My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Newbalicious

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    Narcogen used the discussion between two journalists last week (parts 1|2|3) as a jumping-off spot to explore the ease with which beginners can get into Halo multiplay. Interesting read!(Louis Wu 16:22:06 UTC)

  • Halo 2 Cardboard Cutout for Sale

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    Toby Allen wrote to point out an auction on eBay.uk – It’s a Halo 2 cardboard cutout, the kind you’d find in a game store. Looks to be in pretty good shape. Starting bid is £19.99, almost 10 days left on the auction. Check it out!(Louis Wu 16:17:23 UTC)

  • Charlotte Stats – Complete

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    Z pointed out that over at Stats Reloaded, they’ve compiled full stats for the MLG Charlotte tournament – it’s pretty interesting to compare teams this way! (As far as I know, this sort of statistical analysis isn’t available anywhere else – including MLG’s own site.)(Louis Wu 16:13:14 UTC)

  • Fighting the Hype

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    The Seattle Times has an article asking what all the hoopla is about – go see if you agree!(Louis Wu 15:54:34 UTC)

  • Halo – The Movie Trailer (again)

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    Last month, we mentioned a Halo trailer that had been created from clips from other movies; since then, Lt. Tuma has gotten quite a bit of feedback about his film, and he’s gone and recreated it. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:25:57 UTC)

  • Xbox.com’s Halo 2 Challenge

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    Back in early April, we mentioned a teaser for an upcoming ‘Halo 2 Challenge’ that was found in Trixie’s blog on Xbox.com. The Thurmanator noticed that an info page is now up at Xbox.com – go check it out! Cool prizes, 15 days to play (starting, probably not coincidentally, the day after the Halo 3 Beta ends).(Louis Wu 15:11:28 UTC)

  • New Halo 3 Info from Toronto Sun

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    Yesterday, John_117 posted a note about an article in his local newspaper – the Toronto Sun. Our policy with newspaper scans is the same as our policy with magazine scans – we will not link them until the issue is no longer available on newsstands. (It’s why you won’t find any links to the GamePro article here yet…) This was Sunday’s paper, though, and today is Monday – so thanks to Hawaiian_Pig, who scanned in the article (along with closeups of the pictures), you can get a good look at some of the changes expected for Halo 3! (If you’re totally against knowing anything about Halo 3, this article could be considered to have spoilers.)(Louis Wu 15:04:42 UTC)

  • Halo Fan Fiction Contest at HWH

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    watchwood stopped by to point out a new fan fiction contest at Halo Wars Heaven. Submit a story by July 15, win a shot at some cool Bungie schwag. Go read their page for full details.(Louis Wu 14:44:34 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Countdown Widget

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    DS noticed a Halo 3 Countdown Dashboard widget for OSX users – the page it’s on also has a few Halo 3 icons for your folders. (They have to be pretty big to be nicely viewable, in my opinion – but they’re well-done.)(Louis Wu 14:38:09 UTC)

  • AT Reviews H2V

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    Action Trip looked over Halo 2 Vista, and found it to be fun, but (under Vista) a resource hog. Well… Vista was the hog, apparently, but since you can’t play H2V on XP (yet), it comes down to the same thing in the end. Give it a read. Thanks, Ure Paul.(Louis Wu 14:26:23 UTC)

  • Making Halo More Newb-Friendly

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    Stephen Totilo and N’Gai Croal finished their series of debates on the Halo 3 Beta last week, and since a lot of what they covered intersects some of the pieces I’ve written on this site in response to complaints from hardcore gamers to the effect that Halo is unfair and unsuitable for serious competetive play, I thought I’d remark on some of the points they raised.

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  • Shadowrun Paperweights only $49.99…?

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    We’ve all heard of the technical problems people have been having lately with the new titles utilizing Games for Windows Live, namely Halo 2 Vista and Shadowrun. Well, my situation with GFW is a bit worse than not being able to connect to an online game. After purchasing Vista Ultimate a few weeks ago, I purchased Shadowrun for GFW last Thursday and have yet to cast a spell, swing a katana, or teleport through a wall on the PC version of the game. I did manage to get it to start up once, however, after crashing now all I get is an exception being thrown regarding the Shadowrun exe. Luckily I had already decided to grab a copy for the 360 (yes your welcome FASA/MS).

