Dani’s got a full writeup of the new maps, as well, over at Forward Unto Dawn. Good read!(Louis Wu 13:35:21 UTC)

FyreWulff wrote up a text-only review of the Defiant Map Pack (he’s waiting for the official embargo to end to include screens/videos) – you can find it over at the Fire Team Zulu website. Interesting stuff!(Louis Wu 13:32:53 UTC)

AngelicLionheart stopped in with word of an artist who’s doing a 24 hour draw-a-thon for Japan relief – he’ll draw whatever you want, with the money going to the Red Cross tsunami relief effort. We recently mentioned some Halo work he’d done… jump in and get some cool artwork made!(Louis Wu 13:32:04 UTC)

NeoGAF’s Tashi put together Ascendancy, a montage of footage from some early Defiant gameplay – and Devin Olsen followed up quickly with his own minitage. Nice work! Update: Tashi also uploaded a full game vid on Highlands (it’s the one where his opening predicted rocket double comes from).(Louis Wu 13:31:00 UTC)

I have no idea how he did this… but b0anerges managed to reproduce the Real Salt Lake logo… in Forge. Check it.(Louis Wu 13:30:34 UTC)

ChenK had been looking for a piece of Halo 3 artwork – KP helped out. Grab this while it’s available! (Louis Wu 13:30:07 UTC)

Achievement Hunter’s Geoff and Jack hung out with This Spartan Life’s Damian Lacedamian – the resulting 10 minute interview is up on Halo: Waypoint’s website (thanks, pete_the_duck, who’s also in the movie). Great talk, great challenges (they’re playing TSL, not HORSE) – go watch!(Louis Wu 13:29:42 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY is giving away a Defiant Map Pack code, along with a Gears of War 3 Avatar prop – you’ll need to follow him on Twitter to get in on the action. Good luck!(Louis Wu 19:08:27 UTC)

padraig08 found an RC Warthog commercial that could have been aired in the 90s – I laughed in a few places.(Louis Wu 13:25:36 UTC)

The latest Arby ‘n’ the Chief went live yesterday – the wedding gets closer. A little scary to wonder how badly the Chief’s gonna screw things up… Thanks, Moorpheusl9. (Louis Wu 13:24:58 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update went live last night, as expected, and even made it into our Weekly Update Archive, though there was no front-page post here. It contains a Q&A with Max Hoberman (always good to hear from Max), a playlist update from Jeremiah, some calming words about the recent Bungie Beta Tester Survey debacle, and submissions for the 9th round of Bungie’s All Stars Contest. And a Blame Stosh that made me laugh. Go read!(Louis Wu 20:18:38 UTC)

Dust Storm let us know that Podtacular is giving away a bunch of Defiant Map Pack codes – if you’re interested in getting in on the action, swing by their site!(Louis Wu 20:09:48 UTC)

Pepsi let us know that he’d created a Master Chief sprite in Minecraft… gotta put in the Halo love to every game possible!(Louis Wu 20:04:58 UTC)

Brian Gilmore sent word of a new Teabag Prevention Presentation – this one gives you the rundown on Sword Base. Locations, tips, tricks… lots of info in here!(Louis Wu 20:00:00 UTC)

Mr.Sci-Fi grabbed some footage from the Defiant Map Pack Preview Event – if you couldn’t be there, you can get a sense for what was shown! (Louis Wu 19:57:58 UTC)

Stuff we missed while at PAX – looks like some pretty funky goings-on at the Reclaimer website!(Louis Wu 19:55:40 UTC)

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since Luke and I hastily made this comic in the hotel bar after last year’s PAX East panel. It was an exciting day and hopefully a lot of you will be at this year’s panel TODAY, in the main theatre at 4:30pm! We sincerely hope to see you there.

Community
–Achievement HORSE #14
–Fails of the Weak! Volume 25
–Xbox LIVE Labs
–Weekend Hunt

AH Videos
–Peng Me Again and Ship Shape video guides in Dead Space 2
–Pin-up, The Diablo You Know, and Flame Grilled video guide in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
–Enchantment Overload video guide in Torchlight
–Achievement Hunter Behind the Scenes: Magical Floating Games
–Rage Quit: Guitar Hero Metallica

Community Videos
–Zombie Music and Talking Dolls Easter Eggs in Call of Duty: Black Ops from Nand
–Sore wa kantan desu video guide in Doritos Crash Course from Soothsayer57
–Bin Collector, Snot an Achievement, and Canadian Stunt video guide in Earthworm Jim HD from BioHRay
–Communication Breakdown and Survivor video guide in Supreme Commander 2 from ClownBaby
–Rajputtin’ You to Shame, Aggressive Pacifist, and A Zande to Remember video guide in Deadliest Warrior: The Game from BrownMan

Xbox 360 Achievements
-Added achievements for Xbox LIVE Labs
-Added achievements for Michael Jackson: The Experience
-Added achievements for The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
-Added achievements for WWE All Stars
-Added achievements for Battle: Los Angeles
-Added achievements for NASCAR 2011: The Game
-Added Doom on the Loose DLC achievements for Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
-Added Autumn Tale DLC achievements for ilomilo
-Added The Exiled Prince DLC achievements for Dragon Age II
-Added Defiant Map Pack DLC achievements for Halo: Reach
-Added Lost Hobo King DLC achievements for Stacking

Windows Phone 7 Achievements
-Added achievements for Fable: Coin Golf
-Added achievements for Burn it All!

PlayStation 3 Trophies
-Added trophies for .deTuned
-Added trophies for Tomb Raider: Underworld
-Added Dead Money DLC trophies for Fallout: New Vegas

Steam Achievements
-Added achievements for B.U.T.T.O.N.
-Added achievements for Swords and Soldiers HD