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Pent-up Anticipation - Released?
Tied the Leader (well, XerxdeeJ) wants to know how you spent Launch Day. Swing by their site to see how THEY are spending it. (Louis Wu 20:22:05 UTC) (permalink)
Unlocking the Elites
If you're having trouble unlocking your Elite Officer pre-order armor bonus, Bungie's got some answers for you. Go see. (Louis Wu 20:15:05 UTC) (permalink)
Reach-inspired costume discounts
If you're interested as going as the Master Chief this Halloween, and you don't have the time to make your own outfit, now might be a decent time to buy a Halo 3 costume - Costume SuperCenter is offering Halo 3 costumes at 20% off for the rest of this week. (They're online, if you don't live in New Jersey.) Current price on their 'Deluxe' costume, with the discount: $52 plus tax and shipping. Not bad! (Louis Wu 20:13:52 UTC) (permalink)
Energy, Cheer, and Love
Gamasutra has a writeup of the NYC Reach Launch event - nice quotes! (Louis Wu 20:08:24 UTC) (permalink)
MS does the right thing in Brazil
Good news for Brazilian Halo fanatics - Marcelo Vega let us know that Microsoft has issued a press release stating that while folks with Legendary preorders will have to wait at least 10 days to get their product (we mentioned the problem a couple of days ago), they're entitled to a free standard copy at launch. Nice solution to a supply problem! (Louis Wu 20:04:40 UTC) (permalink)
Eve Films Fiestatage
Slushy suggested we watch a community fiestatage edited by Anthraxx - you might wonder a little about the timing, but maybe if you don't have access to Reach right now...
(Louis Wu 20:01:03 UTC) (permalink)
Community Music Playlist - Complete
Back in August, we mentioned a Bungie.net thread devoted to building a community music playlist - That ODST Dude let us know that the list has been compiled, and is ready for your playing enjoyment. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 19:45:37 UTC) (permalink)
GRUNTs are Coming!
Dragon from GrifballHub sent word that they'll be kicking off GRUNTs - Grifball in Reach Neighborhood Tournaments (don't ask where the 'u' comes from) beginning this Thursday, and running through Sunday, September 19. Full details can be found on this page, and discussion is taking place on their forum. The results from these tournaments will determine the Grifball gametype in Reach! (Louis Wu 19:40:53 UTC) (permalink)
Jack Stone and the Temple of the Skull
Paul Shelley sent word that Treeskunk Productions ALSO participated in the Fantastic Arcade 48-hour Machinima Challenge (we mentioned it yesterday) - you can see their entry on YouTube. I enjoyed it! (Louis Wu 19:37:26 UTC) (permalink)
Celebrating the Developers
Veegie was at Redmond Town Center for the midnight launch of the game - he caught Bungie's buses rolling in on camera. Oh, the love... Update: more film here, from CMNeir. (Louis Wu 19:32:21 UTC) (permalink)
Installed vs Non-Installed: Reach Loading Times
Over at Examiner.com, Matt Furtado did some testing - he measured loading times for various aspects of Reach, then installed the game to the hard drive and did it again. The results may surprise you.
(Louis Wu 19:30:05 UTC) (permalink)
Teen Girl Squad!
Elnea has a special Halo Action Figure Theater episode, mostly just celebrating her ability to play as a girl. w00t! (Louis Wu 19:29:39 UTC) (permalink)
For your english class...
Willeth let GAF know that he'd written up a comparison between Reach and a famous piece of literature. Do NOT read this until you've finished the campaign, as it is nothing BUT spoilers... but read it then, because it's pretty interesting!
(Louis Wu 19:27:57 UTC) (permalink)
Folks need heroes, Chief.
We've mentioned Roger Travis before (most recently at the launch of Halo 3) - but he's back, with more on his thesis that Halo's story plays the same role to the current generation as the 'Aeneid' played to listeners in Homer's day. (No, he's not saying that Halo should be considered grand literature - just that epic stories are important for inspiration, and Halo qualifies.) Definitely an interesting read - and if your boss sees it, hey, it's the Wall Street Journal! Thanks, Jtyettis.
