Author: halo@bungie.org

TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of Reclaimer 215 – Noise in the System. Reclaimer learns more… but time is running out. (Louis Wu 12:57:16 UTC)

FassinTaak made a connection I’ve never seen before – but it’s intriguing. There are definite similarities between the story of the Rookie in Halo 3: ODST… and the story of the player in Bungie’s first shooter, Pathways into Darkness. My mind is reeling! (Louis Wu 12:55:15 UTC)

GrimBrother One noticed a small tidbit at Kotaku – Stephen Totilo pointed out that Joe Staten described the size of the Halo Bible (the backstory document(s) that help Bungie and its friends keep track of the Halo universe) as 12-13 inches “if it was all printed out and stacked up”. (For reference, a standard 500-sheet…

Six new pieces for you in this week’s Fan Fiction update – new authors, meaty text. Go read!(Louis Wu 12:53:00 UTC)

G4TV has created a special ‘Launch Center’ for Halo 3: ODST – a dedicated page with a TON of new content. Much of this (but nowhere near all) was taken from last night’s TV special on the game – there are eighteen new video clips online, covering everything from multiplayer gameplay to story discussion. Fair…

The latest Breaking In article at Bungie.net focuses on environment artist Blake Low – you might think a cape and tights have no place at Bungie… but you’d be wrong. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 11:28:48 UTC)

You might notice little tidbits around the net mentioning that there were media events in New York and San Francisco this week, and that press got the chance to play through Halo 3: ODST’s campaign for the first time. (GameDaily has one, Dime Magazine has another, Kotaku has an extensive one (it’s based on time…

The latest render from Tony ‘Ubald’ Marcotte went live in his gallery here today – ‘Spartan’ is a great shot with an epic feel to it. Take a look!(Louis Wu 18:00:18 UTC)

Newsarama’s John Stvan played some Halo 3: ODST Firefight at PAX – and wrote up his experience yesterday. Go give it a read.(Louis Wu 17:35:48 UTC)

Another day, another huge batch of videos, courtesy of the BungLog™:Aberrant Designs whipped up a screenshot montageThe Skookumchuk released his second goosetageStewie2552 shared Funny Halo Fails and Laughs 6Clantacular.com has announced their first Top 10 Plays vidThe August ESPN/MLG Top Ten is live (this one, as usual, deserves special mention – amazing plays)Send urk a…

xmoosev3 was the first on our forum to point out a tweet from the Halo Waypoint team… looks like Waypoint’s going live on November 5.(Louis Wu 17:01:46 UTC)

The 405th was out in force at last weekend’s Dragoncon 2009 in Atlanta, GA – and you can see some great pics in this thread on their forum (thanks, Sean Bradley). Sean’s own photos can be found at photobucket – including a brand-new energy sword he debuted at this event. (More on that coming soon!)…

RVideo was the first to point out a new song from Mac and Cheese – it’s called ‘Master Chief Left Me’, and it’ll make you cry. (Not so much from the story, either.)(Louis Wu 16:44:39 UTC)

Adam De La Rosa let us know about a new image created by Halcylon and posted recently on Hawty McBloggy’s forum it’s called ‘We Are ODST’, and while it was inspired by the live-action flick, all the imagery comes from the game. Nice piece of work!(Louis Wu 16:42:26 UTC)

Thre are tons of new Halo-related positions available at Microsoft – go see if there’s anything for you! (Thanks to LazerBlader, who found it on Halo Waypoint’s Facebook page.)(Louis Wu 16:12:06 UTC)

GameTrailers TV Episode 222, broadcasting tonight on Spike TV at 12:30 am, will contain ‘behind-the-scenes access’ to the making of the live-action ‘We Are ODST’ short released recently. Watch it, record it, or find it on GameTrailers tomorrow! Thanks, Felix Mui.(Louis Wu 16:07:48 UTC)

Minime637 pointed out a video showing Master’s Challenge at PAX, playing Firefight. Funny commentary. (Louis Wu 16:03:18 UTC)

LoneRanger 2.5 pointed out a couple of G4TV pieces you might be interested in – they interviewed Brian Jarrard at PAX (sort of a wide-ranging discussion about game sales, and ODST, and Reach, and Bungie, and marketing, and more – it’s huge), and there’s info about an episode of X-Play broadcasting tonight (Thursday) at 6:30…

Blaidd Dawg noticed a photo posted by Major Nelson, showing off the packaging for the Halo 3: ODST Limited Edition. Not exactly what I thought it was going to look like! (Louis Wu 16:02:08 UTC)

Zerowind117 let our forum know that his college (Arizona State University) has a single-player Firefight booth set up for folks to mess with. Are these at other schools, too? (Firefight in single player… what?)(Louis Wu 16:01:35 UTC)