Category: HBO

IGN posted a short (one minute long) montage of Brute fighting in Firefight. (It’s called a ‘Brute Chieftan Montage’ – but most of the action is Brute Leaders or even below.) No spoilers. Thanks, Minime637. While you’re over there, you can take a look at ‘Halo: The Many Looks of the Covenant’, a guide to…

There’s been a little confusion about how many levels there are in Firefight – are there 99 rounds? More? Less? Bungie’s JonnyOThan stopped in to our forum last night with the opinion that there actually is no limit – but that at some point (likely well beyond where YOU’LL ever get to) the game will…

Last week, Best Buy hosted a chat with Bungie developers – some HBO regulars attended, and Jordan117 sent along a transcript of the evening. You can view it here. Lots of questions – see what’s new for you! (Louis Wu 18:45:29 UTC)

Rockslider’s been a contributor to our forum for years – he tends to play the heck out of Halo’s campaign (well, Halo and Halo 3, anyway – he was pretty unhappy with Halo 2), and then write up his findings. Until recently, however, he had no way of collecting screenshots or video – so his…

xIIEnderIIx noticed a new Inside Xbox feature on Xbox LIVE Marketplace – it’s a tour of Bungie’s studio, given by Brian Jarrard to OXM’s Ryan McCaffrey. If you can’t see it on Xbox LIVE, you can grab it in HD from us, either in WMP9 format (155 mb) or QuickTime format (135 mb). Cool views…

rolandk73 was at the North Babylon ODST truck stop yesterday – he posted some photos. Nice costumes! (And a beautiful day…)(Louis Wu 14:55:06 UTC)

More information on the metagame within ODST that was developed by Fourth Wall Studios – go read at VentureBeat. (Louis Wu 14:54:45 UTC)

Impervium pointed out another streaming option for hearing the Halo 3: ODST soundtrack (mixed in with other soundtracks) – read his post to learn about StreamingSoundtracks. (Louis Wu 14:54:21 UTC)

DHalo pointed out an interesting ‘ODST Red Carpet Trailer’ over at GameTrailers – it summarizes all promotional vids released for ODST so far. Nice work!(Louis Wu 14:53:58 UTC)

Schedonnardus found what might be the ugliest Halo-related hoodie… evar.(Louis Wu 14:53:17 UTC)

MS Xbox World went to a pre-launch party for Halo 3: ODST in Toronto last week, and took lots of pics. Gorgeous artwork accompanying the event… and creative food labeling. Check it out! (Xbox Canada is hosting an open-to-the-public event on Monday night – swing by Feed Your Console – or NextGen Player, thanks, Steve…

It’s not an official review – but it’s a great read. Over at NeoGAF, Hazimov wrote up some of what he liked, and didn’t like, about Halo 3: ODST. Good thinking there. (I, too, have had some trouble finding the last few audio logs – I’m dying to hear the end of the story.) (Louis…

NeoGAF’s DancingJesus noticed an already-fleshed Achievements Guide for ODST over at Xbox360Achievements – if you’re looking for advice on how to snag some of these, give it a read. (Do I need to tell you it’s chock-full of spoilers?)(Louis Wu 14:51:06 UTC)

All ODST art assets are now live again – we’ve replaced the embargoed pictures that we pulled last week. There are some potential spoilers in some of the campaign shots – nothing major, but if you’re staying TOTALLY pristine, skip these. (If you’re staying totally pristine, you should stop reading Halo news until you’ve played.)(Louis…

The review embargo on Halo 3: ODST lifted last night at midnight (eastern)… and they’ve been pouring in. I don’t think I can keep up this pace – but here’s the first few dozen that showed up in my Google alerts. (NNS means ‘no numeric score’, and these are in alphabetical order.) 1UP (A-) About.com…

Bryan Simon and GetSumGear are gonna be giving away MLG shirts and hats, next Saturday (the 26th). If you want to snag one, swing by this video for instructions.(Louis Wu 19:07:57 UTC)

Whoa – Treeskunk is seriously ramping up production on Operation: Isil. Time gap between episodes 12 and 13: 3 months. Time gap between episodes 13 and 14? 3 days. Go watch Episode 14 (“Double-Take”). There are lots of hosts. Thanks, shiruken.(Louis Wu 18:00:37 UTC)

Trendt ran across some Ensemble Studios concept art for a Halo project that was cancelled – maybe the MMO discussed last year? Really nice work.(Louis Wu 16:14:52 UTC)

G4TV has posted a review of the Halo 3: ODST soundtrack – the audio clips they’ve included are the same ones that Bungie posted a few days ago, but the opinions are new. Go see what they thought! (Spoiler-free.)(Louis Wu 14:37:47 UTC)

Sumthing Digital has previews of 17 tracks off the Halo 3: ODST soundtrack available for your listening pleasure. (Some have noted that the track titles themselves can be considered minor spoilers.) Thanks, Asian Inferno.(Louis Wu 14:05:08 UTC)