My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Wolves for Ninja and Collectibles for You

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    The Bungie Weekly Update is posted over at Bungie.net – and in keeping with the ‘make your head spin’ motif of the week, it’s full of things that’ll surprise you. Hints about what’s to come (soon), and major changes to the XBL playlists are the biggies. Go read! (Of course, it’s also available in our Weekly Update Archive.)(Louis Wu 02:10:53 UTC)

  • Bungie Weekly Update

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    Short and sour this week, with some interesting snippets, but mostly stuff that will make fans of certain matchmaking playlists really angry and abusive. So to them, we apologize in advance. Hurtin’ bombs inside.

  • Knowing Old People is Sad

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    Red vs Blue Episode 83, ‘In Memoriam‘, is now available for sponsors. Sarge is forced to sit through the lamest funeral service EVAR. Most of us at least have the benefit of being dead when our own services come around… Thanks to halofreak1991 for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 01:05:55 UTC)

  • Even Marketers Like It

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    weephun noticed an analysis of next-gen games by a market research firm called BrandIntel – they list the top 50 ‘next-gen games’ (new or soon-to-be released titles for the PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360), and Halo 3 makes 4th on the list, behind Gears of War, Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Madden NFL 2007.(Louis Wu 00:57:22 UTC)

  • 1Up Multiplayer Map Chat

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    The 1Up Show, Episode 56, is now available from the 1Up Show page – it contains 10 minutes of Halo 3 analysis (in-depth looks at the three maps the EGM guys got to play, including strategies and fighting highlights), starting around 26 minutes in. If you want just the Halo portion (there’s tons of other stuff on the 1Up show, including info about the PS3 launch, the Wii, and the Motorstorm demo), you can grab it at GameVideos.com (it’s about a quarter the size of the large 1Up show versions). This finishes up 1Up’s Halo coverage for the week – but there’s another 3 day’s worth of stuff next week!(Louis Wu 00:52:56 UTC)

  • RT: Episode 83 In Memoriam

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    Did you wait in line all night and have nothing to show for it? We’re here to help. Episode 83 of Red vs. Blue is available now for Sponsors. You can find it in the RvB video archive.


  • The Melody

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    Jamie98s let us know about a new movie he’d completed, ‘The Melody’. The MPRRS is still closed for reconstruction, but I found The Melody to be an interesting departure from the normal Halo fare, so I told him I’d host it. You can grab it in WMP9 format (56.7 mb) or QuickTime format (50 mb) – Jamie’s movies usually have great cinematics and composition, but this one adds some funky post-production editing for a really unusual story. Check it out!(Louis Wu 20:50:47 UTC)

  • Immortalized in Halo 3… You.

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    Wow. Every year, Penny Arcade’s Gabe and Tycho host a Charity Auction Dinner for Child’s Play, a charity they began a few years ago to get games to kids in hospitals. This year’s auction is December 13th, and today Gabe posted a list of some of the goodies you’ll be able to bid on during the event. On the list:

    A tour of Bungie and a line of dialogue in Halo 3.

    Yep – you’ll get to hang out at Bungie’s offices… and you’ll have a line of dialogue recorded and included in Halo 3. Thanks to MinkOWar for the heads-up. Update: Oops, looks like Bagre let us know first, via email – my bad!(Louis Wu 20:42:48 UTC)

  • Oblivion – The Spartan Project

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    Brandon stopped in with an update of Oblivion – the Spartan Project, a Halo-to-Oblivion (PC) conversion. Lots of pictures, lots of written info – check it out!(Louis Wu 20:35:21 UTC)

  • Frankie and Eric Nylund in OXM Podcast

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    Ryan McCaffrey stopped by our forums this morning to point out that Frankie and Eric Nylund are featured in the latest podcast from Official Xbox Magazine. They discuss all of this week’s Halo news and then some, give it a listen.

  • Halo Interviews on OXM Podcast

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    OXM’s Ryan McCaffrey wrote to point out KOXM Episode 39, the latest episode of the Official Xbox Magazine podcast; it’s Halo week, so they’ve interviewed Frank O’Connor and Eric Nylund, and topics of discussion range from the announcements made a couple of days ago to Ghosts of Onyx. Nearly an hour long, playable 14 mb (downloadable or streamable from their site) – good stuff, go listen!(Louis Wu 20:03:27 UTC)

  • No Tungs.

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    Stuntmutt takes a look at a new Halo 3 weapon in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 17:13:55 UTC)

  • Ze movies, boss, ze movies!

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    TTL Demag0gue stopped by to let us know that there are a bunch of new movie reviews posted at Penitent Tangential, his Halo movie review blog. Go read – and chime in with your own views!(Louis Wu 15:29:37 UTC)

  • Amazingicity.

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    Once again, the Miscellaneous Art queue has been emptied, and there are 31 new entries in the collection. Normally, I don’t like to draw attention to specific pieces when posting a large group, because I worry that folks will look at the highlighted bits and ignore the rest. (Don’t do that – everything posted today is worth a look.) I’m mentioning a few things, because I don’t want them overlooked by people who rarely visit our art sections. There’s a ton of great stuff from DeviantART regulars Kamino185, opticneuralinterface, and HyperSoldier… there’s an amazing wall painting done in tribute to ANOTHER piece of fan art… well, there’s just lots of Halooey goodness. Go delve!(Louis Wu 15:21:53 UTC)

  • Bungie answer questions on German Xbox site

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    We got word from Marc, at Germany’s Halo Universe – their sister site Xbox Aktuell has an opportunity to take part in a Bungie Q&A. Readers can post questions until next Thursday morning. The page is in German, but English questions are welcome (that’s less work for Marc, translating). Questions should be posted on Xbox Actuell’s forum. (Looks like you have to be registered to post – this might be a little difficult if you don’t read German. However, if you’ve got a question for Bungie, it’s worth a little trouble, right?)Update: Matt wrote to let us know that Britxbox.co.uk is also participating in this Q&A – this might be an easier route for English speakers.(Louis Wu 13:20:54 UTC)

  • Friday’s Fanfic

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    Twelve new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – what are you waiting for?(Louis Wu 13:11:48 UTC)

  • The Twelve Games of Xbox

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    Blown-Upp noticed an article at Eurogamer, entitled ‘The 12 Games of Xbox‘; it looks back at ‘a list of the finest exclusive games ever to grace the system’. Number 1? The Halo franchise. (Yeah, I know. It’s two games. They doubled up on a few franchises. It’s hard to tie it into Christmas if you call it ‘The Fourteen Games of Xbox’.)(Louis Wu 13:07:38 UTC)

  • The 12 Games Of Xbox

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    Eurogamer is doing a retrospective on the top twelve exclusive franchises for the first Xbox console. Halo 1 and 2 unsurprisingly clock in at #1.




  • The 12 Games Of Xbox

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    Eurogamer is doing a retrospective on the top twelve exclusive franchises for the first Xbox console. Halo 1 and 2 unsurprisingly clock in at #1.

  • Xbox 360 Sales May Be Making Profit

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    Ars Technica notes that recent decreases in the costs of parts and manufacturing may mean Microsoft no longer has to subsidize the sales of their Xbox 360 console with profits from software: they may be making as much as $75 on each console sold, according to iSuppli.


    Meanwhile, it is estimated that Sony will lose about $240 on each PlayStation 3.


    No Xbox 360 price drops have been spotted just yet, but Microsoft would seem well-positioned to offer one if they so choose.