Brian Kerr sent word of Noblestats.com – a new statistics aggregator. Swing by and register, and get a better view of your Reach stats! (Louis Wu 14:42:45 UTC)

Tex combined her love for Halo with her love for Lady Gaga, and the result is ‘Killing Spree‘. She rocks.(Louis Wu 14:41:44 UTC)

Busy Gamer News’ Dave Kramer let us know that BGN has yet another Halo giveaway up right now – this one’s called ‘Halo Relics’, and includes goodies including Halo 3, Halo First Strike, Grunt console stickers, a Halo 2 calendar and a rare Xbox Live headset case. Nice bundle! There are a few things you can do to enter – swing by and read all the details. You’ve got until this afternoon to enter… so get moving!(Louis Wu 14:39:16 UTC)

tomp1000 has a Reach Promotional Stand, starring Emile, for sale on eBay; it’s local pickup in Liverpool, in the UK – but if you’re in the area, this is a pretty cool gameroom addition!(Louis Wu 14:38:22 UTC)

Jane McGonigal is a game designer with a bent towards scholarly study of games – and Scanner Darkly noticed an article she wrote a few years ago called “Why I Love Bees: A Case Study in Collective Intelligence Gaming.” It’s a great read! (Deep – and maybe a bit more cerebral than your typical gaming article – but great.) (Louis Wu 14:36:35 UTC)

After a short delay, the Reach Stats API has been released on Bungie.net – you need a Bungie Pro account to apply for a key (though you won’t need to MAINTAIN that acccount for your key to continue working). More info can be found at the Reach Stats API Home, a B.net group. Thanks, Mad Cow.(Louis Wu 14:35:40 UTC)

This Spartan Life’s Fyb3roptik has got a Noble 6 Helmet Avatar code to give away – all you have to do is come up with an interesting backstory for why one of the characters’ voices changed in the TSL series. Read the post for full details! (Louis Wu 14:35:18 UTC)

If you aren’t happy with your chances to win a free Reach soundtrack from Domino Theory, swing by Game Informer – they’re giving some away, as well. (Ten copies, to be exact.) Thanks, Greg O’Connor-Read. (Louis Wu 14:34:55 UTC)

You thought we were done, but no. Halo: Reach is the bunny that just keeps laying Easter Eggs. This one shows how to find an extremely helpful Ammo Cache on the game’s last level “Pillar of Autumn.”

Hey folks, as you know, Dead Rising 2 hits the shelves today and we are going bonkers for it over here at Achievement Hunter.

“How bonkers?” you ask…CRAZY BONKERS! We’ve already prepped a map for the hidden items in the game. You can find it right here. Don’t worry, we’re still adding videos and other hidden items in there, so keep checking it to make sure you are up to date.

Also, below is the first in what is sure to be a huge number of achievement guides for Dead Rising 2. This one makes you tame a wild beast! Meow!

Thanks to all of those who participated in the Halo: Reach Community Playdate last night. I know everyone from Rooster Teeth had a blast. It’s also been a good place to farm some good fails for our new series “Fails of the Weak“. We were going to call it “Jack plays Halo” but it seemed to obvious.

Hey guys, I’m back with a couple more videos for you to check out in Dead Rising 2. The first is a guide for the “Stick ’em up” achievement and the second is a location guide showing you where all the extra Zombrex is hidden in the game. Very important if you want to keep your daughter alive.

And don’t forget to check out the Dead Rising 2 Item Map as well, that thing will have everything! Hooray!

Hey guys, I’m back with a couple more videos for you to check out in Dead Rising 2. The first is a guide for the “Stick ’em up” achievement and the second is a location guide showing you where all the extra Zombrex is hidden in the game. Very important if you want to keep your daughter alive.

And don’t forget to check out the Dead Rising 2 Item Map as well, that thing will have everything! Hooray!

Sorry today’s comic is a bit tardy. Everyone has been locked up in a shoot all day.

Master Chief just won’t stop. He’s managed to insert himself into Reach again! Check out this video to see how and where.

Alright folks, here I am with your weekly update…but wait, THERE’S MORE! Today we kick off a brand new weekly series, “Fails of the Weak!” in Halo: Reach. Hope you guys enjoy!

We’ll be on Reach in about an hour, see you then!

Valve’s Left 4 Dead blog had an update on the soon to be released DLC pack yesterday. “The Sacrifice” will be available to download from October 5th for both Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 and is the prequel to “The Passing”, where we see the original Left 4 Dead survivors make their way south and the events along the way. Although the pack has the same name for both games, each one will offer a slight difference to reflect the core gameplay of the Left 4 Dead disc you’re playing on. Unfortunately, this means that there are two DLC packs to download, one per game, both priced at 560 MSP or free to PC gamers.

In Left 4 Dead, you’ll receive the Sacrifice campaign to play through on Campaign, Versus and Survival. The pack will give you 5 new achievements and will feature a new stlye finale, unique to Left 4 Dead.

For Left 4 Dead 2, players will receive the Sacrifice campaign as well as L4D’s famous No Mercy campaign, both of which will have maps for Campaign, Versus, Survival and Scavenge gametypes. These two campaigns will be playable by the original L4D survivors but with the new Special Infected, weapons and items. This means Francis can hate Hospitals, Chargers and chainsaws all on the same map! “The Sacrifice” pack for L4D2 will also have 5 new achievements available.

When I booted up my 360 this morning I saw a strange ad that showed that a whole bunch of DLC is on sale (at least a week I assume) for games that range from Fable 2, Fallout 3, The Force Unleashed and Assassin’s Creed 2! Now without further padding this out lets post a sexy list!

Assassin’s Creed 2: Bonfire Of The Vanities 160msp, Bonfire Deluxe 400msp, Battle Of Forli 160msp.
Fable 2: Knothole Island: 400msp and See The Future:320msp.
Fallout 3: The Pitt 400msp (I was hoping Broken Steel but whatever)
The Force Unleashed: Jedi Temple, Tatooine and Hoth are all 400msp (I would recommend buying these, they rock)

Now based what some of the listings say it looks like this is for a week so buy what you need to get more achievements for these great games!

I’ve been putting off this unlucky number for too long now, but sign ups for Achievement Challenge 13 are now open. You can sign up by leaving your Gamertag in the comments here!
The Challenge starts Friday October 8th, so you have plenty of time to join up, but there will be a reminder next week. To sign up, you must first join the Achievement Challenges group.
Good luck to everyone who takes part!

You thought we were done, but no. Halo: Reach is the bunny that just keeps laying Easter Eggs. This one shows how to find an extremely helpful Ammo Cache on the game’s last level “Pillar of Autumn.”