My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: halo@bungie.org

  • Another clip roundup

    More footage, mostly from Leipzig: Daily Motion and TeamXbox both have different sizes of the same IGN video – a nice multiplayer montage. In fact, Oliver from Halo Base (in Germany) sent us a link that contains all the clips they’ve found so far – go…

  • RvB thoughts

    Computerworld has a look back on Rooster Teeth’s effect on machinima, triggered by the fact that the Season Five DVD is now available (my preordered copy arrived last week) – go read, then (if you don’t already have it) go buy!(Louis Wu 09:58:54 UTC)

  • Uprising – now on shelves

    A lot of people pointed out that we neglected to mention that Marvel’s first episode of Halo: Uprising went on sale yesterday. Consider yourself informed. (Feedback on our forum – full of spoilers, so don’t read this unless you’re done with the issue -…

  • I think he needs the space for a banquet table.

    PFG is selling off the doubles in his (rather ridiculously large) Joyride Action Figure collection – go see what there is, and make him an offer!(Louis Wu 23:54:04 UTC)

  • Spartanarena

    We got email from Tucker Barrie, who let us know about one of the coolest stop-motion Halo films to pass through our doors in quite some time. It’s called ‘Spartanarena’, and probably not for the reason you’re thinking. You can download it in QuickTime…

  • Pairing Up

    Gamespot has a nice writeup of Halo 3 Coop, as played in Sydney. Thanks, Sir Topham Hat.(Louis Wu 22:05:40 UTC)

  • Even more gameplay clips

    Astounding number of singleplayer clips appearing today – Nucflash found another one at IGTV, and Bootsman found a pair (one | two) at GameVideos.com. I’m sure there’ll be more – but I’ve got to call it quits at this point. (Louis Wu 21:53:36 UTC)

  • Those ironic Bungie guys…

    Awesome. If things go as planned, standbyers in Halo 3 will find themselves playing only other standbyers. (Well… and people with really crappy connections.) Bungie.net forum post found by Nucflash.(Louis Wu 21:43:23 UTC)

  • Halo 3 in airy height play

    Halo Universe has some photos of the Halo 3 Ferris Wheel we mentioned a couple of days ago, set up at the Leipzig Games Convention – as the pics show, there are 360s set up in each car, so you can play Halo 3 as you rotate over Leipzig. Thanks, Marc. …

  • Halo 3 – IMAX Audio Report

    360RantRave.com was at the IMAX showing last night; they grabbed some audio from the show. (Bungie’s restrictions barred “Photography, video cameras and cell phone camera use” – no mention of audio recorders, so I guess this is okay.) Thanks, SIRBOE.(…

  • Peter Jackson, Back in the News

    There’s an article in the New Zealand Herald that purports to be about Peter Jackson’s Halo game – but really, it’s just about how it’s not really related to the Trilogy, story-wise. Thanks to Blackstar for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 18:53:18 UTC)

  • Campaign Footage

    There’s a small clip of actual gameplay from Halo 3’s campaign, shakeycam’d off a monitor and recorded during hte Leipzig Games Convention, at IGN (first movie on the page). (Sort of has that start-of-Delta-Halo feel to it… but prettier.) It’s actua…

  • Opus Machinima

    Andras Ostrom has sent along a new, and MASSIVE, piece of Halo machinima; it’s 30 minutes long, and weighs in at about 200 mb, depending on format. It’s called ‘Opus Machinima’, and it pokes fun at… well, the entire genre. It’s really nicely filmed, …

  • Retardant.

    Bungie’s new weapon choices might cause some trouble during gameplay – check today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:16:53 UTC)

  • Forging New Paths

    The Age’s Screen Play blog has a great discussion about Forge – info collected during the Sydney playtest, but embargoed until today. The more I read about this tool, the more drool collects on my keyboard…(Louis Wu 15:11:19 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Audio – Finished?

    Over at Rampancy.net, Narcogen noticed a note from Marty on the Marty Army group page that suggests that Halo 3 Audio might be nearly done. I guess that’s good, because the game has to get to replicators soon…(Louis Wu 13:29:38 UTC)

  • Where’s Graham Cracker Chief when you need him?

    Flipa15 posted his Mallow Chief (170k) creation (thanks, Narc) to the denizens of IRC; in his words, ‘a bit stale, but still delicious.'(Louis Wu 13:16:40 UTC)

  • Gamestop Halo 3 Ad

    Over the last few days, we’ve received a number of reports of a commercial put together by Gamestop, saying goodbye to Halo 2 on the way to Halo 3 – but the very first time I saw it was at LiveVideo.com last Friday, when I received a Google News Alert…

  • Halo 3 at IMAX – Tons of Web Content

    There are a number of writeups of the IMAX showing of Halo 3 last night in Seattle – you can find them around the web at places like Gamerscoreblog and CyberRoach – but there’s also quite a bit of info in our own forum. x1zero started a thread while w…

  • It’s all about immersion.

    Gamespy has put up a nice preview of the upcoming ActionClix Halo figures – they caught up with WizKids at GenCon last week. Thanks, Black Six.(Louis Wu 12:00:33 UTC)