Author: halo@bungie.org

RC Master found a Covenant playing for the wrong team. I laughed. (YouTubed, too, if you have an issue with Silverlight.) (Louis Wu 16:23:27 UTC)

kornman00 is selling his custom-made (just for him) Spartan Armor on eBay – it ain’t cheap, but it looks fantastic! Check out the listing for full details. (Louis Wu 16:21:43 UTC)

Yesterday, Ranked Grifball became the Double EXP Weekend Playlist for Halo 3 – need a killionaire in your Ranked medal chest? Here’s your chance! Thanks, FyreWulff.(Louis Wu 16:19:46 UTC)

FyreWulff found some strange… thingies in Boneyard when he was exploring in Forge. Leftover bits from the Beta? Objects for game modes that were cut? Hmm… (Louis Wu 16:19:11 UTC)

Cortana4ever whipped up a tribute to Reach – contains lots of spoilers, but if you’ve finished the campaign, it’s a nice emotional farewell to Bungie’s involvement in the series. (Louis Wu 16:18:11 UTC)

Only one new piece this week in the Fan Fiction section… too many Reach Daily Challenges? Go see.(Louis Wu 16:16:39 UTC)

I would have lost money on this match had I bet on it… but Bungie faced off against the Halo fans from NeoGAF last night – and beat them. (Well, in two games, anyway. The third game, against what could be described as the HaloGAF Dream Team, was, in …

AfroRyan let us know that ScrewAttack has a list of the Top 10 Local Multiplayer Games (on consoles)… Halo (the original) comes in at #3. Nice!(Louis Wu 21:51:06 UTC)

Took longer than we’d hoped – but our results for the Game Forged contest are now online. Swing by for a full writeup – a discussion of what we got, what won, and why! Thanks again to Game Paused, for supplying the goodies we’re giving to the winners! …

If a cool Forge contest isn’t enough for you, check out the Noble Map Pack – a downloadable map pack containing three new maps (one small, one large, one Invasion). This will go on sale on November 30 (77 days after Halo: Reach’s release), for the now…

If you live in the US, and you’re any good at all at building maps, you should check out the Bungie Reach Forgetacular Contest – Bungie’s offering 7 Limited Edition Halo: Reach Xbox 360 consoles (!!!) to the winners. May I be the first to say… wonga…

GrimBrother One is on a roll today – he pointed out the link to the “Making of Deliver Hope” piece now up on Halo Waypoint. Fascinating look behind the scenes – check it out!(Louis Wu 14:27:54 UTC)

Yesterday, another batch of Reach players felt the wrath of the Bungie Banhammer – again for credit cheating. (You won’t get banned or have your credits reset for in-game farming – you can play all the Gruntpocalypse you can stand, and using that Targ…

Looks like NKOK has announced RC Rocket Hogs – according to the press release (dated October 12), they should be buyable in ‘late September’. Heh. They look pretty cool! Thanks, GrimBrother One.(Louis Wu 14:25:54 UTC)

MelkorTheGreat let us know that a buddy, Anakade, managed to make a killer jump on Tip of the Spear… check it out!(Louis Wu 21:24:17 UTC)

GrimBrother One noticed a tweet from Halo Waypoint – looks like a new ‘making-of’ video about the Deliver Hope short will be going live on Waypoint tomorrow! Nice.(Louis Wu 21:23:59 UTC)

BlueNinja posted a picture story about his encounter with a ‘Bob’, one of the Gold Rangers you occasionally see in Reach’s campaign. (Their overall purpose is still a mystery.) Fun stuff! (Video in this post.) (Louis Wu 21:23:32 UTC)