My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: HBO

  • R.net updates Halo 3 FAQ

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    Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, has organized all the Halo 3 info he can find into a new Halo 3 FAQ (with a new format) – took a few days to become visible to the masses, but go take a look now!(Louis Wu 11:44:53 UTC)

  • Escape Station – Online Tourneys

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    Bungie.net had word of a new website devoted to online tournaments – Escape Station brings people together to kill each other in lots of games, including Halo 2 (their favorite). Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 11:41:12 UTC)

  • CMT adds Halo 3 Weapons

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    Stealth_1000 stopped by with news of some new Halo 3 weapons incorporated already into new work from the Custom Map Team – good stuff!(Louis Wu 11:38:47 UTC)

  • Worst Game Endings Ever

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    Yesterday, Paul found an article on ComputerandVideoGames.com entitled ‘The worst game endings ever’ – and yes, Halo 2 is on it. (They call it a crime.) (Louis Wu 11:34:40 UTC)

  • The Riot 30

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    Sigafoos writes to point out The Riot 30 – community discussions, and the announcement of Community Awards for 2006. Voting opens Wednesday, but you can discuss stuff on their forum now. 23 minutes, 9 mb. Go listen.(Louis Wu 20:40:43 UTC)

  • Arbiter model project

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    The More Deluded has been working on a bust of the Arbiter – pretty impressive-looking! Check it out.(Louis Wu 17:29:20 UTC)

  • Halo on a DS – another view

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    leprecaun90210 noticed a writeup on HaloInformer, speculating about the Halo on a Nintendo DS story that popped up a couple of days ago. HaloInformer doesn’t know anything more than the rest of us – but the reasoning is solid. If it turns out to be true, Matt Cassamina’s going to have to rethink how he…

  • ODST Test

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    Laird whipped up a test video showing an ODST ready for use in machinima. It’s tiny (about 800k, in either WMP9 format or QuickTime – it’s only 12 seconds long, with no sound) – but the potential is fantastic. Check it out.(Louis Wu 14:53:03 UTC)

  • Our Newest Featured Artist – Veegie

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    It’s been a little while since we added an artist to our Gallery pages – but today, we’re proud to announce a new home for Veegie’s Halo-related artwork. Veegie likes to render stuff – but he does a sizeable amount of 2D work on the result; what you see, often, is a Halo image that…

  • Happy Birthday to Us!

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    Wow, totally forgot about this… but today marks the 8th birthday of Bungie.org! Man, that’s like… 3 centuries in internet time! Thanks to Vid Boi for the reminder.(Louis Wu 21:48:45 UTC)

  • Looking for a Purple Lung

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    Red vs Blue Episode 87, ‘The Nesting Theory’, is now available for download by Sponsors – Red’s still looking for Sarge, Blue is still trying to keep Tex from being homicidal. Should be up for the public by Monday. Thanks, BigVariable.(Louis Wu 13:56:55 UTC)

  • Looking over the season

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    MLGPro.com has an interview with Str8 Rippin up – they talk about their successes, and what they can improve on. Nice read. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 13:52:57 UTC)

  • Smokin’Aces

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    We got a note from Micah Brooke, at machinima.com, about a new contest they’re running; submit your best kills from your favorite video games, win cold, hard cash. You’ve got a couple of weeks – and Halo is only one of a myriad of options… top prize is $1000. Check out all the details on…

  • Partial Advice

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    Mister Froggy has posted the second episode of his Halo, Articulated comic – this one takes a shot at one of the more annoying moments in Halo 2.(Louis Wu 02:41:03 UTC)

  • Communist Octopus… was that a shot?

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    The Bungie Weekly Update is available now at Bungie.net – more info about the Halo 3 beta program (mostly reassurances), plus progress reports, a job opening, and the hairiest looking Mister Chief ever. As always, if you can’t read it at Bungie.net, you can read it in our Weekly Update Archive.(Louis Wu 02:36:49 UTC)

  • Kissing Up.

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    Stuntmutt has his own take on the Friends and Family program mentioned last week by Frankie – check today’s One One Se7en for details.(Louis Wu 16:43:38 UTC)

  • Friday’s Fanfic

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    Twelve new pieces for you in the Fan Fiction section today – go read!(Louis Wu 16:13:35 UTC)

  • More Ways to Get In

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    Must be the day for Halo comics – ActionTrip has a new strip up today with a Halo theme, looking at ways to get into the Halo 3 beta. Heh.(Louis Wu 15:38:53 UTC)

  • Happy Red vs Blue Year

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    TheShadyGnome points out that a recent Dueling Analogs strip pays homage to both Halo and the new year.(Louis Wu 15:37:32 UTC)

  • Halo on a Nintendo DS?

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    FyreWulff was the first (but not, by far, the only) to notice that Matt Cassamina (Editor in Chief of IGNcube) posted a story in his blog about playing Halo on a Nintendo DS. Is it true? Hard to say, I guess – we’ll wait for official word from Bungie, I think, but many of the…