Starting today, the Xbox 360 Elite Special Edition Halo Bundle (Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, a 360 Elite with a 250 GB hard drive, 2 wireless controllers and a matching black headset for CAD $399) is available in Canada -

There's a new Average Joe interview at Bungie.net - Big Black Bear discusses the Halo community and his place in it. And urk's mom. Go read!

Both Mountain Dew and Best Buy were giving away a few pretty cool Limited Edition ODST consoles this summer - but if you didn't win one of the 60 or so given away, you're out of luck... unless you feel

Like we said, Bungie's back in the office - and that means there are a bunch of new videos for you this afternoon: tells the whole story of ODST (full of spoilers) in rap format. Well-done, lyrically. (Thanksgiving Special) is

Bungie's providing Reach information to SOMEONE today - you'll get your dose in the near future! Thanks to 2900d4u for noticing .

Morpheus stopped in to let people know that voting for Best Film Clip and Screenshot for November has started over at HaloContest - the winners will get a copy of ODST. Be sure to visit and cast your vote !

mendicantbias00 let us know that Kotaku has info about the Japanese release date of Halo Legends (February 16 - one week after the US release date), and some cover art (this seems to be new). And thanks also to CaptainTony,

Hawty McBloggy's place is worth visiting this morning - she's got some really nice stuff for you. For folks with an iPhone/iPod Touch, you can snag some very cool Halo Wallpaper , courtesy of Firestream... and for folks jonesing for

A bunch of people noticed a new job description listed on Bungie.net yesterday (they tweeted about it , after all) - Bungie's looking for a writer to help with an upcoming project. The requirements are intriguing... check out the discussion

IGN's Top Kills of the week for November 18 never got mentioned here - but you can swing by and watch it . (They've also provided information on submissions , if you missed that the first time around.)

Firestorm12 let us know that in honor of their 'birthweek' celebration, Halopen has released "the first and only to-be released scene for the canceled Halopen project 'Quixotical' ." If you want to know what it was all about, you can

JD pointed out that the most recent 'Unskippable' from The Escapist focuses on Halo 3: ODST - if you miss MST3K's humor, check this out. (JD pointed out that the episode number (1143 - 11(4+3) - geddit?) is pretty appropriate

Bungie's back to updating again - Turkey Week is over! Check out the latest Tag and Release feature - it looks at awesome shots from Crater (Night).

Hey, whoa, we missed a Halo 3 Screenshots Top Ten this weekend - go check out ' Snow Bound '. Some VERY cool shots in there!

This is a few weeks old, but I just stumbled across it today - I Kapture created to pay tribute to Bungie. I thought I was tired of these, but this one was a lot of fun. Update: Wow. nash--housewares

Hawty McBloggy let us know that the latest Grin + Bear It is live on her site - a behind-the-scenes look at some of the seamier aspects of ODST...

Over at Rampancy.net, shadeslayer has released a partial version of 'Rain' , from ODST - an extended part not found in an earlier transcription. Swing by for a Finale Notepad file, a PDF, and a video showing him playing.

pete_the_duck was a little disappointed with the turnout for his last obstacle course (we first mentioned it back in August) - and his capture card is finally working again, so he's provided you with a run-through of the course ,

spartanx5 is back with a new 3d model he's working on - a Longsword. Swing by 3dtotal forums for WIP pics, or read the thread on our forum for interesting speculation about the details of the craft itself!

wait, what? You need a trailer to announce a release date? I think there's going to be a Star Fell Thursday Lunch Trailer coming next week) is up on YouTube - go watch!