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OXM’s Ryan McCaffrey wrote to point out KOXM Episode 39, the latest episode of the Official Xbox Magazine podcast; it’s Halo week, so they’ve interviewed Frank O’Connor and Eric Nylund, and topics of discussion range from the announcements made a couple of days ago to Ghosts of Onyx. Nearly an hour long, playable 14 mb…

Stuntmutt takes a look at a new Halo 3 weapon in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 17:13:55 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped by to let us know that there are a bunch of new movie reviews posted at Penitent Tangential, his Halo movie review blog. Go read – and chime in with your own views!(Louis Wu 15:29:37 UTC)

Once again, the Miscellaneous Art queue has been emptied, and there are 31 new entries in the collection. Normally, I don’t like to draw attention to specific pieces when posting a large group, because I worry that folks will look at the highlighted bits and ignore the rest. (Don’t do that – everything posted today…

We got word from Marc, at Germany’s Halo Universe – their sister site Xbox Aktuell has an opportunity to take part in a Bungie Q&A. Readers can post questions until next Thursday morning. The page is in German, but English questions are welcome (that’s less work for Marc, translating). Questions should be posted on Xbox…

Twelve new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – what are you waiting for?(Louis Wu 13:11:48 UTC)

Blown-Upp noticed an article at Eurogamer, entitled ‘The 12 Games of Xbox’; it looks back at ‘a list of the finest exclusive games ever to grace the system’. Number 1? The Halo franchise. (Yeah, I know. It’s two games. They doubled up on a few franchises. It’s hard to tie it into Christmas if you…

This week’s Halo 3 Humpday wasn’t really a challenge – it was a 3-player game between SketchFactor, Frankie, and KP. What makes it interesting is that since High Ground has been described in detail (including concept artwork showing layout) by EGM and others, the writeup goes into minute detail about the game. Strategery abounds. (Shenanigans,…

Dustbunny27 points out a new pair of cel-shaded pieces he’s created over at DeviantART – nice work!(Louis Wu 02:20:54 UTC)

Tons of new content up over at MLGPro.com, just in time for Nationals – 3Suns has nicely laid it all out in this forum post. Stuff, stuff, and more stuff!(Louis Wu 02:19:23 UTC)

Pothole Studios has released a remake of their first ever video – you can grab Totally Random Act 2 [Directors Cut] on their website. Owned by a soda machine! Two and a half minutes long, available in both WMP9 and DivX formats. Check it out!(Louis Wu 22:51:01 UTC)

Dennis Powers writes to say that Static, Episode 4 is now up – it’s called ‘Wooden Ships’. Alex speculates about his environs, and begins to tire of the chase. Crosby, Stills, and Nash accompany. As usual, available in WMP9, QuickTime, and streaming Flash.(Louis Wu 20:56:14 UTC)

Heh – if you’re interested in a super-high-resolution version of the campaign screenshot released yesterday (uncompressed TIFF format, 5120×2880, 28 mb), you can find one over at HaloPlanet. Nice!(Louis Wu 16:17:41 UTC)

Interesting. Pro-G is reporting that the Halo 3 teaser ad that will air on December 4 here in the US will air on the Britain’s Channel 4 on Friday, December 15 – and will be visible on xbox.com then, too. This hasn’t been confirmed by other sources yet, but it certainly makes sense. Thanks, MereCatfish.(Louis…

BitMaP points out another Halo-related strip of Strouperman, his webcomic. You know… I think I know those guys.(Louis Wu 15:55:00 UTC)

Heh – I should check ALL mail before posting. Looks like 1Up decided to go ahead and release all the new assets they have, since they’re already out there on the web. (There’s been no announcement from Bungie yet about this content, but I’m guessing it’ll come today.) Oddly, though the news post says they’ve…

We were contacted by Oliver, of Halo Base – turns out the word they got from GameCity about the screens yesterday was that GameCity was allowed to release them; they wouldn’t have linked to them (or mirrored them) otherwise. They’ve taken DOWN their mirrors, now, because they’ve learned from a Microsoft PR representative that the…

EGM’s Wednesday Halo 3 content continues, with a great article that looks back over some of the stuff said about Halo and Halo 2 before release, and how those things actually turned out. One more piece remains for the day from them – but it’s not online yet. In the meantime, check this one out!(Louis…

Wow… seems like every time there’s a big coordinated content release, and European gaming sites are in on it, stuff gets leaked before the official release date. It’s out there now – so you might as well check it out. Be aware, though, that this material was distributed to LOTS of gaming sites, all at…

More new Halo content today – this time, though, it’s Halo Wars, not Halo 3. Swing by the official website for a new screen (in multiple sizes) of a UNSC Shortsword, a pretty nice looking Flying Wing.(Louis Wu 20:06:38 UTC)