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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: halo@bungie.org

  • Sixty Six.

    Last week, we got word that WizKids game was going to be creating Halo ActionClix. Stuntmutt acts the pundit about this in today’s One One Se7en. (The joke requires a basic knowledge of the WizKid product line; this forum post might help.)(Louis Wu 15:43:15 UTC)

  • The Heretic Episode 1

    Edgeworks Entertainment has released The Heretic Episode 1 – as we’ve come to expect from them, cinematography, story, effects, and voice acting are all top-notch. A fantastic beginning – can’t wait for Ep 2! Thanks to Funkmon, who pointed this out. (If you swing by their main page, you’ll find lots of other info; they’re…

  • Guaranteed!

    Today’s Ctrl+Alt+Del takes a pretty funny look at some reactions to the idea that Crackdown is nothing more than a Halo 3 Beta facilitator… looks like Psychophan7 was first.(Louis Wu 13:52:28 UTC)

  • Friday’s Fiction

    Eight new stories have been added to the Fan Fiction section this week – get to reading!(Louis Wu 13:50:40 UTC)

  • Girls rule, boys drool

    KP stopped by with word of the latest Halo Humpday Challenge (Halo 2 this time around), whereby a bunch of girls came in and owned the Bungie guys. Lots of swearing (though it seems mostly to be edited out). Psshht…(Louis Wu 23:56:14 UTC)

  • More details on H3 Beta/Crackdown workings

    Schedonnardus noticed a story at Xbox360Fanboy which shows the invite card that comes with Crackdown – unfortunately for folks who planned to rent Crackdown in order to play the Halo 3 Beta, you’ll need the disc in order to play the beta. (It’s unclear, from the invite card, whether each disc will be limited in…

  • Hairy Situation

    Paul Maestri let us know about Halo Heads 46 – Kitty 117 goes in. You gotta wonder about the wisdom of sending in a team of cats to investigate a possible rescue situation…(Louis Wu 20:31:38 UTC)

  • Halo Pig

    ckamp posted a series of pictures of a Halo 3-themed piggy bank created by his girlfriend to help save for a 360. Adorable!(Louis Wu 20:24:50 UTC)

  • 3D New Mombasa in Google Earth

    Jordan117 spent some time with Google SketchUp – and the results are now downloadable into Google Earth. Go check out his New Mombasa suspension bridge!(Louis Wu 18:24:48 UTC)

  • Larger Than Life

    wheeler posted a photo of his buddy’s wall – pretty nice work! (Larger version in this post.)(Louis Wu 13:36:47 UTC)

  • Writing the Halo Screenplay

    Gamasutra has a podcast interview with DB Weiss, the most recent Halo screenplay writer. He talks quite a bit about the process, and about working with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. My copy seems to have gotten corrupted at about the 28 minute mark – but by then he was pretty much done with Halo…

  • Machinima for Dummies teaser

    Andras Ostrom is working on a new piece of Halo machinima called ‘Machinima for Dummies’ – you can watch a teaser trailer for it in WMP9 format (22.7 mb) or QuickTime format (17.3 mb). Looks to be a fun project!(Louis Wu 13:17:26 UTC)

  • Kinship

    There’s an interesting article about the PMS Clan (and Hot Chief, the head PMS’ Delta Division) in the Miami New Times – go read about what they deal with, and why they do it.(Louis Wu 13:14:25 UTC)

  • 360Forum holding an Intro Contest

    Z sent word that 360forum.com is having an Intro Contest – create an intro for them win cash. Halo, obviously, is one of the tools you can use. More details in the forum thread.(Louis Wu 12:37:41 UTC)