Author: halo@bungie.org

The latest Katonian Press article at Hawty McBloggy looks at the new Dashboard update for the Xbox 360 – and what it means for Halo 3 players who feel their feedback options are limited. I’m glad the details of this are finally getting out!(Louis Wu 11:12:18 UTC)

Australia’s Gameplanet interviewed Curtis Creamer about Halo 3: ODST – he discusses Weta’s Warthog, what Bungie wanted to do with ODST, and more. Good read!(Louis Wu 10:48:04 UTC)

MSNBC’s Tech Watch has an interview with Frank O’Connor – he discusses how the Halo Legends project came to pass, and what you can expect from it. Nice discussion! Thanks, DarkSky Forever. (Louis Wu 10:47:24 UTC)

TDSpiral let us know about a Halo music video he’d created – it’s set to Muse’s ‘Take a Bow’, and it’s not your typical HMV. Even though almost all the footage is static… it’s got a lot of energy. Try it out!(Louis Wu 10:46:57 UTC)

Atomic MPC put together a preview article about Halo 3: ODST, based on their experiences at the Sydney press event last week. If you’re making sure you read everything… read this.(Louis Wu 10:46:12 UTC)

Xbox Evolved has posted a rumor that Microsoft will re-release Halo 2 on their ‘Games on Demand’ service next month, as part of the Halo 3: ODST hype machine – and then follow it up with a value-priced version of ODST itself on the service. (Given that Bungie has said that the Halo 3 Multiplayer…

You might remember the Ghosts of Onyx Preview comic that Leviathan and UNSC_Trooper were working on – the first page went up on July 20, and the second page went live a couple of days ago. Last night, Leviathan sent along the finished comic (9 pages, plus a cover and credits) – you can grab…

wraps52 noticed a trailer showing off the Risk: Halo Wars edition game over at TeamXbox. I think this could have been done just fine with screenshots… but hey, I’m not in marketing. Go read the promo text, and watch the vid. (It’s only 2 minutes.)(Louis Wu 18:34:33 UTC)

Anoj is back with Episode 37 of his Top 10 Halo 3 Series – this one looks at epic fails. Here’s hoping you aren’t in this one. (The number one clip looked staged – but the number two was truly epic.)(Louis Wu 18:26:27 UTC)

A month ago, razzimous came by with ONI BIAS: File 1.0 – the first of a series of declassified files regarding an incident code-named ONI BIAS was live. Last night, announced a new episode: ONI BIAS: File 1.5. More details about the incident emerge. Check this out!(Louis Wu 18:19:03 UTC)

If you’re waiting for information about the size of the Halo 3: ODST Official Soundtrack… word from Marty is that it’ll be 2 disks, 17 suites. Nice! Thanks, CaLL Me ZeNy.(Louis Wu 11:04:14 UTC)

Joystiq posted some info about the Omegathon event that takes place at PAX every year – this year, Halo 3: ODST is one of the games. Very nice grab! Thanks, sorahn.(Louis Wu 11:03:55 UTC)

Dust Storm let us know that Podtacular is doing their 200th episode live tonight, August 9th, at 9 Eastern, 6 Pacific. Tune in!(Louis Wu 11:03:35 UTC)

Davis Beutler recorded a video at the Sydney ODST show – you can watch it on YouTube. That Warthog looks like a prehistoric beast in the dark! (Louis Wu 11:03:15 UTC)

PsychoRaven came by to tell us about an article on IESB.net (I can’t find ANYTHING about who they are on their website, or anywhere else for that matter, but they sure do get the word out) that claims that Steven Spielberg is in ‘active negotiations’ to develop Stuart Beattie’s Halo spec script for the big…

CaptainTony let us know that he’s written up a review of Helljumper #1 – and he’s also provided a summary of that review for the TL;DR crowd. Go take a look!(Louis Wu 15:13:25 UTC)

Bloogyo stopped in with word of ‘The Halo 3 Outtakes’ – it’s like a DVD’s outtake reel… except that standard Halo 3 footage was used to build it. Some clips work really well… others are a little hard to understand. Check it out – it’s only a minute and a half!(Louis Wu 15:11:09 UTC)

Kotaku pointed out some photos of the Weta Warthog in Sydney at InsiderX – but what’s more interesting is if you continue along to their VIP Party photos, you’ll find a link to Delicate Genius, the blog of Michael Kordahi, another attendee – who took enough shots of the Warthog to create a Photosynth of…

The Bungie Weekly Update went up as expected last night – if you read it, you’ll find lots of little tidbits. There’s a deconstruction of ONI’s Alpha Site, for those preparing to play Halo 3: ODST. There are some cool new wallpapers for your iPhone. There’s some tantalizing news about an upcoming Halo 3: ODST…

Hawty McBloggy let us know about a new community project she’s started up over at Halo3Screenshots.com – Halo Historic Scenes. Build a famous scene within Halo… what can you think of? (The example pic shows the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima, but there are plenty of other options. What can you come up…