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Whoa. This press release announces a book that (as far as I know) has had ZERO press up to this point – ‘Halo: Evolutions’ looks to be a short story collection with contributors that include veteran Halo novelists Eric Nylund and Tobias Buckell, Bungie employee Robt McLees, and Halo newcomer Karen Traviss (she’s got plenty…

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time to update Bungie Favorites; this is week two for Outcast Reborn. Swing by to read about Urban Simulator, and check out the rest of their files!(Louis Wu 19:11:18 UTC)

You wanna see the cutest My Little Pony evar? Go visit Hawty McBloggy’s. Congrats, AnimeAmy – you made me say ‘Awwwwwww’ out loud.(Louis Wu 18:33:34 UTC)

According to the Nielson Company (via the Examiner), the Xbox 360 is the gaming platform with the most ‘active users’ – the percentage of owners of a particular console that regularly use their console for gaming. (Halo 3 can almost certainly be credited with a significant portion of this success – and Halo 2 is…

Three new vids for you, courtesy of urk and the BungLog™:Dutchy presents ‘Believe’ Minitage – no audio (YouTube blocked it for copyright violations), but decent (if a little twitchy) gameplay.Crazy Fish Productions put together Episode 2: Fails. It’s always entertaining to see people beating themselves.The Funtage Crew released Community Funtage 7 – six and a…

Looks like the press embargo on ODST content has ended; 1UP, IGN, and TeamXbox all have new previews up. The focus seems to be the last three Mythic maps (Citadel, Heretic, and Longshore). GameVideos has HD clips showing all three maps, while IGN’s clips (at least for non-Insiders) are SD. All three previews contain boatloads…

There is a vocal group of gamers who, when they discovered that Halo 3: ODST’s Firefight mode wouldn’t have a Matchmaking component (that is – you can’t go in alone and be matched up with random teammates via LIVE), complained loudly – why couldn’t Bungie let them play the way they wanted? Kotaku Australia asked…

FyreWulff is beginning to put together a website called ‘Burn My Minutes’ – it’s a way to share Bungie Pro rendering minutes with those who might need them. He’s currently looking for beta-testers – swing by and read the post, and if you’ve got one extra minute per month, join him! (Louis Wu 11:53:53 UTC)

This video showed up on NeoGAF… and made me laugh a LOT. If you wondered what Frankie does when he’s not facilitating Halo anime… wonder no more. (Louis Wu 11:53:35 UTC)

We haven’t had a lot of comic news recently – and today’s not a whole lot different. Hawty McBloggy let us know about ODS Steve #37 (POW) (Sarge might be in trouble)… and gunluva noticed a minor Halo reference in the latest VG Cats. That’s all we go for ya! (Louis Wu 11:53:12 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy posted a pair of Halo-related articles yesterday – a fan noticed the similarities between Halo 2’s ship-to-ship bomb and a particular type of fruit… and Hawty has come up with a series of Halo multiplayer-related drinking games. (Halo and alcohol don’t mix, unless you don’t really care about hitting your targets…) This is…

urk continued posting late into the night last night – check out a nearly 2-minute-long ‘bicycle’ in a Warthog from A Man Canon, and a link to Sandman’s Sandstorm, a lightly-edited montage with some pretty sweet gameplay. Go watch!(Louis Wu 11:52:18 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that his Halo CE Chronicles series ‘The Ring of Life’ has been updated with episode 3. The Commander and Andrea join the marines in the field to investigate the latest discovery. You can stream this or download it in WMP9 format – your call.(Louis Wu 18:06:10 UTC)

urk’s posted a link to another episode of Spartans vs Beanies – Episode 3 is ‘Freedom or Something More?’ Don’t worry, this one is no less silly than the first two, and again has a nuke. If you don’t want your episodes meted out to you in dribs and drabs… you can watch all 37…

He’s running later and later (give him a break, real work is real work!), but Tyrant has put up a note on Bungie.net about the last leg of the Summer Mythic Recon Challenge – the Ark. It’s definitely the hardest level on Mythic difficulty – but don’t worry, he’s provided you with a set of…

Kotaku got word from a Microsoft spokesperson that despite the rumors of a Spielberg-produced, Beattie-written Halo project, the Halo Movie project “remains on hold as [they] focus on projects like Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach.” (Louis Wu 13:32:33 UTC)

More from Cockatoo Island, in Sydney Harbor; Kotaku Australia has a short interview with Curtis Creamer describing how ODST went from an expansion pack to a full game. (Louis Wu 13:32:12 UTC)

Lando Griff1n let us know about a new trailer from Hazmat v2 – it’s for an upcoming montage called ‘Question Reality’. It’s quite short (under 90 seconds), but it’s LOADED with special effects. (Way more effects than gameplay, in fact.) Swing by Halo3montage.com to stream or download. (Louis Wu 13:31:47 UTC)

Red vs Blue Recreation Chapter 8: Directions went live last night. Grif, Sarge, and Caboose are in a minefield… Simmons manages to offend Lopez. Looks like everyone’s in trouble. (Grif’s gonna have some explainin’ to do if they get out of this…)(Louis Wu 13:12:17 UTC)

urk let us know that the next episode of Zoxin it Up! LIVE is scheduled for August 21 at 9pm EST – guest will be Adam Grumbo, the man behind the 405th. And if that’s not enough, the next night, they’ll be doing a live interview with CMNeir, of NeirProductions. More details, though oddly no…