The Noble Map Pack for Halo: Reach launches tomorrow, offering 3 new unique maps and 250 additional Gamerscore for 800 MSP. If you’re not sure what your Spartan’s going to be jumping feet first into, take a look at these quick look videos from Bungie:

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Tempest


Breakpoint

It’s Monday, it’s time to party.

There was no weekly roundup of articles on Halo Waypoint this weekend (probably because it was a holiday week), so we’ve done our own. Some of the content already hit our front page – here’s the stuff we missed:

• bs angel summarized Noble Map Pack coverage around the web – some of these links made our front page, some didn’t. Nice to have them all in one place! (There’s a second batch here.)
• Anoj’s most recent Top 10 film covers no-scopes – and when you’re done watching it, Alison reminds you of a classic Halo 3 film… and a parody you may have missed.
• Chimp whipped up a Halo: Reach montage – lots of multikills. If you’re jonesin’ for a montage high because urk’s been on vacation, check this out!
• The Waypoint Top 5 crew will be hosting a community playdate tomorrow, to celebrate the new maps – join ’em!
• GrifballHub picked a Grifball Team of the Month, and the interview (along with a highlights video) is up on Waypoint.
• The first episode of ‘Franchise Player’ is now live. Check out this Rooster Teeth-created miniseries.
• The second part of ‘The Arbiter’ is up – get more info on this Covenant bigwig!
• The latest Outreach episode has Vociferous talking to Forward Unto Dawn’s Dani while they play through a game of Team Headhunter – go listen!

Lots of good stuff! Go expore.(Louis Wu 23:20:49 UTC)

Shacknews is giving away 8 Noble Map Pack codes to US residents – all you need to do is have a Shack account and post a single comment in this story to be entered to win. Codes will be distributed tomorrow – get in the game! Thanks, Brian.(Louis Wu 23:02:49 UTC)

Bungie posted a teaser for the Noble Map Pack, which hits the interwebs tomorrow – and if you were quick, you might have noticed that the alt tags for the images housed download codes for the pack. (All gone now, of course.) Sneaky! Still worth a read – nice pics!(Louis Wu 22:54:01 UTC)

Ready for download!

If you haven’t heard of ilomilo before, let me open your eyes to this quirky little arcade title. Your characters ilo and milo begin at opposite sides of a 3D puzzle and must make their way towards each other by navigating a number of challenges, all while moving about the different sides of pieced together cubes. The game does include 2 player co-op, however it’s local players only.
Interested? Well, the game isn’t released for download by the conventional methods just now, but there’s still a way to get your grubby mits on it. Visit the secret code site and grab yourself a redeemable code to use on the XBox Live Marketplace. Once redeemed you’ll have a download of the demo inbound to your XBox 360 hard drive. Once finished, play the demo and decide whether you like it or not, and if you do you can buy the full version of the game from within the game’s menu system.

XBL Deals of the Week
After the bonanza of deals from the holiday weekend just gone, XBox Live is slashing prices on some arcade games guaranteed to bug you, but in the best possible way:

• Worms 2 Armageddon – Half price for twice the worms, only 400 MSP
• Band of Bugs – A creepy, crawly, irresistible 400 MSP
• Earthworm Jim HD – High Definition hilarity for just 400 MSP
• Centipede & Millipede – Double the trouble for just 200 MSP

ForgeHub summarized a couple of week’s worth of updates for Bungie’s Comm Chatter today – so we’ll just point you to it. Go explore!(Louis Wu 19:37:09 UTC)

Too many narrow bridges and inclines make players sad.

ForgeHub’s finest.

munky-058 held a screenshot contest recently – and because he was offering Noble Map Pack codes as prizes, he got a LOT of submissions. Well, he’s picked his faves – and you can see them, along with a number of honorable mentions, in this post. Congrats to the winners! And to everyone involved – fantastic shots, all around.(Louis Wu 18:08:19 UTC)

The latest Arby ‘n’ the Chief is the second in the ‘Mail Room’ series – questions from fans, answered by action figures. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:05:54 UTC)

Jack and Geoff shake off the turkey hangover!

ZZoMBiE13 has got to take a break from Halo artwork for a while; he’s got some other stuff eating up his free time. He did provide one last piece for your enjoyment, though – check out ‘Rated Hyper Lethal‘, with Master Chief and Noble Six joining forces! (Louis Wu 23:11:38 UTC)

Yeshy let us know that the Forgineers are holding a monthly giveaway; December’s starts now. You’ve got a chance at the Special Edition Wireless Xbox 360 controller with Play and Charge kit – go see what you need to do!(Louis Wu 23:03:38 UTC)

Looks like the Fan Fiction update never happened this week – but then, it’s only one piece. Go check it out.(Louis Wu 23:03:04 UTC)

Destructoid got their hands on the Reach DLC maps a bit early, and put up a couple of gaming sessions showing them off (one session here, the second one here). These were broadcast live yesterday – don’t expect a polished presentation.(Louis Wu 22:47:15 UTC)