AmX15 created a tribute to Bungie Favorites – screenshots, some short film clips. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 21:32:41 UTC)

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for another Community Spotlight at Bungie.net, and a new batch of files in the Bungie Favorites section – this week it’s Black Water Ops, a Bungie.net group dedicated to fair play and fun. Go read about how they formed, and get a look at the files they’re proud of in Bungie Favorites!(Louis Wu 21:32:06 UTC)

koolaid51x made a screenshot montage out of some of the submissions for the Bungie.net ODST screenshot contest last week… swing through for some epic shots.(Louis Wu 21:31:48 UTC)

i like pie727 made a Mongoose Splatter Montage, and the Bungie Blog highlighted it. Ride it, baby! (Louis Wu 21:31:14 UTC)

The goatnet boys went up against some other Mythic holders last night on Orbital… and Devin Olsen posted a bunch of screenshots and a gameplay vid for your viewing pleasure. Go watch! (Louis Wu 21:28:27 UTC)

For the lucky few that have the Mythic Map Pack a bit early, Bungie has put up the Team Mythic playlist – Team Slayer, Team BRs, Team SWAT, Multi-Flag BRs, Neutral Assault, and Grifball. Enjoy! Looks like CaLL Me ZeNy was first on our forum with the news.(Louis Wu 21:28:06 UTC)

Kongregate is hosting a Halo Wars sweepstakes – all you need to do is play (and beat) Battalion: Nemesis by March 2, and you’re entered. One winner will receive a 360 plus a copy of Halo Wars, four others will win a copy of the game. Thanks, elpolloguapo.(Louis Wu 21:27:17 UTC)

Wow. So we wanted to give away a few Mythic Map codes yesterday… little did I know how much interest that idea would generate. The next giveaway is gonna be a bit simpler (on the back end), I think. In the six hours that the contest was open, the official thread received 943 responses, with a total of almost 4500 title line suggestions. (Many, many more were posted in OTHER threads, or emailed to us – but those weren’t eligible for a code, according to the very simple rules listed in the first post.) I’d like to say that an awful lot of these submissions are great – and I’ll be folding many of them into the title line rotation here at HBO, so your words will live on, whether or not you win a code. That said, though… when you’ve got 5 codes, and almost 5000 entries… 99.9% of all entries are going to lose. I’m sorry about that. If you want to see what we got (without reading nearly 1000 individual posts), I put up the full list here. Without further ado, then… the winners!

• HBO – Saucy, with a hint of win (Llamalizard)
• HBO: Please pwn responsibly. (Testify)
• HBO: How many times have you been here today? (JeSteR 343)
• HBO: now adopted by Angelina Jolie (Ryan Clark)
• HBO: This is the last tagline. Start over. (Stephen L. (SoundEffect))

All five of these people have been contacted via the email addresses they supplied in their posts; if your name is up there and you haven’t gotten an email from us, check your junk folder. I can’t tell you what made these stand out over the enormous amount of competition; I DO know I have a first-cut file with my top 75 or so, but on a different day, the winning five would probably have been different. Don’t feel bad if you didn’t win – and don’t give up hope! We’ll be giving out another five later this week.(Louis Wu 18:28:33 UTC)

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte sent along another Halo render – this one’s a gorgeous little shot of a mongoose and its pair of riders. Check it out in his gallery here! (Louis Wu 17:55:42 UTC)

Halo.fr’s Johnny be good sent word of a video showing golf action on Sandbox. Fore! (Louis Wu 17:54:54 UTC)

Planet Xbox 360 has their own set of Mythic Map Impressions – go read!(Louis Wu 17:52:51 UTC)