Bungie’s written up a Noble Map Pack FAQ explaining some of the nuances of how the DLC works, in terms of when you’ll see the maps in Matchmaking, what happens if you’re trying to play with people that don’t have them, and so on. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 16:58:31 UTC)

Immersion is underway. We just released episode 2, “Online Gaming Distractions” with special guests Mega 64! We had a blast making this and we hope all of you enjoy it. Keep tuning in this week for more videos featuring Mega 64. For Science!

A little light learning.

I’ve got two videos for you today, both from a “secret” game called ilomilo. The first is for “The Musician”.

And the second is for “You’re In The Way”. Keep playing and look back soon for more guides.

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So this podcast is about a week overdue, but better late than never we suppose. We have the whole gang here this week along with JakFireDragon from Cyberline Films talking about making custom maps in Halo: Reach, or so we think. Discussions start out on topic and derail all over the place after we read our only submission (our fans don’t love us anymore?). There are still plenty of laughs as always. Enjoy

Giant Bomb has a half-hour video Quick Look at the Noble Map Pack – if you’ve got the time, go see what they thought! (Standard matchmaking, with voiceover commentary.)(Louis Wu 21:11:25 UTC)

Minime637 was touched by the beauty of the new maps – there are 6 new panoramas up in his DeviantART gallery, with previews in his forum post. Nice!(Louis Wu 19:26:44 UTC)

Kotaku has a few videos taken from outside the playing areas of the three new Noble maps – the skyboxes that Bungie has created for these playing spaces are AMAZING. Go watch. (Louis Wu 16:00:01 UTC)

Hedgemony has posted the next batch of Halo: Guard Duty pages – start here for pages 8-10, then follow his links for pages 11-16! (Louis Wu 15:59:34 UTC)

Adam Dorsey sent us word of the latest episode of Multiplayer Singleplayer – and his review of the Halo Reach Noble Map Pack. Not your typical review… (Louis Wu 15:58:45 UTC)

Sidd stopped by with word of a famous town from Fallout 3 – recreated in Reach. Go check out Megaton! (Louis Wu 15:56:58 UTC)

Have you ever wanted to be rewarded for buying content from the XBox Live Marketplace, or for renewing your Gold subscription? Well, the new XBox Live Rewards program is going to be doing exactly that! Rewardng you with Microsoft Points on almost anything you buy directly from XBox.com or your XBox 360 Dashboard.

The exact amount you’ll be rewarded will vary, depending on what you buy, with Family Pack Gold subscriptions getting the most. Unlike previous reward schemes, this one isn’t exclusive to Gold members, and XBox Free members will be reaping some of the benefits.

So what are you waiting for? Head over to the XBox Live Rewards page now, sign yourself up, and then… profit! And if you have any questions, there’s a handy FAQ here!

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Now that we’ve mopped up all of the collectibles in Assassin’s Creed, I can finally get back to the collectibles in Fable 3. Here’s parts two and three of our Gnome Invasion guide. Look for part four (the finale) later today.

Retsof-Noraa found a site that’s giving you a shot at a custom-skinned Reach Xbox with every order above $25 you place between now and December 31. Nice deal! Take a look at Ellusionist.(Louis Wu 15:56:03 UTC)

Congrats to cbwilliams17, Silver Blade 14, MarcScott, Kapura, Banshee 105, Taco Power PhD, and EazyB – these 7 won Devin’s latest giveaway and are now proud owners of the Noble Map Pack! Stay tuned for more.(Louis Wu 15:54:47 UTC)

I’ve been really getting into Fable 3 lately, usually after Geoff goes to bed.

I’ve got a different sort of video for you Achievement Hunters today. It’s not Achievement related per say, but it certainly SHOULD be. Let me know what you think.

In case you missed it, the Noble Map Pack is out – and there are two new playlists to fill your need for carnage. DLC has games specifically on the three new maps – a mix of objective and slayer types. And Grab Bag has Firefight VS. (Finally!) Go play! (The new maps will also show up in the regular lists – but if you want to be GUARANTEED time on them, use the DLC list.)(Louis Wu 21:10:18 UTC)

ikillbambis sent word that there’s a preview of the Noble Map Pack over at 360 Junkies – give it a read!(Louis Wu 21:07:14 UTC)

Devin Olsen found himself in possession of 7 (count ’em, 7) Noble Map Pack codes – if you swing by the Devin-Sent page, you can put your name in the hat to win one! (Please – if you already have the maps, do NOT enter. If you have a friend who needs them, get them to enter for themselves.) Hurry – the window is just 8 hours long; this contest ends at 7pm PST, and codes will be distributed soon after.(Louis Wu 19:05:09 UTC)