NeoGAF’s wwm0nkey pointed out a new Play Arts Halo action figure line from Square Enix. The two new figures shown are from “Halo: CE” and will debut at this year’s E3. The figures are envisioned by Square Enix, which might account for the discernible changes in the Mark V armor. How intriguing. Update: Frankie stopped by to elaborate on the action figures. According to him, the figures pull in design elements from every variant of the Chief to create unique, Japanese-flavored celebration items for the 10th anniversary. Update 2: The lovely bs angel just informed me that Halo Waypoint has photos and the official press release for the new line.(Hitmonchan 15:15:45 UTC)

pete_the_duck’s back with another funky gametype – you can actually play Rock Paper Scissors (Stone Paper Scissors for the Brits among you) in Halo: Reach! The creativity of Halo fans… it amazes me sometimes. (Louis Wu 14:15:36 UTC)

FyreWulff has another entry in the Normalcy Week collection of FTZ Challenges – you’re fighting through Kikowani Station, Tilt is on, and you’re not allowed to kill Engineers. Thank goodness Normal Difficulty is allowed! Go give it a shot. (Louis Wu 14:11:52 UTC)

Cellxz stopped in with a small clip of a Reach Elite… in a new environment. It’s test footage – can’t wait to see where it’s going!(Louis Wu 14:09:15 UTC)

Couple of new vids for you on Bungie’s Comm Chatter today: ChrisOfTheDead has the twelfth installment of his Shenanigans series – 8 minutes of silliness… and Forge Spotlight is back with Episode 6 – quick looks at 4 new maps. Check these out!(Louis Wu 17:50:32 UTC)

More sweet maps.

Community comedy ensues.

The best of the best multiplayer kills.

This week’s ‘Top 10 Kills‘ from IGN is now available. I gasped as I watched No 8. and No. 6. These two clips make this worth the watch, and it’s criminal they weren’t placed higher. Go see for yourself!(Hitmonchan 15:58:32 UTC)

Hedgemony snagged a supporting charater from his recent Romeo: One Shot comic, and put together a mini-tale. Well, the beginning of one. Nice work!(Louis Wu 15:51:44 UTC)

Achievement Hunter’s Achievement HORSE #26, containing maps used at the RTX gathering last weekend, is now live – it’s not a serious episode (Jack had a lot of practice before filming), but the maps look pretty wild. Go check ’em!(Louis Wu 15:33:14 UTC)

Chris10023 wanted to let everyone know that Episode 9 of his Halo Reach Fails series is up. Why do I feel like any one of those could just as easily be me? Give it a look!(GrimBrother One 14:18:08 UTC)

The Fire Team Zulu team is at it again with another awesome classic challenge called Treasure Beach. Think you have what it takes to storm up the coast on the Silent Cartographer using no vehicles? How about leaving those rockets and grenades behind as well? This is going to be a good one… Go and try it out!(GrimBrother One 14:13:04 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY Productions has a new Community Spotlight up highlighting Waypoint community member Calimar and his awesome Forge Maps. A good little writeup and some details and links to some pretty incredible maps. Definitely go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 14:08:16 UTC)

Back in March, Hedgemony found the abstracts for a book titled “Halo and Philosophy.” According to Amazon, the 288-page book will be available next Tuesday. Also included in the listing is the book’s cover. The list price is $20, but Amazon is selling it for $13.01. Update: Arithmomaniac let us know the book is shipping now (and that there’s a Kindle version), and atticboy showed us a photo of the book in L.A.’s Little Tokyo. Thanks for the heads up!(Hitmonchan 20:42:00 UTC)

Not really Halo news specifically, but HBO Community nonetheless. A special congrats to HBO-poster Moorpheusl9 for completing his 4-year Masters Degree in Physics. Awesome stuff, man! Feats like that deserve at least a little shout-out. Now can you get on that FTL drive please?(GrimBrother One 20:31:10 UTC)

Do you need some summer Grifball lovin’? The International Halo: Reach Grifball League (IHRGL) wants to be your season in the sun. Check out Goosechecka’s post on GrifballHub for more information.(Hitmonchan 20:12:52 UTC)

Deviantart user linux2501 showed off his sweet UNSC tattoo, complete with realistic blood drips. Wait — is that actual blood? That’s just gross, man. Clean yourself up.(Hitmonchan 20:11:23 UTC)