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Faces of the Ghost
Leviathan dropped off another piece for the Fistful of Arrows Adjunct – this is backstory about Emile, and his out-of-the-ordinary helmet. That Levi is thinking about ways to explain some of the more confusing parts of Halo canon speaks strongly to hi…
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Skulls for Tots – Test Run
Paul Ference sent us a link to Skulls for Tots – from what I can understand, they’re planning to raise money for Child’s Play by playing Halo marathons (co-op, Legendary) – and to keep things interesting, the more money they get, the more skulls are a…
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Reach Customz Ep 2: Plasmaball
Timgie let us know that his new series, Reach Customz, now has a second episode – this one looks at Plasmaball. I could have sworn we highlighted this gametype before – but I can’t find a link. It’s quite a lot of fun – go check out the video! (Louis W…
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Halo: Reach Stat Checker v1.1
Shadow8P dropped in to announce an update to his Halo: Reach Stat Checker – now it shows Grifball stats, and lets you look at more stats at once. Windows-only. Go grab a copy! Update: dang, it’s already up to 1.2! Now it has a new screen that doesn’t r…
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Halo Wars: What Might Have Been
OXM UK has put together an article about what was cut from Halo Wars during development – one of the big things was splitscreen gameplay. Unfortunately, the actual article is behind a paywall (you can download it for a fee – if you’ve got a credit car…
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Fanboy Rehab 101: How I learned to love Halo
Attack of the Fanboy has an article from someone who hated Halo for all the wrong reasons (without ever having played it), but then came around after actually trying it. A fine moral is included. (Louis Wu 13:26:42 UTC)
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War (or War) Issue 11
The War (or War) train continues with Issue Number 11 hitting your virtual shelf today. The situation ‘escalates’ between our two Corporals, and only one may be able to make the final charge. Check it out! Thanks to Firestorm12 as always for letting us…
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Winning over MS with tech
Computer and Video Games got some comments from Matthew Karch, CEO of Saber Interactive (the team behind the new graphics engine in Halo Anniversary). He talks about how excited they were to be able to come up with a way for Bungie’s gameplay to remai…
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Baffling Early Prototypes of Video Games
Cracked.com looks at games that ended up pretty different from how they started. Halo makes the list. Thanks, Ibeechu.(Louis Wu 18:19:16 UTC)
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PCGR Ep 91
Robowski sent word that Post Game Carnage Report 91 is now live – Halo, Starcraft, and Gears 3 all make an appearance. Go listen!(Louis Wu 18:17:38 UTC)
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Halo: The Fallen (coming soon)
mr.sci-fi stopped by to let us know about Halo: The Fallen, a fan film coming soon. Apparently, a teaser trailer will be available on Sunday night at 9pm Pacific, here – and they’ve got both a Facebook page and a Twitter feed. Out of the blue!(Louis W…
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Achievement Horse #44
Achievement HORSE 44 is live (YouTube | AH.com) – and it’s a PIG again (they just don’t have time for this stuff any more). Cool maps! Thanks, hezekiah.(Louis Wu 13:16:03 UTC)
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Fight Like a Girl – in Style!
The next Fight Like a Girl tournament comes up in a couple of weeks… and Tiny has created some beautiful poster art to promote it. Swing by the FLAG Tournament website to download your own, in a variety of sizes!(Louis Wu 12:58:36 UTC)
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Takin’ a trip back in time
Halo Waypoint posted the Weekly Halo Bulletin last night – the high point is the Then and Now sound comparisons between Halo: CE weapons and the Anniversary weapons. But there’s also interesting backstory from TGS, and stories from bs angel’s past… …
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Community Love
CortanaVII stopped in yesterday with pictures of a package she received – it’s a feel-good moment, go share it!(Louis Wu 12:39:55 UTC)
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This is becoming a yearly thing.
So in August 2009, rumors circulated that Steven Spielberg was interested in making a Halo movie. Nothing ever came of them. A year later, though, in October 2010, they resurfaced. Still nothing. Today, Halo.Fr posted some scans (thanks, Sirkan) of th…
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Sounds Good to Us
Xbox360Achievements.org recently spoke with Frank O’Connor about a couple of the features in the upcoming Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. The article focuses on the 3D support and the remastered sound. Cool stuff, go and check it out!(GrimBrother One…
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TU Beta Zero Bloom Gameplay Commentary
Nak3d Eli posted another commentary vid, this one showing off gameplay with the Zero Bloom gametype. Go ahead and watch if you want to see some randoms getting DESTROYED.(Louis Wu 16:13:32 UTC)
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The Halo CE Chronicles: Fearless Chapter 5
Dennis Powers let us know that The Halo CE Chronicles: Fearless is now up to Chapter 5. Check out a day in the life of the first officer.(Louis Wu 14:56:15 UTC)
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FoA Adjunct B: Insurrection Interception
Leviathan released another supplementary piece to his Fistful of Arrows collection – this is a manifesto from The Skald, a representative faction of the Insurrection. Give it a read, and see if you agree with where these people are coming from!(Louis …
