Author: halo@bungie.org

ESPN’s Ray Carsillo interviewed Brian Jarrard about Halo 3: ODST – it’s an 8 and a half minute video, with discussion interspersed with stock ODST footage. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:02:31 UTC)

GamePro posted a preview of Halo 3: ODST – not much that hasn’t been said, but hey, it’s a preview.(Louis Wu 15:02:05 UTC)

Wanna see what the card that lets you play as Johnson in Firefight looks like? Stephen Loftus picked his up yesterday.(Louis Wu 15:01:02 UTC)

urk was kind enough to let us know about a new chapter in the Chronicles of Lyle – the guy is way, way out there, but the vids are funny. Go watch.(Louis Wu 14:59:54 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is live – MLG Dallas, Firefight, PAX, playlists, and more. You can read it at Bungie.net, or you can read it in our Weekly Update Archive – your call, as always.(Louis Wu 00:22:26 UTC)

Halo0001 X is back with another segment of Mandlbaum: Core Tempature – it looks like we might eventually see the entire film! (Part 1 was released in May.) You can watch the standard version on YouTube (11 minutes), or the Extended Director’s Cut on Vimeo (13 minutes). Will Mandlbaum save the world? There’s only one…

Bigsauce got his hands on some early Halo 3 ODST action figures from McFarlane (Front (2048×1536, 689k) | Back (2048×1536, 688k) | out of packaging (2048×1536, 689k)) – if you’d like to buy one yourself, he’s offering three on eBay. Another interesting tidbit for collectors – the back of the card shows off a Spartan…

A bit later than usual, but TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of Reclaimer 211 (Prey) – Tag’s looking for Jamie Lee Curtis, but finding… something else.(Louis Wu 18:31:24 UTC)

If you’re into metal impacting flesh, Top 10 Halo Splatters Episode 3 contains nearly 5 minutes of vehicular carnage – thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:10:11 UTC)

There are a bunch of new vids available on the Bungie Blog this morning… but I gotta say, the only one I found worth watching was the 3rd Mixtage, edited by Hemdall. Great gameplay and editing that doesn’t make you want to cry… have we forgotten how to make montages like this? (Louis Wu 16:32:25…

Eight new pieces are up this week in the Fan Fiction section, including some highly-respected names. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:25:40 UTC)

Dennis Wyman rediscovered the Halo 2 Official Soundtrack recently – and decided to write up a pair of reviews, just in time for the release of the Halo 3: ODST Soundtrack. You’ll find his thoughts on both Volume 1 and Volume 2 on the Zangaroa Blog. The short version – he liked Volume 2 MUCH…

Some old-timers might remember Pico – he was an early maker of machinima, notably the Lethal Rage series in 2003/2004. He stopped in this morning to point out an interview by the folks at machinima.fr – the english version is here, the french version here. It’s a fun read! (Some good advice from it, to…

It’s Friday – which means it’s time for funny screenshots at Hawty McBloggy’s. Friday Caption Fun, Round 61 has a summary of the best lines from last week… and a new image you can really sink your teeth into. (While you’re there, check out Twitter T&A Thursday – Angel invited people to consider a what-if…

Willy let us know that CE United’s 20 Questions for August are directed at DeepCee, the artist behind ODS Steve. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 11:36:17 UTC)

Mega Bloks is releasing Halo Wars Metalons, construction sets that let you magnetically construct your own Spartan. CaptainTony took one look at the gun that Spartan is carrying, and wondered if universes were colliding…(Louis Wu 11:34:27 UTC)

A reminder – Shishka and SketchFactor will both be at MLG Dallas this weekend, helping to show off Halo 3: ODST. There are pro exhibitions on Friday night, and then Firefight will be available to tourney-goers from 10-3 (or so) on Saturday. Thanks to Sketch for the update, and to urk for a B.net reinforcement.(Louis…

Kotaku got a bit more information out of Microsoft about the French ODST leak we mentioned Wednesday. Looks like there might have been a ‘small breach’ in the distribution process. They confirmed that they “will take action against those [they] believe have procured copies of the game illegitimately.” (It’s unclear how you can consider the…

Bungie has posted a close-up look at the changes that are coming to Bungie.net, once ODST is released. Go read – if you like stats, it’ll make you drool.

Minime637 noticed a new Red vs Blue vid made for Gamestop, to help market Halo 3: ODST – good stuff! Swing by IGN to watch. Update: this is the first in a weekly series of ads.(Louis Wu 23:28:13 UTC)