Year: 2009

NeoGAF’s DancingJesus noticed that GameSpot has posted their Halo 3: ODST preview (and videos). If more come today, we’ll update this newspost.(Louis Wu 19:59:34 UTC)

Whoa. This press release announces a book that (as far as I know) has had ZERO press up to this point – ‘Halo: Evolutions’ looks to be a short story collection with contributors that include veteran Halo novelists Eric Nylund and Tobias Buckell, Bungie employee Robt McLees, and Halo newcomer Karen Traviss (she’s got plenty…

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time to update Bungie Favorites; this is week two for Outcast Reborn. Swing by to read about Urban Simulator, and check out the rest of their files!(Louis Wu 19:11:18 UTC)

You wanna see the cutest My Little Pony evar? Go visit Hawty McBloggy’s. Congrats, AnimeAmy – you made me say ‘Awwwwwww’ out loud.(Louis Wu 18:33:34 UTC)

According to the Nielson Company (via the Examiner), the Xbox 360 is the gaming platform with the most ‘active users’ – the percentage of owners of a particular console that regularly use their console for gaming. (Halo 3 can almost certainly be credited with a significant portion of this success – and Halo 2 is…

Three new vids for you, courtesy of urk and the BungLog™:Dutchy presents ‘Believe’ Minitage – no audio (YouTube blocked it for copyright violations), but decent (if a little twitchy) gameplay.Crazy Fish Productions put together Episode 2: Fails. It’s always entertaining to see people beating themselves.The Funtage Crew released Community Funtage 7 – six and a…

Looks like the press embargo on ODST content has ended; 1UP, IGN, and TeamXbox all have new previews up. The focus seems to be the last three Mythic maps (Citadel, Heretic, and Longshore). GameVideos has HD clips showing all three maps, while IGN’s clips (at least for non-Insiders) are SD. All three previews contain boatloads…

There is a vocal group of gamers who, when they discovered that Halo 3: ODST’s Firefight mode wouldn’t have a Matchmaking component (that is – you can’t go in alone and be matched up with random teammates via LIVE), complained loudly – why couldn’t Bungie let them play the way they wanted? Kotaku Australia asked…