    I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in the 360 beta version of Shadowrun for a good while when it was offered so I’ve become a fan regardless of the technical issues I’m having at the moment. I’m just blown away by how many problems people seem to be having with the game right now. My calls to the support lines were met with “Shadow-what?” from the Microsoft-India tech support ladies named Sarah and Beth respectively. They were actually very pleasant to talk to and one asked me how the weather was around here. “pretty good actually, a bit dry and a bit smoky from the Georgia wildfires hundreds of miles away, but other than that not so bad”.

    After scouring the Shadowrun forums to no avail and after trying multiple times to uninstall-reinstall, revert restore points, etc, I feel I shouldn’t have to put any more effort into getting it working. Finally, I got ahold of a support guy who said he actually plays the game and he stated.. “hmm that’s weird for someone with a good system like that to be having that problem, I’ll call you tomorrow and see if I find anything out”. Thanks Ishram.. uh I mean John.

    I will say this: FASA is really on the bleeding edge when it comes to GWFL PC->360 cross platform gameplay, so maybe we should cut them some slack since they were really stepping outside the box here. My question is, was FASA rushed by Microsoft to get the title out the door before Halo 3 releases so they aren’t competing for sales? I can’t see any other reason for having this many bugs in the game right now.

    FASA is supposed to be releasing some patches pretty soon to resolve a lot of problems, however patches this early just make me wonder why one would release a game with so many things wrong in the first place. Yes, bug fixes like this are a part of life these days, but I guess it just hits home a little when I’m the one having technical issues.

    So I guess I won’t be hanging up my controller any time soon, and yes, I still recommend people try out SR. It’s a fantastic game.. if you can get it to work. Console gaming lives on.
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  • Bashing in the Dark

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    Rockslider stopped by with word that he’d written up some new tactics (as well as expanded on ideas already listed) for enjoying the beginning of the level Keyes in the first Halo. Go see!(Louis Wu 22:39:59 UTC)

  • RT: A-Kon Final Day

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    Hey Everybody – Today’s our final day at A-Kon 18. The convention is being held in the Adams Mark Hotel in downtown Dallas. If you’re in the area come on out and say hello.

  • The Riot #050

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    Sigafoos writes to point out The Riot #50 – a special episode. They’re a year old! There’s standard community stuff, retrospective stuff, and more. (Part of the more – and this is a direct quote – “Oh, and we strip Chief naked and have him fight a bear.”) 31 minutes, 13 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 20:42:55 UTC)

  • Red Light, Green Light

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    Sane Intolerant sent word of his latest Halo Toy Box effort – Red Light, Green Light. You know… I’m starting to wonder if I’m living in someone ELSE’S video game…(Louis Wu 20:39:56 UTC)

  • Rotoscoping Tutorial

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    Elnea wrote up a much more complete description of how she did the Cortana scene in the recent ‘I Want Master Chief’ vid – you can read it in her RvB Journal, if you have an account there, or on our forum, if you don’t. As someone who doesn’t know how to do this sort of thing, I found it fascinating.(Louis Wu 15:59:55 UTC)

  • On the ‘Tube

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    It must be YouTube Sunday. We got three separate YouTube links in the last 12 hours – let’s see what’s up, shall we?

    Go watch – YouTube needs the pageviews! (Louis Wu 15:56:32 UTC)

  • RT: Caged Heat

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    So Paris Hilton goes to jail on Monday. I’m not sure why, but this is national news (as is everything she does). I guess we are a salacious society at heart (and who am I to complain, I’m the one posting comics about celebs). Anyhoo, this whole deal gave…

  • Behind IWMC – Tuts and Bloops

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    Remember that movie last week – I Want Master Chief? It got a little bit of press. (And scored the ladies an interview on Bungie.net.) A bunch of people were curious about the Cortana scene in the video – so Elnea put together a short video explaining how she created that. (WMP9 is 15.2 mb, QuickTime is 18.7 mb, plus a YouTube version is up as well) In addition, OboeCrazy released a short blooper reel; we’re hosting WMP9 and QuickTime versions (9.3 and 10.1 mb, respectively), OboeCrazy’s hosting an AVI version (16.8 mb), and there’ll be a version on her YouTube page soon. Fun stuff to watch on a Saturday afternoon!(Louis Wu 21:25:03 UTC)