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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Halo 2 emblem Photoshop brushes

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    Don stumbled across a site called ‘Brusheezy’ (“Stupid Name. Cool Brushes!” is their slogan), which has a set of Photoshop brushes from the Halo 2 emblems. Could be useful! (Louis Wu 13:06:57 UTC)

  • Grifball.com screenshot contest winners

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    Last night, Quikthnkr posted results from the Grifball.com screenshot contest – go check out the winners!(Louis Wu 21:57:59 UTC)

  • Season News – We have our Season Champions!!!

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    All right… I guess we’re finally here. After 2 long weeks and many xbox problems, unexpected family emergencies among other problems the final match of the season was finally played.

    Yes we have this year champions and they are the returning Champions SBG Exodus. For two seasons in a row they have come and conquered the Season Tournament and are the champions for this Podtacular Spring Season 2008. Congratulations to Pooblaster and the guys from SBG Exodus for such great achievement. It’s always an honor to have you guys around for some quality competition and fun.

    I would like to send a huge thanks to the SBG community for having such great players and for being such good sports. We value your relationship and we hope to have you guys in future tournaments again.

    And we cannot forget to mention team Krunchy gets Carried led by Kimo. They have done a great job representing our community and in midst of some struggles due to the xbox problems they played the match and represented the podtacular group one more time. Congratulations Team Krunchy Gets Carried.

    Well if you will, please join me in congratulating both teams on this milestone.

    I would like to send a special thank you to all of the teams and players that participated and if you’re interested to participate on the next one or have a person in mind be sure to ask them to check out podtacular.com and get involved. Thank you everyone for your involvement and for playing the matches on time.

    Thanks to those who help me with this season, Kiaffex, CapnKrunk and of course the podtacular community and other invited communities. This tournament wouldn’t be what it is if it wasn’t for you guys!!!

    See you next season!!!

  • Third Edition of the MLG Top 10 Halo 3 Clips

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    The latest insane installment of MLG’s Top 10 Halo 3 clips is now online.

  • Happy Easter, Marty.

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    So, yesterday’s news of a brand-new egg in Halo 3 got me thinking… what if there are more? Well, there are. Lots of people know about the Seige of Madrigal egg at the top of the structure at the end of the Covenant level… but did you know that there’s ANOTHER egg on the OTHER side of that same structure? (Same location, but on the right, instead of the left.) This one wasn’t found before now, it seems, because there is a time factor in the trigger; if you stand in the right location, you can hear a number of computer-generated voice clips, but they don’t start for two or three minutes after you arrive (and each additional one takes ANOTHER two or three minutes). I’ve made a short movie showing the location of the trigger (and the various clips you can hear) – grab it in WMP9 (14 mb) or QuickTime (11 mb) formats. Judging from the content of the clips, this one looks to be aimed at Marty O’Donnell… by the audio crew. Hi, Marty!(Louis Wu 17:26:52 UTC)

  • MC Costumes on eBay

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    There are a couple of Master Chief costumes up for sale on eBay at the moment – this one is made of cardboard hardened with resin, has a current bid of $400, and expires in about 8 hours, while this one is made of ABS plastic, has a starting bid of $900, and runs for 5 more days. Get started on this year’s Halloween early!(Louis Wu 17:24:57 UTC)

  • ESPN/MLG’s Halo 3 Content

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    ESPN’s Game Up in May features the third episode of MLG’s Halo 3 Top 10 – 10 amazing clips from Halo 3 multiplayer. It also contains a new edition of ‘Tale of the Tape’, in which downloadable content from Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 are compared (Halo 3 gets the nod from ESPN for all three judging categories – Fit, New Gear, Freshness – a clean sweep.) You can watch the entire Game Up episode at ESPN.com, or you can watch just the Halo 3 Top Ten #3 at Hawty McBloggy’s place (check out the new skin while you’re there!). (Louis Wu 16:33:47 UTC)

  • Ask Ensemble Competition

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    Sam152 let us know that Halo Wars Addict is preparing for an interview with the Halo Wars team, and is looking for questions you might want answered. You’ve got until the 3rd of June to get your question in! If your question is chosen, you’ll win a Halo Wars Addict t-shirt. Go look!(Louis Wu 16:26:47 UTC)

  • Halo Wars Update

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    This month’s Halo Wars Update is now online at HaloWars.com – info about the Alpha (including LIVE play), a mention of an article in this month’s GamePro mag, some tidbits about the Campaign, and a higher-res version of the screenshot that was mentioned in our news this week. Omega was first with the word.(Louis Wu 22:01:51 UTC)

  • The Place For Machinima

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    click to go to the forum please

  • Coffee Talk

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    While ZZoMBiE13 is on a break, Another Halo Comic Strip will have some guest strips running. The first one is up now – Thanks to Keith Jones for a fantastic start. (Comments are, and will be, disabled for guest strips, by design; if you want to discuss these, you can use our forum.)(Louis Wu 17:03:23 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Oversized

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    Cody Gordon has been working on a lot of panoramic Halo 3 shots – swing by his forum post, or his Flickr stream, for many, many examples!(Louis Wu 13:37:07 UTC)

  • When did YOU start cheating?

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    ab1 noticed an article on the Hitwise blog (aimed at internet marketing) discussing trends of game-related searches, specifically looking at release dates and cheat searches. Halo 3 is used as a prime example. Looks like a lot of folks actually play the game first, and don’t start looking for cheats for at least a week…(Louis Wu 13:31:39 UTC)

  • A new(ish) egg on Snowbound

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    Last night, I noticed a post over at Xbox360Fanboy pointing out a Halo 3 easter egg I’d never heard of before. There’s a Canadian Loonie buried in the ice on Snowbound! I’ve been playing this map since September (well, really, since last May)… and I never noticed! I did a quick search over at High Impact Halo, and it seems treefrog2 pointed this out a week ago – but still… an egg this obvious, and it’s just coming out NOW? I wonder how many other Halo 3 eggs still remain out there, undiscovered?(Louis Wu 13:26:40 UTC)

  • A DA Find

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    Raulboy noticed a Halo-centric artist at DeviantART – SangheiliArtist does a lot of cool stuff! Take a look.(Louis Wu 13:22:02 UTC)

  • It’s not the years, honey. It’s the mileage.

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    Luke Smith posted one last Frankie Photoshop on Bungie.net – and it’s an amazing piece of work. Looks like Don was first on our forum with the news. (Louis Wu 00:29:24 UTC)

  • One Last Frank Photoshop

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    Last week’s contest is over, but this after-the-buzzer entry is too good to miss.

  • Sniper Faceplate

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    Ack – this came in early this morning, and I buried it. Hawty McBloggy pointed out a custom faceplate built for snipers – I won’t be buying this, but that’s only because I use snipers as a beat-down weapon, primarily. Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:59:53 UTC)

  • Consequences Ep 4: Meeting

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    FireDragon04 reports that Consequences Episode 4 is now up for viewing – 11 and a half minutes continuing the storyline of the team looking for info about the Hyperion. Not everything is as it seems… many versions available, grab the one that works best for you.(Louis Wu 19:42:10 UTC)

  • How it all began, Part 8

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    ZZoMBiE13 pointed out that the newest Larry The Marine is up – it’s actually pretty funny!(Louis Wu 19:34:22 UTC)