My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Category: HBO

  • We’re famous!

    Heh – The Banners section gets an update… with an HBO banner, no less! Thanks to Mr Bill Jr V for the submission.

  • Where’s Shel Silverstein when you need him?

    I… I… words fail me. (Apologies to Jen Taylor, and smacks around the head and ears for Team Overkill.)

  • They’re supposed to be FUNNY.

    Good lord. (Thanks, mnemesis.)

  • Stories for Summer

    Tuesday’s FanFic:Banserki’s Journal, part 7, by Sarge The Return of the Archons, part 5, by Wado Go get it!

  • Hold Everything!

    Halo sightings crop up in the oddest places… check out Blackstar’s latest find.

  • Halo’s all the (Biz) Buzz

    Doh! Tarrsk sent word last night that Halo is back in the news on Gamespy – due to the Halo National Tournament. (Registration for said event, btw, is at 9552 at the moment – closer and closer to 10,000 contestants!) Gamespy sees the large number of contestants as a positive sign that online console gaming…

  • The Albatross’ Left Wing

    Finally—FINALLY—the Gameplay Tricks queue gets looked at. No, it’s not cleared yet. In fact, most of the stuff that went up has been known for months… but remember, baby steps, right? 10 down, 25 to go. More tomorrow, unless a rock falls on the house. Go look at the ten posted today.

  • Monsters at Play reviews Halo

    Another Halo review has been posted – Monsters at Play, a site aimed at the thinking crowd, has weighed in… and Halo gets another thumbs-up. Give it a read – it’s worth it. We’ve added this to our Reviews database.

  • New Logo Treatment

    Mr Bill Jr V has sent in a Bryce/Photoshop composite honoring a great game, and a great operating system. Check the Logos section.

  • Evolutionized

    CrAzYjOhN911 has dropped off a new tidbit of Miscellaneous Art for our collection…

  • Miscellaneous Art Bonanza!

    Ample amounts of artwork came in to our coffers recently – We have the following tidbits for you: A rendered sniper rifle, by nova kog – nice Maya workmanship! A postcard from Halo, by Mr. Bill Jr V – makes me wanna go… New camo outfits for the Halo marines, by Warbow – and if…

  • Monday Musings

    The weekend’s Fan Fiction offerings: Taker of Life, Giver of Death, part 4 and part 5, by Ian Barnes Evocringe Chapter 1, by Masurati Durandal, by Craig Hardgrove The Return of the Archons, part 4, by Wado Go get ’em!

  • Keyes’ Corner writeup gets an update

    At the end of May, a new section opened at HBO – Keyes’ Corner. The first (and so far only) installment was an in-depth look at the Unlimited Ammo glitch in Halo… and now, 2 months later, Storm Singer has added another little twist to the whole shebang. He learned that the limits on the…

  • Halo Mod for Half-Life

    A few weeks ago, n3m noticed a new project over at Planet Half-Life – a mod called ‘Incoming’. We neglected to mention it then – but it came up again yesterday. So we’re mentioning it. 🙂

  • Mythica’s Back!

    After a two-week downtime, Mythica.org has returned! 2.7 gigs of movies are back online, and the biggest Halo movie host (by far) has returned to serve up the goodness. Try not to crush it in your haste to grab whatever you were missing… (Thanks to Brian Towne, whose tireless efforts have returned this resource to…

  • Guess the Release Date!

    Woo – long weekends out of town can be GOOD things. 🙂 First up – The Junkyard is running a new competition – guess the release date of PC/Mac Halo (exactly), and win stuff! (There are several copies of Halo, and some multimedia cards on the line.) The news story is here, the Guess Contest…

  • Funky Blue Things

    Daniel Conway was inspired by the energy stations (the blue beams) in Halo… and whipped up a little something for our Miscellaneous Art section. Check it out!

  • Logos section updated

    Orlando Cortez has sent in a huge logo conversion for our Logos section – reversal of fortune, or maybe just colors…

  • Saturday’s Verbiage

    Relatively light Fan Fiction update today – just Ascendant Part VIII, by Archangel’s Blade. Give it a read!

  • GameWatchers reviews Halo

    Another Halo review – this one at GameWatchers.net, and far more recent (just a few weeks old). Overall score? 99.5. We’ve added it to our Reviews database.