Author: halo@bungie.org

Bungie posted a new Breaking In article last night – Chad Foxglove, special effects artist, talks about wanting to be a dinosaur and the importance of wearing clothes to interviews. Good advice! Go read the rest.(Louis Wu 12:25:44 UTC)

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte is back – he’s got a new render for you, and he’s calling it ‘Marine’. Nice motion test! We’ve added it to his gallery here; if you’re not familiar with his work, take a look around!(Louis Wu 19:01:23 UTC)

The latest Community Cartographer feature has gone live at Bungie.net – Butane123 talks about his creation Neosho, a map that’s gotten play in both the Bungie against the World playlist last month, and the 7 on the 7th playlist this month. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 18:53:30 UTC)

Pete Cooper is tickled that Operation Chastity, his Halo fan film project, made it into Wired Magazine – there’s an interview, along with pics. Some have been seen here before… but there’s a new progress shot of the warthog, and some storyboards. Great stuff! Congrats, Pete.(Louis Wu 18:31:11 UTC)

Interested in capturing a flag or three? This weekend’s Double XP playlist is Team Flag – and it went live 20 minutes ago. Full description can be found on Bungie’s Playlists page… but know that it’s 5v5, and you need all maps.(Louis Wu 18:20:49 UTC)

Kotaku “why publish an interview all at once, when you can release a couple of questions a day and increase ad revenues exponentially?” Australia has posted yet another article containing info from a Curtis Creamer interview they conducted last week. This one focuses on the fact that the vast majority of Halo 3 players, worldwide,…

Destructoid has a writeup of the Mythic Map Pack 2 – no videos, but text-based impressions, and plenty of screens.(Louis Wu 17:53:31 UTC)

Three new vids for you, courtesy of urk and the Bungie Blog:Anoj has posted Episode 38 of his Top 10 Halo 3 Series (this one focuses on Objective Kills)Tranquility has put up a sniperific montage called ‘A Place of My Own’ (more snipes than you can shake a spiker at)Jump Theory’s Gary UK released Rush,…

More videos of multiplayer gameplay on the new Mythic maps coming with ODST: TeamXbox has a bunch, 1UP’s Dave ‘lybertyboy’ Ellis put up a full 16-player One-Flag CTF match on Longshore (in two pieces), and GameTrailers has a sizeable collection (thanks, Kibbles). You could spend all morning watching… most of this stuff is in HD.(Louis…

Looks like Bungie’s gonna be at PAX – at least for a panel discussion. Joe Staten, Paul Bertone, Curtis Creamer, and Brian Jarrard will be looking at ODST, and how it developed. Friday, 3:30 to 4:30, in the Serpent Theatre – be there! Thanks, Blueblur.(Louis Wu 21:33:32 UTC)

Did you like the Halo 3: ODST iPhone wallpapers in last week’s Update… but wish you had versions that let you position the actual image a bit more precisely? Wish no more – Bungie’s added these pics to the ODST Field Guide (wallpaper section); below each image is an alt link. Go wild!(Louis Wu 21:22:37…

NeoGAF’s DancingJesus noticed that GameSpot has posted their Halo 3: ODST preview (and videos). If more come today, we’ll update this newspost.(Louis Wu 19:59:34 UTC)

Whoa. This press release announces a book that (as far as I know) has had ZERO press up to this point – ‘Halo: Evolutions’ looks to be a short story collection with contributors that include veteran Halo novelists Eric Nylund and Tobias Buckell, Bungie employee Robt McLees, and Halo newcomer Karen Traviss (she’s got plenty…

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time to update Bungie Favorites; this is week two for Outcast Reborn. Swing by to read about Urban Simulator, and check out the rest of their files!(Louis Wu 19:11:18 UTC)

You wanna see the cutest My Little Pony evar? Go visit Hawty McBloggy’s. Congrats, AnimeAmy – you made me say ‘Awwwwwww’ out loud.(Louis Wu 18:33:34 UTC)

According to the Nielson Company (via the Examiner), the Xbox 360 is the gaming platform with the most ‘active users’ – the percentage of owners of a particular console that regularly use their console for gaming. (Halo 3 can almost certainly be credited with a significant portion of this success – and Halo 2 is…

Three new vids for you, courtesy of urk and the BungLog™:Dutchy presents ‘Believe’ Minitage – no audio (YouTube blocked it for copyright violations), but decent (if a little twitchy) gameplay.Crazy Fish Productions put together Episode 2: Fails. It’s always entertaining to see people beating themselves.The Funtage Crew released Community Funtage 7 – six and a…

Looks like the press embargo on ODST content has ended; 1UP, IGN, and TeamXbox all have new previews up. The focus seems to be the last three Mythic maps (Citadel, Heretic, and Longshore). GameVideos has HD clips showing all three maps, while IGN’s clips (at least for non-Insiders) are SD. All three previews contain boatloads…

There is a vocal group of gamers who, when they discovered that Halo 3: ODST’s Firefight mode wouldn’t have a Matchmaking component (that is – you can’t go in alone and be matched up with random teammates via LIVE), complained loudly – why couldn’t Bungie let them play the way they wanted? Kotaku Australia asked…

FyreWulff is beginning to put together a website called ‘Burn My Minutes’ – it’s a way to share Bungie Pro rendering minutes with those who might need them. He’s currently looking for beta-testers – swing by and read the post, and if you’ve got one extra minute per month, join him! (Louis Wu 11:53:53 UTC)