Author: halo@bungie.org

Co-Optimus has a fun little writeup of an evening spent co-oping on Halo 3 – it’ll make you smile.(Louis Wu 17:25:21 UTC)

Facility B5D has released their third podcast – swing by Bungie.net for information and a download link. 82 minutes, 70 mb. Interview with CMNeir inside.(Louis Wu 17:24:38 UTC)

pete_the_duck’s back with another challenge – and it’s a doozy. He calls it ‘Mythtacular’, and it’s an obstacle course on Sandbox. Beat it… and you win pete’s undying admiration. (Well, it might die after a little while.) Don’t play it to win stuff – play it because it looks like a WHOLE lotta fun. (Why…

Two funnies for you today: Hawty McBloggy let us know about ODS Steve #39 (Return of the ‘Mhack) – Sarge meets someone new… and TTL Demag0gue told us about Reclaimer 210 (Scoreless) – Score discovers something maybe better left undiscovered. (At least by him.) Go read!(Louis Wu 13:14:12 UTC)

And… it looks like another Bungie game is about to be leaked… by the French. CaLL Me ZeNy pointed out a YouTube vid showing the unpacking of a copy of Halo 3: ODST, purchased over the counter from a French store almost 4 weeks before its official release. There are no spoilers in this video…

GameTrailers has posted another filmed-off-the-screen presentation (Part 1 | Part 2) from Gamescom – this one’s an awful lot like the Gamersyde recording we mentioned on Sunday – but if you’re doing your best to see everything out there, you should watch this too. (Louis Wu 10:54:31 UTC)

Dojorkan rewrote the lyrics of The Lonely Island’s “I’m on a boat” to be more Halo-related. It’s still not safe for work… but it’s pretty funny. (Not to be outdone, Pete Cooper submitted his own rewrite, “I’m in a Hog”.) (Louis Wu 10:51:29 UTC)

Connor Sauve let us know that the OpenSauce SDK 2.0, a package of tools from Kornman to help folks build Halo Custom Edition content, has been released – swing by Modacity to read about what it does, and to grab a copy. If you do ANY dabbling in the creation of content for Halo Custom…

Brian Jarrard attempted to convince a videogamer.com reporter that pixel counting doesn’t actually do a game justice – but the ‘we’ve lost 80 pixels’ argument that surfaced when it was learned that the Halo 3 engine actually renders in 640p rather than 720p is back. Whee! (Louis Wu 10:44:12 UTC)

Want a chance to win a Limited Edition Halo 3: ODST Console and game? Swing by Mountain Dew’s twitter page – apparently, they’re giving this away today. Thanks, big ander. (Louis Wu 10:38:01 UTC)

Kibbles noticed a video on YouTube showing an Inside Xbox feature from LIVE – Major Nelson presents the ODST transport truck during its inaugural stop. Nice footage of inside and out. I decided the YouTube vid didn’t do the truck justice, so you can grab HD versions from us (1280×720, 80 or 90 mb, depending…

Bloogyo let us know about Lawltage 4, another compilation of funny/odd clips from Matchmaking. Definitely some entertaining clips in there! (Louis Wu 10:35:51 UTC)

Halo Wars Lead Designer Dave Pottinger has written up a post-mortem of the Halo Wars development process – it’s an interesting read! Nice pics, too. Thanks, 2900d4u. (Louis Wu 10:34:12 UTC)

According to NextGen Player, if you’re going to Toronto’s Fan Expo on August 28-30, you’ll get the chance to play ODST – a nice bonus for east coasters.(Louis Wu 10:31:07 UTC)

Nicholas Singer has been writing music inspired by Bungie tunes for quite a while – and recently he sent along a whole passel of new pieces. We’ve gathered up everything he’s done in one place; you can swing by the page for full details. He’d love it if you used his music in your Halo-related…

Dennis Powers let us know that The Halo CE Chronicles series ‘The Ring of Life’ part 5 of 6 is now up – you can download it or stream it from the Halomaps website. The marines need to find a way to stop those Sentinels… and the Commander comes to grips with a hard fact.(Louis…

Another Average Joe has been profiled over on the Bungie Blog – Ponkapoag tells you who he is, what he plays, and how you can find him. Go read!(Louis Wu 18:03:48 UTC)

urk keeps me busy watching montages – and I’m gonna pass them on to you. HalCharts has put together a staff-based montage – go watch Prophecy. And last week we mentioned a trailer for Shattered 2, a montage featuring Sargoth – the full vid is out now.(Louis Wu 18:00:05 UTC)

Think you’re better than the guys who cover the Halo pros? Looks like the staff from MLGPro.com, plus a few pros, will be entering matchmaking for a 4-hour world challenge. If you’re at least a 40 in MLG, you’ve got a chance of meeting up with them on September 10. Swing by B.net or MLGPro.com…

Ready Up Live is coming up on their second anniversary – and to celebrate, they’re giving away a ton of stuff. Swing by the site tomorrow to get in on the festivities! (More details at Bungie.net.)(Louis Wu 17:43:15 UTC)