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Friday afternoon brought its customary Bungie Weekly Update – but it’s not as chock-full of sink-your-teeth-in goodness that last week’s was. A little bit about the Mythic Map Pack (thunder stolen by gaming sites around the world, beginning with Austria), a little bit about ODST’s development (intriguing, but vague), a sad memorial to the passing…

For fans who are interested in gigantic versions of the three press images available for the Mythic Map Pack, swing by Gamerscore Blog for a link to a 40 mb zipfile containing 5120×2880 images of all three maps. While you’re there, read the official press text on each map.(Louis Wu 20:49:41 UTC)

radiant penguin is back again, with 5 more panoramas – really nice work. Check ’em all out! (Louis Wu 20:22:31 UTC)

Wow. Denmark’s NextGenReport has posted a huge (almost 40 minutes long) recording of the Halo Wars Demo, due to be released next week to the public. If you want to watch what you’ll be able to do… go watch. If you’d rather experience it for yourself… hold off. Thanks, CrazedArabMan.(Louis Wu 20:06:54 UTC)

The website ‘Action-Figure’ has a piece about how the MEGA toy line (they make blocks, like LEGO, but bigger, along with accessories – here’s their Spider-Man 3 collection) has picked up the Halo Wars construction toy franchise. Lots of vehicles, apparently. The toys won’t be out until November, but it’s a good bet we’ll be…

Twinkykiller created an ode to the needler – I find it’s a wonderful weapon in Social Slayer matches. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:08:49 UTC)

pete_the_duck took a few minutes to compare the size of Sandbox (as shown in the newest screenshot) to the size of Foundry (our last extensively-Forgeable map). Go see what he came up with!(Louis Wu 17:45:01 UTC)

Ars Technica has a hands-on with Halo Wars; I’d thought the review embargo was in place for another 3 weeks, but maybe this doesn’t count as a review. Check it out for details about gameplay and such!(Louis Wu 17:43:38 UTC)

Bryan Simon posted another batch of funny voice messages he’s been getting – if you become Halo-famous, you can get these too!(Louis Wu 15:02:46 UTC)

Friday Caption Fun has returned to Hawty McBloggy’s, for a 33rd round – the answers from last week’s pic are pretty funny, and this week’s pic has some serious potential! Go see.(Louis Wu 13:11:45 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue reminded us that it’s Reclaimer Friday – and Reclaimer 143 is now online. The Machine reveals a pretty interesting fact about Ferial…(Louis Wu 13:09:37 UTC)

Another light week for the Fan Fiction section – three new pieces. Go see!(Louis Wu 13:07:44 UTC)

Bungie’s Breaking In series continues, with a look at Jon Cable (aka Jonny O, aka JonnyOThan) – go see what brought him in, and what he did to get the job! If you’re looking to work for a company like Bungie, on titles like Halo… this series should be high on your reading list.(Louis Wu…

If you were worried about the dilution of the Halo name… it was probably with good reason. The lead producer on Halo Wars is also the overseer of the Halo franchise… and according to Eurogamer, he’s looking for lots of ways to expand the reach of the IP. This COULD be good… but I’m not…

Devil mingy pointed out the latest GameDaily coverage of Halo Wars characters; today’s installment looks at Cutter and the Brute Chieftan. Get to know the players!(Louis Wu 22:41:35 UTC)

Nabsuh stopped by with a new wallpaper he created from a scene in his upcoming HD project. Pretty!(Louis Wu 22:38:34 UTC)

Thanks to urk for the heads-up that the Bungie Halo 3: ODST page has been updated with two new wallpapers. Nice stuff from Jaime Jones!(Louis Wu 21:55:22 UTC)

Interesting… an Austrian xbox site called ‘Xbox Austria’ posted an article about the upcoming Mythic maps… and they’ve got a shot of Sandbox. This is the first one I know of; it remains to be seen if it’s real/photoshopped/leaked (I’m sure we’ll hear soon). Thanks to Domino Theory (at NeoGAF), who found it at B.net…

Hawty McBloggy ran across a photo on DeviantART that reminded the taker of a certain Spartan. Whether or not you agree, it’s a cool shot.(Louis Wu 21:32:37 UTC)

It’s Thursday, so it’s time for another Double XP Weekend to kick off – this week, it’s Living Dead (unranked). Go eat brains. They’re awesome with ketchup.(Louis Wu 20:59:41 UTC)