Author: halo@bungie.org

Lars Bakken had a message about the Firefight Versus playlist, for folks who might not grok the whole idea – thanks to MoltenSlowa for bringing it over to our forum.(Louis Wu 16:59:29 UTC)

Bungie’s written up a Noble Map Pack FAQ explaining some of the nuances of how the DLC works, in terms of when you’ll see the maps in Matchmaking, what happens if you’re trying to play with people that don’t have them, and so on. Give it a read! (Loui…

Giant Bomb has a half-hour video Quick Look at the Noble Map Pack – if you’ve got the time, go see what they thought! (Standard matchmaking, with voiceover commentary.)(Louis Wu 21:11:25 UTC)

Minime637 was touched by the beauty of the new maps – there are 6 new panoramas up in his DeviantART gallery, with previews in his forum post. Nice!(Louis Wu 19:26:44 UTC)

Kotaku has a few videos taken from outside the playing areas of the three new Noble maps – the skyboxes that Bungie has created for these playing spaces are AMAZING. Go watch. (Louis Wu 16:00:01 UTC)

Hedgemony has posted the next batch of Halo: Guard Duty pages – start here for pages 8-10, then follow his links for pages 11-16! (Louis Wu 15:59:34 UTC)

Adam Dorsey sent us word of the latest episode of Multiplayer Singleplayer – and his review of the Halo Reach Noble Map Pack. Not your typical review… (Louis Wu 15:58:45 UTC)

Sidd stopped by with word of a famous town from Fallout 3 – recreated in Reach. Go check out Megaton! (Louis Wu 15:56:58 UTC)

Retsof-Noraa found a site that’s giving you a shot at a custom-skinned Reach Xbox with every order above $25 you place between now and December 31. Nice deal! Take a look at Ellusionist.(Louis Wu 15:56:03 UTC)

Congrats to cbwilliams17, Silver Blade 14, MarcScott, Kapura, Banshee 105, Taco Power PhD, and EazyB – these 7 won Devin’s latest giveaway and are now proud owners of the Noble Map Pack! Stay tuned for more.(Louis Wu 15:54:47 UTC)

In case you missed it, the Noble Map Pack is out – and there are two new playlists to fill your need for carnage. DLC has games specifically on the three new maps – a mix of objective and slayer types. And Grab Bag has Firefight VS. (Finally!) Go play…

ikillbambis sent word that there’s a preview of the Noble Map Pack over at 360 Junkies – give it a read!(Louis Wu 21:07:14 UTC)

Devin Olsen found himself in possession of 7 (count ’em, 7) Noble Map Pack codes – if you swing by the Devin-Sent page, you can put your name in the hat to win one! (Please – if you already have the maps, do NOT enter. If you have a friend who needs t…

Firestream let us know that HaloCharts has set up a new Player Analyzer; simply put in your gamertag, and the page will analyze a collection of stats in Competitive, Arena, and Invasion, and help you see what areas need improvement! (Warning: if your …

Moorpheusl9 noticed a small tidbit at CVG – according to the UK Magazine Games Master, 343 Industries is working on a remake of the first Halo game, to be released next year. Certainly something folks have been asking for! Update: not really news, but …

IGN is giving away Noble Map Pack codes – and Legendary Editions of Reach. Check this article for details.(Louis Wu 13:33:52 UTC)

Waypoint’s Mr Vociferous did his own flythrough of the three new maps – check out Anchor 9, Breakpoint, and Tempest. These maps are BEAUTIFUL!(Louis Wu 13:33:28 UTC)

GhaleonEB ran through Tempest last night, for folks who haven’t had a chance to download the maps yet – check it out! No voiceover, of course (it’s Bungie Pro video), but you can get a decent sense of the layout, and some of critical features. (Louis …

There was no weekly roundup of articles on Halo Waypoint this weekend (probably because it was a holiday week), so we’ve done our own. Some of the content already hit our front page – here’s the stuff we missed: bs angel summarized Noble Map Pack cov…

Shacknews is giving away 8 Noble Map Pack codes to US residents – all you need to do is have a Shack account and post a single comment in this story to be entered to win. Codes will be distributed tomorrow – get in the game! Thanks, Brian.(Louis Wu 23…