My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: halo@bungie.org

  • Halo Bible site kicked off (again)

    StrengthInFaith wasn’t happy that the Halo Bible site set up last year died… so he’s started over. The concept is that only information that’s been confirmed as canon will be collected – and all information will be referenced. This is only as good as the community can make it – so if you want it…

  • Marbles Rock.

    urk highlighted a couple of ‘marble mazes’ yesterday – been more than a year since we saw one of these!(Louis Wu 15:06:28 UTC)

  • HBO Legendary Map Code Giveaway – Results

    We’re a little later than we’d planned – but the winner in the HBO: Legendereh contest has been chosen. Congratulations to Boltstriker – Domino picked him at random from the nearly 2500 entries we got. And thanks, Domino! Because of you, all the Legendary-required playlists just got bigger pools!(Louis Wu 20:50:56 UTC)

  • Lawsuit Settled

    Last week, we mentioned a story about Microsoft getting sued for patent infringment that involved code that was supposedly used in Halo games. Apparently, the suit has already been settled… neither side is disclosing details, but Microsoft said it was “an amicable agreement”, and PalTalk “is quite pleased with the outcome,” according to one of…

  • Mythic maps reviewed at 360Evolved

    360Evolved has a review of the Mythic Map Pack up right now. Always good to get another opinion! (Louis Wu 13:42:39 UTC)

  • Halo Toys for Cheap

    InnerRayg pointed out a site that’s selling McFarlane figures for some significant discounts – swing by if you’re in the market!(Louis Wu 13:40:56 UTC)

  • GameDibs giving away a Mythic Code (and more)

    Another opportunity to pick up a Mythic Map code: GameDibs kicked off a contest last week, with a winner to be announced next week – looks like there’s still time to register. Swing by for details!(Louis Wu 13:37:42 UTC)

  • Halo Tourney in Pocatello, ID today

    314 Tattoos is hosting a fundraiser for Idaho veterans in Pocatello today – Saturday, March 14 at noon. Details can be found in this story.(Louis Wu 13:33:28 UTC)

  • A bunch of Twittered Giveaways

    ikillbambis let us know that he’s got a Flame Warthog (from Halo Wars), a Mythic Map code, and a 48 hour LIVE code to give away today – he’ll be twittering them in random order beginning at 5 pm EST this afternoon. (That’s 2pm Pacific, or 9 PM GMT – or adjust to your own…

  • Relic

    FireDragon04 sent word of ‘Relic’ – a Halo 3 short about a mysterious device found buried in the sand. Well-filmed! (Louis Wu 13:23:49 UTC)

  • New Halo Figures from McFarlane

    fragclone noticed that Spawn.com has posted up a bunch of pictures of the upcoming Series 5 figures from McFarlane – nice stuff! (Louis Wu 13:22:59 UTC)

  • Wait… Cipher? Who’s Cipher?

    The Bungie Weekly Update is up, as usual, since it’s a Friday night – custom Mythic maps, questions from fans (and answers from Bungie), and a code for at least ONE fast typist. Was it you? As usual, the update is available in our Weekly Update Archive, for those who prefer white backgrounds to black.(Louis…

  • Teabag Prevention Presents: Halo Vol.2 – Assembly

    Jake108 let us know that the latest Teabag Prevention feature is up at Geekscape – this one gives you tips on Assembly. Go read ’em!(Louis Wu 17:49:30 UTC)

  • Adam’s Podcast 5

    The 405th’s Adam Grumbo let us know that Adam’s Podcast 5 is now live. Master Chief tries to get a date, Adam gets a sculpting tip from Blue Realm’s Devin White, and a winner for the Assault Rifle contest is announced (though I can’t actually find it). Go watch! Update: this is the video that…

  • Master Chief Picks up Halo Wars

    Biff let us know that a video showing off the Master Chief buying Halo Wars at the Midnight sales event in College Station, Texas is now online. Fun night!(Louis Wu 16:53:06 UTC)

  • Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb

    Is it Friday again? I think that means there’s another round of Friday Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s. Check out last week’s top captions… and come up with something clever for this week’s truly bizarre pic.(Louis Wu 16:40:59 UTC)

  • chips, oh delicious chips

    This is totally random – but nice and short, and pretty funny. (An extra cookie for those who get the title reference.)(Louis Wu 16:37:21 UTC)

  • Moonlit

    Zy1on submitted a three and a half minute montage to the Bungie Blog – it’s heavy on the editing, but has some nice gameplay. (I kept looking for synching between the music and the gameplay… but you’re gonna have to be happy with the play itself.)(Louis Wu 16:33:53 UTC)

  • I’d wear that.

    Remember Bob? JeSteR 343 has made some Facebook flair for him. That’s actually a pretty cool button!(Louis Wu 16:27:09 UTC)

  • Edge’s Top 100 Games to Play Today

    Edge Online listed what they considered to be The Top 100 Best Games to Play Today (it’s an abridged version of a full-length article in their 200th print issue) – and across all plaftorms, and all time, Halo 3 pulled in at the number 9 spot. Go check out the whole list! Thanks, LoneRanger 2.5.(Louis…