Author: halo@bungie.org

We haven’t been posting reviews of Halo: Reach, because there are lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of them (Metacritic currently lists 60 critic reviews, and 127 user reviews), but here are a couple of items – one local and one not – that are n…

Remember the ringcodes we mentioned a few days ago? DriverChief found another one in-game… but this one is sort of hidden. It is, in fact, a structure, seen from a viewpoint you don’t get except in Theater mode. Coolness!(Louis Wu 20:22:23 UTC)

NartFOpc created a film on B.net showing how to get to the Tribute Room easter egg (found by kornman00 in coop a couple of days ago) – give this a look if you’re curious but without friends to try it with. (There’s also an Achievement Hunter version p…

IGN posted an article rating the 5 Halo FPS games, in terms of campaign difficulty. See if you agree with them! Thanks, Anton P. Nym.(Louis Wu 20:21:13 UTC)

Reach launched officially on Tuesday, September 14 – and the hallowed tradition of the Halo Humpday Challenge was revived on Wednesday, September 15. The first challengers were (fittingly) the boys from 343 Industries – and astoundingly, Bungie pulled…

MTV Multiplayer has an article called “The Anatomy Of An Ambush With The ‘Halo: Reach’ Audio Director” – it’s a fascinating look at a moment in the Halo: Reach campaign, and the challenges Marty (and crew) faced in making sure that the music always su…

Bungie’s Jon “JonnyOThan” Cable has written up a Forge Required Objects Guide – it nails down what HAS to be in multiplayer gametypes, and what the other game-specific tags actually mean. If you’re at all confused about what “ctf_res_zone_away” might …

NeoGAF’s Shake Appeal is full of useful info these days. He’s got some basic weapons tips (I’m not sure I’d call these ‘basic’, in the sense that they’re useful to fair-to-middlin’ players too), and he put together a default weapon/vehicle timer chart…

Want to customize your Invasion experience? urk (and Bungie’s Joseph Ainsworth) can help. Swing by Bungie.net for a guide on Forging Invasion. Awesome!(Louis Wu 19:32:36 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, Popeck posted a video clip from a CTF game yesterday; there’s nothing really special about it, except that it shows very nicely the teamwork that Reach engenders, and the epic moments that can ensue. (The ending ROCKS.)(Louis Wu 19:30:…

Dave ‘Evil Otto’ Candland stopped by our forum with some news about multiplayer emblems in Reach – yes, a bunch have been removed (for memory reasons, mostly, but also in a few cases to avoid intellectual property issues going forward), and no, there a…

Bungie’s Mark Noseworthy is doing a cool thing – he’s taken his Reach Xbox 360 console, gotten it signed by the Bungie team, and put it up on eBay, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Brian Wood Memorial Trust. (Brian was a developer with another s…

Major Nelson’s pretty happy with Reach’s Day One Sales (over $200 million). I would be, too! (While it’s below MW2’s $310 million last year, it’s ALL ON ONE PLATFORM – and that’s amazing.) (Louis Wu 18:49:30 UTC)

Sometimes it pays to live in a country that gets too few video games. Alessandro De Vescovi let us know that Gamestop in Italy was giving away R/C Warthogs to Halo Reach preorders they couldn’t fill (standard edition preorders, even!). Not bad!(Louis …

Willy tested the range of a Gauss Hog’s round… it’s longer than Forge World, that’s for sure. How different from the days when a tank shell shot across Blood Gulch would vanish before hitting the far wall!(Louis Wu 18:47:47 UTC)

Ayanechan pointed out a video of Elodie Adamas playing the Halo theme on the violin… great vid! (I love the drummer…) (Louis Wu 18:46:32 UTC)

While at the NYC Reach Launch Event, Mig stole my camera and took a bunch of pictures. (You should be happy he did – if he hadn’t, there wouldn’t be ANY pictures, because I’m not smart enough to take it out of my pocket.) Captions assume you’re going …

So the folks at the Geek Speak Radio Show asked me if I’d participate on the show; I’m not sure I didn’t chase all their listeners away, but if you want to hear me doing my best to make Halo accessible to non-Halo players, go listen! (Elites have “hor…

pete_the_duck let us know that Damian Lacedamian posted a 4-minute interview with him on This Spartan Life’s blog – it’s talking about the map he made for the Waypoint interview TSL did with the band OK Go. Pretty fun interview! Watch it to see how pe…

A must-see vid is up on Bungie.net’s Comm Chatter today. Snoop Dogg plays Reach with LL Cool J – and the techniques for psyching out their opponents go way, way beyond standard smack-talk. Watch it at B.net, or just swing by Funny Or Die (so you can v…