My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: halo@bungie.org

  • ForgeHub Forgecast #5 – now out

    Just before Christmas, B.net’s Yoozel posted a note about Forgecast #5, the latest podcast from the ForgeHub team. Looks like Scotty (interviewed on the ‘cast) let our forum know this morning. Swing by and grab a copy!(Louis Wu 17:06:08 UTC)

  • Bonus for subscribing to LIVE

    LoneRanger 2.5 and Hellhawk were discussing a deal you can find on Xbox LIVE Marketplace – if you buy a 12-month LIVE subscription between December 23 and January 5, and pay for it online (that is, without a prepaid card), you get a free copy of the Legendary Map Pack. Not bad!(Louis Wu 17:05:30 UTC)

  • …and razzleberry dressing.

    M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S ! From the HBO crew and our families, to you and yours, we wish you the merriest of holiday seasons. Pax. We have a new Christmas Comic for you, from Stuntmutt… but other than that, we’re taking the day off. (We’ll be…

  • Halo: Out with a Whimper

    Torrent stopped in to announce that a public demo for his Halo: Out With a Whimper sidescrolling game is available for download – swing by and grab a copy! Forum response is quite positive.(Louis Wu 22:40:25 UTC)

  • Halo Babies Happy Halodays Round 3 Winner

    mrsmiley let us know that the Halo Babies Happy Halodays Contest had 50+ entries for round 3… and the winner has been announced. You can also check out the rest of the entries in the round’s gallery. (Louis Wu 22:39:45 UTC)

  • Blind men and elephants

    pete_the_duck decided to try and see if he could predict what Orbital would look like in its entirety, based on the screenshots released yesterday. Check out his sketches – and see if you agree!(Louis Wu 14:56:05 UTC)

  • Rumors, probably fake

    Over at NeoGAF, Stormtrooper30 pointed out a rumor that popped up on the Europe-Nintendo forums (heh) suggesting that in the next few months, Microsoft would begin patching original Xbox titles to retroactively add achievements. First on the supposed list? Halo: Combat Evolved. Before you get your hopes up, Luke Smith immediately chimed in with a…

  • Monitoring the Situation

    TTL Demag0gue told us that Reclaimer 128 begins to bring back sanity. I’d have to say he’s lying. (Louis Wu 14:51:34 UTC)

  • Hear the beeps that I might teach you

    HSAR rewrote a famous Simon and Garfunkel song with some new Halo-related lyrics. Some of the word choices are a little awkward, but the meter’s great, and overall he did a great job. Go read!(Louis Wu 14:51:09 UTC)

  • It’s the New Black

    Hawty McBloggy let us know that ODS Steve’s 7th Episode is now live – DeepCee’s hapless soldier has friends. Sort of.(Louis Wu 14:50:36 UTC)

  • Merry Mythic Map Pack Day

    As a holiday present to its fans, Bungie released a large group of screenshots of both Orbital and Assembly (12 shots of Orbital, 10 of Assembly), which might just hold you over a little longer. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 23:02:52 UTC)

  • Watching

    anthraxgoon stopped in to let us know about Episode 8 of his Halo 3 webcomic, X36, generously hosted by TTL Demag0gue on his halo3webcomics.com website. Check it out!(Louis Wu 23:00:47 UTC)

  • Christmas Spartan

    Ouch! Bungie’s blog has a tidbit about some really bad luck experienced by a fan – who was working on a Halo 3 Christmas image. What got done so far is great – here’s hoping BWO Magoogam gets better quick!(Louis Wu 22:59:02 UTC)

  • Winning Awards even AFTER release year

    StarNewsOnline put together a 2008 Game Awards article – and Halo 3 won Best Online Multiplayer, even though it wasn’t released in 2008. Nice!(Louis Wu 22:56:36 UTC)

  • Dreaming About Cortana

    JeSteR 343 got a very cool 10th anniversary present from his wife, a few weeks early. Check it out!(Louis Wu 21:54:20 UTC)

  • Sleightrocity – The Postmortem

    This weekend, a few of us got together for some Halo goodness and Philly cheesesteaks at the Casa de Chavez – a good time was had by all. (My high school journalism teacher can’t even give me a hard time for using that phrase, because I DID talk to everyone there, and they DID all…

  • Chaos Theory Episode 5: Facets of Evil

    Adam Susskind let us know that Chaos Theory Episode 5 is now up – another 20-page PDF is online. I know we just mentioned the series for the first time yesterday… but from here on out it’ll be on the regular week-between-episodes schedule.(Louis Wu 14:55:31 UTC)

  • Forecast The Series: Episode 8 – The Return of Timmy

    Tyler, from Young Street Productions, let us know that Forecast Episode 8 is now online – Timmy’s back. Production values, as always, are quite high – good stuff. (There’s also a tiny short called ‘Entrapment: The Payback’ which should make you grin.)(Louis Wu 14:44:53 UTC)

  • The Greatest Ever

    Noticed a a Halo 3 rap on YouTube – skullkruncher13 and patfan8326 talk some smack, but do it in an entertaining manner. “If life was based on Halo then I know I’d have it made.” Go watch!(Louis Wu 13:33:20 UTC)

  • Wait… does the cat have to climb to wear it?

    Hawty McBloggy wants pics of your Christmas tree, if you used your Halo 3 Legendary Helmet as decoration. Swing by and give her what she needs! (She’s expanded the request to include any video-game-related items – Companion Cubes definitely count.)(Louis Wu 13:20:06 UTC)