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The final Reclaimer (for this week, at least) is available from TTL Demag0gue. Go check out Episode 248.(mnemesis 20:53:07 UTC)

Another Friday is upon us, which means it must be time for Friday Caption Fun at Hawty McBloggy’s. I hope he’s not calling me, I think I left my cell in the car…(mnemesis 15:08:17 UTC)

Eagle-eyed readers of the front page (what?) will notice that our regular programming has changed a bit. Just a heads up that things are going to continue to be a little different over the next day or so. ::blinks three times fast:: One important addition that I’m so thrilled to see is that Fearless Leader…

Hawty McBloggy’s got cake. Mmmm, cake.(mnemesis 01:29:24 UTC)

There’s a nice hands-on over a Tech Talk, a Singapore-based daily blog that gives another rundown on what we can expect to see soon in Reach. Give it a read!(mnemesis 01:26:04 UTC)

Firestorm12 sent word that Halopen Pencast 19 was up a few days ago. They go over their own projects, Reach, farewell to Halo 2, and their machinima experiences. Check it out!(mnemesis 01:00:16 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue, undeterred by the flood of Reach info, continues his week-long Reclaimer update; today’s episode (Ambush, #247) shows the Cavalcade looking to turn some tables…(Louis Wu 15:17:29 UTC)

Goodness. The same guy who immortalized Geoff Keighley’s rather odd question about Battle bros is back, with a remix of the first Reach ViDoc. I’m gonna have trouble getting that out of my head… thanks, Zeouterlimits.(Louis Wu 15:05:24 UTC)

ElzarTheBam found a link on the Bungie Forums to an image in Major Nelson’s Flickr stream – part of his Halo Reach set. Seems to show off the Flaming Armor effect you’ll get if you buy the Legendary edition. (You can also see a pic of the Elite Officer armor available in the Limited Edition.)…

Because it seems to be a day for front-page pictures, here are some low-res versions of the retail packaging for Halo Reach, as seen (first) on Halo Waypoint:45k32k17k42k45k38k34k60k(The ACTUAL pictures aren’t quite as low-res as the thumbs. Don’t forget to click.) Update: REAL pictures can now be found at Bungie.net. ‘scuse me while I wipe…

The Latest Bungie ViDoc went live this morning – Carnàge Carnivàle is an adrenaline-filled look at what’s coming in the Halo Reach Beta. Devs tell you what’s cool, and why. 8 minutes of awesome. Update: this is available on YouTube, for you Philistines out there… (Louis Wu 10:28:12 UTC)

Myyke’s girlfriend, knowing how over-the-top he was with respect to Halo, found him a custom iPhone case from ElementCase for Christmas – MAN, is that thing sweet. Pics below:145k157k153k144kYou could probably have your own made – but realize it’ll cost almost as much as your iPhone… Update: Myyke has added some pricing info and a…

More Reach coverage – this time from Giantbomb. Thanks, Minime637.(Louis Wu 10:22:24 UTC)

Want to see an awesome new QuickTime VR scene of an Invasion standoff? Grab it from Bungie.net (10.6 mb). Thanks, urk. (Linked on B.net now, too – along with hi-res versions of all the images released today, sans gamesite watermarks.)(Louis Wu 22:16:19 UTC)

Microsoft’s not confirming or denying, but Joystiq has pulled some Best Buy info (from an ad supposedly coming next week) from a Cheap Ass Gamer post that expands on the info we (might) know about the Reach retail packaging. Standard is $60 – that’s pretty much a given. Limited (special case, collectibles, in-game armor) is…

Forward Unto Dawn has posted part three of ‘Backwards From Dawn’, their Halo 2 Retrospective – it’s a look from someone who truly enjoyed LAN play more than LIVE play. Where do YOU fit?(Louis Wu 17:51:44 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue makes good on his promise of a Reclaimer a day this week with Wednesday’s update – Episode 246 has Ferial in pursuit of the Reclaimer – with a vengeance.(Louis Wu 15:42:18 UTC)

dCon V found two more Kotaku articles: there’s a piece discussing the concept of classes, as they might apply to Reach, and there’s a gallery of screenshots (these are available in lots of places now). Update: And one more – Gamespot has posted their hands-on (thanks, GhaleonEB).(Louis Wu 15:37:24 UTC)

Wow. If you want all the goodness that is Reach Beta information, in one place… you couldn’t do better than GhaleonEB’s thread-starting post for the Halo: Reach Beta Thread on NeoGAF. Now THAT’S some nice summarization.(Louis Wu 15:00:08 UTC)

More coverage:TheSixthAxis (thanks, nofi)1UP (thanks, GhaleonEB)Konsolifin (in Finnish – thanks, Popeck)VG247 (thanks, Genesis Knight)CVGTotal Video GamesPlay.tmDigital SpyGameFocusVideogamer.comKotakuAlso, Joystiq (whose hands-on we mentioned in the LAST newspost) has an interview with Lars Bakken about the Beta, DLC, and the future of the franchise. See if you can keep up! Update: Looks like I missed a second…