My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: Louis Wu

  • Movie mirrors – lots and lots of movie mirrors

    That Weasel, always lookin’ to cause trouble, has mirrored three recent films at That Weasel Television:Halo Creations by Maverick JWMP9 (27.3 mb)QuickTime (21.2 mb)Master Chief’s Pro Skater by goatrope and SniPeRQuickTime (7 mb)Silent Cartographer Speed Run by Vern ShieldsQuickTime (23.1 mb)Now, you may THINK he’s being kind and generous… but what’s his real motive?Now you…

  • E3 T-Shirts… on display

    Last week, I became 5 T-shirts richer at the Bungie Fanfest. I figured some folks might like to see these… so I photographed them and whipped up a web page for them. The pictures are a bit lame… but give me a break, it rained most of the weekend; I took these in the few…

  • Now THAT’S some cool music.

    Last year, Justin Durban turned in a pair of pretty nice pieces of music based on the halo theme (here and here). He’s done it again – today we got a copy of Ruined Desert, a 5.4 mb mp3. Here’s what Justin says about it:This one gives it a small bit of an ethnic feel.…

  • Gamers.com updates Halo 2 preview

    Gamers.com has replaced their Xbox Nation reprint with a preview that is built around the E3 demo. (It’s really just a blow-by-blow of the demo itself, with a bit of commentary tossed in.) It reminds me that I could have put the XBN article up months ago… I’ll have to find it. Meanwhile, go read…

  • Good news for non-US gamers

    Gamefront.de reported yesterday that Ed Fries has confirmed a simultaneous worldwide release of Halo 2. Now, that seems like a hard thing to confirm at this stage… but the fact that Fries is saying it publicly suggests that it’s probably a pretty high priority for Microsoft. We’ll see what comes of it. Thanks to Harry…

  • TechTV’s x-play votes for Halo 2

    TechTV has put up a page describing the fourth episode of their E3 coverage (to be aired Tuesday at 11:30 pm, and Wednesday at 2:30 am and 4 pm Eastern). The highlights (at least as far as this site is concerned) – Halo 2 takes top honors in the Xbox category. Thanks to Gasmask for…

  • That Reclaimer pic rocks.

    Six images for you today in the Miscellaneous Art section, including four by Mugetsu (very high quality) and a couple of funny photo manipulations. Check ’em all out! Update: Oops, somehow I missed one. (It was hiding. I swear.) Check out BOLL’s commentary on Bungie’s Halo Babies…

  • A lot more? Oh, no!

    Three Halo2-related desktop images for you today… check ’em out in our Wallpaper section.

  • 343,000,000 Light Years Away.

    Wonder of wonders, Monday’s episode of One One Se7en is actually being released on… MONDAY! For what it’s worth, I wondered how the little twerp was gonna get there, too.

  • Another Fan Creation

    Because it’s so much fun watching the bandwidth meter spike on Mythica, we’re going to release some of the non-winning movies submitted to the Biggest Halo Fan contest. First up: MaverickJ put together a gameplay vid called Halo Creations. Original format is WMP9 (27.3 mb, 5:00 long, 320×240), we’ve also re-encoded it into QuickTime format…

  • Kickflip x 2

    goatrope and SniPeR got together and made a small film called Master Chief’s Pro Skater. It’s pretty cute… and it’s only 7 mb. (QuickTime format.) The music is what makes it for me… I gotta go find that japanese vid again now.

  • Stories to be read

    It’s Memorial Day, and it’s raining here at HBO HQ… a perfect day for reading military fiction: Sniper, by Michael Quarterman Episode-III A shot from the Darkness, by Jon Michael Marlowe ONI Black Ops Part Eight, by Havok True Purpose(6), by Frensa Geran Halo from the Flood’s Point of View: The Encounter (Part 1), by…

  • There’s a pattern here…

    Gamespot has put up its ‘Best of E3’ awards. Once again, Halo 2 takes Xbox honors… but was beaten by Half-Life 2 for overall honors. Go read why. (Thanks to Da Loaph for the heads-up.) Update: Da Loaph missed it first time through (and so did we) – but Halo PC made #2 in the…

  • Halo Art – Amazes and Delights

    Quick Pillar of Art contest update: we spent a good chunk of today going over most of the entries. Some entries are still in Seattle; they’d been displayed at the fanfest, and haven’t made it back to us yet. For this reason, and because some of the judges need a little extra time to see…

  • Eye of the Beholder

    Friday’s One One Se7en is finally visible… sometimes you gotta wonder who’s running this joint.

  • What MC’s REALLY thinking

    SadisticFreak33 found a new Halo comic on the net – check out this episode of Aikida. Which reminds me… once again, I forgot to post yesterday’s episode of One One Se7en. Unfortunately, it has to wait a few hours… I’m on the way out…

  • Art is good.

    Six pieces of artwork for you in the Miscellaneous Art section – some killer stuff. Check it out!

  • Mike Myers as Master Chief

    Three new desktops for you today… at least a couple to drool over. Check ’em out on our Wallpaper page.

  • Curse you, Gordon Freeman!

    Though Halo 2 took Xbox Best of Show in IGN’s E3 awards, it lost out (once again) to Half-Life 2 in the OVERALL Best of Show. Beaten in all categories: Best of Show, Best Graphics, Technological Excellence… ouch. Thanks once again to BGH for the heads-up.

  • Teaser clip from HJP

    Dinky writes to point out a new clip from an upcoming movie that HaloJuggaloProductions is putting together. It’s small (9 seconds long, 1.2 mb, and soundless), but it shows the style he’s shooting for. Take a look!