Year: 2009

Captain Spark sent along another 30 Halo 3 dialogue snippets for our Dialogue Databank – some really funny ones in this batch! He also recorded some civilians; I didn’t even know they HAD lines! Go listen.(Louis Wu 15:48:55 UTC)

IGN has a bunch of shakey-cammed footage filmed at Gamescom, showing off the Rally Point map – swing by to check it out. Thanks to 2900d4u for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 14:45:32 UTC)

Remember that truck that Halo Waypoint teased you about recently? The one with cool ODST stuff on the inside? Well, it’s headed out across the US, and if it’s coming to a location near you, you’ll be able to try out Firefight for yourself! Check out the full press release at Gamerscoreblog. Thanks to Mrs…

Hawty McBloggy has gathered up another 10 random tweets about Master Chief – I still don’t get Twitter.(Louis Wu 11:30:30 UTC)

Morpheus announced a little contest on our forum – he’s looking for names for the next three multikills in the Halo universe (after Killpocalypse (9) and Killionaire (10)). Can you come up with cool names for 11, 12, and 13 kills? Winner gets a 1600 point card. Read his post for full rules. (Louis Wu…

Seems tonight (August 20) is Halo 3 Co-op Night, according to Co-Optimus.com and Xbox.com. Get together with friends… and coop! Thanks to Morpheus for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 10:58:51 UTC)

LoneRanger 2.5 stopped in to mention that OXM’s newest issue has a cover story on Halo 3: ODST – but warns that it’s full of information that might ruin some surprises for you. Marty O’Donnell backed him up. (Louis Wu 10:58:06 UTC)

Halo Wars designer David Leary has written another Developers Blog entry over at HaloWars.com – this one focuses on playtesting. Give it a read! Thanks, 2900d4u. (Louis Wu 10:57:24 UTC)

Minime637 noticed a new Gamescom-originated video, this one showing off Crater(Day). (We’ve seen the Crater map before – but only the night version.) Swing by YouTube to watch.(Louis Wu 10:56:36 UTC)