Author: halo@bungie.org

Bungie’s got a new top story up – It’s called ‘Feet First’, and it contains quite a bit of info that should help you stay alive when you play Halo 3: ODST. Bookmark this one for September!(Louis Wu 18:23:12 UTC)

mendicantbias00 sent word of a cool Galactic Map put together by Halcyon – it gives a really nice overview of space, as defined by the Halo universe. Check it out and get situated!(Louis Wu 18:22:37 UTC)

urk posted a bunch of movies for your watching pleasure (if, you know, you’re not burned out on X hours of ODST footage):Watch for Falling Crates is a tiny gameplay clip showing off a funny Matchmaking momentTM22 created ‘Orima’, a Halo 3 Campaign montage – gorgeousKampy built ‘Apex’, a 10 minute multiplayer montage – lots…

pete_the_duck put together an overhead map of New Mombasa by combining pieces of ODST HUD – he’s speculating that this might not be the final map, due to the surprisingly symmetric nature of the composite, but hey, you never know! Interesting display of fan love in any case!(Louis Wu 18:21:12 UTC)

Fragclone found pictures of the McFarlane Rookie prototype on the Spawn.com website. Cool beans! (It drops in October, a little later than the game.)(Louis Wu 18:20:42 UTC)

xoools pointed out that during IGN’s half-hour ODST special, Joe Staten confirmed that Heretic, one of the three new Mythic maps to be released with Halo 3: ODST this fall, is indeed a remake of Halo 2’s Midship. Due to some leaks in the past year, many people had already guessed that this was the…

mendicantbias00 found some info at Gamestop that suggests that the Limited Edition Halo 3: ODST package (the one with the special controller) will be available exclusively from them. If we find that this is not accurate, we’ll let you know!(Louis Wu 18:19:25 UTC)

Bryan Simon let us know that voting for his Mythic Song Challenge is now open for voting – go watch the explanation video, then swing by Bryan’s blog to watch the finalists and cast your vote!(Louis Wu 18:18:16 UTC)

Last week, we mentioned The Halo Gophers’ Forge contest – they’ve posted the results on their front page. Thanks, DE4TH DEAL3R.(Louis Wu 18:17:52 UTC)

UGO has posted a review of the Halo: Uprising Hardcover release – interesting timing!(Louis Wu 18:17:23 UTC)

With a smaller staff than most groups at E3, it’s difficult keeping up with the flood of ODST data, but we’ll try to do a roundup now. There are hands-on/previews from:CraveOnlineIGN (including demo footage)EurogamerJoystiqKotaku (more a clarification of Firefight)Gamespy (including video footage)Game StoogeIGN (Firefight playthrough)Gamespot’s Stage Demo (video)In addition, there are three more clips at…

More awesome ODST stuff, courtesy of urk’s Bungie Blog Babblings (they’re much better than that sounds, but I needed a ‘B’ word):IGN has posted a 30-minute special on ODST – they interviewed Joe Staten and got facts and gameplay footage, and it’s available to the public. (Insiders get the HD version.)Brian Jarrard talked to G4TV…

The More Deluded noticed three new gameplay vids at GameTrailers – two campaign walkthroughs, and a walkthrough of ODST’s new Firefight Co-op mode. You can get a great sense for how it works (and what the folks playing it at E3 this week are seeing). Swing by and watch! (Don’t feel too bad about missing…

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty novel way to listen to your favorite tunes. Go look!(mnemesis 16:30:30 UTC)

A quick summary of comics since Monday, before running back out to E3:The Catfish posted 2501 Episode 59 (on Monday) and Episode 60 (yesterday) – thanks, urkElnea put up Halo Action Figure Theater 182 (Puppet Masters) – and a new side of Cortana is revealed. (You can reveal MORE of her?)Adam Susskind let us know…

2good4u2 dropped by the forum with a batch of new panoramas for your viewing pleasure. Sweet!(mnemesis 16:23:46 UTC)

Leviathan adds another episode to his graphic novelette, “A Sangheili’s War Is Never Over” on the forum. Nice. Check it out!(mnemesis 16:16:21 UTC)

There’s a MONSTER FLOOD of content at Bungie.net – let’s see if I can delineate it all before the HBO day ends:Black Water Ops released a 40-second machinima short showing Spartan cruelty to… petsHalo 3 Mythbusters is giving away 1600 points to the person who can get the highest Campaign score on Floodgate (read the…

XMixMasterX stopped in to announce an Action Screenshot Contest at The Social – win Legendary and Mythic maps for your work!(Louis Wu 03:55:21 UTC)

rapture brings you back to the old days, with an announcement of a voice server and a dedicated Halo PC (non-Custom Edition) server up and running, full of old-school HBO regulars. Join ’em!(Louis Wu 03:54:51 UTC)