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IGN has an interesting tidbit about a secret story buried in Halo 3: ODST – swing by to read teasers, or skip it if you’re looking for that pristine experience. Clues dropped as long ago as last summer are beginning to make sense…(Louis Wu 11:00:35 UTC)

TDSpiral whipped up a cool bit of ODST artwork – go check it out!(Louis Wu 10:51:48 UTC)

Devin Olsen had his camera with him during the first day of PAX – and took a LOT of pics. Some of them (well, a lot of them) can be found in his forum post. He even included a video clip showing an answer from Bungie during the ODST panel, explaining why the Battle Rifle…

Blaidd Drwg was the first on our forum to notice an article over at TeamXbox containing some background information about the ODST live-action short released yesterday. If you’re curious about who was behind that work, go read it! It also contains a link to a fascinating page put together by AKQA and TAG (together with…

KP posted two new articles for the Xbox LIVE Community Team blog last night – the first (he told us about it Friday afternoon, Pacific) is an overview of the first day of PAX – only the last couple of pictures are Halo-related… but one of them is priceless. The second (posted a bit later)…

I guess urk wanted to get out of the office… the Bungie Weekly Update is up REALLY early this week. Don’t worry, though – it’s full of news. Go read it! (You can, as always, do so in our Weekly Update Archive.)(Louis Wu 20:11:24 UTC)

Halopedia is giving away a bunch of cool stuff (5 copies of Halo 3: ODST, 10 copies of the LE version of the game, 10 12-month LIVE cards) – all you have to do is sign up and leave a comment. The only real catch is that you have to be a US resident. If…

nam visited Fan Expo in Toronto last weekend, and did a lot of Halo-related stuff. Go read about it… and check out the visuals, too!(Louis Wu 18:23:25 UTC)

Remember yesterday’s ODST teaser image from IGN? They’ve got the teasee up now – it’s a live-action ODST trailer. Unclear who made this – there are no real credits anywhere I can find. (Well, there are Bungie/Microsoft logos at the end… but yesterday’s teaser post specifically said that this didn’t come from either organization.) (Louis…

According to urk, those visiting PAX this weekend will get a chance to play on Citadel and Heretic – both maps will be available at the Astro Gaming booth. (You’ll also get to try out their amazing A40 headsets…)(Louis Wu 17:54:43 UTC)

MLG’s Kyle Magee sent word that their community has put together a map pack featuring twelve maps created on Foundry and Sandbox. All were built with competitive play in mind, all have been extensively playtested. You can find more info about the maps themselves (along with screenshots and descriptions) in this forum thread… and you…

Morpheus stopped in with a video (made by Unlucky) telling you how easy it is to submit clips for HaloContest.com – watch it if you wanna win stuff.(Louis Wu 14:55:57 UTC)

The concept art teaser that Operation Chastity’s Pete Cooper left in our forum last week has been finished – you can see the complete image, entitled ‘The Drop’, over at DeviantART. Awesome work by Adam Burn! Thanks, Pete.(Louis Wu 14:15:41 UTC)

Tied The O7AH’s Cozmo23 was at the Dallas stop of the ODST Mobile Roadshow – he took pics and made up stories. Go read ’em!(Louis Wu 14:12:33 UTC)

Rampancy.net has posted its eighth Anger, Sadness and Envy podcast, covering the latter half of The Ark – it’s an hour long, and weighs in at 65 mb. Go listen! Update: Looks like this is the opening salvo in a rapid volley of upcoming podcasts; Narc says you’ll see the last three levels covered in…

If you missed last night’s episode of GTTV on Spike TV – it’s online at GameTrailers now. (Here’s the ODST segment.) If you’re insistent on experiencing ODST’s campaign with NO prior information, skip this; they spend a few minutes discussing a mission from the middle of the game. Almost no story info, but you do…

The second Red vs Blue-created ODST commercial for Gamestop is now online at IGN – it’s pretty funny, go watch!(Louis Wu 11:16:52 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has the latest Friday Caption Fun online – captions from last week, a new screenshot to riff on… what else do you need? Go make funnies!(Louis Wu 11:16:05 UTC)

Bungie posted a pre-PAX Podcast yesterday – it’s an hour long, and it contains some interesting discussion about the development and gameplay (no spoilers) of Halo 3: ODST (among other things). Go grab a copy! (Louis Wu 11:14:08 UTC)

This is pretty funny in retrospect – but it probably wasn’t funny at the time. Yesterday, police descended on Bungie Studios, looking for a gunman reported by a neighbor. Turns out, it was just a Bungie employee carrying a replica Halo sniper rifle. Heh. Heheheh… (Thanks to gunluva (no joke) for noticing this at Kotaku.)…