Bryan Simon and GetSumGear are gonna be giving away MLG shirts and hats, next Saturday (the 26th). If you want to snag one, swing by this video for instructions.(Louis Wu 19:07:57 UTC)

Whoa – Treeskunk is seriously ramping up production on Operation: Isil. Time gap between episodes 12 and 13: 3 months. Time gap between episodes 13 and 14? 3 days. Go watch Episode 14 (“Double-Take”). There are lots of hosts. Thanks, shiruken.(Louis Wu 18:00:37 UTC)

Trendt ran across some Ensemble Studios concept art for a Halo project that was cancelled – maybe the MMO discussed last year? Really nice work.(Louis Wu 16:14:52 UTC)

G4TV has posted a review of the Halo 3: ODST soundtrack – the audio clips they’ve included are the same ones that Bungie posted a few days ago, but the opinions are new. Go see what they thought! (Spoiler-free.)(Louis Wu 14:37:47 UTC)

Sumthing Digital has previews of 17 tracks off the Halo 3: ODST soundtrack available for your listening pleasure. (Some have noted that the track titles themselves can be considered minor spoilers.) Thanks, Asian Inferno.(Louis Wu 14:05:08 UTC)

gunluva whipped up a pretty funny little sketch – go check it out.(Louis Wu 14:04:50 UTC)

Zeouterlimits pointed out the latest Listen Up podcast (09/18/2009) from the 1UP guys – lots of discussion about ODST. They liked it a lot, apparently. Timestamp of ODST discussion: 0:36:30 – 0:49:00.(Louis Wu 14:04:33 UTC)

kabu let us know that The HBOFF Feet First into Hell contest is closed – next up… judging!(Louis Wu 14:04:15 UTC)

ODST drops in 3 days, but the web content has already begun to explode. (Full reviews are still embargoed until midnight (eastern) tonight, so any that you see today will be from folks who weren’t at press events.) Stuff we’ve heard about in the last half-day or so:

• Kombo.com has a campaign hands-on – no spoilers, just impressions of the differences between ODST and Halo 3, in terms of gameplay. Good read. (Thanks, James Center)
• Gamespot has a preview of the weapons of Halo 3: ODST. Includes wielding tips.
• Gamespot also has a playthrough vid of the first hour of Halo 3: ODST (well, 49 minutes or so). Count on the first hour’s worth of secrets to be spoiled. (Thanks, serpx)
• IGN posted a fun video that summarizes the Halo story in 5 minutes or so – obvious story spoilers, and I think if you had never heard of Halo, it would make almost no sense… but for Halo fans, it’s quite funny. Thanks, FassinTaak.
• IGN also posted a tiny (30 second) ode to the Halo 3: ODST pistol – it’s a Headshots minitage. Thanks, Minime637.
• Gametrailers has posted a bunch of new clips – cinematics, some firefight vids, campaign gameplay. No real spoilers.
• TeamXbox Has posted a bunch of new vids, as well – all campaign clips.

I’m positive there’ll be more as the day goes on – and tomorrow will be insane, given the end of the press embargo this evening.(Louis Wu 13:49:01 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is (not surprisingly) full of information about Halo 3: ODST – the launch date, the party on Monday, some AMAZING artwork, tales of debauchery and derring-do in the Bungie offices, and more. And, of course, a bunch of fun-making at the expense of some of the less well-spoken fans… go read. You can also check it out in our Weekly Update Archive.(Louis Wu 23:58:52 UTC)