My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2008

  • 6′ MC Statue on eBay

    PlasmaFire ran across an auction on eBay for one of the 6′ Halo 2 statues that pop up occasionally. It’s in decent (but not perfect) shape. Starting bid is $700, and the auction closes in 2 days. Go look!(Louis Wu 12:57:36 UTC)

  • Getting an early start

    Speaking of home-made costumes, Nola pointed out this one, at a site called ‘Coolest Homemade Costumes’. Bulky… but definitely cool!(Louis Wu 12:54:58 UTC)

  • Building your own helmet

    Instructables has an article up on how to build a cardboard Master Chief helmet. Just in time for Halloween! Go read it.(Louis Wu 12:52:30 UTC)

  • Submit your Stuff

    We are back in the rotation again and we are recording on Sunday, which means it’s time to hear what has happened in the community from the time we left the podcast. Send in your Tales from the Fox Hole for a chance to be on the show. Use the Big Green button to submit…

  • Visit Our Forums!

    Want to talk, well do it in our forums!

  • Stay Calm

    By now, many people have noticed that Bungie.net is offline, replaced with the aborted countdown we last saw during E3. This time, the countdown ends at 7:07 am PT tomorrow – what will we get when it reaches zero? Stay tuned to find out!(Louis Wu 02:18:25 UTC)

  • Visit the Front Page NOW!

    A mysterious countdown on Bungie.net’s front page counts down to 7:07 AM PDT on September 25!!  What will happen?  Discuss in our forums!

  • Tip of the week

    this week i will make a list of things that you should know for campaign. hopefully it will help in some way.

  • TU2 FAQ

    A lot of questions have popped up about the Title Update 2, released yesterday – over at Bungie.net, SketchFactor has posted the TU2 FAQ. Check it out for from-the-source answers to things that might be puzzling you!(Louis Wu 23:31:35 UTC)

  • TU2 FAQ

    Now that the Halo 3 update has had time to sink in, many of you have questions. Fortunately we have answers.

  • 7 on 7 – clarified

    There’s been quite a bit of confusion about the new ‘7 on 7’ achievement, and what you need to do to earn it. SketchFactor stopped by our forum today with a clarification:The real scoop now is that you just need to hit the #7 in EXP in ANY playlist on the 7th of the month.So……

  • Wait, you were serious?

    GU Comics takes a shot at the recently-unearthed Halo MMO today – thanks, Ross.(Louis Wu 15:33:43 UTC)

  • Hacker

    TTL Demag0gue pointed out that Reclaimer 91 is online – the Reclaimer gets to work on his plan to learn about Ferial and Viper.(Louis Wu 15:30:34 UTC)

  • Halo/Army campaign wins award

    Halo has won yet ANOTHER advertising award – this time, though, it’s not the Believe campaign. IAB’s MIXX Awards were given out last night – and the Bronze award in the ‘Brand Awareness and Positioning’ category went to Universal McCann for the U.S. Army Halo 3 Experience campaign. Thanks, MarketWatch. (Louis Wu 14:57:16 UTC)

  • Security/Katana achievement update

    Yesterday, we mentioned that folks who didn’t have the Security helmet or the Katana were finding that these armor permutations unlocked with gamerscore increases from NEW achievements. Upon closer examination, there are actually two requirements, not just one: you need to have 1000 gamerscore from Halo 3 achievements (as we said yesterday), but you ALSO…

  • Halo MMO Concept Art

    Kotaku posted a huge collection of concept art, ostensibly from the scrapped Halo MMO we mentioned yesterday. These range from interesting to downright silly. gunluva was the first to notice, but the thread I started (I hadn’t seen his post) got a lot of heated responses. Join in and add your own comments!(Louis Wu 14:39:42…

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  • Security Helmet/Katana more accessible

    Fyrewulff confirmed that the added achievements available as of today have a side benefit – if you are below 1000 gamerscore, you can use the new options to get hold of that Security helmet. (There’s no guarantee it’ll work for everyone – but it worked for him; he got two achievements that pushed him over…

  • Gamasutra uncovers cancelled Halo MMO

    Gamasutra has posted a short piece that investigates a cancelled Ensemble Studios project… and concludes that it was a Halo MMO. Go check out the details!(Louis Wu 13:44:16 UTC)

  • TTL Tuesday – it’s back!

    Tied the Leader, quiet on the blogging front for a bit, is back with a sizeable update. There’s a reminder about the Tied The Leader Foundation, and the latest fan-driven efforts to aid its mission. There’s a huge, picture-filled recap of ChicagoLANd 3.0, a TTL lanfest that took place over Labor Day weekend in (um……