Today Bungie updated the Halo: Reach Matchmaking playlists to include three new ones; two of which won’t be available until Tuesday. Co-op campaign is now live in matchmaking under Cooperative and you can go pursue all of those campaign assist commendations. The other two that will be out later are Living Dead and Team Snipers. Going out on a limb and predicting some Challenges that will incorporate these new playlists soon.
Bungie announced yesterday the release of the Noble Map Pack that is to be released on November 30th for 800 M$ points. The first of the new maps is Anchor 9, based on the orbital platform from the campaign level “Long Night of Solace”. No space battles, but you get to play outside in low gravity again. The second map is Tempest, a forerunner-like map with a slight resemblance to Relic. It has the same aesthetics as Forge World, but we can’t tell if it’s on the Ark or Halo. Last up is Breakpoint, based off of the campaign level “The Package”. It feels like an exposed area of where Halsey’s lab in the forerunner structure is on Reach. This map is built for invasion, but I could have seen it being a regular map as well. Discuss in the forums.
Someone posted over on HBO a link to a Windows 7 theme that includes, you guessed it, screens of Halo: Reach. It also comes with sounds from the game, but no screen saver. You can find it on the main themes page or download it here.
Remember a long time ago, there was a clan called Hollywood Halo that made some excellent machinima? Well, take a look at their latest project: HMV Hell: Reach. Now the question is, does this mark the return of Hollywood Halo in Halo: Reach?
By now, if you haven’t played the campaign, you should be shot back into orbit until you learn of Noble Team’s sacrifice. Obviously, if you haven’t played the campaign and don’t want to be spoiled, don’t listen to this show. With that aside, we start our discussion about Halo: Reach’s campaign and how it compares to other campaigns in the Halo universe. Discrepancies among the events of the book Fall of Reach and the game are discussed as well as we dive into what we like and dislike about the campaign. This is only part one of our campaign show, so be sure to listen in to the next one to get the rest of the juicy details. Guests for this set of episodes are Kete from The Running Riot, and CMNeir and MidgetDance from Halo Reach Tricks. Enjoy
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We have received a Noble 6 Avatar Helmet code to give away to you guys. If you haven’t gotten one yet, here’s your chance. Here’s the challenge: play the campaign level “Lone Wolf” (the one after the credits) on heroic with no skulls on. The person that can last the longest will win the code. To enter, play the level and upload the film of your attempt to your fileshare. Then send a link to it along with your gamertag to duststorm@podtacular.com with “Noble 6 Avatar Challenge” in the subject line. The person with the longest time (excluding cut-scenes) will win. Only one entry per person is allowed. Anyone who submits multiple entries will be disqualified. Good luck.
Deadline is Saturday, October 9th at 21:00 Eastern.
UPDATE: Congratulations to porkchop547 for winning the code.
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Halo: Reach is here and we’re as excited as a little kid on Christmas day. The best Halo Title has a lot to offer from campaign goodness, to matchmaking madness, to forge craziness. We asked you what you thought about the game and you responded with a resounding “OMG”. Joining us for this special episode is the founder, Foo Mo Jive. For the sake of spoilers, we do not talk about the campaign in this episode and are saving it for our next one. Enjoy
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