Author: halo@bungie.org

2good4u2 put together a panorama montage – he collected some of his best panoramas, and synched them to high-class Halo music. (He’s embedded it in his forum post, but you’re much better off watching it in HD at YouTube.(Louis Wu 17:10:53 UTC)

NeoGAF’s CrazedArabMan noticed that there’s a new trailer for tonight’s GTTV episode focusing on Halo 3: ODST up at GameTrailers; pretty much the only new info is that there’ll be an interview with Marty, too. Go watch! (Louis Wu 16:59:22 UTC)

Out of Work Spartan is back – Episode 2 has him teaching you about a new communication technique developed by the UNSC. Wouldn’t you know it was the Bungie Blog that brought this to our attention?(Louis Wu 16:58:18 UTC)

Black Water Ops is getting into the podcast business – they’ll be recording their first episode live on Saturday, September 19 at 9 pm Eastern. Special guest is Kete, from The Running Riot podcast. (I sense logrolling in our future…) In addition, Facility B5D is ALSO doing its first podcast as a live broadcast -…

Remember that contest we mentioned two weeks ago, where Ready Up Live wanted to know who was the biggest fan? They’ve picked their winners – you can watch the video to see who took home the goodies. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 16:56:33 UTC)

CheapAssGamer’s stevemoco points out that for the week of 9/20 – 9/26, Toys R Us is offering a $20 gift card plus “Halo ODST rookie action figure ($12 value)” when you buy Halo 3: ODST. This ad isn’t out yet (currently the 8/30 – 9/5 ad is all you can see on their website), but…

Interested in getting better at making machinima? Halo Union is offering a machinima training program – swing by their site for full details.(Louis Wu 15:54:27 UTC)

Wanna see some cool Halo vehicles, in LEGO? Go visit Hawty McBloggy.(Louis Wu 15:24:53 UTC)

Spike TV’s Geoff Keighley stopped in last night with a request – they’re going to be taping a big special on Halo 3: ODST this evening with Bungie, in Seattle, and he’s looking for Halo fans that can stump Bungie with questions about the Halo universe. Do you know their material better than they do?…

G4TV’s Mr Sark talked to Lars Bakken about the three new Mythic Maps coming with Halo 3: ODST for the show X-Play – you can watch the interview – and some gameplay – on their website.(Louis Wu 13:51:25 UTC)

Pete Cooper stopped in with word of new concept art created for his Operation Chastity project – go take a look! Sounds like there might be some above-the-planet scenes…(Louis Wu 13:50:23 UTC)

I didn’t even get a chance to post a front-page note for the clues ManKitten posted last night for his Treasure Hunt – there was a message this morning declaring that pete_the_duck had successfully solved the hunt. Although no prizes were announced at the start (it was all for fun), ManKitten is sending along a…

serpx whipped up one more cool wallpaper last night – definitely a classy background for your desktop! (Louis Wu 13:43:58 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue announced a Reclaimer contest – win and you get a copy of Halo 3: ODST along with a Sgt. Johnson unlock code. Swing by the website for full details!(Louis Wu 13:43:01 UTC)

Wow, I’m a little disappointed – my Google Alerts folder for Halo this morning is full of articles showing off leaked gameplay footage for ODST. I hadn’t realized so many sites would post this stuff. On the plus side, it means if you WANT to see it, finding it is pretty trivial; it’s everywhere. We…

Z sent word that Zola is editing one final montage, and wants it to be community driven. He’s looking for lots of clips – you can see a trailer for this project at Halo3Forum.com, and get an idea of where he’s going. (The man has got some editing skillz, I’ll tell you what…) Got something…

Greg let us know that Music 4 Games has a new interview with Marty O’Donnell, discussing the music of Halo 3: ODST. It’s a pretty interesting conversation – go check it out!(Louis Wu 18:33:31 UTC)

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for another Community Spotlight – this week, Bungie.net is focused on The Spartan Special Ops. There’s a group interview and a bunch of new files in Bungie Favorites – check ’em out!(Louis Wu 17:38:51 UTC)

Two new vids for you, courtesy of The BungLog™: Dutchy whipped upa 4 minute montage called ‘The Payback’ (he kills a lot of people – some of them are even playing), and Stewie2552 released Fail/LOL Montage V (the best bits really are lolworthy, but it’s awfully long – the best clip is right at the…

Zeouterlimits pointed out another nice piece of ODST fan art – this one is a speed painting by DeviantARTist Orkimede. Five hours of work – nice job! (The DA image is 762×850; the version linked in Zeouterlimits’ post is quite a bit larger.)(Louis Wu 16:28:45 UTC)