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Not exactly Halo news, but important to those who follow Bungie – Develop Online has a small article mentioning the next project Bungie will be working on… and confirming that it WON’T be using the Reach engine (or a licensed third-party engine). In…

Halochief89 is offering to custom-color a cartoony Spartan he drew, just to match your in-game model. CaptainTony has already taken him up on it – go put in your own request! (Louis Wu 19:08:26 UTC)

If you’re looking for a new theme for your Xbox 360 Dashboard, check out the Halo: Reach Invasion Theme – it costs nothing. Nice!(Louis Wu 19:07:26 UTC)

Bungie’s Developer Blog has a bunch of pics from last night’s festivities in New York – check it out! (We’ll have more of our own, soon, I hope.) (Louis Wu 19:05:36 UTC)

Remember StUnNeR H2K’s adorable kid and the custom UNSC wrap? Yeah, well, it gets cuter. (One | Two | Three) Who knew Bungie was thinking about parental needs when they built the packaging for the Legendary Edition? (Originally posted at NeoGAF, images…

gunluva’s updated some old duct-tape weapons, just in time for Reach… take a look! (Louis Wu 18:59:10 UTC)

So people with the 4GB Slim Xbox 360 are finding that they cannot play Reach coop – even with a USB Flash Drive attached. This is disappointing – but before you run out and buy a new Xbox hard drive (and become bitter about the purchase), read these in…

Rampancy.net is attempting the admirable (but insane) task of keeping track of Halo: Reach reviews – go see how well they’re doing! (Louis Wu 18:55:41 UTC)

Getting a late start – blame Frankie, the Bungie guys, and Best Buy for a fine Reach launch party in New York City last night. Let’s see if we can reduce some of the news backlog… For those who missed it, yesterday’s Penny Arcade comic was Reach-rel…

Bungie.net has posted Welcome to Noble Team, a primer for the new player customization system. Worth a read while you’re waiting to get your disc! Thanks, DHalo. (This will be our last newspost of the day – time to start preparing for the trip to the …

GrimBrother One noticed that the Halo Waypoint web portal has been overhauled – there’s a bunch of new content available for you on the Silverlight-based site. Go see!(Louis Wu 18:20:33 UTC)

G4TV’s Joe Paulding pointed us to this embeddable video at The Feed – it’s the first 15 minutes of Reach’s campaign. If you’re dying for another taste – go watch!(Louis Wu 18:14:09 UTC)

I found this article on CNBC disturbing… Microsoft’s stock is up over 2.5% today, and it looks like Reach might be the cause. That’s a hell of an effect for a videogame – even a game like Reach.(Louis Wu 18:11:37 UTC)

LordGideon wrote to point out that BulletproofPixel has pumped out reviews of the entire Halo franchise (Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo3: ODST, and Halo Wars) this week, in order to prepare you for Reach. Go read ’em!(Louis Wu 17:56:34 UTC)

Bungie mentions that the Halo Reach soundtrack is available for preorder on iTunes… but if you’re going digital, go to Sumthing Digital. Not only will you save $6 (it’s $10 instead of iTunes’ $16), but you can buy it RIGHT NOW. (They come as 320kbps …

The Physics Remastered team recently released a bunch of Halo 3 tricking vids – they show off some unique tricks, and give you complete tutorials to reproduce these yourself. The coolest one is ‘The Island’, getting you to an area in Sierra 117 that i…

AfroRyan pointed out some very cool artwork from concept artist Sam Spratt – the older ODST image he links to is new for me, and the new Reach wallpapers are GORGEOUS. Go see.(Louis Wu 16:51:52 UTC)

We didn’t hear about this until it was over, but there was a 48-hour Machinima Filmmaking Challenge that took place this past weekend – the Rooster Teeth crew and Waypoint were both involved. CrazedOne1988 stopped by today with his entry – not bad!(L…

Gilver found a ‘Generic Space Marine Training Manual’ at IGN – any Halo fan will recognize more than a little bit.(Louis Wu 16:42:33 UTC)

Building up towards Reach, Forward Unto Dawn has another article about Forge – this one is written by GhaleonEB. Reading it will pump you up for the potential of Reach’s Forge 2.0! Give it a look-see. Thanks, Dani.(Louis Wu 16:40:42 UTC)