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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Best Of The Worst

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    1Up.com obviously didn’t get enough Bungie in their “three weeks of Halo 3” coverage, because now the company is getting a mention again– this time for Marathon.


    Unfortunately, it’s not a flattering mention. Marathon 2 is featured in their Best Worst Ads 3 feature, on page six, which shows their ad from 1996 that compares video games to a skinner box.




  • Best Of The Worst

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    1Up.com obviously didn’t get enough Bungie in their “three weeks of Halo 3” coverage, because now the company is getting a mention again– this time for Marathon.

    Unfortunately, it’s not a flattering mention. Marathon 2 is featured in their Best Worst Ads 3 feature, on page six, which shows their ad from 1996 that compares video games to a skinner box.

  • Submit stuff for episode 91: Halo PC/CE roundtable!

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    You’ve heard about the customization available in Halo CE. But have you wondered how it works? Wondered how finding a custom game works? Wondered which part is free and which isn’t? Wondered about if and how clans work? How about custom vehicles, character models, machinima, custom weapons, and lag? Well now’s your chance to ask the experts. We’ll be talking about this on the next show with plenty of informed responses from the experts. Just click submit news and tips on the right side of the page and send us your question or comment with your gamertag. If it’s good, we’ll mention it on the next show!

    Deadline is Thursday night at 5:30pm EST so get your questions in early! This show will pave the way for our new 4-show structure. Thanks guys!

  • Submit stuff for episode 91: Halo PC/CE roundtable!

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    foomojive
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    You’ve heard about the customization available in Halo CE. But have you wondered how it works? Wondered how finding a custom game works? Wondered which part is free and which isn’t? Wondered about if and how clans work? How about custom vehicles, character models, machinima, custom weapons, and lag? Well now’s your chance to ask the experts. We’ll be talking about this on the next show with plenty of informed responses from the experts. Just click submit news and tips on the right side of the page and send us your question or comment with your gamertag. If it’s good, we’ll mention it on the next show!

    Deadline is Thursday night at 5:30pm EST so get your questions in early! This show will pave the way for our new 4-show structure. Thanks guys!

  • FASA Head Wanted Bungie Kept In Chicago

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    The Escapist has a nice piece on how Microsoft has gone from being a puppy to a big dog in the computer and console game space, and how often that has been achieved through acquisitions. To do so, they spoke with Bruce Shelley of Ensemble Studios, best-known for their Age of Empires series of RTS games on the PC, but now working on the Halo Wars RTS for the Xbox 360; and Jordan Weisman of FASA Interactive, makers of the MechWarrior franchise, and often used as an object lesson for how to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.


    Of most interest to Halo and Bungie fans is the advice Weisman gave Microsoft on the Bungie acquisition:


    When we were involved in the Bungie acquisition. … It was kind of eye-opening. We spent a bunch of time talking about how, if indeed we were going to go through with this acquisition, the best case was to leave them in Chicago. If that fails, we have to create an isolated situation: They’re not a part of Microsoft HR; they’re not in the way of that part of the org chart; they’re in a totally separate, isolated room. There’s that locked box that you leave them in. Because otherwise the same thing will happen to their team that happened to mine.


    With the Halo franchise almost standing alone as the system-seller for the Xbox, and Halo 3 poised to do the same for the 360 next year, it seems like the same thing didn’t happen to Bungie that happened to FASA.




  • FASA Head Wanted Bungie Kept In Chicago

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    narcogen
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    The Escapist has a nice piece on how Microsoft has gone from being a puppy to a big dog in the computer and console game space, and how often that has been achieved through acquisitions. To do so, they spoke with Bruce Shelley of Ensemble Studios, best-known for their Age of Empires series of RTS games on the PC, but now working on the Halo Wars RTS for the Xbox 360; and Jordan Weisman of FASA Interactive, makers of the MechWarrior franchise, and often used as an object lesson for how to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.

    Of most interest to Halo and Bungie fans is the advice Weisman gave Microsoft on the Bungie acquisition:

    When we were involved in the Bungie acquisition. … It was kind of eye-opening. We spent a bunch of time talking about how, if indeed we were going to go through with this acquisition, the best case was to leave them in Chicago. If that fails, we have to create an isolated situation: They’re not a part of Microsoft HR; they’re not in the way of that part of the org chart; they’re in a totally separate, isolated room. There’s that locked box that you leave them in. Because otherwise the same thing will happen to their team that happened to mine.

