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.

Shacknews asks Frankie how it feels at Bungie now that Halo 3 is all finished. They also get to cover a few other bases: such as baseball in Forge:

Shack: How long do you think it will take before you start seeing things made with Forge and the gametype editor that you had never planned for or anticipated?

While many Halo fans are trying to keep themselves off the Internet to avoid spoilers, I've had trouble getting on it-- the new DSL line is installed, but not yet working, and the old line decided to go on vacation for the past 24 hours. With that in mind, here's a summary of the news in that time:

Avateur pointed out some screenshots at TeamXbox that seem to have been released for the Tokyo Game Show. I've added them to our Halo 3 multiplayer gallery (six shots) and Halo 3 gallery (1 campaign shot).

Retronauts continues its contributions to 1Up's ongoing Halo 3 coverage by taking a look back at Marathon 2. In case you've been under a rock since July, Freeverse has ported the game to XBLA as Marathon:Durandal.

Thanks to chewpathingy in the HBO forum.

At least, that's what Brian Ashcraft at Kotaku says about the pre-Tokyo Games Show press event held by Microsoft, where they did show some Halo:

Now, they are showing a Halo 3 trailer. Because, you know, the Japanese really love Halo. It's a new trailer! They showed the Japanese TV ad, too. The Halo 3 Xbox 360 will be open priced when the game goes on sale here.

A thread in 4chan claims to have a screencap from the endgame cinematic and summarizes the end of the game.

WARNING: The link may contain spoilers. Don't click it if you don't want to know what may, or may not, be the end of Halo 3.

MasterChief2829 pointed out a link to an eBay auction that claims to have the full retail Halo 3 package, including an unboxed shot.

It appears to be a PAL version of the game from Australia.

Cinema Blend Games has a series of pieces by Steve West they're calling their Halo 3 Primer. It covers:

Jason "Gravemind" Goodman (also known as ShadowoftheVoid) has written up part one in a series on the history of medium-range weapons in the Halo series, this one focusing on the recent nerf of the Covenant Carbine between the Halo 3 beta and now.