My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: Crux Fidelis

  • Chat with Butcher ends, transcript by tomorrow

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    The chat with Chris Butcher just ended. Some nice questions were asked and getintothegame.com will be posting a transcript of the chat by tomorrow morning. I’d have a transcript myself but I foolishly chose Java for the chatroom and that didn’t allow me to copy text. Oh well. Pax.

  • Chat with Chris Butcher today

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    Don’t forget that getintothegame.com is holding their chat with Chris Butcher at 4 PM CST today. There you can ask a multitude of questions about Halo. Yes, even the “will there be a PC/Mac version?” question. Register now if you haven’t already! Pax.

  • Q&A with Rob McLees

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    Bungie is holding yet another Q&A session, this time with Rob McLees. Head over to this page for the details and get some art-related questions in! (Please no “is there a PC version coming?” I mean, c’mon. There are more interesting questions that can be raised especially about various things in Halo alone. The PC/Mac…

  • Halo chat with Chris Butcher

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    getintothegame.com is holding a Halo chat with Chris Butcher on January 9th. All details on this page. Pax

  • New images at T&R

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    Halo: Truth & Reconciliation gets some more content, including alien vehicle concept art, multiplayer screenshots and some funny outtakes. Pax.

  • Halo wins the TXB Viewer’s Choice Award

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    Halo won the Team Xbox Viewer’s Choice Award for Best Game of the Year. Pax.

  • Team Xbox Halo wallpaper

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    Team Xbox put up some wallpaper that features our favorite lone marine, The Master Chief. You can get it here in three different resolutions. Pax.

  • Maps for maps

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    Oh and not to forget: a very nice addition to the multiplayer strategy guide has been made on Truth & Reconciliation: overhead maps of all the multiplayer levels! Pax.

  • New concept art at T&R

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    New concept art hits Bungie’s Halo site, Truth & Reconciliation; this time featuring human vehicles. Check out those tank concepts! Pax.

  • IMG interviews The Man

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    Inside Mac Games has posted an interview with Alex Seropian aka The Man. Check it out for a good read: IMG: And the big question…will Halo ever come to the Mac? Any details you can share with your loyal Mac fans? Seropian: Yes, Halo will be out for the Mac. Be patient. Or, I suppose…

  • Tamte on Mac Halo

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    Spanish Macintosh site Macuarium has posted an interview with Peter Tamte that talks about Macintosh gaming, his company Destineer and Bungie. I’ve been to Bungie’s new studios inside Microsoft. They’re filled with Macs. And, they’re also filled with people who love the Macintosh. Please be assured that Microsoft and Bungie plan to bring Halo to…

  • OXM goes to the UK.

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    People in the UK (and the rest of Europe, actually) should be glad to know that the UK website for the Official Xbox Magazine is now up at http://www.officialxboxmagazine.co.uk/, featuring Halo on the cover of its first issue. Pax.

  • Halo commentary in article.

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    Thanks to Lophan who spotted an article on the Xbox at MSNBC that makes mention of Halo: Halo, a first-person shooter in which players lead a squad of marines in a battle on an alien planet, still has some frame-rate problems. To read about the game online, you think the frame rate was a very…

  • The Halo Elite League makes a comeback.

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    genohunter informs us that The Halo Elite League returns after FTP problems and just in time for Halo’s release tomorrow. You can reach them by going to http://www.halogame.fr.st or http://www.clanhell.fr.st. Pax.

  • Praise be

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    New desktop from Enforcer, paying tribute to the Bungie programmers. Check it out in our Wallpaper section.

  • How Marines Fight

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    The monastery is calling, and I must leave you… but before I go, I’d like to point out one other post on our forum – this one from Chris Butcher, who programmed a lot of the AI in Halo. He explains a bit about how the other soldiers will respond with respect to you, and…

  • Futureshop art is old

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    While I’m here… Matt Soell cleared up the mystery of the bizarre box art:That was Microsoft’s first stab at box art, before Lorraine stepped in and did some stabbing of her own.Ahh… THAT makes more sense. Thanks, Matt! Pax.

  • Louis went riding

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    Just a quick note to let our readers know – Louis is out of town for the next day or so. There MAY be updates from the rest of us… but I wouldn’t count on it. (Most of us are pretty lazy these days – blame Louis for that.) If there’s absolutely critical Halo news,…

  • Chosen, indeed.

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    raVen creates a new desktop for our Wallpaper section, in 4 flavors. We are unclean… Pax.

  • So who’s Damuis?

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    Hmm… our fearless leader seems to be napping – guess it’s time to put the prayer blocks down.A voice responded. As it spoke it became clear that it was not one voice but hundreds of voices, each one echoing into infinity. “Damuis?” Mr. Bill. Jr. V© drops us another story, introducing… well, read it. You’ll…