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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • OoM Part 5 – The Last Chapter

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    The final chapter of Out of Mind, Rooster Teeth’s sideline into the world of Tex, has been posted for sponsors on their website. Yeah, I know they’re the big boys of Halo machinima… but man, the production values are astoundingly high on this one. If you’re a sponsor, go grab a copy. If you’re not, you should be able to download the low-res versions by Monday. I’m sad it’s over! (But happy that Season 5 is about to begin…) Thanks to halofreak1991 for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 02:48:41 UTC)

  • Reading Between The Lines

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    Normally the very entertaining Halo Story Page is rather like the equivalent of the Bungie fan community putting on funny costumes, lounging in easy chairs and sipping snifters of brandy while contemplating the treachery of Cortana, the inscrutableness of Gravemind and the machismo of Keyes family officers of both genders.


    Wait, it’s not the equivalent of that, it’s exactly that.


    However, today they’ve got something a bit better than that. Yes, hard to believe, but they do.


    Joe Staten, along with Frankie and Robert McLees, at the request of mnemesis and Finn, granted the HSP an interview that contains some silliness, some pretty solid information, and some heavy hints about the Halo Story.


    Let’s sift through some particularly salacious morsels and read between the lines, shall we?


    Click “read more” from the front page for the entire article.






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  • I know what you did last… week.

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    The Bungie weekly Update has been posted – and it’s full of quite a bit of varied stuff. There’s some interesting discussion (without details, of course) about Halo 3 progress, including some of the thinking behind objective-based multiplayer. (Yeah, if you’re one of those people who think Slayer is all there should ever BE to multiplayer, this isn’t for you.) There’s a preview of a gorgeous new piece of art that will be available soon at the Bungie Store. There’s an interesting tidbit about a new scale chart created by Robt McLees, for eventual use by WETA in their model-making endeavors for the Halo movie (I wonder if he could have saved any time by using the charts created by Stephen Loftus?). There’s a nice summary of the recent playlist changes, and how they’re affecting usage on Xbox Live. There’s some pre-podcast interviews to be heard with multiplayer guys… and there’s Pinkuh’s bizarre and scary Mister Chief – with tribbles in his armpits. What are you waiting for? Go read! (It’s at Bungie.net, of course, or in our Weekly Update Archive. Check out that animated icon…)(Louis Wu 01:11:17 UTC)

  • Bungie Weekly Update

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    This week’s update includes news about our Podcast, some interesting playlist data and a couple of interviews and bits of art. All in all, I’d call it a pleasant, friendly update and a good send off to the long weekend.

  • oTourneys kicks off

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    More online tournaments advertised over at Bungie.net – go read for all the details!(Louis Wu 18:53:56 UTC)

  • Halo 2 Tournament on Xbox Live @ oTourneys.com

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    oTourneys.com
    is proud to announce that we’re hosting a Free FFA Halo 2 tournament over Xbox Live on Saturday September 2nd, with prizes going out to the top competitors.

  • Team US wins the 2006 Podtacular Season!

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    In the final battle of the first Podtacular Season Tournament, Team Us has won the trophy! GLewis has a great writeup in the forums about how the match went down. Big congratulations to the winning team:

    Team Us

    Queso Man
    DrThom
    Glewis

    They’ll get their prizes shortly. There will be an off-season while we set up the next tournament season. We learned a lot from this season so the next time around will be new and improved. Feel free to gather your team together for when the season starts up again, lots of people have been doing that already in the forums.

  • Team US wins the 2006 Podtacular Season!

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    Note: I’m sorry for the missunderstanding. This topic was supposed to be out along with all the other teams on it. So… Join me on congratulating on all other teams here.
    Please check the season standings for the Season update. -Dialpex

    In the final battle of the first Podtacular Season Tournament, Team Us has won the trophy! GLewis has a great writeup in the forums about how the match went down. Big congratulations to the winning team:

    First Place: Team Us

    • Queso Man
    • DrThom
    • Glewis
    • Painkilla05

    Second Place: Team Noob

    • Rusomi7677
    • Chevelle65
    • Sunny Lake
    • JordanJr

    Third Place*: Tri Pod Pros & xX1Shot1KillXx

    TPP-

    • Ciclonic
    • Dialpex
    • Samanator
    • DaveySkills UK

    1S1K-

    • SsJmoose
    • Warior96
    • Blobby88
    • Stigmatic X

    Third Place is now shared between Tri Pod Pros and xX1Shot1KillXx. The match was not played and the schedules of both teams went completely crazy in the last 2 weeks preventing the teams to come to an agreement on a date. Both teams played a great season and don’t deserve this more than the other. It’s only fair that we call this a tie for the third place. Thanks Tri Pod Pros and xX1Shot1KillXx.

