TTL Demag0gue has posted Wednesday’s Reclaimer comic – Chapter Two, Part Nine shows that the Viper team is in real trouble.(Louis Wu 14:44:06 UTC)

Red_Breast was the first to notice that Nielson has released their annual collection of Top 10s for the US; fourth place on the PC Titles list is a tie – between Halo and Halo 2. Red_Breast linked to a PDF for the lists, but you can read them online at PR Newswire. (Video Games are in the last section.)(Louis Wu 14:41:57 UTC)

The news of the morning has got to be Foundry – it is amazing how many different things people have done with this map, and it’s only been out for a day. Yesterday, we mentioned a reconstruction of Midship. Mattus made one too. And Masterchief2829 rebuilt Foundation. profhalo worked on Prisoner. LX925 got OUTSIDE Foundry, and found some interesting scenery. Trunks recreated Mario Kart 64’s Block Fort. RVideo filmed a match of Halo 3 Soccer. The Mean and Lekku both released versions of Wizard/Warlock, within seconds of each other. (The Mean says Lekku’s is better.) DHalo put together a racetrack… as did Hawaiian Pig. (Pig’s is WAAY more violent. Well, with a name like ‘DEATHCross’, are you surprised?) And again – this is just one day, and one forum. This is happening all over the internet! Go explore.(Louis Wu 13:34:48 UTC)

Heh – #Butcher has attempted to recreate Midship, using Foundry. Color scheme’s all wrong, and the edges aren’t rounded… but it looks like he did a pretty good job! (For those without a sense of irony, my criticisms are in jest.) Grab a copy and check it for yourself.(Louis Wu 20:13:05 UTC)

Remember when Chris Carney showed up in Containment? Looks like he’s in Standoff, too. (That’s one of the (at least) two eggs Frankie mentioned in last week’s Eurogamer chat… anyone find the other?) Thanks, Devin Olsen.(Louis Wu 20:09:37 UTC)

Today’s entry for Another Halo Comic Strip is also DLC-related. Totally different joke, though. (I’m pretty sure I’ve met that guy on other maps, though. He hangs out in Matchmaking.)(Louis Wu 20:01:00 UTC)

Business week has posted their Most Important Products of 2007 – and Halo 3 is up there (#16), alongside 6 cars, 4 Apple products, some computer hardware, and a razor. Thanks, McGrude and McKeeganWRX.(Louis Wu 19:56:56 UTC)

Today’s One One Se7en Advent offering is DLC-related. Surprising? Nah.(Louis Wu 19:52:01 UTC)

Tied the Leader has been rather busy this week; there’s a boatload of new content (thanks, XerxdeeJ). Lessee… there’s a description of how to use the new ‘Friends of Friends’ feature as a Clan list (complete with pictures, with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one), a writeup of a clan challenge that did NOT go as expected, a real estate listing for Snowbound, and a great photo-diary of a classy kill. (I mean, how could a rocket up your butt NOT be classy?) Go read. (Louis Wu 19:38:19 UTC)

Yesterday, we mentioned a music video in the HMV style – we linked to it on YouTube. xXSCREWSTONEXx, its creator, contacted us last night, and we’ve now got high-res downloadable versions for you, if you’d like – it’s 100 mb in WMP9 format, or 101 mb in QuickTime format. Enjoy!(Louis Wu 19:10:52 UTC)

There was no Reclaimer comic from TTL Demag0gue last Friday or yesterday, but there is one today – Chapter Two, Part Eight puts the Viper crew in a bit of danger… and introduced to someone new.(Louis Wu 19:00:33 UTC)

Captain Spark ran across a very funny voice snippet in Halo 3 – a Marine imitating Christopher Walken. We’ve added the clip to our Dialogue Databank. (Louis Wu 18:23:15 UTC)

Noice. LordGideon sent us a heads-up that might be useful to folks looking to build Halo fansites… they’ve bundled up all the web designs they’ve used in the past, and are making them available (in their original Photoshop format) for anyone who needs ’em. Go read the post for more info, and a download link. Now THAT’S community service!(Louis Wu 18:13:23 UTC)

Obienator let us know that he’s created a short flick about the characters from his Gameplay May Change video – it made me laugh. Great voiceover work from Nick Mascall. You can download it from us in WMP9 format (45.1 mb) or QuickTime format (38.8 mb), or watch it on YouTube.(Louis Wu 17:55:24 UTC)

Foo Mo Jive let us know that Podtacular 138 is out – it’s full of stories from the community. Almost 90 minutes long, 39.3 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 17:24:27 UTC)

As many (most?) of you already know, the new maps for Halo 3 were released this morning, and are available for download from Xbox Live Marketplace for 800 points. (If this is too much money for you, we might – MIGHT – just have a few sets to give away. Hang tight.) There’s a ton of information out there about this stuff; Bungie has posted a FAQ that’s worth reading, and the new maps are already up in the Global Heatmaps section of Bungie.net (thanks, pete_the_duck) – these are worth looking at for the overhead views they provide. Shacknews has posted their quickie impressions of the maps – as have a bunch of people on our forum. Bungie has said that they’re going to be providing an emptied version of Foundry in Bungie Favorites in the near future – but if you can’t wait that long, we’ve already heard from a couple of fans who’ve done it themselves; try the FileShare sections of Digikid 1 (Slot 10) or Psychophan7. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 17:13:30 UTC)

GameDaily interviewed MS’s Jeff Bell recently – he mentions, in passing, that Halo 3 has sold over 5 million copies so far. Video Game Chartz agrees, with a worldwide total of 5.85 million as of December 1. (Louis Wu 16:55:48 UTC)

We were in error yesterday when we posted that the Red vs Blue film from the Spike TV awards was available on Xbox Live Marketplace; D.I.Y. (the XBLM movie) was totally separate from what was shown at the Awards. Both of these pieces are now available on the RvB website, for all viewers (members or no). They’re both pretty funny – go watch!(Louis Wu 16:45:43 UTC)