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Congrats to Believe The Hype, the winners of the 2009 MLG National Championship, which took place in Orlando this weekend. (They flew through the tournament, winning every series they played in; they beat Final Boss 3-2, Instinct 3-2, Str8 Rippin 3-2, and Classic 6-2 to walk away with $100,000.) Full results and writeups (and rebroadcasts…

Major Nelson posted the Top 20 LIVE games of 2009 yesterday – and Halo 3 is at #1 on the list. (ODST came in at #8, and the Halo Wars demo was at #11.) Nicely done! Thanks to CaptainTony for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:24:14 UTC)

Three new comics for you today:Hawty McBloggy has the latest Grin + Bear It – I don’t know what to say about it.Elnea’s posted Halo Action Figure Theater #195 (No Reply) – I think maybe Six and John might have overreacted…TTL Demag0gue stopped by to announce Reclaimer 234 (Interrogator) – Indigenous Adjuvant discusses some questionable…

Oonsk is taking on a life of his own – yesterday, ZzoMBiE13 sent along a tribute. You can see the full-sized version by clicking on the thumb… Update: even Stuntmutt is getting in on the act. (Louis Wu 15:01:15 UTC)

CaptainTony has done some digging – and come up with the following info: Amazon has Greg Bear’s first Forerunner novel slated for release on July 6, 2010, and McMillan is listing a due-in-March ‘Halo Boxed Set’, which CaptainTony speculates might be the first three Tor-published Halo novels (Ghosts of Onyx, Contact Harvest, and The Cole…

If you’re not up on internet memes, you might have missed ‘Geddan’, a craze originated in Japan a couple of years ago. The ModHalo crowd wanted in, though, so Geddan Halo Master Chief was born. Thanks (well, maybe), Pepsi.(Louis Wu 20:55:28 UTC)

Halo 3 Screenshots is back with a new Top Ten collection, this one focused on Thel ‘Vadam (otherwise known as The Arbiter). And what a glorious collection it is! Go look.(Louis Wu 20:34:46 UTC)

GamesIndustry.biz surveyed almost 10,000 industry professionals about their predictions for 2010 releases – Halo: Reach was tapped as the biggest seller of the year. Here’s hoping they’re right!(Louis Wu 20:30:16 UTC)

So if you don’t visit NeoGAF, you’re missing some fun stuff. Junior Member Flipyap looked at the GI cover a couple of days ago, and posted a cropped shot of Kat’s shoulder. Since not everyone got the point, Flipyap made it clearer – and soon after, even pointed out the little guy’s name. Oonsk is…

Hedgemony dug up some information about the artist responsible for the Game Informer cover art – awesome to see that the chosen artist cites Craig Mullins as an influence!(Louis Wu 20:08:50 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has a picture that was created in the snow for… dogs? I dunno. It’s cute, though! (Louis Wu 17:25:33 UTC)

Halo Waypoint has posted The Making of ‘Origins I’, the Legends episode we saw on Waypoint last week. It’s a fascinating glimpse into the building of this overarching storyline, and it includes tons of footage from the second half of Origins (which none of us will be able to see before Legends is released on…

In case you’re wondering what there is to watch this weekend… it’s the MLG 2009 National Championships in Orlando, with $100k on the line for the top team. The landing page is here, on MLG’s website, and the live stream schedule is here. (Just visit their homepage for the stream itself.) Good luck to all…

The latest Top 10 Halo 3 Series is up to Episode 46 – Big Team Battle Kills. The kills themselves are pretty good… but the Countdown Extras make this one. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:42:04 UTC)

Wondering how the Winter Pentathlon went for Bungie yesterday? There are a bunch of photos up on Bungie.net (it looks like fun was had by many) – congrats to the Grizzled Ancients for pulling out the win!(Louis Wu 16:28:23 UTC)

RC Master wondered if Reach might include some RTS features, courtesy of Forge’s successor… and Hawaiian Pig added a substantial analysis of his own. Would this be fun? Who knows? It’s sure interesting to speculate about, though!(Louis Wu 16:25:42 UTC)

Well, the big news of yesterday afternoon was the announcement of Game Informer’s February issue – Scotty, on our forum, was the first word I saw. There are Twitter updates from GI editors and tidbits all over the place – GI will be releasing new Reach information nearly every other day through the month. Looking…

It’s way, way early – but the Bungie Weekly Update keeps Bungie.net’s front page looking bare this Friday. I guess they’re gearing up for the Winter Pentathlon, and can’t be bothered with news. It’s okay, though, because there’s some good stuff in there, even if urk couldn’t get specific. Go read! (It’s in our Weekly…

A couple of new comics for you today:Elnea’s posted ‘Carry That Weight’, a slightly risqué episode of Halo Action Figure Theater (okay, maybe not so risqué). Gotta love the sword, though.TTL Demag0gue let us know about Reclaimer 233 (“Eternity”) – where AIs get philosophical.Go read ’em!(Louis Wu 17:52:15 UTC)

I’ve been a little lax about checking the entries for the Hide, Seek, Snap contest – we had a winner on Wednesday! Congrats to Scarmando, who picked up a code for Sgt. Johnson in Firefight, courtesy of AfroRyan. And there’s a new image up now – check out Round 3, and if you’re the first…