My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Let’s leave ’em neutered!

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    Captain Spark turned in another bunch of dialogue snippets – you can grab them off his website, or you can browse them in our Dialogue Databank. Some really nice Stacker quotes in there!(Louis Wu 16:12:24 UTC)

  • Coinkidink.

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    Odd. 13 new pieces available in the Fan Fiction section this Friday, October 13. Go read?(Louis Wu 15:50:46 UTC)

  • RvB Exclusive on Xbox World 360

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    Mike ‘Feenix’ Oldman writes to let us know that Issue 45 of the UK’s Xbox World 360 Magazine will contain “an exclusive, one-off episode of the hilarious Halo machinima series, Red Vs. Blue” on its cover DVD. (This issue goes on sale October 18.) You won’t find this episode on the RvB website – it was made for the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival in August, and “shows what happens when Grif, Church and Co. plan their trip to Scotland to attend the festival”. Look for a copy at your favorite newsstand!(Louis Wu 14:10:36 UTC)

  • IGN talks to Eric Nylund

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    IGN has put up an interview with Eric Nylund, focusing on the upcoming Ghosts of Onyx novel. Eric does a great job of keeping secrets secret; he answers questions, but gives away almost nothing. Nevertheless, it’s a fun read, and should whet your appetite nicely! Looks like Leviathan was first.(Louis Wu 14:07:00 UTC)

  • IGN Interviews Eric Nylund

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    IGN has taken a moment to sit down with Eric Nylund on the Ghosts of Onyx novel. The interview touches on a variety of topics, from the Halo universe to his writing style to some new details about the book itself. If you’re interested in the book(s) at all, it’s a good read.

  • Humpday: Code of War

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    Bungie did indeed compete in a Humpday last week but because things got crazy busy last week, there was no time to write it up until now. Last week, Bungie took on Code of War in yet another fun Humpday experience with cool people. Thankfully, we’re okay with getting owned by cool dudes.

  • Needs more CoW bell.

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    Another Wednesday has passed, and another Halo Humpday. Who was up? Code of War. How’d they do? Oh, it wasn’t even a contest. Loved the lego head bit, though. Go read.(Louis Wu 23:04:27 UTC)

  • Halo 2 Stats Tracker

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    Darkphibre stopped by our forum to point out updates in his Halo 2 Stats Tracker, now up to version 2.36. Give it a read – and download a copy!(Louis Wu 22:08:11 UTC)

  • It’s Chris the Hippie Day at H3F

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    Over at Halo3Forum.com, where the quest to solve Chris the Hippie’s mystery is reaching new heights, Z has posted an older trailer CtH made but never had hosted. It’s definitely all about the editing – gameplay is an afterthought. However… the editing is quite nice. Check it out (and maybe get involved in the puzzle!).(Louis Wu 22:06:11 UTC)

  • It ain’t just KP any more

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    Tempus Fugit noticed an entry in IGN editor Doug Perry’s blog, discussing an event that just went on recently in Kirkland – EGM guys, as well as some European journalists, got to play a full day of Halo 3 multiplayer (as well as seeing a short single-player clip). Good stuff!(Louis Wu 21:57:39 UTC)

  • Halo: Games as Interactive Storytelling

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    Marty the Elder posted in The Marty Army a link to the first segment of three podcasts at The Kindlings Muse, the first with the Master of Stereotypes himself. The podcast is dubbed ‘Halo: Games as Interactive Storytelling’ and is a good listen. Check it.

  • Games as Interactive Storytelling – TKM Podcast

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    The Kindlings Muse has a three-part podcast entitled ‘Games as Interactive Storytelling’ – focusing on Halo, and Bungie; Part 1 (posted yesterday) had Marty O’Donnell talking about what got him going (and what keeps him going), Part 2 (posted today) contains an interview of CJ Cowan, director of cinematics (as well as Matthew Koenig of Seattle Pacific University). Tomorrow’s segment will contain audience questions (this was recorded live at Hales Ales Brewery and Pub in Seattle). Meaty stuff – go listen! Thanks to Spec_Ops_Assault for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 20:06:09 UTC)

  • White Ninja loves Halo

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    whizkid64 pointed out some WhiteNinja Comics Fanart that’s Halo-related.(Louis Wu 19:55:07 UTC)

  • She’s not Mrs. Cart… Yet.

