Author: halo@bungie.org

GamesRadar has put together a list of the Top 7 ways that Halo has influenced the games industry. Not sure I agree with all of them (many of these things were around LONG before Halo), but it’s an interesting read!(Louis Wu 20:40:43 UTC)

Popular Mechanics has an in-depth look at the making of Reach, with insight from Joe Tung, Marcus Lehto, and Sage Merrill – go give it a read, you’ll learn something! (Louis Wu 20:39:54 UTC)

USA Today’s Game Hunters has a basic ‘helping hand’ guide for Reach, if you’re a total beginner – check it out for tips! (Louis Wu 20:39:16 UTC)

Wondering how well Reach is doing? Around noon PST yesterday, Bungie tweeted this – as of that point, Reach had already surpassed the all-time highest record for Halo 3 concurrent unique users on LIVE. Wonga!(Louis Wu 20:33:30 UTC)

Lance Alexander sent word that the National Gaming League is hosting a live Halo Reach Tournament in in Atlanta, GA on October 9th. You can find full info (gametypes, rules, settings) on this page. They’re going to be kicking off a new ranking system …

The Escapist has put up a Halo timeline – it’s not a timeline of events IN the Halo universe, it’s a timeline of how the Halo universe has grown. Pretty interesting piece of work! Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for noticing.(Louis Wu 15:20:13 UTC)

Josh Ruble let us know that last night’s Late Nite JengaJam (a podcast run by RvB’s Jengaship took place in Halo Reach – they tried to review it while playing. Go watch to see how they did!(Louis Wu 15:16:45 UTC)

Over at High Impact Halo, you’ll find a launchoff a Banshee onto a much, much bigger vessel. Minor spoilers if you haven’t played Tip of the Spear yet. I love you guys, HIH. Thanks, Ducain.(Louis Wu 14:45:24 UTC)

kornman00 found a really amazing easter egg (set of eggs?) near the end of the game – he’s done a pretty nice job of documenting it. SERIOUS spoilers, obviously. Also serious coolness. Much <3, Bungie. (Louis Wu 13:06:22 UTC)

I’ve never heard the term ‘upcycled’ before – but there’s a pretty interesting women’s top on Etsy right now, and it started with a Halo 3 shirt. If you like it, hurry – there’s only one. (Louis Wu 13:05:43 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 whipped up a pretty entertaining wallpaper, and sent it to Hawty McBloggy – I love the credits at the bottom. (Louis Wu 13:02:40 UTC)

Penny Arcade has another Reach-related comic today; no newspost (yet), but I’d guess there’ll be followup when it’s posted. Thanks, hnc. (Louis Wu 13:01:28 UTC)

Thanks to a kind friend and some very accomodating Bungie employees, PFG has nearly completed his signed Bungie Halo poster collection (one for each release, except the Map Pack). Take a look at the pics!(Louis Wu 13:00:20 UTC)

HaLo2FrEeEk went to a Gamestop midnight opening to buy Reach… and got teabagged by a Spartan. (Sounds like he enjoyed it, too.) Go check out the film!(Louis Wu 12:59:10 UTC)

dogcom got more mail from Microsoft, offering print-ready Reach artwork and assets for download – some pretty cool stuff in there! Go grab your own.(Louis Wu 12:58:28 UTC)

We’re asking that folks be polite in our forum – if you’re going to post Campaign spoilers, that you flag your posts with an *SP* tag in the subject line, and that if you’re posting inside of a thread that isn’t COMPLETELY devoted to spoilers, that yo…

When you launch a new title, and a few million people all start accessing things at once, I suppose you can expect issues. Yesterday, Bungie posted a bunch of things that might help you if you’re having trouble:Folks having trouble redeeming codes tha…

Tied the Leader (well, XerxdeeJ) wants to know how you spent Launch Day. Swing by their site to see how THEY are spending it.(Louis Wu 20:22:05 UTC)

If you’re having trouble unlocking your Elite Officer pre-order armor bonus, Bungie’s got some answers for you. Go see.(Louis Wu 20:15:05 UTC)

If you’re interested as going as the Master Chief this Halloween, and you don’t have the time to make your own outfit, now might be a decent time to buy a Halo 3 costume – Costume SuperCenter is offering Halo 3 costumes at 20% off for the rest of this…