Kotaku “why publish an interview all at once, when you can release a couple of questions a day and increase ad revenues exponentially?” Australia has posted yet another article containing info from a Curtis Creamer interview they conducted last week. This one focuses on the fact that the vast majority of Halo 3 players, worldwide, do NOT play multiplayer online… and how some of the decisions that were made with respect to how the mode works were driven by this fact. Drop-in, drop-out Firefight matchmaking might be pretty cool… but it’s not what Bungie was aiming at.(Louis Wu 17:59:47 UTC)

Destructoid has a writeup of the Mythic Map Pack 2 – no videos, but text-based impressions, and plenty of screens.(Louis Wu 17:53:31 UTC)

Three new vids for you, courtesy of urk and the Bungie Blog:

• Anoj has posted Episode 38 of his Top 10 Halo 3 Series (this one focuses on Objective Kills)
• Tranquility has put up a sniperific montage called ‘A Place of My Own’ (more snipes than you can shake a spiker at)
• Jump Theory’s Gary UK released Rush, a Halo 2 jumping vid. Great to see some of those maps (and those gameplay glitches) again!

Enjoy!(Louis Wu 17:47:24 UTC)

More videos of multiplayer gameplay on the new Mythic maps coming with ODST: TeamXbox has a bunch, 1UP’s Dave ‘lybertyboy’ Ellis put up a full 16-player One-Flag CTF match on Longshore (in two pieces), and GameTrailers has a sizeable collection (thanks, Kibbles). You could spend all morning watching… most of this stuff is in HD.(Louis Wu 13:20:55 UTC)

Looks like Bungie’s gonna be at PAX – at least for a panel discussion. Joe Staten, Paul Bertone, Curtis Creamer, and Brian Jarrard will be looking at ODST, and how it developed. Friday, 3:30 to 4:30, in the Serpent Theatre – be there! Thanks, Blueblur.(Louis Wu 21:33:32 UTC)

Did you like the Halo 3: ODST iPhone wallpapers in last week’s Update… but wish you had versions that let you position the actual image a bit more precisely? Wish no more – Bungie’s added these pics to the ODST Field Guide (wallpaper section); below each image is an alt link. Go wild!(Louis Wu 21:22:37 UTC)

NeoGAF’s DancingJesus noticed that GameSpot has posted their Halo 3: ODST preview (and videos). If more come today, we’ll update this newspost.(Louis Wu 19:59:34 UTC)

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 of videogame/sci-fi writing experience under her belt; Gears of War fiction, Star Wars fiction, and original stuff by the score). There are ‘a number of other writers’, as well – but no word at this point who they are. This book is scheduled for a November 2009 release.(Louis Wu 19:18:16 UTC)

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)