My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Daily Show Clip

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    Yesterday, Ding mentioned the John Stewart Halo plug – thanks to Jakedagreat, we’ve got a 1.9 mb QuickTime clip of the action. Check it out!

  • Halo 2 – Masterchief

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    A number of people have pointed out this website, tied somehow to the Desktop Master Chief. (I at first believed that the music videos were totally fan-created – I still think they’re pretty amateurish, personally, but this seems to be an official site, so what do I know?) Some interesting stuff there, in any case.

  • Must… Chat… On… Forum…

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    Spud from Haloplanet wants to remind anyone who is jonesing for some Halo 2 discussion that they’ve been doing a hell of a job keeping their forums leak-free, and are justifiably proud of their efforts. If you’ve been looking for a place to discuss the Halo universe, but don’t want to get spoiled, give them a try! (If you’re a regular here, be polite – we don’t want to tarnish our impeccable reputation! ;-))

  • Aussie Halo 2 Love

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    James Swinbanks writes from Australia to let us know that there’s an online Halo 2 article at the Sydney Morning Herald site. He also wants to let us know that the Australian OXM has a big 13-page article on the game, and that it received (what else?) a 10/10. 🙂 Thanks, James!

  • Halo 2 on SpikeTV

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    Mid33 sends word that Spike TV will be featuring Halo 2 today on this week’s Ultimate Gamer, and that they’ve got a teaser of the show online. It’s footage that’s been mostly seen before, but that shouldn’t stop you. Go to it!

  • More new miniscreens

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    Once again, Adam Daniel has extracted the latest four images from the nilerodgers.com Listening Station interface. You can grab them here, here, here, and here. Don’t let that stop you from visiting Nile’s site, though.

  • Celebrity Voices

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    Joseph Staten mentions in a recent interview over at Gamespy (thanks HBO) the particular challenge he faced when writing lines for distinguished actors who lent their voice talents to the game. He reveals that the alien named “Prophet of Truth”, was an especially interesting character to write lines for, knowing the particular nuances the actor would bring to the table. I have a hunch we see this prophet speaking in Halo 2’s first TV commercial. And my pop-culture-saturated brain also tells me that the actor that can deliver a line "There are those that said this day would never come"…

  • The Schwagging Continues

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    More new stuff at the Bungie Store for you. Looks like a white Halo 2 logo tee and a new mad cool brain sponge. Check it out! Update: There’s also a Dry Tech jersey. Woo woo.

  • The first of many Wallpapers

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    Louis Wu
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    As mentioned frequently, the Art sections here (Miscellaneous Art and Wallpaper) have been neglected for too long – it’s been almost a month since we added any new desktops. Unfortunately, one of the oldest items in the queue was a Halloween-themed image… apologies. The first 10 are up right now in the Wallpaper section, with more coming each day. (I’ll do my best to get Misc Art going soon, too.)

  • Pretty pics for your phone

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    deftangel found a page on the Samsung (UK) website offering Halo 2 downloads for Samsung mobile phone users. If you’ve got one… go look!

  • 3rd Movement of the Odyssey now up

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    Hellion points out that the third movement of Incubus’ Odyssey has now been posted to the nilerogers.com website. The snippet itself is 1.9 mb, 2:00 long. Go listen! (And keep your eyes open – there are still 6 tracks on the album that have not been added to the Listening Station.)

  • A cult phenomenon, I tell ya!

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    Wow. I stopped by misterchief.com today, just to see how things were going – I’m pretty amazed by the fan art this site is attracting. If you haven’t visited… go. It’s funny stuff.

  • Valor

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    pushbak has created a new vid – it’s called ‘Valor’, and it’s basically a promo for a video he’s planning to make for Halo 2. The look and feel are strongly reminiscent of some of Dan Chosich’s work – nice editing, overall. It’s 17 mb, QuickTime format, and it’s available at files2.bungie.org.

  • Halo in Time

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    TK421 mentions that there’s a short article about video games (with a focus on Halo and Halo 2) in the November 8 issue of Time Magazine (page 116). It claims that games are striving for more emotional involvement. If we can get a scan, we’ll post it next week. Update: Lojack found an online version – no scan necessary.

  • They’ve got a pool!

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    Ack! Yesterday, we got word from Andrew, of Fire Team Charlie, that FTC 15 had been released for members. Somehow, I totally spaced on it after replying to him. If you’re a member, go grab it now (80 mb, DivX-encoded AVI, with a QuickTime coming some time today or tonight). If you’re not… it should be available to the public in lower-res formats in the near future. As usual – it’s great. Introduction of many, many new characters in this one – and new vocal talent. It rocks!

  • Styled By Vidal Sassy-Soon?

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    One One Se7en takes a look at the upgraded Cortana graphics. (No, not those bits, you sicko.)

  • More w00tness

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    NiceMissMayonnaise found an older Halo-based series at w00tness, the comic we mentioned yesterday. It starts on January 6 and runs for about a month and a half. (While we’re at it, the next panel of the CURRENT series is up.)

  • Halo 2 tourneys at Media Play?

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    bourwa writes to say that Media Play (a chain of stores) is hosting some Halo 2 tournaments next weekend (Saturday the 13th). There doesn’t seem to be any info online, but if you live near a Media Play, it might be worth a call! (He’s a supervisor in a Michigan store, and they’re hosting one.)

  • A Good Read

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    The latest IGN Countdown 2 article tells you to go read a book while you wait. They even suggest one. Three, actually. Looks like Jason Ware beat Google this time around with the heads-up.

  • MLG joins ESPN for Cold Pizza

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    Eep, almost missed this – Dolbex pointed out an article at MLGPro.com mentioning that MLG has joined with ESPN in sponsoring the Cold Pizza contest tomorrow, in which 50 lucky winners will be playing Halo 2 live (on TV) in Times Square. Good luck, folks!