Author: halo@bungie.org

The Halo 3: ODST Cutscene Library has been updated with HD versions of all scenes from Uplift Reserve, Kizingo Boulevard, and Oni Alpha Site. Enjoy!(Louis Wu 14:16:10 UTC)

Slim pickin’s on the comic front this morning – one more episode of the Least I Could Do ODST line (here’s hoping Halo never goes there), and yesterday’s Grin + Bear It, teaching you how to teabag. (Really?) There’s always Wednesday! I’m missing Reclaimer…(Louis Wu 13:57:21 UTC)

The Independent has an article describing the planning stages of the Halo 3: Believe ad campaign – the goals its creators set for themselves, the route they planned to take to success. For those of us outside the advertising world, it’s an interesting look through the window.(Louis Wu 11:00:46 UTC)

Bluestrike2 pointed out three new articles at Gaming Lessons; one is readable by the general public (“Good Riddance, Guardian” contains thoughts on Guardian’s removal from MLG play), and two require a Player’s Club membership ($20/month). you can read the first couple of paragraphs of “Chronicles of a Coach” (a new series by the coach of…

TheGhost dropped us a line about Yoyorast Island V2 – a remake of a very popular Halo CE map. There’s a release trailer for the map on YouTube, and download links and links to more info are available in the Modacity newspost. Check it out!(Louis Wu 10:46:30 UTC)

M0dus posted a few shots of a really slick Forza 3 car with ODST markings – thanks to EazyB for copying them to the NeoGAF Halo thread, where I noticed them.(Louis Wu 10:38:22 UTC)

Pete Cooper stopped in with some pictures of a new prop built for his Operation Chastity project; this is an M7/caseless SMG. Fantastic work!(Louis Wu 10:26:17 UTC)

Yesterday, we mentioned a new ‘Insider Moves’ feature on Xbox LIVE Marketplace; the folks from OXM provided a few tips for completing the Déjà Vu and Classic Vidmaster Achievements. We held off on providing download links for this because we were conserving bandwidth for the ODST Cutscene Library – but it seems we can handle…

Seems like we’re getting faster at this stuff… thanks to the help of Cody Miller, we have a full collection of Halo 3: ODST Cutscenes online for your viewing pleasure. At the moment, we’re offering all cutscenes in SD format (640×360), both downloadable and streaming. (The streaming versions aren’t quite as high-res as the downloads,…

Morpheus pointed out that Xbox LIVE Marketplace has a new Insider Moves feature online right now (in the “Spotlight” section) – it provides some tips that can help you get through the Déjà Vu and Classic Vidmaster Achievements. We’ll offer links to downloadable versions at some point in the next few days… but right now,…

Ciarán Walsh has been a Halo fan for quite some time – and he’s a pretty smart guy. (He did a bunch of work under the hood to make our forum more useful, for example, and he runs a Halo news aggregator site.) Recently, he finished up ODST, and wrote up his impressions – in…

BlueNinja spent some time with the architecture of New Mombasa, and the resulting panoramas are quite breathtaking. If you haven’t played Uplift Reserve, there are spoilers here.(Louis Wu 14:43:58 UTC)

Farhan pointed out Top FPS, a video from LagSpike. Eight challengers fight it out to be crowned ‘Top FPS’ – it’s hilarious. And really, really well-done. Go watch! And see if you can guess who wins before it’s announced!(Louis Wu 20:17:43 UTC)

Arby ‘n’ the Chief has (finally) ended – Endgame (Part Six) is now online. Arby gets Claire, Chief gets Recon, Bungie gets stoned. Everyone’s happy – until Chief finds out that everyone has Recon. 11 minutes long, but the last 5 minutes are credits. Thanks to Dratt for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 20:12:01 UTC)

It’s October. Leaves are turning here in New England (well, there was a lot of wind last night, so they’re falling, more than turning, but…). The air is crisp. It’s that time of year when thoughts turn to bonfires, and candy, and… pumpkins. Yep, we’re holding another pumpkin-carving contest. Prize details haven’t been fully worked-out…

Grimm Fandango, over at NeoGAF, pointed out that someone went to the trouble of recording the drum track that plays during the fifth wave of a Firefight set – it’s not available on the ODST soundtrack, and the poster did a great job of grabbing a pretty clean version. What a great piece of percussion!(Louis…

Frankie stopped in last night to allay some fears about Microsoft’s “6 year plan” for the Halo franchise; give his post a read to see what was (and wasn’t) meant by this quote. (He also posted a link to a meme-rich gameplay vid he created this summer; you can chalk this one up to the…

Morpheus announced that the winners of the September 2009 HaloContest are now posted – swing by HaloContest to view the screenshot, and the video clip! If you think you can do better, October’s contest is open for entries.(Louis Wu 12:47:14 UTC)

TDSpiral whipped up another piece of ODST art – I like it a lot!(Louis Wu 12:46:56 UTC)

CNET posted a piece describing the Top 5 Best (and Worst) Game Preorder Trends – Halo 3: ODST got props for discounts, but lost points for playable characters that can ONLY be collected during the preorder period. Whee!(Louis Wu 12:46:14 UTC)