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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Top 10 Halo Reach Snipes is the latest from Anoj – some amazing clips.
  • Funny Halo Reach Fails and Laughs 2 is the second in the series from Stewie2552 – it is what its title suggests.
  • Zev created his first Halo Reach montage – nice timing, nice angles.
  • The Good Games League has posted Halo Reach Grifball Highlights, Week 1 – lots of new twists now! (I like the grass court.)
  • Go watch!(Louis Wu 17:33:08 UTC)


  • Gueta Outta Here.

    Today’s One One Se7en made me smile. For multiple reasons.(Louis Wu 16:52:04 UTC)

  • GrifballHub Auction for Extra Life

    Goosechecka let us know that GrifballHub is auctioning off goodies for Extra Life – you can bid on a signed Reach poster from PAX, or a signed Reach controller (or you can simply donate to Extra Life, and help sick kids all over the world). Check it out! (Louis Wu 16:42:43 UTC)


  • Grifball Supports Extra Life!

    Buy Reach swag to raise money for the Extra Life charity!


  • Die Trying

    neo56695 let us know about “Die Trying“, a Halo Reach music video – some really clever clip choices (and some really odd ones). Check it – works pretty well, overall! (Plenty of campaign spoilers here.) (Louis Wu 16:34:43 UTC)

  • Reach Playlist Updates

    TravisSch (among others) pointed out that Bungie’s Playlists page has been updated with new info – a Snipers playlist will be going live on Tuesday, along with a Living Dead list. Nice! (Don’t forget that Campaign Matchmaking starts today.) (Louis Wu 16:26:16 UTC)

  • Lemmings Evolved

    RC Master found a Covenant playing for the wrong team. I laughed. (YouTubed, too, if you have an issue with Silverlight.) (Louis Wu 16:23:27 UTC)

  • Spartan Armor on eBay

    kornman00 is selling his custom-made (just for him) Spartan Armor on eBay – it ain’t cheap, but it looks fantastic! Check out the listing for full details. (Louis Wu 16:21:43 UTC)

  • September Reach Sales in US: 3.3 Million

    IGN posted some sales stats for Reach, according to NPD – 3.3 copies sold in the US during September. This matches the first 12 days of sales of Halo 3, back in 2007 – making Reach only the third game of this generation to sell more than 3 million copies during its launch month. (Modern Warfare 2 sold 4.2 million copies its first month.)(Louis Wu 16:20:31 UTC)

  • H3 Double XP Weekend: Grifball (Ranked)

    Yesterday, Ranked Grifball became the Double EXP Weekend Playlist for Halo 3 – need a killionaire in your Ranked medal chest? Here’s your chance! Thanks, FyreWulff.(Louis Wu 16:19:46 UTC)

  • Boneyard Weirdness

    FyreWulff found some strange… thingies in Boneyard when he was exploring in Forge. Leftover bits from the Beta? Objects for game modes that were cut? Hmm… (Louis Wu 16:19:11 UTC)