(Louis Wu 19:26:43 UTC) (permalink)
Welcome to Reach
To keep you up to date on where Reach stands in the Media, Bungie.net has put together a 'Welcome to Reach' article, with some links, som reviews, and some resources. Check it out! (Louis Wu 19:16:48 UTC) (permalink)
Ringcodes?
ARG guy thebruce0 is back with another puzzle - he's found a bunch of ringcodes scattered throughout Reach. He's pretty curious if anyone else has noticed these, or knows what they might be about. (Me, too.) Obviously, there are spoilers here, so this might want to wait until you've gone through the Campaign... but keep an eye on it!
(Louis Wu 19:16:20 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3: 20 Million Served
ChenK noticed that Halo 3 has passed the 20 million mark, in terms of all-time players. Not a shabby milestone to reach (no pun intended)!
(Louis Wu 19:16:04 UTC) (permalink)
Reach: Now with Auto Mute
Anton P. Nym's sharp eyes saw a quote in a recent ars technica article about surviving the idiots on Xbox LIVE - ferrex says that Reach has a feature where if too many people mute you in-game, you'll start being auto-muted by the system. Nice!
(Louis Wu 19:15:35 UTC) (permalink)
Master Big Chief
Nevan noticed that the shirt of the day for yesterday at RIPT Apparel was Halo-related. Funky!
(Louis Wu 19:09:52 UTC) (permalink)
A tidbit on what's next
Not exactly Halo news, but important to those who follow Bungie - Develop Online has a small article mentioning the next project Bungie will be working on... and confirming that it WON'T be using the Reach engine (or a licensed third-party engine). Interesting! Thanks, Narcogen.
(Louis Wu 19:09:22 UTC) (permalink)
Custom-colored hand-drawn spartan for you
Halochief89 is offering to custom-color a cartoony Spartan he drew, just to match your in-game model. CaptainTony has already taken him up on it - go put in your own request!
(Louis Wu 19:08:26 UTC) (permalink)
XBL Reach Invasion Theme: Free
If you're looking for a new theme for your Xbox 360 Dashboard, check out the Halo: Reach Invasion Theme - it costs nothing. Nice! (Louis Wu 19:07:26 UTC) (permalink)
NYC Launch, Bungie View
Bungie's Developer Blog has a bunch of pics from last night's festivities in New York - check it out! (We'll have more of our own, soon, I hope.)
(Louis Wu 19:05:36 UTC) (permalink)
Throw away that rocker.
Remember StUnNeR H2K's adorable kid and the custom UNSC wrap? Yeah, well, it gets cuter. (One | Two | Three) Who knew Bungie was thinking about parental needs when they built the packaging for the Legendary Edition? (Originally posted at NeoGAF, images rehosted for posterity.)
(Louis Wu 19:00:44 UTC) (permalink)
Duct Tape Holds the Universe Together
gunluva's updated some old duct-tape weapons, just in time for Reach... take a look!
(Louis Wu 18:59:10 UTC) (permalink)
Saving some bucks with a Slim
So people with the 4GB Slim Xbox 360 are finding that they cannot play Reach coop - even with a USB Flash Drive attached. This is disappointing - but before you run out and buy a new Xbox hard drive (and become bitter about the purchase), read these instructions from NeoGAF's BrLvgThrChmstry. If you have an old drive from your original 360 lying around (any size), these will help you get it working in your Slim, and save you the price of a new drive. Update: according to this post at Eurogamer.net, this is a temporary problem, so if you don't have a hard drive laying around... just be patient.
(Louis Wu 18:58:09 UTC) (permalink)
R.net opens Reach Reviews Page
Rampancy.net is attempting the admirable (but insane) task of keeping track of Halo: Reach reviews - go see how well they're doing!
(Louis Wu 18:55:41 UTC) (permalink)
The Policy
Getting a late start - blame Frankie, the Bungie guys, and Best Buy for a fine Reach launch party in New York City last night. Let's see if we can reduce some of the news backlog... For those who missed it, yesterday's Penny Arcade comic was Reach-related (discussion, as usual, is in the associated blog post) - thanks, AfroRyan.
(Louis Wu 18:55:17 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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