My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: HBO

  • Rank Honesty

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    Over at Tied the Leader, there’s not a lot of new content this week (it IS a holiday week, after all), but there’s a thought-provoking article on rank, and what it means to most of us. Check it out! Thanks, XerxdeeJ.(Louis Wu 17:30:27 UTC)

  • Another Way into the Beta

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    Interesting. Over at Joystiq, there’s a note about an ad in the latest issue of Gamepro magazine – if you buy the upcoming game Crackdown (specially marked boxes only) for $60, you also get a Halo 3 Beta invite. (Joystiq’s cynical take is that you’re paying $60 for the invite, and getting a free copy…

  • HaloDev Feature Focus – Normal Mapping

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    HaloDev has posted a ‘Feature Focus’ article – the first in a series of articles that will highlight various features of the upcoming Prometheus tool they’ve been working on for a while. This one looks at Normal Mapping (a variant of bumpmapping), and how Bungie uses it – and it has a fantastic example put…

  • Warmness on the Soul, and movie administrivia

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    bryboy remix sent us a link to a movie he’s made that’s being hosted by mythica.org; it’s a music video, set to Avenged Sevenfold’s ‘Warmness on the Soul’ (WMP9, 66 mb). I’m not sure I know what’s going on in it – but it’s pretty; nice camera angles, interesting effects. I’d like to take this…

  • And Do They Drink Capuchino?

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    Wow, that’s gotta be one of the most groanworthy titles for a One One Se7en comic ever.(Louis Wu 13:55:31 UTC)

  • A Travesty Against Nature – but oh so cool

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    Elnea wrote to point out a creation so cool it’s hot – hot pink, that is. She’s done a boatload of work to add Spartan Armor to… Barbie. Yes, Barbie. (Image is just under 200k.) She’s got removable helmet bits (she needs them, because her head is so big that when the helmet is on,…

  • UNSCDF Blog

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    Major Silva stopped by to announce the opening of the UNSCDF Blog, where staffers from that Halo news site can better express their personal opinions. Swing by to read opinions about Ghosts of Onyx.(Louis Wu 13:47:25 UTC)

  • Halo news important in 2006, says IGN

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    Yesterday, Sniping Ajax pointed out that IGN posted their 2006 wrapup video – top 10 gaming news items from the past year. Halo made number 10, mostly on the strength of the X06 info (Halo Wars, Peter Jackson’s new stuff) plus news of the upcoming Halo 3.(Louis Wu 13:45:40 UTC)

  • GuN Sh0t Montage 2

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    Z pointed out a pretty impressive montage at Halo3Forum.com – topnotch gameplay, integrated nicely with the MLG TV Show graphics. Check out GuN Sh0t Montage 2. WMP9 format, 166 mb.(Louis Wu 14:12:07 UTC)

  • ODST – Team Up

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    Ryan117 stopped by to point out the second episode of his ODST comic (links for the first one are in his forum post, as well, if you missed it). (Louis Wu 10:57:34 UTC)

  • Hey… I’ve seen that before!

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    Nabistay noticed a familiar-looking sword in the collection of weapons that came with his brother’s new Magnaman toy… heh.(Louis Wu 10:52:59 UTC)

  • Lifepod Episode 5

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    MereCatfish wrote to point out Lifepod Episode 5, which includes an interview with Santa Claus about HaloCE and much more. 30 minutes, 28 mb.(Louis Wu 10:47:56 UTC)

  • Montages out the Yin-Yang

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    We got a weekly update post from Halomega – there were half a dozen new montages and gameplay vids; swing by their News and Announcements for the most recent. Visit every couple of days if you don’t want to miss any of these – they’re posting a LOT.(Louis Wu 10:45:13 UTC)

  • I really wanna see the dog.

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    Hope you all had a great Christmas! I’m not so sure about Mat Noguchi… thanks, KP.(Louis Wu 04:14:44 UTC)

  • Peace and Goodwill To All Men.

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    M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S ! It’s Christmas, so we’re doing what we do every year – we’re stealing cool artwork from Bungie, and we’re bringing you a Christmas comic from Stuntmutt… and we’re taking the holiday off. Pax.We’ll be back updating on Tuesday, the 26th.

  • Merry Christmas from QsK

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    QsKglobal.com sends their own Christmas wishes, in the form of a video… 113 mb, WMP9 format. (It’s considerably more violent than some other wishes you might see this time of year…)(Louis Wu 21:41:46 UTC)

  • Christmas Screens from Edgeworks

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    The Edgeworks Crew has two new CG screennshots, courtesy of Major.Dump – they’re a Christmas present to you. Thanks, MasterChief2829.(Louis Wu 19:59:45 UTC)

  • And a noob with dual SMG’s

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    This scared me.(Louis Wu 19:50:54 UTC)

  • Another shot at that Cortana Figure

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    The Cortana action figure artist proof that went on sale last week didn’t reach its reserve price – so it’s back up today. Give it another shot! (There really are not very many of these at all; only a few were made. This auction ends the day after Christmas – so you don’t have long…

  • Christmas Wishes from Renegade Pics

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    EternalScrappy has made a Christmas Video from Renegade Pictures – take a look! QuickTime format, 26 mb, hosted by Mythica.(Louis Wu 16:48:15 UTC)