INSANEdrive noticed that the VGA 2010 nominations are live – and Halo: Reach is up for 7 awards (Game of the Year, Studio of the Year, Best Xbox 360 Game, Best Shooter, Best Multiplayer, Best Original Score, and Best Performance by a Human Male (Nathan Fillion)). Not bad!(Louis Wu 18:07:09 UTC)

Off the wall, nothing but face.

Don’t allow your players to roam around lost on your map.

That rabbit is dynamite!

Halo Waypoint has a new ordinance piece up, and this time, it’s on everyone’s favorite LRV, the Pum- er… Warthog. Go and check out some nice renders, specs and info about the Jeep that helped save humanity!(GrimBrother One 15:38:52 UTC)

TWT Productions is back with another episode of E.O.A., their trick/glitch highlight series. Ep 3 has some very cool out-of-map moments and some fun tricks – go watch! Thanks, MelkorTheGreat.(Louis Wu 15:23:30 UTC)

Bryan Simon is back with a new song – this one is called ‘I Wanna Get A Killionaire‘ – Travie McCoy might rap better, but he ain’t got nothin’ on Bryan’s Halo love. Go listen! (Louis Wu 14:50:52 UTC)

The latest from Jon CJG is an episode of Arby ‘n’ the Chief entitled ‘The Mail Room‘ – Arby and Chief answer reader mail. Turns out pretty much as you’d expect…(Louis Wu 14:47:00 UTC)

Morpheus pointed out that the latest GameInformer (print) has a list of the Top 30 Characters that Defined the Tip of the 21st Century – and Master Chief is at #4. He also provided a link where you can vote for your OWN Top 30. Go see what they had to say about Spartan 117. (Louis Wu 14:40:53 UTC)

Sl’askia has been inspired to build her own comic – she’s starting with a rendered model that she’ll work from. Go see how it begins! (Louis Wu 14:39:13 UTC)

So today’s been a bit of an overload on news and announcements. From Fable III’s Understone DLC coming November 23rd for 400 MSP, the mobile hit game Angry Birds coming to XBLA and PSN, and even two new Transformers games coming out in the next couple of years. But this sort of stuff is what AHWU is for, and since it is Monday you’ll be getting your healthy dose within a few hours.

What you can’t be shown on AHWU, is a trailer for completely over the top, first person shooter action from Epic, Bulletstorm‘s latest trailer, “Kill with Skill”!

It’s Monday. It’s AHWU. GO!

Hey guys, I don’t know if anyone noticed, but I was out of the office last week. Yup, somehow the site managed to stay up even without me here. Wild, eh?

Anyway, I was actually out of the country checking out Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit at the Criterion Games Studios in Guildford, England. Here is my report on the matter!

While still blurry eyed and maybe a little hung over I noticed a little ad on my Dashboard. This ad stated that another Microsoft Point rebate was going on. After reading what I could buy and being generally confused I figured it out and now I am here to help you all out too! Just follow these steps:

1) Download this gamer picture
2) Download 1600 MSP worth of the following items by November 22

Arcade Games
Splosion Man, South Park Tower Defense, UNO Rush, Perfect Dark, Snoopy Flying Ace, Defense Grid, Magic The Gathering, Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, ikaruga, Fable 2 Pub Games, Braid, A Kingdom For Keflings, Rez HD, The Maw, Scrap Metal, Alien Breed Episode 1, Alien Breed Episode 2, The Dishwasher, Duke Nukem 3D, N+.

Game Add Ons
Forza 3, Mass Effect, Fable 2, Halo 3, Halo Wars, Gears Of War 2, Alan Wake (The Alan Wake page is wonky on Xbox.com so here is links to the DLC) The Signal & The Writer, LIPS, Crackdown, Crackdown 2, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Scene-It? Box Office Smash.

Avatar Gear
Halo: Reach, Halo ODST, Halo 3, Gears Of War 2, Gears Of War 3, Crackdown 2, Fable 2, Fable 3, Perfect Dark, Toy Soldiers

3) Wait and get your 400 MSP!

It is currently unknown if this promotion applies to all territories but just in case consider buying some of those items you have been holding off on!

Now that we have the keys out of the way, we can focus on some of the other collectibles in Fable 3. First up, let’s tackle the Gnomes. Click the image for part one of our four part Gnome Invasion Achievement guide.

So the last really big release of the year is out, and we’re jumping head first (Altair and Ezio style) into it. While Jack is working diligently on a mega map, I’m rounding up the gameplay Achievements. Queue this, our first video – a guide for getting the Serial Killer Achievement.