My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2008

  • Keep on fraggin’ tweets? Podtacular now on Twitter!

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    CapnKrunk

    If you’re one of those obsessive types that likes to know every move that we make here at Podtacular (not that there’s anything wrong with that) and you use the ever-popular Twitter service, now you can follow Podtacular there too. There’s not much there at the moment, but we’ll be posting updates and automatically pushing…

  • Hard Justice: Episode 1

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    halo@bungie.org
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    DigitalPh33r’s Hard Justice: Episode 1 is now up on YouTube. I’m a little confused – it looks like he just added 4 new minutes to the 4-minute ‘promo’ released a couple of weeks ago. (I guess I always thought a ‘promo’ was suppose to give you a taste of what the full version would be…

  • MLG Pro Circuit – Dallas

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    halo@bungie.org
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    The MLG Pro Circuit continues with MLG Dallas, opening tomorrow night. You can read the full preview here, on MLGPro.com. There’s plenty of other Dallas content up now or coming soon – pro players put in their own predictions for which team will garner the 8th National Championship spot by winning this weekend, and there’ll…

  • Double XP at Halo3RPG.com, too

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    xen eldridge let us know that Halo3RPG.com is also running a Double XP weekend this weekend – Team Incineration. (Louis Wu 18:45:51 UTC)

  • EXP is back – and Team Snipers is Up

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    This morning, Bungie posted a final update in their ongoing saga about the Experience problems folks have been having on LIVE. Looks like everything is finally worked out – but Experience not gained in the last couple of days will NOT be retroactively assigned. On the plus side, the Double XP weekend has just gone…

  • Team Snipers Double EXP Weekend Returns

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    Hot off the tail end of some technical shenanigans, we kick off a classic Double EXP weekend.

  • Scared of the lights

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    halo@bungie.org
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    OddGodHMK let us know that The Biased, Chapter 1, Page 8 is up – things are getting weird.(Louis Wu 17:58:25 UTC)

  • I’m sorry about your planet!

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    Captain Spark dropped off another batch of dialogue snippets harvested from Halo 3 – check ’em out in our Dialogue Databank. Good stuff in there!(Louis Wu 16:27:20 UTC)

  • Multiple Penetration, by Hawty McBloggy

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    Hawty McBloggy is trying to get better with a Spartan Laser – looks like she might still need a little work. In the meantime, though, she’s found a video with some pretty impressive laser kills… go watch!(Louis Wu 14:30:47 UTC)

  • Stu Beattie discusses Fall of Reach script

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    GameDaily has interviewed Stuart Beattie, the guy behind the spec Halo script that recently inspired concept art – he talks about why he wrote it, what it’s about, and why you’ll love it. Go read. Thanks, Psychophan7. (Louis Wu 14:28:22 UTC)

  • A Halo CE Roadtrip Redux

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Siliconmaster482 has revisited his idea of showcasing the Halo Custom Edition maps created by the community (we mentioned his first attempt about 3 years ago) – he’s created a five-minute, high-quality video that shows off a huge number of maps (though really only the middle two and a half minutes contain actual footage). You’ll find…

  • Game with Fame: Four Bands

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    halo@bungie.org
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    More Game with Fame stuff coming up – on October 7, four bands will be online to play Halo 3 with you. Swing by Xbox.com for details, and info on how to get involved. (Louis Wu 14:12:49 UTC)

  • Ark panoramas

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    nomis78 whipped out another pair of Ark panoramas – they’re images we’ve seen before, but the composition on both is pretty nice. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 14:12:25 UTC)

  • Halo Wars on GTTV

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    halo@bungie.org
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    According to this GameTrailers TV promo, Halo Wars will be shown this Friday night at 1 am on GameTrailers TV (and after that on GameTrailers.com) – ‘exclusive Campaign coverage’ and more. Thanks, LoneRanger 2.5.(Louis Wu 14:12:00 UTC)

  • More Halo Goodies in the Fable II LCE

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    What the… Ross Mills pointed out an article at Kotaku that details the contents of the Fable II Limited Collector’s Edition – and among the stuff you’d EXPECT in a fantasy game, there’s a listing for “Spartan armor and energy sword”. Now, we already knew about the Spartan armor – but there’s an energy sword,…

  • Halo On Mythic Difficulty Walkthrough

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    narcogen

    Okay, first of all, I know, there’s no such thing as official Mythic difficulty in Halo 3. That’s what people call playing solo, legendary, all skulls on (HSH calls them SLASO to create more acronyms). Daniel “Tyrant” Morris has posted over at HBO a walkthrough for this mode that makes this possible, and it’s fantastic.…

  • Halo On Mythic Difficulty Walkthrough

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    narcogen

    Okay, first of all, I know, there’s no such thing as official Mythic difficulty in Halo 3. That’s what people call playing solo, legendary, all skulls on (HSH calls them SLASO to create more acronyms). Asmodeus has posted over at HBO a walkthrough for this mode that makes this possible, and it’s fantastic. If you…

  • Community Voice

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    Dust Storm

    We are having our monthly leadership conference on Sunday, and now is the time to speak up. Think there should be something changed on the site? Is someone due credit for their efforts in the community? Now’s your chance to speak up. If you have something to say, please send me an e-mail at duststorm117(at)gmail(dot)com,…

  • Microsoft Forms New Halo Studio

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    narcogen

    According to the intertubes, Microsoft is forging ahead with Halo using a new internal studio. Forming the team are Ryan Payton, formerly of Kojima Productions and the producer of Metal Gear Solid 4; Corinne Yu, former technician at Gearbox; and at least two former Bungie employees: writer Frank “Frankie” O’Connor and animator Nathan “bentllama” Walpole.…

  • Fall Tournament Week 1

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    Lancelot59

    Okay So, We will be doing a double elimination because there were only so many teams that signed up. There will also be a team with a by this week. Schedule!: Equinox vs. Team Strik3 Down Reflex vs. Your Team Blain and Simple vs. AoR By: Winged Warriors EVERYONE SCHEDULE YOUR GAMES and you can…