Category: HBO

The Halo Trilogy – the Complete Original Sountracks has now been officially announced; you can read the press release over at Music 4 Games. It’s available tomorrow, and it looks like I was wrong – it’s not just a compliation of released discs up to this point. Well… not entirely. It DOES have the Halo…

TheGameReviews.com has posted a substantial interview with Dave Pottinger, Lead Designer for Halo Wars. There’s a lot of info there – some of it has been covered before, some has not. Go read!(Louis Wu 18:28:02 UTC)

PFG has tossed up some rare action figures on eBay, and is donating a chunk of the proceeds to Hollywood Arts – go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 18:08:44 UTC)

Rockslider has moved away from huge battles… and is now studying Covenant social interactions. Check out ‘Covie Stroll’ for a way to see a large contingent of Covenant fighters… not fighting.(Louis Wu 18:05:04 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy had a pair of decent back-to-back games in the Lone Wolves playlist recently… and her rank jumped from 22 to 26 from one game to the next. Have you seen jumps bigger than this?(Louis Wu 18:00:35 UTC)

HaloBabies is kicking off a 4-week screenshot contest, with one winner each week, and one grand-prize winner at the end. Weekly winners get 1600 MS Points, GP winner gets a 360 game of your choice plus a t-shirt. Check out the details and rules at HBN!(Louis Wu 16:16:28 UTC)

Master Ph0bia pointed out that Matchmaking Season 2, Episode 1 is now available on YouTube (and in HD via Darkspire’s website). Revisit the world of Vince, John, and Travis as they navigate the treacherous shoals of the Realm of the Banned. Darkspire continues to impress! (Louis Wu 12:20:27 UTC)

RandomSauce let us know that Mythbusters Episode 7 is out – they look at everything from how many bodies can a sniper bullet go through to the mobility of the floating platform on Epitaph. Go watch!(Louis Wu 12:18:11 UTC)

GameDaily has posted their ‘Top 25 Evil Masterminds of All Time’ – I was rather surprised by the Halo-related entry at #15. (The rest of the list isn’t much better, though.) Thanks, NickLee808.(Louis Wu 12:17:45 UTC)

BlueNinja let us know about Halo Trek, a trailer he made with Halo footage and audio from a trailer for the latest Star Trek movie. I thought the composition was quite well-done… go watch!(Louis Wu 12:17:18 UTC)

Ouch – GameCyte has taken it upon themselves to warn you against buying some mistakes this year… and on their ‘Anti-Game Guilde 2008, you’ll find the Halo Interactive Strategy Game. In fact, their advice goes further: [S]imply avoid buying your kids anything with the word “Halo” on it — if your child likes Halo, chances…

Interesting – there was no notice on our forum, but Reclaimer 117 is now online – and the Reclaimer is awake again. I don’t think Viper’s gonna be too happy…(Louis Wu 19:07:56 UTC)

Z let us know about Willey2Gr8’s Halo 2/Halo 3 Montage by Phurion – it’s a monster, 276 mb and twelve and a half minutes long… but the gameplay is really good, and the editing’s exciting. The fast-cut style wears after a while, but the Killtrocities and Killamanjaros will revive you.) Check it out at Halo3Forum.com!(Louis…

Rooster Teeth has posted a new Thanksgiving PSA for your enjoyment… though I must say it’s more disturbing than most of their announcements. In a bunch of ways. Not really NSFW… but definitely disturbing. Looks like elpolloguapo was first with the news. (Louis Wu 17:49:08 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has posted another round of Friday Caption Fun – there are some great ones for last week’s risqué pic, and a new pic that is sure to bring some interesting captions. Go see what you can do!(Louis Wu 17:48:15 UTC)

Just four new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – writers are still going easy! Ah, well, it’s a holiday week.(Louis Wu 17:46:57 UTC)

Gah – Tobias Buckell is BACK in the hospital, this time with a pulmonary embolism. (This is basically a blood clot in the artery that brings blood to his lungs.) Best wishes to the man – his Halo novel is now out everywhere, but he’s in. Several people sent this in – thanks to Aaron…

A couple of posts on our forum will point you to eBay auctions – one is small, the other is rather huge. pete_the_duck is selling a Legendary beer stein – the auction ends tomorrow night, so look fast! And kornman00, looking to help raise money for Hollywood Arts, has put up a huge pile of…

From all of us at HBO, to all Halo fans everywhere, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! (If you’re outside the US, you don’t celebrate this officially – but the idea of putting some time aside to be thankful for what you have should resonate worldwide.) Enjoy the day – we’ll be back and posting…

Wait… what? Over at Bungie.net, there’s an announcement that the product formerly known as Halo 3: Recon has been renamed – it’s now Halo 3: ODST. (Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to earn Recon armor once it comes out. Only the name is changing.)(Louis Wu 18:46:31 UTC)