Author: halo@bungie.org

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)

MCV has an article about the marketing plans for Halo 3: ODST (at least in the UK). They’re planning on promoting this title heavily past the Christmas season (which probably means no DLC versions of the last three Mythic maps for a long time – a serious downer, if it turns out to be true).…

Hawty McBloggy is back with another cool tattoo – illocon shows his love for the stickydoom by using his entire left arm. Nice ink! (Side bonus: this tattoo is instantly recognizable by anyone who’s played more than a few minutes of Halo 3 – but it’s abstract enough that non-Halo players won’t be baffled.)(Louis Wu…

XerxdeeJ stopped in with word of Tied the Leader member TTL Dren’s experience with the ODST traveling roadshow as he dropped in Hillsboro, OR. Go read his impressions!(Louis Wu 13:22:24 UTC)

Ars Technica has an interview with Joe Staten – he discusses ODST voice acting (Nolan North, the voice of Halo Wars’ Sgt Forge, is acknowledged for the first time that I’ve seen, though it’s been speculated for weeks), the scope of the project, and canon. Nice read!(Louis Wu 13:04:48 UTC)

While you slept, Bungie posted ‘Bip. Bap. Bam!’, a brand-new ViDoc. Sargeant Avery Johnson walks you through Firefight, with his own inimitable style – an makes a case for the preorder. The camera work is gorgeous – watch this ViDoc in one of its HD formats, because it’s droolworthy. Then watch it again. Bungie’s got…

Red vs Blue Recreation Chapter 10: Lay of the Land is now live for sponsors on the Rooster Teeth site. (It’ll be live for everyone else in a couple of hours.) Simmons tries to be useful… but Lopez is the shining light of this one. The search team, on the other hand, is about to…

A tad later than expected – but Bungie has posted an in-depth look at the third and final new Mythic map coming out with Halo 3: ODST next month. recruited Designer Dan Miller, environment artist Jason Keith, and art director Justin Hayward chewed the fat with urk about Heretic, née Midship, and how it came…