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Kotaku Australia was at a midnight launch event, and took pics. Go see. (Louis Wu 17:17:34 UTC)

Gamasutra has a ‘Critical Reception’ article about ODST – they talk to a few different reviewers (folks from the high, middle, and low – or low middle, anyway – end of the scale), to see what they liked and didn’t like about the game. Nice overview.(Louis Wu 17:16:59 UTC)

RvB’s MsValentine turned us on to this image at DeviantART – it’s a pretty cool pic, but what’s cooler is that other DeviantARTists colored it in. MsValentine’s favorite is this one – I’d agree, that rocks! (Louis Wu 17:16:11 UTC)

Comics are light today – folks are playing ODST, as expected. ODS Steve has only a ‘gone fishin’ pic (of sorts)… TTL Demag0gue, bucking the trend, has posted a full episode of Reclaimer. 219 (Trading Blows) has Bold and the Reclaimer… well, trading blows.(Louis Wu 17:15:07 UTC)

GameDaily is posting a strategy guide – it seems to be aimed at selling the Prima guide. An example page is ‘Know Your Enemy’ – all other pages are easily found in the ‘Training Grounds’ sidebar at the top of the article.(Louis Wu 17:14:13 UTC)

Bunch of new content on Bungie.net already today (I’m really late getting started)… let’s summarize what’s there for you:Burnie Burns did a video interview with PPMooCowPP, the Commissioner of Grifball, about the sport.HaloCharts has summarized the progress made by folks who took up their Campaign Challenge – wow, those guys killed a lot.Some Bungie forum…

Joystiq wrote up a mini-FAQ for ODST – check it for stuff you might not have thought about.(Louis Wu 22:44:37 UTC)

IGN wrote up a blurb about the Launch Party in Seattle last night – and posted about 20 pics. Go look!(Louis Wu 22:43:43 UTC)

Gamasutra has an interview with Curtis Creamer – it’s a discussion about how ODST came to be. It’s a pretty interesting read! Thanks, soldat7.(Louis Wu 22:28:34 UTC)

Today’s Average Joe over at Bungie.net (what an honor, for drop day!) is ContactTango, one of the kind souls who wants to help you get your Vidmaster Annual Achievement. Go read more about him!(Louis Wu 21:51:08 UTC)

Avateur noticed an article on IGN announcing the release of ‘Halo: Blood Line #1’ in December – apparently, ‘Halo: Spartan Black’ has changed its name. Nice cover!(Louis Wu 21:47:08 UTC)

Halo Waypoint, the Microsoft Halo Portal, is live on the web. You can get there from HaloWaypoint.com or halo.xbox.com – both work. It contains lots of information and links about the Halo community and resources – dig through it to find cool tidbits! It’s definitely pretty slick-looking!(Louis Wu 18:49:26 UTC)

Welcome to New Mombasa is a new Top Story at Bungie.net – it gives you the lowdown on Halo 3: ODST. Who you’re playing as, what you have available, what you’re up against. Nice summary! Check it out.(Louis Wu 18:44:05 UTC)

Stuff for you this afternoon, from Bungie’s Comm Chatter: Warthog Memoirs is a four and a half minute machinima from CMNeir and friends – a couple of guys in matchmaking remember better times with their friend the warthog (I think it needs a voice). Physics Evolved: Episode 1 shows off some of the crazy stuff…

If you have an Xbox LIVE Gold membership, you can snag a free ‘Prepare to Drop’ Premium Theme for your dashboard – it’s pretty nice to look at. It’s a limited-time deal (it doesn’t say how limited) – so grab it soon! Thanks to NeoGAF’s Jtyettis for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 14:23:45 UTC)

USA Today has an interview with Joe Staten and Marty O’Donnell online now – it’s aimed at a pretty general audience, so you might not find anything you don’t already know… but on the other hand, it’s pretty cool to see Joe tying together disparate chunks of the Halo storyline into a cohesive package you…

Red vs Blue Recreation Chapter 14 (The Installation) went live last night, as a new chapter does every Monday… but some of us were too busy playing ODST’s campaign to notice. Lots and lots of stuff happens – we’re moving quickly towards a crescendo. TLQ* is quite high in this ep. *Total Laugh Quotient(Louis Wu…

A marketing research fan has found that there’s plenty of room for multiple AAA titles this fall; more than half the people who plan to purchase Halo 3: ODST also plan to purchase Modern Warfare 2. (There are overlaps with other games, as well – the median number of planned game purchases in the next…

Joystiq has an interview with Microsoft’s Ryan Crosby and Bungie’s Alex Pfeiffer about ODST – lots of basic info, plus how it grew from an expansion into a full-fledged game, how this fits into the Halo universe, where it’s all going, and more. 8 minutes of question and answers – give it a watch!(Louis Wu…

PlanetXbox360 is giving away a copy of ODST – all you have to do to qualify is post 20 times in their forum (and add your name to the specific thread mentioned in the newspost) before Friday. Hey – who doesn’t like free stuff? (Louis Wu 12:28:15 UTC)