My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: Count Zero

  • Dude, you’re gonna be so whipped, man

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    The weekly update has been posted at Bungie’s own Bungie.net, and it’s a doozy. Not only is it much longer than updates tend to be, but it contains a great deal of specific information about parts of the game we’ve never heard about before, from evolving exploding buses to scary things that make you want…

  • It’s not often this word is justified, but…

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    Pwned.

  • Fire up those Babelfishes

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    Tempus Fugit notes that Microsoft will be showing off Halo 2 at the G|C Games Convention. All the information is in German and only available in printed form, but Halo 2 can be spotted in the press release transcribed here. The convention will be held in Leipzig, Germany in about two weeks.

  • Yucatan, huh? Hope the parachute drop goes better this time.

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    Frankie’s weekly update has popped up at VideoGames.co.nz. It’s a pretty long one this time, and with tons of nice tidbits and numbers- Gameplay animations are 95% complete, there’s 4.1 gigabytes of audio dialog assets, and… pocky? Sure, why not. Check it out!

  • And Then Monkeys Flew Out Of My Butt

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    Frankie finally weighs in in an attempt to quash an incredibly persistent rumor. Can we all stop posting this as a fact now? Thanks to Littlebigman for pointing this out.

  • Well, no bees are gonna get in here. Not in MY airtight fortress.

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    We’ve received more than a few emails about this ilovebees thing, so I’d just like to make something clear in case it wasn’t before: We are not part of this event. We don’t have any secret information; we’re just following along like everyone else. That means we can’t confirm or deny your theories about the…

  • Where the hell is your other hand?

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    Thanks to the very large number of people who pointed out that Halo 2 will be on display, and playable, at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo in late August. I wonder how many people have just changed their end-of-summer plans…

  • Mail’s here

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    I posted a new Mailbag update last night, but it took me until now to recover sufficiently to post news about it. Enjoy.

  • Platform wars

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    A public beta of Aquaduct 2, an Xbox tunneler program for Mac OS X, has been released. The big news is that it’s now compatible with XBConnect , so you’re not limited to playing your fellow Mac users any more. Grab it and get fragging!

  • Our evil twin goes to E3

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    Subnova has posted their E3 2004 report. There’s over 100 pictures and a long section of Halo 2, so check it out!

  • Well, ‘The Monitor’ is kind like ‘The Watcher’…

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    Gholsbane, operator of our sister site Myth.bungie.org, took a look at the new Halo 2 stuff and noticed something few who hadn’t followed Bungie before Halo would- there’s something in one of the screenshots that we may have seen a long time ago. More details can be found here.

  • No silly title necessary

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    At the conclusion of Microsoft’s press conference, a ton of new Halo 2 content hit the net. Firstly, Bungie.net has 8 new screenshots from the Zanzibar level being shown off at E3. Secondly, there’s some info on the Halo 2 Limited Edition, which was only just revealed at the event. Thirdly, TeamXBox was the first…

  • Cortana, Shmortana

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    In preparation for the upcoming release of the Halo Editing Kit, Cortana.org has opened their HEK Tutorial section. Get a taste of what modders will be able to do once they have the official tools.

  • Hooooooo hoo hoo hoo hoo…

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    It’s still coming in… New Mailbag!

  • For the ten billionth time…

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    Since so many people are still confused: HaloBabies is offline. If you go to the site, it will ask for a password. “Offline” here does not mean literally unpowered, it means the site is not fully operational and does not have comics on it. The operators are overhauling the content and it should return pretty…

  • Halo 2: Strike First? Halo 2: Flood The?

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    Sep7imus was the first to point out this news item on Truth and Reconciliation: Halo 2 will ship in Fall, 2004. The news item also includes a brand new multiplayer screenshot. Mmm, bumpmapping… (Note: A number of people have been confused by the title of this news item. The game is NOT named “Halo 2:…

  • Yeah, I really should be.

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    There’s a new collection of letters. Argh.

  • It finally happened.

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    As you probably know, I answer most of the email sent to this site. And I’ve done this for the past 3 years. Well… I snapped. So we have a new section here. It’ll be updated every so often. Welcome to my world.

  • The sequel to Halo Babies: Halo Gradeschoolers?

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    Pallor sends in another Halo sighting: The latest movie to hit theaters for kids has the cards stacked in favor of Bungie’s Halo. The stars in the movie Ryan Pinkston and Robert Vito have come out publically to state its their favorite game. That carries over to the movie itself: Inside the game they are…

  • What, AGAIN?

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    As many of you have noticed, Mythica is down again. Brian posted an explanation, but it looks like the downtime will once again be quite lengthly. On the plus side, Subnova has recovered from their earlier trouble. You win some, you lose some…