Bungie’s posted an informational primer for The Arena, their home for competitive Halo Reach play. Go peruse the ins and outs of the system that will rate you against your peers in this king among console shooters.(Louis Wu 07:24:46 UTC)

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned Mat Noguchi’s Gamesauce talk on keeping teams growing – the slides for that talk are now available on Bungie.net. Grab your copy!(Louis Wu 07:24:10 UTC)

Couple of new vids showed up on Bungie’s Comm Chatter yesterday: Anoj’s first Halo Reach Top 10 Countdown (“Amazing Kills”) went live, and Stewie2552’s Storm the Beach Invasion gametype got some video lovin’. Go watch ’em both!(Louis Wu 07:23:44 UTC)

RedGrimRune is showing the love with a Reach-themed comic, and a focus on community Halo tattoos! Go see.(Louis Wu 07:23:18 UTC)

BlueNinja let us know that he’s been working on a bunch of panoramas – and he built a story around them. Go look, go read!(Louis Wu 07:22:46 UTC)

One of the big changes in Reach is the fact that the Covenant speak their own languages – no more English translations. Well… almost.(Louis Wu 07:22:23 UTC)

HaloDestiny.net’s AceParty sent word that he’s reached the rank of Lt. Colonel Grade 3… and that he has no option to change that at this time. That is – advancement past this point seems to have been turned off. Fair? Unfair? Should Bungie artificially limit the rate of advancement? You decide.(Louis Wu 07:21:48 UTC)

Willy was the first to notice a GamePro article on the Science of Reach – GamePro looked at some of the tidbits of the Halo universe, and asked real scientists about their plausibility. Interesting answers!(Louis Wu 07:16:24 UTC)

Second Bungie Humpday challenge since Reach launched and who do they pick? Team HBO. HBO wins 2-1, and KP and Schooly both offer their side of the story. Get it quick before Bungie takes down the incriminating evidence. ;)(Ding 06:44:22 UTC)

Wu’s away but we still notice stuff… check out this cool video of a musician’s interpretation of the Halo theme! He has a different version that’s a little longer, but really you can’t go wrong w/ either one. Kudos!(Ding 05:27:22 UTC)

Hey y’all! Be sure to check out this week’s podcast. I’m running it while Gus is on vacation, so I was able to sneak some hot, topless dudes in. Also, this episode’s theme music is called “Electro Tank” and is brought to you by james667 on Xbox Live.

Remember a few posts ago when I asked you to send in your best fails from our community gaming night? Ta-dah! Here are a few of them in delicious Achievement Hunter form.

We’re looking to do more videos like this, so if you have a spectacular fail, send your Bungie.net fileshare link to info@achievementhunter.com with the subject “Halo Reach FAIL!” and we’ll take a look at it.

Enjoy!

How’s it going everyone?
Last week was pretty crazy here with the release of a small little game called Halo: Reach. But now that we’re starting to recover I thought I’d post some great Community Hunter videos that we’ve received.
tonyski shows us the locations of all of the billboards in Planet 51.
2tired2care gives us a quick and easy way to grab the “Hair Dresser” achievement in Mafia II.
And shanerbaner takes us back in time to score “A Dish Best Served Cold” in Gears of War.
Keep the videos coming and happy hunting!

Hey y’all! Be sure to check out this week’s podcast. I’m running it while Gus is on vacation, so I was able to sneak some hot, topless dudes in. Also, this episode’s theme music is called “Electro Tank” and is brought to you by james667 on Xbox Live.

Return of Noguchi.

Return of Noguchi.

Grab the beachhead, take the base, steal the objective, run like hell.

Grab the beachhead, take the base, steal the objective, run like hell.

Unfrigginbelievable!

Unfrigginbelievable!