Author: halo@bungie.org

Rampancy.net user shadeslayer has posted an arrangement for ODST’s Prepare to Drop for Piano and Alto Sax, in Notepad format. You must be logged in to R.net to see the download link.(Louis Wu 12:28:35 UTC)

Hedgemony pointed out that the latest KOXM podcast (the podcast of OXM magazine) has an interview with Marty O’Donnell – it’s a pretty interesting discussion that ranges from how Marty got into the industry, to how the music for ODST came about. The actual interview itself is about 40 minutes long, starting at about 22:30,…

Over in the UK, ODST has topped the sales charts – not just for Xbox games, but for ALL games. You go, girl.(Louis Wu 12:23:54 UTC)

Jayshum pointed out a youtube vid showing off a pretty cool easter egg in the Epilogue cutscene of Halo 3: ODST – if you want to see it for yourself, simply hold the analogue stick you use to turn (Default is the right stick, but Southpaw is Left) as you watch the cutscene. If it’s…

Bry continued his work on the unmanned drone we see in Uplift Reserve – he’s added it to his size chart, comparing it to a Pelican, a Phantom, and a Longsword. Check it out!(Louis Wu 18:12:42 UTC)

Jillybean has been rejuvenated by the release of Halo 3: ODST – and the Halo Story Page is alive once more. Go check out some of the latest speculation! (Spoiler-rich, of course – don’t read this unless you’ve played through the campaign.)(Louis Wu 18:11:49 UTC)

If you were willing to wait in line (for a long time!) to play Halo 3: ODST at the Tokyo Game Show, you got a pretty cool t-shirt. Nice! (Look for some of these on eBay soon.)(Louis Wu 18:10:45 UTC)

CyReN stopped in with word of a Halo 3 FFA Heretic tournament next week in Canton, MI – check his post for details!(Louis Wu 18:07:11 UTC)

Adam Grumbo told us about a video from the Angry Joe Show – what better way to pick up an ODST pre-order… than as an ODST? Armor sculpted by Rube (with molding help from Adam), paint is by Adam, SMG is by Lee. Epic.(Louis Wu 17:33:42 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla created a tribute to The Arbiter – it works surprisingly well with the Sum 41 soundtrack. 3 minutes – go watch.(Louis Wu 17:33:24 UTC)

Bry took some amazing screenshots of the drone fighter you see overhead on the Uplift Reserve level. Awesome!(Louis Wu 17:32:55 UTC)

Black Asgard has an interesting theory about the story of Halo 3: ODST. Coincidence… or not?(Louis Wu 17:32:36 UTC)

TDSpiral painted his Firefight character – a labor of love.(Louis Wu 17:32:13 UTC)

Just a warning, for Gamefly subscribers… if you rent ODST, you get only the Campaign/Firefight disc from them. (They’ll SELL you the Mythic disc, but don’t consider it a part of ODST, as far as rental goes.) Thanks to several people for reporting this – 95ss provided the official Gamefly response.(Louis Wu 17:31:46 UTC)

FassinTaak whipped up a nice retro poster – go check it out!(Louis Wu 17:31:22 UTC)

Devin Olsen and goatrope got out of Uplift Reserve, and went exploring. The video and screenshots are pretty cool!(Louis Wu 17:30:58 UTC)

PyroSmile has posted the next two episodes of their Road2Recon series – Episode 4 covers the last three Mythic skulls, and Episode 5 covers the Vidmaster: Classic Achievement. Just two more!(Louis Wu 17:30:34 UTC)

Bungie’s posted a new Weekly Update – and it’s full of stuff. (It’s also full of new formatting, which looks great on Bungie.net, but was a lot of work to incorporate into our Weekly Update Archive. Don’t worry, though, that’s not your problem, and the update is available in both places.) It looks like urk…

Since the very first Halo, there have been characters you simply cannot kill – they’re immortal because they’re critical to the storyline. Usually, you hardly notice – if they’re fighting alongside you, you’re generally too busy keeping yourself alive to pay attention to how much damage the NPC is taking… but occasionally, you find yourself…

milesprower invites you to join the Friday Night Firefight group, or just watch – there are 1-month XBL Gold cards on the line for the highest-scoring team!(Louis Wu 17:25:54 UTC)