  • Community Spotlight: LordGideon

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    This week we have a chance to talk to LordGideon, leader of PraetoriaGuard. Read on to get the scoop on what they’re all about, their many endeavors and what’s coming up for him and his partners.

  • TTL – more than just a pretty gun

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    It’s Tied the Leader Tuesday! That means XerxdeeJ stops by our forum to point out all the cool new stuff you can find at TTL this week. This week contains a 22 Questions interview with Dolbex (who’da thunk he wanted to be a tour guide?), a clan profile of the Halo2Junkies (stats rule), and a very cool announcement of the launching of the Tied the Leader Foundation; 30% of the proceeds of store sales (and 100% of direct charitable contributions) collected by the Foundation will be “donated to organizations that insure fighting men and women who are wounded in action receive the extra help they need in rehabilitating themselves to a fruitful and productive life once they return stateside.” Nice! Get to buying! (If only their Baseball T’s came in XXL…)(Louis Wu 16:47:49 UTC)

  • JB Halo – 2D Sidescroller

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    Mukelo, from Invalid Mob, wrote to point out a new 2D scroller created by allbowdown, and downloadable from their site. Has features like weapons zoom, grenades, and sword lunging. Executable for Windows – 2.5 mb, go grab a copy.(Louis Wu 15:57:54 UTC)

  • Making it all happen

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    IGN did a one-year retrospective on the Xbox 360 – high and low points of its first year, as well as a look at what’s coming. Halo gets a number of mentions, as you might expect. Thanks, Grey Wolf.(Louis Wu 15:53:53 UTC)

  • Halomega wants an intro

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    Wow, seems like the ‘offer some cash for video content’ idea is getting around – Halomega is running a contest to produce a video intro for their site, with a $50 prize. (They’re also offering video hosting for any vid – check this page for details.)(Louis Wu 15:21:41 UTC)

  • Legit goes for gold

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    Everybody’s getting into the ‘videogaming is a sport’ thing, it seems – the Tampa Bay Fox affiliate covered Storm Ventures’ Legit last week in a personal interest piece. I chuckled when they got to the part where his dad put his foot down… go watch. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 15:18:57 UTC)

  • Tied the Leader Launches Charity Foundation

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    The Tied the Leader community has launched a portion of its site, the Foundation, which is a charity that supports war veterans.

  • Halopeno So Hot Editing Contest

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    Halopen Films is celebrating their one year anniversary (it was yesterday, actually, but I didn’t get this posted in time) with the Halopeno So Hot Editing Contest. This is an editing contest using stock materials – Halopen Films is supplying the soundtrack, and the video footage will come from our Cutscene Library. $70 in Gamestop prizes are on the line. Go read the contest page for more details – and start editing!(Louis Wu 01:36:07 UTC)

  • H:P Update

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    Mintz writes to point out some updates at Halo: Portable, including the latest podcast, and portable versions of the Lego Halo 2 trailer. Go look!(Louis Wu 22:13:03 UTC)

  • Would You Credit It?

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    Ever since Bungie teased us with the comment that the X button now does something new (and cool), folks have been dying to know what it is. Speculation has run rampant on our forum, and on other forums – but nobody’s really sure. Of course, it’s Stuntmutt to the rescue! Check out today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 21:09:32 UTC)

  • Podtacular’s Season Tounaments

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    Podtacular is running their Season Tournaments – sign up, and play some competitive Halo! Thanks to ImmortalThree, who noticed this at Bungie.net.(Louis Wu 21:06:26 UTC)

  • MLG Pro Circuit Ep 3 online

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    If you missed the MLG Pro Circuit Episode 3 on USA this weekend, go visit MLGPro.com – they’re streaming the entire episode from their front page. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 21:03:00 UTC)

  • Bach says studio or no movie

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    Interesting. Robbie Bach, Microsoft’s President of Entertainment and Devices, was recently interviewed by Dean Takahashi – and he suggested that if Microsoft doesn’t find an outside backer for the Halo movie, they won’t make it at all. (He doesn’t think it makes sense for Microsoft to be in the movie business, so if they can’t find a studio to produce it, they’ll pass on the project altogether.) Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for noticing this.(Louis Wu 20:30:27 UTC)

  • Podtacular Intra-Community Season Tournaments.

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    If you’re looking for some fun and competitive tournaments, the Podtacular Season Tournaments are the place to go.We have been running these tournaments for about 2 seasons now and the turnaround has been great. Click on the link to check out the whole story and don’t forget to check it out at www.podtacular.com .