a special edition of Podtacular where we finally acknowledge Call of Duty 4 and compare it with Halo 3 in depth with this slugfest two-part series. This show we have Dialpex, community director at Podtacular, CapnKrunk the webmaster, and guest CaMaRoGuY579 from The Gamers Garage, another quality gaming podcast. Since this…

  • Group Allies

    Click and read the full story to find out more about our topic, group allies.

  • The Room Service Sucks

    Elnea continues her astounding postage rate for Halo Action Figure Theater (there was a large gap before Episode 100, my guess is she was building the next 77 episodes during that downtime). Episode 112 brings hope back to Mudville (well, maybe). Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:05:48 UTC)

  • The Riot 82

    Sigafoos is down with a cold, but the Second Foundation crew still managed to put together Episode 82 of The Riot – 25 minutes, 10 mb, news, community events, and more. Today is the last day of voting for their Community Awards – you’ve got about 6 hours, as of this writing. There are a…

  • Chewing on Life’s Gristle

    The last time we’d heard from VelocityTino, he was telling us about some elite armor he’d put together. He’s back – this time with a piece of machinima. He’s put the song ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’, the Spamalot version, to use with Halo footage. He did all the animation himself, which…

  • Halo Armor, from a prolific community

    Xavier contacted us with a bunch of armor-related news from the 405th – let’s see what we’ve got.BishopX is creating an assault rifle and a helmet on his way to a full set of armor – he’s also got a website to document the progress. Professional grade!DMASTER has finished up his frag grenade and is…

  • RT: Suspect. Very suspect.

    This happened. That’s all I’m saying. Draw your own conclusions.

  • Did you expect a bunny?

    Almost late – but not quite. ZZoMBiE13’s got a Another Halo Comic Strip for you. I hope it doesn’t give you nightmares.(Louis Wu 23:08:41 UTC)

  • New Concept Art at Halo Wars

    The Halo Wars website has been updated a little – and some new concept art has been added. I like it! Thanks to Mike Smith for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 18:26:02 UTC)

  • You Wouldn’t Like Him When He’s Angry

    Halo Action Figure 111 has been posted – and it contains quite a twist. (Well, it surprised me.) Go read!(Louis Wu 18:17:32 UTC)

  • New content from Halownage

    Lani let us know that you can find a Halo 2/Halo 3 montage by Outlawz at Halownage – it’s called Outlawz Says Goodbye. While you’re there, read up on a service whereby one of their members is willing to record your content for you. Nice!(Louis Wu 18:12:47 UTC)

  • Forge Hub’s Top Maps

    According to SketchFactor over at Bungie.net, Forge Hub has compiled their list of the Best Maps of 2007. Go download a few!(Louis Wu 18:01:15 UTC)