Rapture at The Hushed Casket has posted three videos from GameTrailers showing the Halo 3 multiplayer levels Construct, Isolation, and The Pit.

That's the question posed on the latest podcast at C|Net. With Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360 vying for the spot of top dog among next generation consoles, Microsoft has to be counting on their flagship franchise, Halo 3, to provide that final push to original Xbox owners to pony up for a 360. Will it be enough? We'll know soon.

The latest Bungie Podcast is up and ready for your listening pleasure (and your mom's); get it from Bungie.net or from iTunes. (Editor's Note: I don't see it available in iTunes yet, but I'm sure it'll be there soon.)

This looks like a legitimate, if somewhat low quality, recording of Halo 3's opening cinematic, explaining the Chief's arrival on Earth. It also appears to confirm the contents of the game story summary posted elsewhere on the Internet.

Again-- if you don't want to be spoiled, don't view!

Adowaki has done a speedrun through Wideload's Stubbs the Zombie, on the Insane difficulty. Check out part one and part two.

The second new Halo 3 ad is out, the one called Believe. It builds on the same theme as the previous ad, Museum.

Joystiq thought it was a little strange, I can't help but agree a little bit. I half-expected the gruesome diorama to morph into ActionClix figures. They don't, however.