My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2009

  • iPhront opens its doors

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    oriol003 stopped in to announce the launch of iPhront, a community machinima site. The Halo content (so far) is a bunch of high-quality stuff culled from recent announcements – I’d assume that as time went on, they’ll start to see new stuff there. Check it out! (Louis Wu 02:45:18 UTC)

  • Mindless Intentions Ep 1: Hotline

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    RogDarkJedi stopped in to announce a new series of shorts called ‘Mindless Intentions’. The first one, ‘Hotline’, is online now. Personal opinion: the series has potential… but hasn’t grown into it yet. Give ’em time! (Louis Wu 02:43:59 UTC)

  • ‘Annihilation’ – A Machinima Short

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News

    “We will never back down.”

  • Cortana Singing Still Alive

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    Cortana4ever has put together a Portal/Halo mashup, with Cortana singing ‘Still Alive’. Check it out!(Louis Wu 18:18:31 UTC)

  • VGL Writeup

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    Dracc went to the Seattle Video Games Live show last night (the one that debuted the ODST music)… and wrote up a massive piece discussing the evening. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 18:17:26 UTC)

  • Betrayal Montage

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    SonofMacPhisto and CrazedOne1988 put together a montage dedicated to betrayals. Some are accidents, some are not. Some are sad, some are hilarious. The ending is spectacular. (Louis Wu 18:16:26 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Optimatch Charts

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    FyreWulff has been building some pretty charts based on Matchmaking playlists – not all of his data is perfect, but overall, these can help you more clearly understand where people are in Matchmaking, and what they’re doing. Visit the site and check it all out! (Louis Wu 18:15:44 UTC)

  • The Halo Story Page – Not Dead, Yet

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    The Halo Story page hasn’t kicked the bucket yet – and with the new infusion of story material from Friday’s Weekly Update, Jillybean has some great new speculation for you! Swing by for the goodies.(Louis Wu 18:13:55 UTC)

  • Airsoft Rifle with Halo flavor

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    FriggenFragger noticed this airsoft rifle – if you’re looking for a decent start for a rifle you can mod to look like Halo material, this isn’t a bad choice!(Louis Wu 18:11:45 UTC)

  • Annihilation

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    Spartacus280 created a short video of a Covenant/Human meetup – great effects! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:10:29 UTC)

  • Hang ‘Em High comes to Left 4 Dead

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    download .WMV | map hosted here The Left 4 Dead community has been busy making L4D mods. One of them is a map of the classic Halo: Combat Evolved level Hang ‘Em High. Check out the video above to give the map a look. Certainly brings back memories of Halo 1 LANs and Halo PC…

  • 25th Mac Anniversary Calls Attention To Bungie Games

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    MacWorld has mentioned Marathon as one of the best games on the Mac, as part of their commemoration of the Mac’s 25th anniversary.

  • RT: Bullies

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    Rooster Teeth News

    I don’t mean to question the crack surveillance team that Griffon and Luke hired, but I find today’s comic a little hard to believe. dggeoff

  • David

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    Juesoni stopped in with a link to David, a new machinima series he’s starting. A bit strange, but it works. Apparently, the next one will be shown live, today. In fact, it’s set to go down in about 2 hours. Read the post for more details.(Louis Wu 17:43:04 UTC)

  • Brute Pimpin’

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    Darknesshasfallen was inspired by the fanart in last night’s Weekly Update… and whipped up his own offering. I was amused.(Louis Wu 17:40:06 UTC)

  • Halo on Canvas – if you’re in the UK

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    Ross Mills ran across some Halo artwork for sale on Amazon (UK-only) – he found a Halo 3 piece, and a Halo Wars piece. There doesn’t seem to be any search that narrows down ONLY to Halo pieces – but this search will show you 33 images, 15 of which are Halo-related. It’s unclear whether…

  • Comic Saturday

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    A number of comics were announced on our forum in the past 12 hours or so:Juesoni told us about Reconnaissance Omega Special Chapter, now on its 9th page (out of 10)The Catfish announced that 2501 Episode 6 was out – with a cliffhangerAdam Susskind is back, with word of Chaos Theory Episode 8: Fear (Part…

  • For Carnage, Apply Within

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    narcogen

    Heard about Marathon or Myth, but haven’t played them? Played some solo Marathon or Myth, but haven’t had a chance to check out multiplayer? Then check out For Carnage, Apply Within, a group of fans dedicated to arranging regular multiplayer games of these classic Bungie titles. Thanks for the heads-up to urk on Bungie.net.

  • AH: Age of Booty Achievements

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    Rooster Teeth News

    Gus just informed me that it’s the 10 year anniversary of when we met/fell in love. In celebration, I got him this video. It shows how to get six Achievements in Age of Booty. Just click on the image above to learn how to get: Cherry Picker, Bombs Away,…

  • Now THAT’S an update!

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    I’m not really sure what happened, but it looks like someone broke in and used urk’s computer to write up a fake Bungie Weekly Update. That’s the only explanation I can come up with for an update so chock-full of actual information, straight talk and undisguised answers. Highlights:A Mythic-specific playlist will go live the day…