Four new pieces are up for your reading pleasure in the Fan Fiction section – what are you waiting for?(Louis Wu 15:32:38 UTC)

Hello out there. Are you still one helmet away from having all of the Avatar Awards in Halo Reach? Does that one helmet belong to Carter? Well then you might want to check out this video, as Geoff and I show you an easy (and fast) way to grab it.

I’ve got one more video to share with you guys today. Watch Geoff and I show you just how easy this Call of Duty: Black Ops achievement can be. (Light feet are not actually required.)

It’s time for another Gears of War 2 XP event, but this one has quite an interesting twist. This time we’ll be receiving a measily 10x XP, not much when compared to the massive 35x XP event we had last month. And I can hear alot of you saying, “I already got my Wings, why should I care about another XP boost?” Well, this is where it gets interesting.

Rod Fergusson has recently been teasing on Twitter, what’s going to be happening with Horde mode for the 9 day event that starts tomorrow. No specifics yet, but he has confirmed that it will be a very good way to boost the Seriously 2.0 achievement, but it won’t be easy so Rod recommends you bump the difficulty down to Casual and grab some Gears buddies. The map you choose to play on will also be the key to success.

What do we think, a huge mass of Tickers?

What’s up folks? I’ve been quiet the past few days because I’ve been pounding away at this Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood map and finally we’re able to unleash it out in to the world. As you play around with it, you’ll notice it isn’t 100% finished yet. All of the flags and feathers are marked, but not all are linked to the proper video. We’re working on it and should have it pretty much complete by this time tomorrow.

We’ll also be adding in the Romulus lairs as well as other cool stuff. Keep checking back for more and have fun!

I just stole 14 Florens from you while you were reading this…

Know your past. Embrace the present. Opt in to our future.

Forge-related goodies for you today, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter: XForgery is hosting a testing session you can join to get some feedback on your Forgetacular map entry (and maybe win some goodies), and a rascal cat has another Map Spotlight – this time, it’s A Ghuta’s map, Nostalgia. Go read about it!(Louis Wu 19:04:34 UTC)

Forge-related goodies for you today, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter: XForgery is hosting a testing session you can join to get some feedback on your Forgetacular map entry (and maybe win some goodies), and a rascal cat has another Map Spotlight – this time, it’s A Ghuta’s map, Nostalgia. Go read about it!(Louis Wu 19:04:34 UTC)

If you wanted to get your hands on a Reach Legendary Edition, but thought $150 was too much – it’s going for $75 right now as a Video Game Lightning Deal at Amazon.com. You’ve got three and a half hours left at this price (assuming they don’t run out of stock sooner than that). Thanks, NameGenerated.(Louis Wu 18:25:15 UTC)

If you wanted to get your hands on a Reach Legendary Edition, but thought $150 was too much – it’s going for $75 right now as a Video Game Lightning Deal at Amazon.com. You’ve got three and a half hours left at this price (assuming they don’t run out of stock sooner than that). Thanks, NameGenerated.(Louis Wu 18:25:15 UTC)

Bungie.net member ev1l tr1t0n has kicked off a small project to map Halo’s online population – there’s a thread on Bungie.net, and a website containing the relevant charts. Interesting info for the stats-minded among us! (Thanks to chess, at NeoGAF, for the heads-up.)(Louis Wu 18:18:21 UTC)

Bungie.net member ev1l tr1t0n has kicked off a small project to map Halo’s online population – there’s a thread on Bungie.net, and a website containing the relevant charts. Interesting info for the stats-minded among us! (Thanks to chess, at NeoGAF, for the heads-up.)(Louis Wu 18:18:21 UTC)

It’s time for another Gears of War 2 XP event, but this one has quite an interesting twist. This time we’ll be receiving a measily 10x XP, not much when compared to the massive 35x XP event we had last month. And I can hear alot of you saying, “I already got my Wings, why should I care about another XP boost?” Well, this is where it gets interesting.

Rod Fergusson has recently been teasing on Twitter, what’s going to be happening with Horde mode for the 9 day event that starts tomorrow. No specifics yet, but he has confirmed that it will be a very good way to boost the Seriously 2.0 achievement, but it won’t be easy so Rod recommends you bump the difficulty down to Casual and grab some Gears buddies. The map you choose to play on will also be the key to success.

What do we think, a huge mass of Tickers?

The Bees Knees’ Willeth and some friends set up a nice comparison – check out Combat Evolved! (1080p version of the Reach shot is in his Fileshare.) (Louis Wu 17:51:30 UTC)

Mendicant Bias noticed that a recent episode of Manly Guys Doing Manly Things (a strip created for an Escapist contest not to long ago, that now lives comfortably on its own) features your favorite 26th-century supersoldier, among other video game luminaries. (The text below the comic can help with context, if you don’t recognize the song.) (Louis Wu 17:24:14 UTC)

Treeskunk decided to recreate the Battle: Los Angeles trailer in Reach (you can see the original here) – it seems to be more of a ‘feeling’ recreation, rather than a literal transcribing of the scenes. Either way – go look! (Louis Wu 17:23:44 UTC)

Morpheus noticed an IGN article entitled ‘How To Make Video Game Movies Not Suck‘ – Halo is a big part of it. Interesting read!(Louis Wu 17:23:17 UTC)