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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: Count Zero

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    Steen Neilsen sends in a new piece of art named Classified Info.

  • Cyborghood isn’t all fun and games

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    I was hollow in my dream, a ring, yearning to be satisfied enough to live in peace. I think that is a brillant metaphor for who I am now isn’t it? Hollow, a hole in my soul that I can’t quite fill. I wonder if they did this to me when they made me a…

  • The charge of the desktop brigade

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    Nekio sends in a new wallpaper featuring the Cyborg in action.

  • The end is the beginning is the end

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    ÊŠÊŠ I feel something is here waiting for me, guiding me, telling me something. But I want nothing to do with some kind of higher power, or intelligence. I never was a religious man, perhaps that was half the reason why I became a mech in the first place. From Mad Dog – CFH comes…

  • Return of ye olde poll smash

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    Gamespot has thrown up a new poll: Which Microsoft-published game are you looking forward too? I think we all know the answer to that…

  • Nope, still the same name

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    Team Xbox has investigated the new Halo logo spotted recently, and gotten this reply from Matt himself:It’s just a tagline, not part of the title (i.e. the game is still named “Halo” not “Halo: Combat Evolved”).

  • Halo Update archived

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    Last week’s Halo Update has been added to our database. Did the Bungie crew survive?

  • Car 54, where are you?

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    Tom Van Sinden points out an interesting post by Bungie d00d Ferrex to the Rampancy.net forum. I’ve been wanting that since day 1!

  • TOL QOTW MB

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    The Online Universe has posted the results of the latest Halo Question of the Week

  • My kingdom for a plane ticket!

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    From Bungie Sightings: Bungie is about to hold a series of semi-public Halo playtest days! More information, and instructions on how to get a piece o’ de action can be found on Bungie Sightings. In short: You must reserve a spot ahead of time, you must be in the Redmond, WA area, you must sign…

  • The mother of all fan fiction

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    Hoo boy. Vector40 sends in more – a lot more – of his epic Hawk Chronicles. First, there’s Hawk Chronicles: Prologue, to set the scene. However, Hawk Chronicles: Chapter 1 took a bit of work to post: The database behind the scenes at Halo.bungie.org can only handle fan fiction in 32K chunks, so Chapter 1…

  • Halo Warriors

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    Charles Powell sends in a new wallpaper. Look at those two… You can cut the tension with a knife.

  • Halo: Combat Evolved

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    An interesting thread on the TeamXBox forums points out that Microsoft’s Halo page is now sporting a brand new logo. Combat Evolved? Sounds good! Thanks to Andrew Paul for pointing it out to us.

  • Violent mispelled Covenant death

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    The Group on Elites were walking along the hillside, headed due east.There were about five of them, maybe 6. It was hard to tell from 1300 meters.Koontzy sends in a short, action-packed story entitled “Silent Assasians”.

  • Sea of Steel continues

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    “Hang on, sir, I’m moving a little closer,” said another voice. Louis heard the rustle of leaves and sticks cracking on the radio. Thirty seconds later, the voice returned. “Affirmative. Repeat, affirmative contact. I think it is the clearing, sir.”The crew of the Alcatraz investigates mysterious goings-on as Omniscient sends in another chapter of ‘Sea…

  • Random Musings

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    More fire started coming from several directions and all we saw was the setting sun and a few clouds as the pilot traded speed for distance in what was becoming a desperate attempt to break contact. Newcomer John Oreskovich sends in a story apparently titled Halo, Random Musings. The Fan Fiction area continues to grow.