Author: halo@bungie.org

Leviathan and UNSC Trooper are back with Page 2 of their Ghosts of Onyx Preview – and this time, Leviathan’s included a step-by-step timeline showing how the work was created. Pretty cool stuff (and a great Page 2)! Check it out.(Louis Wu 20:00:31 UTC)

OboeCrazy sent us links to her newest offering – a sniper montage, cleverly disguised as an ad for Joe Jim Bob’s Sniper Superstore. Fun footage, nicely packaged! You can stream it at YouTube or WeGame (WeGame also has a 300mb HD download available).(Louis Wu 18:47:52 UTC)

Kombo.com has posted a shot of the back of the Halo 3: ODST box… and is speculating that the inclusion of ‘content download’ blurb in the features section could point to something unrevealed… like multiplayer or campaign content. Remember, Bungie’s already announced TWO different types of DLC for Halo 3: ODST – the Johnson skin…

NeoGAF’s Kibbles ran across a couple of videos recorded by fans at the Sydney event this week – this one has an intro by Curtis Creamer, and then the opening custscene of the game… and this one shows off the first level’s gameplay. (All of this has been seen before – but whenever you watch…

Hopefully it’s not too late to remind you that it’s August 7, which means Bungie’s running its special 7 on the 7th playlist on Xbox LIVE – and this month, it’s full of community-formed maps. What are you waiting for? Get online! (Eazy’s map doesn’t suck.)(Louis Wu 18:06:22 UTC)

It’s been a little while since the last Aesthetic Artist Interview… but the series is back, with a mole. TheMoleN1, to be precise. Go read about how he got into this business… and check out a huge collection of his work! Thanks to COL0NEL SANDERS for the interview work this time out.(Louis Wu 17:58:34 UTC)

Back in April, 2008, we took over the hosting of Haloscreenshots.net, sorahn’s handy-dandy screenshot collection site. At the time, it was a 20GB package – I don’t remember how many screens were there, but it wasn’t that many. Fast forward 15 months… and this beast is half a million screenshots, 130GB in size. It’s beginning…

GivinTats built an entire Halo world… for his fish. You can read about the construction, and check out his Flickr stream showing off the work, on Bungie.net. Lucky fish!(Louis Wu 17:38:49 UTC)

Friday afternoon’s video roundup on the BungLog™Rogue Modder submitted a SLASONK run – Solo, Legendary, All Skulls On, No Kills. Before you pooh-pooh that it’s just Floodgate… try to do the run yourself. (It ain’t easy.)Pissed Iguana’s back with Spartans Versus Beanies: Episode 2 – just when you thought it couldn’t get any sillier.HIH’s BigGruntyThirst…

We were contacted by Jeffrey Kuznekoff, a doctoral student at Ohio University who’s working on a research project with Dr. Andrew Ledbetter (Ohio University). They’re looking at how gamers use multiplayer gaming systems to communicate. They’d love your help! Here’s the blurb: We are conducting a study examining how people communicate through multiplayer video games…

More photo coverage of Thursday night’s ODST event in Sydney, Australia – Davis ‘BlueDingo5′ Beutler sent us a few dozen shots he snapped at the event (great detail on the Weta Warthog), and PC World (an Australian tech mag) put up a batch of their own. Check ’em out – looks like it was a…

Hawty McBloggy’s back with another round of Friday Caption Fun – check out witty submissions for last week’s picture, and make up your own for this week’s!(Louis Wu 12:08:37 UTC)

John_117 stopped in with word of a short ‘fun’ montage – just entertaining moments from the last month of Matchmaking for him. Don’t go in looking for snipe-laden Killamanjaros… it’s just a guy and has ‘nades, blowin’ stuff up. Fun!(Louis Wu 12:08:10 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 sent word that he’d whipped up a new piece of artwork – the whole Halo Legends project worries him a little, so he put all of his fears into one picture. (Well, most. He left out the tentacle porn.) Should make you laugh! (Louis Wu 12:07:34 UTC)

I missed this yesterday – but Hawty McBloggy solicited pickup lines for bagging Cortana on Twitter. (Cortana wasn’t on Twitter – Hawty was. She – oh, never mind. Just go read.) Probably not safe for work, if your boss can read small print over your shoulder.(Louis Wu 12:06:54 UTC)

Seven new stories for you in the Fan Fiction section this week… give ’em a read! (Louis Wu 12:05:25 UTC)

Bungie’s Breaking In story this week went live last night – Sam Arguez, Associate Producer, discusses where he came from, how he got to Bungie, and why he’s stayed. (And what he does, of course.) Wanna work for Bungie? This series is a great resource.(Louis Wu 12:04:07 UTC)

This week’s Double XP Weekend Playlist has gone live… and while it’s a list we’ve seen before (Grifball), there are far, far more options this time around than you might be used to. Four different gametypes, on 6 different Grifball maps – go read about it on Bungie.net, or just get online and play!(Louis Wu…

hc2, on NeoGAF, and Max Dyckhoff, via email, both pointed out that Buy.com is offering Halo 3: ODST for $49.99, with free shipping and the Johnson preorder bonus. Nice!(Louis Wu 23:31:31 UTC)

Did you participate in the Bungie Day 2009 ‘Bungie Against the World’ playlist? Did you get your fill of the map Colonnade, which came up pretty often if the first map was vetoed? Swing by Bungie.net and read an interview with its creator in this week’s Community Cartographers feature. You want to know it’s been…