Yesterday afternoon’s entry in the recurring ‘Breaking In’ series at Bungie.net a href=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnewsamp;link=BrokenIn_MichaelWfocuses on Michael Williams/a - part of the Server Engineering team. (Stats, FileShare, stuff like that. You know - the stuff you use every day.) See how he got the gig - and why he’s kept it. Good readin’!(Louis Wu 13:31:18 +0000)

Halo Wars news today - a href=http://www.halowars.com/news/devblog/archive/2009/07/27/Halo-Wars-Dev-Blog_3A00_–Leader-Powers-Part-Three.aspxa new Dev Blog/a (Leader Powers Part Three) is live… and an Xbox LIVE technical issue is the cause of a href=http://www.halowars.com/default.aspxa complete wipe of all Halo Wars Xbox LIVE Leaderboards/a yesterday (thanks, a href=http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=933672SonofMacPhisto/a). Bad news for folks who were playing for recognition…(Louis Wu 13:37:43 +0000)

Itching for new information about the Halo 3: ODST campaign? Bungie’s got your back - a href=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnewsamp;link=Halo3ODST_DesperateMeasuresa new ViDoc/a went live last night, while most of us slept. 3:34 long, it tells the story of the ODST team you’ll be playing when the game drops on September 22. Told from the viewpoint of Gunnery Sergeant Eddie Buck, you’re introduced to the full team - and to their mission in this game. Get tactical, marines! (Video is available in a variety of sizes and resolutions… from 180p all the way up to 720p, in both QuickTime and WMP9.)(Louis Wu 10:09:50 +0000)

VideoGamer.com a href=http://www.videogamer.com/news/bungie_fails_to_deny_new_enemy_types_for_halo_3_odst.htmlfocused on a couple of answers/a from Lars Bakken and Ryan Crosby last week in London to speculate about what might (or might not) be in the upcoming Halo 3: ODST. No details, so that I can leave spoiler tags off this newspost. Swing by and read, if you’re interested.
(Louis Wu 14:28:36 +0000)

Hawty McBloggy has a href=http://hawtymcbloggy.com/2009/07/28/wort-wort-wort/pics of new clay figures/a from Antithesis - four new super-cool and adorable Halo creatures. MAN he’s good at those!
(Louis Wu 14:27:28 +0000)

mrbilly93 noticed a a href=http://www.newburycomics.com/rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=103amp;upc=103-1080641NEWBUSteel Spartan Bobblehead/a (we a href=http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=23156mentioned/a some last year) - it’s a Newbury Comics exclusive. $10 each… go grab one!(Louis Wu 12:36:17 +0000)

CyReN a href=http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=933476stopped in/a with word of a Pre-Dallas (MLG) LAN on August 22nd at Unleashed Gaming in Canton, MI. $20 buys you access to 18 hours of gaming. More details in his post.(Louis Wu 12:35:10 +0000)

Bryan Simon has declared today, July 27 (or maybe July 26, when the video was posted - I’m not sure) National Shishka Day, and a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSFrKRhxvCcmade a video to celebrate/a. There are a few Halo-related things about the vid (there’s a Legendary helmet, a Halo 3 screenshot, and a picture of my couch from a Halo LAN party), so I suppose this can be justified as ‘Halo news’… Happy Day, Shishka! span class=boldnoticeUpdate:/span oops - looks like a href=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35247260this is unwanted/a. Sorry, Shishka.(Louis Wu 15:51:36 +0000)

Frankie a href=http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=933264stopped in yesterday/a with examples of some posters given away at Comic-Con - see what you missed! (They aren’t for sale anywhere - Frank said he didn’t even get to keep any for himself!)
(Louis Wu 15:51:03 +0000)

PsH Bling continues modifications of a href=http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=26888his Legendary Helmet/a - it now has a href=http://halo.bungie.org/images/psh_bling_helmet/0724091501.jpga bullet hole/a in a… bad place.(Louis Wu 17:22:57 +0000)