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    In a move guaranteed to startle the cynical among you, I’ve managed to keep on top of the Miscellaneous Art queue – here are 30 more entries (more than 40 individual images), clearing it out through today. Sketches, cartoons, scans of everything from pencil drawings to oil paintings, composites… there’s something for everyone in here, and a whole lot of it is great. Go look!(Louis Wu 19:12:13 UTC)

  • You Got Questions? Yeah, well.

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    KP has posted on our forum (and on lots of other forums) that Bungie is looking for questions to answer in this week’s Weekly Update – don’t bother asking about unreleased/unannounced stuff, but if you see this soon after it’s posted, go ahead and toss your question into the hat!(Louis Wu 18:08:19 UTC)

  • News from Halo Orbit

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    Xerxes, from Halo Orbit (one of the Old Guard – a German Halo website that’s celebrating its 6th birthday today) wrote to point out a few things. They’re running a contest right now – submit artwork and win special ranks on their forums or a place on their team for a Bungie Humpday Challenge. There’s also an extensive interview with their chief editor Legend. And finally, Xerxes is stepping down – it’s been a good run, but it’s time for him to move on; at this point, his last job is to find someone with good web skills to take over. If you read German – go read!(Louis Wu 16:42:53 UTC)

  • Grunt Costume

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    Awesome. Norumu stopped by to post some pictures of a Grunt costume he created a year ago for a ‘nerd convention’ (not my words). Cardboard and duct tape for the win!(Louis Wu 14:42:07 UTC)

  • FFA Tournament – Fight Like a Girl

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    In case you’re wondering the title is right. Fight like a girl!!! Our Community neighboors, The Cavegirls, are having a fund raising FFA tournament. The proceeds of that tournament will be directed to the fight against breast cancer. So why not help out and have some fun with them!? huh? The tournament will take place on October 21st 2006 at 6:00PM EST time, Online. The entry fee is only $10.00 and anyone can sign up.
    For More information about this great idea please visit the cavegirls webpage for this tournament HERE

    All the games information, format, amount of players and form of payment are listed on the page and if you have any questions you can contact our very own CaveGirl Leader Zoom.

    Have Fun!

  • When Artists Want to Mess With Your Head

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    Wow. Bungie fans are nuts. Omega was scanning over some hi-res promo pics, pixel-by-pixel, it seems, when he ran across a Marathon logo tucked into a corner of the Halo 3 Assault Rifle. On an image that’s almost 2500 pixels tall, the logo takes up a square that’s 18×18 pixels… meaning that on a 720p screen, that puppy would be all of 5 pixels on a side, and on a (far more standard) 480p screen, you’re looking at 3 or 4 pixels on a side. Absolutely, totally invisible in-game… but CLEARLY there. (I redid his picture, and made the reference file available, for anyone who wants to look for themselves.) I’d call this an honest-to-goodness egg… nice find!(Louis Wu 11:18:37 UTC)

  • FFA Tournament – Fight Like a Girl

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    In case you’re wondering the title is right. Fight like a girl!!! Our Community neighbors, The Cavegirls, are having a fund raising FFA tournament. The proceeds of that tournament will be directed to the fight against breast cancer. So why not help out and have some fun with them!? huh? The tournament will take place on October 21st 2006 at 6:00PM EST time, Online. The entry fee is only $10.00 and anyone can sign up.
    For More information about this great idea please visit the cavegirls webpage for this tournament HERE

    All the games information, format, amount of players and form of payment are listed on the page and if you have any questions you can contact our very own CaveGirl Leader Zoom.

    Have Fun!