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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: Louis Wu

  • More Deadly Than The Male.

    Yes, we released over 30 new One One Se7en strips to the Archive today… but that doesn’t mean the standard collections stand still. Stuntmutt created a new Sunday Strip and even introduced a new character – maybe we need to rename this website?

  • Sunday Reading

    Light weekend reading – just 13 stories today in the Fan Fiction section: Manors Maketh Man: Part 1, by S7N MSOG: Chapter 5: Surprises and Plans, by Sprtn117John The Trials of a Displaced Master Chief Chapter 1: Ritchie, by stan Appocalypse-Sector6, by FF Echo The Eve of Genesis, by Mainevent Earth’s Destruction Chapter 3: Glassed,…

  • That’s a lotta strips.

    As promised, the One One Se7en Archive gets updated today… and a pretty massive update it is. 31 strips. Some came from the Guest queue voluntarily, some were moved there by the management, some are strips posted to our forum, and some have simply been submitted to the Archive. Six are from Stuntmutt himself. If…

  • Yes, even YOU can enter.

    Last year, Bungie.org ran the Pillar of Art contest, where we solicited traditional-media artwork from Bungie fanatics. With $500 in cash, plus oodles of schwag (and some pretty cool stuff straight from Bungie), we were assured of fierce competition. We brought out the best in people… but for some, the best wasn’t good enough. Never…

  • Gamespy asks, what do you like?

    Gamespy’s 2003 Gamers Choice poll is up and running, and Halo PC is a contender for PC Action Game of the Year and Overall PC Game of the Year. Go vote! (Thanks to Dinky for the heads-up.)

  • Waiting Times

    Today’s Guest One One Se7en comes from Jillybean, and once again makes fun of long waiting times for guest submissions. This seems to have been significantly reduced by the advent of the Archive, since Jilly didn’t expect this strip to show before the new year… still funny, though.

  • More Making Of options

    Yesterday, by request, I created a new pair of versions of the Inside Halo 2 video – they’re for Windows Media Player, and there’s a large version (640×480, 86.7 mb) and a small version (320×240, 26.4 mb). At the moment, they’re only available via Two Degrees peer-to-peer sharing. I just tested the small one out……

  • ISO: Great Stories

    A post was put up on our forum this afternoon – it calls for fan feedback. There’s a documentary in production about Bungie and the making of Halo 2. It’s going to contain, among other things, profiles of Halo fans with something interesting to share. Folks who win Halo tournaments, folks who create cool artwork…

  • RvB interview at Homelan Fed

    Homelan Fed interviewed Burnie Burns of Red vs Blue yesterday. JCal mailed us about it, but I totally spaced on putting it up until Toby Dillman mentioned it on our forum. (oops…) It’s a great read, and I’m really, really sad I’m going to be in Florida when Season 2 debuts at the Lincoln Center…

  • Does that mean…?

    Marty O’Donnell offered a few words on our forum to express his feelings towards a recent awards ceremony he attended. I can’t tell for sure, but I think he was unhappy with the overall experience.

  • The Monitor? Oh No!

    There’s a new episode of EchoFourNineteen over at 343gs.com (check the downloads section); I think all of us have felt the way the MC feels in this one, at one time or another… Thanks to IXIGhandiIXI for the heads-up.

  • Oh, the weather outside is frightful…

    It’s snowing hard here at HBO HQ, with four inches already on the ground and 24 hours of this storm to go… a fine time to curl up with a warm mug of cider and the Halo Story page. Make it a big mug… Finn put up a pretty big update.

  • Special Edition soundtrack – at the Bungie Store

    rendar noticed that the Bungie Store seems to be selling the new, improved Special Edition Halo Soundtrack with the Halo 2 DVD. The link on Sumthing Else’s page STILL points to the original soundtrack at Amazon… so if you want this version, visit the store!

  • Bots… of a sort

    Some interesting stuff over at HaloMods yesterday… dmauro and Aztec have managed to put AI into multiplayer. Stefander made a film. It’ll be interesting to see where this goes. (There’s also a new ‘Pillar of Autumn detonation’ projectile, for those who want REALLY big explosions…) Lots of people sent word of this last night, but…

  • Hide and Seek

    Another Friday, another Halo Babies comic – and what a great use for the Active Camo! (There are also some Halo Babies avatars for use on forums that allow them – check out the Cool Crap section!)

  • Vox Dei

    Today’s One One Se7en looks at careless Multiplay, and what would be a pretty cool addition to the status reports…

  • RvB for everyone

    Finchmeister points out that the Red vs Blue promo for Spike TV is now visible on the Spike TV website. If you haven’t seen it… grab it now. (Follow the enormous VGA link on the main page, then the ‘Vegas, baby, Vegas” link on the subsequent popup.)

  • The Words Keep Coming

    27 stories posted in the Fan Fiction section in the last 2 days. (A goodly number this time around are poems.) A Rough Beginning Part 2, by Covie Armada The Battle for Phi Delta: Chapter 5, by witelancer The Spear of Tyr: Chapter 2, by Gre’Thor117 Summit of Mout Denumbran Prt. 1, by Delta Force…

  • Pc And Xbox Just Don’t Mix

    Gotta watch those tires… check Halo: Resolution today.

  • A new protocol for movie distribution

    Thanks to David Tinkler, President of Two Degrees, for providing links for a new peer-based protocol for serving large Halo-related files. You’ll find information (and mirror links) in this protocol on both the Inside Halo 2 documentary mirror page posted recently, and the large Halo E3 Demo trailer mirror page. Client is currently Windows-only… but…