Year: 2009

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte is back – he’s got a new render for you, and he’s calling it ‘Marine’. Nice motion test! We’ve added it to his gallery here; if you’re not familiar with his work, take a look around!(Louis Wu 19:01:23 UTC)

The latest Community Cartographer feature has gone live at Bungie.net – Butane123 talks about his creation Neosho, a map that’s gotten play in both the Bungie against the World playlist last month, and the 7 on the 7th playlist this month. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 18:53:30 UTC)

Pete Cooper is tickled that Operation Chastity, his Halo fan film project, made it into Wired Magazine – there’s an interview, along with pics. Some have been seen here before… but there’s a new progress shot of the warthog, and some storyboards. Great stuff! Congrats, Pete.(Louis Wu 18:31:11 UTC)

Interested in capturing a flag or three? This weekend’s Double XP playlist is Team Flag – and it went live 20 minutes ago. Full description can be found on Bungie’s Playlists page… but know that it’s 5v5, and you need all maps.(Louis Wu 18:20:49 UTC)

Kotaku “why publish an interview all at once, when you can release a couple of questions a day and increase ad revenues exponentially?” Australia has posted yet another article containing info from a Curtis Creamer interview they conducted last week. This one focuses on the fact that the vast majority of Halo 3 players, worldwide,…

Destructoid has a writeup of the Mythic Map Pack 2 – no videos, but text-based impressions, and plenty of screens.(Louis Wu 17:53:31 UTC)

Three new vids for you, courtesy of urk and the Bungie Blog:Anoj has posted Episode 38 of his Top 10 Halo 3 Series (this one focuses on Objective Kills)Tranquility has put up a sniperific montage called ‘A Place of My Own’ (more snipes than you can shake a spiker at)Jump Theory’s Gary UK released Rush,…

More videos of multiplayer gameplay on the new Mythic maps coming with ODST: TeamXbox has a bunch, 1UP’s Dave ‘lybertyboy’ Ellis put up a full 16-player One-Flag CTF match on Longshore (in two pieces), and GameTrailers has a sizeable collection (thanks, Kibbles). You could spend all morning watching… most of this stuff is in HD.(Louis…

Looks like Bungie’s gonna be at PAX – at least for a panel discussion. Joe Staten, Paul Bertone, Curtis Creamer, and Brian Jarrard will be looking at ODST, and how it developed. Friday, 3:30 to 4:30, in the Serpent Theatre – be there! Thanks, Blueblur.(Louis Wu 21:33:32 UTC)

Did you like the Halo 3: ODST iPhone wallpapers in last week’s Update… but wish you had versions that let you position the actual image a bit more precisely? Wish no more – Bungie’s added these pics to the ODST Field Guide (wallpaper section); below each image is an alt link. Go wild!(Louis Wu 21:22:37…