Year: 2009

Reach trailer analysis pieces are appearing at large gaming sites – I need to thank the HaloGAF population for keeping up on this stuff. ZZMitch noticed a Rewind installment from IGN (they step through the trailer, stopping at bits they feel are important)… WickedLahari pointed out a Digital Foundry analysis from Eurogamer (they’re calling foul,…

Like a sleeping dragon smelling new treasure, Tied the Leader awakens – XerxdeeJ has written up a call to arms for the faithful, and looked through the Reach trailer for the features that stir the hearts of gunslingers everywhere. (Louis Wu 13:23:39 UTC)

Not wasting any time, Mid7night has already modeled the flying craft visible in the Reach trailer in X-Plane; swing by to see it in the air!(Louis Wu 13:23:13 UTC)

We mentioned the Guardian’s Top 50 Games of the Noughties piece yesterday – the second installment (30-11) went live today, and Halo: Combat Evolved came in at #14. Slots 10-6 tomorrow – will any other Halo titles make the list? (Louis Wu 13:22:29 UTC)

GhettoMole whipped up a little digital painting of Cortana, and wanted you all to see it – swing by his DeviantART gallery and take a look at Cortana and Index! (Louis Wu 13:21:56 UTC)

G4TV’s Joe Paulding let us know about a new batch of Real Life Achievements over at X-Play – the Master Chief makes an appearance. Check ’em out! (Louis Wu 13:21:27 UTC)

GameVideos got a minute to talk to Marty O’Donnell and Curtis Creamer backstage at the VGAs last week – not a huge amount of info, but worth watching, it’s only 90 seconds! Thanks to NeoGAF’s Tashi0106 for noticing.(Louis Wu 13:21:05 UTC)

Last month, we mentioned AdweekMedia’s ‘Commercial of the Decade’ poll to pick the best commercial of the first 10 years of the 21st century, because Halo’s Believe ad had made the finalists. We thought we’d follow up – it didn’t win. (Still holds a special place in the Halo fan’s heart, though!)(Louis Wu 13:19:09 UTC)

Firestorm12 let us know that the winners to Halopen’s week-long Pen is Mightier than the Sword Contest were announced a few days ago. You can check out ALL the entries in this thread. (Louis Wu 13:18:44 UTC)

Bungie released their latest ‘Tag and Release’ feature yesterday – pictures snapped on Crater. Fun shots – go look!(Louis Wu 13:18:14 UTC)