    They’ll get their prizes shortly. There will be an off-season while we set up the next tournament season. We learned a lot from this season so the next time around will be new and improved. Feel free to gather your team together for when the season starts up again, lots of people have been doing that already in the forums. Also, let’s all thank Dialpex for putting a lot of time and effort into running the first ever tournament season successfully!

  • A Bit Late For Quality Control.

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    Sometimes, puns are so bad even Stuntmutt tries to distance himself from them. Witness today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:34:07 UTC)

  • HoBoCoRe/Razorlyte Dual Montage

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    HoBoCoRe and Razorlyte got together to put together a montage – the MPRRS reviewers thought it was solid. Just under 6 minutes long – 65.2 mb in WMP9 format, 73.3 mb in QuickTime format. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:03:24 UTC)

  • Friday’s Fanfic

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    Twenty two new pieces (poetry and prose) in the Fan Fiction section for you today… check it out!(Louis Wu 15:36:44 UTC)

  • Of ninjas, and hospitals

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    On our own forum, Darkneshasfallen has started a contest, as well – create the best ‘Halo 3 is like’ simile, win a drawing of your masterpiece. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:12:47 UTC)

  • ModHalo Contest – Cash Prize

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    Phil, from ModHalo, stopped by to point out a contest – build the best Halo model, win $175. Full rules and discussion links are in his forum post. You’ve got until October 1 to create your masterpiece – so get modeling!(Louis Wu 15:07:38 UTC)

  • Halo News 5

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    Your favorite news team is back headed up by Chevelle65, with Algebra Cow and lx Fatality xl reporting from the newsroom. This time we’ve got some drunk drivers and a sneak peek at a hot new game show! More talk in the forums. Also I’m trying to get this hosted so we can put it in the podcast feed. Once I do it will show up in iTunes as well. Woot!

    ‹ Halo News 4up

  • It’s all about the latex.

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    mnemesis posted a note on our forum about a special treat we’ve got for you – a new interview with Joe Staten (with help from Frankie and Robt McLees), focusing on those aspects of the Haloverse that are important to story lovers. Some great stuff in there! (Some pretty weird stuff, too… those guys are odd.) Go read it!(Louis Wu 13:38:03 UTC)

  • Halo News 5

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    YouTube version | iPod version

    Your favorite news team is back headed up by Chevelle65, with Algebra Cow and lx Fatality xl reporting from the newsroom. This time we’ve got some drunk drivers and a sneak peek at a hot new game show! More talk in the forums. Big thanks to Louis Wu and HBO for hosting the iPod version of this episode for us.

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  • Jackson chats about Halo filming

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    Pete Williamson ran across an interesting article on Stuff (in New Zealand) – Peter Jackson was in a talkative mood. The article is about a new Jackson-produced film called ‘Dambusters’, but Halo came up:

    Jackson said Halo was likely to start shooting early next year – and it was possible Halo and Dambusters could be shot about the same time.
    Not really surprising, I suppose – but definitely not commented on by any OTHER parties involved, yet. I like this Jackson guy!(Louis Wu 02:21:20 UTC)

  • Clusterfest?

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    The Halo Humpday Challenge this week was against the 8-bit Brigade; apparently, Bungie thought if they challenged a bunch of old guys, they could win easily. Ha. Old guys rule. (Old guys work together – that’s what you should learn from the writeup.) It was a sweep – 3 games to none, 8-Bit Brigade. Better luck next time, Bungie!(Louis Wu 02:16:42 UTC)

  • Humpday: 8-bit Brigade

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    This week Bungie took on 8-bit Brigade, a group of mature gamers ranging from old to older. They’re decrepit and no longer possess the reflexes to compete with our crew of young guns, right? That’s what we thought, too.

  • Weekly Porridge # 33: Fare Thee Well

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    Quality Jeverage is back with his exceptional illustration skills for another weekly porridge! This time we get a new sidekick, but will he stick around? More talk in the forums. Now where was I in this asteroids game…