Author: halo@bungie.org

Halo: Reach has been nominated for “Best Original Score – Video Game” at The Hollywood Music In Media Awards; you can see the rest of the nominees here. Nice! Thanks, Greg O’Connor-Read.(Louis Wu 15:56:23 UTC)

McFarlane has posted a ‘first look’ at Halo: Reach Series 2 figures, and announced Series 3. Read the details on their site! Thanks, Mr.Sci-Fi.(Louis Wu 15:55:46 UTC)

Bret_Hart has created a UT3 version of Battle Creek – you can see a video of gameplay here. Thanks, Dennis Powers (who pointed out the Halo Maps forum post announcing this.)(Louis Wu 15:55:09 UTC)

Maybe you thought we forgot about it this year… but Halloween is fast-approaching, and what would Halloween be without a Guilt O’ Lantern Contest? (And man, what would HBO be this month if we didn’t have at least 77 contests going at all times?) Priz…

Devin says… why wait? The second round of his contest is now live – swing by to put your name into the hat to win a Reach Official Strategy Guide. You’ve got until Wednesday, so don’t dawdle too long! Update: Sorry about the broken form, fixed now.(L…

The Bungie Weekly Update went live half an hour ago (that timestamp at the top is full of LIEZ) – and it’s absolutely worth your time to read. There’s a recap of the hot news of the week, of course (Noble Map Pack, Forgetacular contest)… but also bo…

coreross did a great job of outlining some bits from the ‘A Spartan Will Rise’ video (released by Bungie back in August) that were not actually in the shipping game… interesting stuff! Swing by his website for pictures.(Louis Wu 22:32:28 UTC)

It’s Winner Central here at HBO – Dom’s Grab Bag Giveaways ALSO has a winner: James Qian will be able to choose from Dom’s long list of prize options. (The list is still visible on the contest page, even though you can’t enter the next round yet.) A b…

GrimBrother One pointed out a Waypoint story about a really cool USB flash drive – it’s not for sale, unfortunately (it’s fan-made), but you can see pictures… I love it.(Louis Wu 22:13:02 UTC)

Devin Olsen decided to stick with ‘Devin-Sent’ as the name of his series of giveaways – so he’s awarded the first round to the very first submitter who suggested he do just that. (That person is Roche178, who will soon have a copy of the Reach Officia…

When Cody began recording the Halo: Reach cutscenes, we discussed areas that might have different dialogue based on difficulty level – we didn’t find any. Therefore, there is only one version of each cutscene in our library. However, Phlux stopped by …

The Headshot Heard ‘Round The World contest is going great guns – thanks for all the submissions! You’ve still got a week to add yours, so be sure to keep track of your best shot. KontrolFreek, the kind folks supplying all the prizes, want to help you…

GhaleonEB’s updated his Forging Ahead blog – ‘The Big Picture’ discusses ‘massing out’, the creation of the base structure for the map. Great read!(Louis Wu 19:09:57 UTC)

Bunch o’ movies at Bungie’s Comm Chatter today:Top 10 Halo Reach Snipes is the latest from Anoj – some amazing clips.Funny Halo Reach Fails and Laughs 2 is the second in the series from Stewie2552 – it is what its title suggests.Zev created his first H…

Today’s One One Se7en made me smile. For multiple reasons.(Louis Wu 16:52:04 UTC)

Goosechecka let us know that GrifballHub is auctioning off goodies for Extra Life – you can bid on a signed Reach poster from PAX, or a signed Reach controller (or you can simply donate to Extra Life, and help sick kids all over the world). Check it o…

neo56695 let us know about “Die Trying”, a Halo Reach music video – some really clever clip choices (and some really odd ones). Check it – works pretty well, overall! (Plenty of campaign spoilers here.) (Louis Wu 16:34:43 UTC)

TravisSch (among others) pointed out that Bungie’s Playlists page has been updated with new info – a Snipers playlist will be going live on Tuesday, along with a Living Dead list. Nice! (Don’t forget that Campaign Matchmaking starts today.) (Louis Wu …