Category: Halo News Items

AfroRyan put together some Halo 5 Beta clips, and also linked to a buddy’s multi-title montage, and a funky little holo of Truth in the beta. Go watch!(Louis Wu 21:43:50 UTC)

Last week, we mentioned the new Halo book coming in March, ‘New Blood’ – GrimBrother One pointed out a post on the author’s blog with a little more info for those interested.(Louis Wu 21:41:40 UTC)

SIX min WHISTLE pointed out that Toys R Us is having a clearance sale on Mega Bloks – lots of cool Halo stuff for cheap. On top of that, he linked to a coupon to give you an ADDITIONAL 20% off. Valid in-store only until Saturday. Go see!(Louis Wu 21:39…

Mixmasterchief stopped in to let us know that Reclaimer Radio now has an actual website! Go visit for anything to do with that podcast. (Louis Wu 21:37:07 UTC)

gamecheat is at it again – he ran the Halo CE: Anniversary cinematics in remastered mode. Things get messy sometimes! Thanks, gamerguy2002. (Louis Wu 21:35:54 UTC)

Whoops – empty front page for way too long! Let’s catch up on a few things. Last week, 343 mentioned that the next big Master Chief Collection Content Update was going to have a beta test – there are more details in the FAQ they’ve written up. Definite…

Halo Waypoint has news of a new Halo fiction release – Matt Forbeck has written ‘Halo: New Blood’, coming in early March. This book will tell the story of Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck (the star of Halo 3: ODST and a bit player in Halo: Reach). For more…

Heh – The Guardian has noticed that Microsoft is playing off the popularity of the Halo franchise in other aspects of their product empire… and jumped in to help. Their suggestion for a Garageband competitor is awesome.(Louis Wu 19:17:23 UTC)

Stephen Loftus has released a couple of images that might help you if you’re not up on your ship nomenclature. These are great! Swing by his UNSC Ship Callouts page for full details.(Louis Wu 21:35:14 UTC)

Justin let us know that Episode 100 of the Drunken Halo Podcast is now online – they’ve gone meta to celebrate! Listen to this one for a nice highlight reel of the podcast through the years. (It’s got a very special ending, too.) (Louis Wu 21:33:49 UTC)

Hmm… that title sounds vaguely pornographic. Don’t worry – it’s not. Rockslider returned to the Dropship Turret Removal technique he played with a while back (1 | 2 | 3 | 4), discovering that the turret is rammable in mid-air, leading to some interes…

Grizzlei pointed out a pretty interesting article at Microsoft.com, focusing on Cortana. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 22:44:37 UTC)

HaloFanForLife has highlighted a few new tidbits you can collect from the HaloStarscope.com website – wallpaper and ringtones are up for your perusal! (You might need to grab the versions he posted on his website – the actual site is offline at the mom…

343 Industries posted new content update notes on their website this weekend – swing by for full details. Several critical matchmaking issues are addressed. (Louis Wu 22:24:28 UTC)

I got an email from Armin Mortazavi, who, with his brother, had done some filming at PAX last summer. The video product (a search for anything Halo) finally went online in December; I didn’t know about it until the email arrived. Go see what they found…