Tag Archives: Halo: Reach

Wed, Mar 16, 2011 | 08:24 GMT

Halo: Reach added to Xbox Live Games on Demand

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Microsoft has added Halo: Reach to the Marketplace’s Games on Demand service.

Eurogamer reports you can grab the phenomenally successful shooter for £49.99, while retailers are offering new copies from as low as £24.99.

In Australia, the download version will set you back $99.95, around the same price point as chain and major retailers.

The download weighs in at just over 6.5Gb.

Tue, Mar 08, 2011 | 09:28 GMT

343 details Defiant Map Pack for Halo Reach

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343′s released a behind-the-scenes look at the second map pack for Halo Reach, the Defiant Map Pack. The content, which is being made by 343 Industries and Certain Affinity, will feature three new maps: Condemned, Highlands and Unearthed. Video’s below.

Defiant Map Pack releases next Tuesday for 800 MS points on Xbox Live Marketplace.

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Thu, Mar 03, 2011 | 18:10 GMT

Halo: Reach launching on Marketplace on March 15

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Microsoft’s confirmed that Halo: Reach, Bungie’s final title in the series, will release as a download on March 15.

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Thu, Mar 03, 2011 | 01:07 GMT

Wednesday Shorts, part 3 – Street Fighter turns 20, FFXIV, Halo: Reach art

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In our final shorts for Wednesday – wait, it’s Thursday now? Crap. Let’s call this the Overnight Edition.

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Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 11:47 GMT

Microsoft showcase – full report on Gears of War 3, Crysis 2 and more

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Last night’s Microsoft Showcase turned it up to eleven. We have a full report from Justin Kranzl.

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Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 20:01 GMT

Microsoft showcase – Gears 3 beta out mid-April, Fable III PC and second Reach map pack dated

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Microsoft’s confirmed that it’ll launch the multiplayer beta for Gears of War 3 in mid-April in a ton of news coming out from its San Francisco showcase.

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Tue, Feb 15, 2011 | 06:18 GMT

First Reach Defiant Map Pack trailer confirms March release

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Halo Waypoint’s released the first trailer for the second Halo Reach DLC pack, the Defiant Map Pack.

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Thu, Feb 10, 2011 | 06:31 GMT

Rumor: First screens of Halo: Reach “Defiant” map pack slip out

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Reach is great and all, but let’s face it: if you have to go on one more murder-frolic around Swordbase, you’ll hurl your Xbox off an overpass in the middle of rush hour.

Fortunately for you (and your poor, innocent console), it looks like help is on the way.

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Thu, Feb 03, 2011 | 14:07 GMT

Report: New Halo: Reach add-on coming “very soon,” says Nelson

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Major Nelson has hinted that a second add-on pack for Halo Reach is on the horizon.

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Tue, Jan 18, 2011 | 20:41 GMT

Video Games Live to debut first live performance of music from Halo: Reach

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Video Games Live will debut music from Halo: Reach during its next concert at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, WA on Saturday, January 22.

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Fri, Jan 14, 2011 | 06:12 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops tops NPD’s 2010 best sellers list

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The NPD has released a top ten list of the best selling games of 2010 and amazingly, Call of Duty: Black Ops is royally serene at the very head.

Other notable entries include Black Ops’ precursor, Modern Warfare 2, at eighth place; Red Dead Redemption at fifth; and NBA 2K11 sneaking in at tenth.

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Sun, Dec 12, 2010 | 08:00 GMT

Spike VGA 2010 winners – Red Dead Redemption scoops GOTY

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Red Dead Redemption scooped the Game of the Year award at this year’s VGA’s, pipping Mass Effect 2, which still managed to scoop two awards of its own, including best RPG and best Xbox 360 game.

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Tue, Nov 30, 2010 | 16:09 GMT

Halo: Reach Noble Map Pack available now on Live

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Microsoft’s released the first map pack for Halo: Reach, the Noble Map Pack.

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Mon, Nov 29, 2010 | 13:21 GMT

Bungie considered Halo: Reach space combat MP mode

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Halo: Reach creative director Marcus Lehto has said a multiplayer mode for space combat was considered.

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Wed, Nov 24, 2010 | 12:11 GMT

Halo: Reach vid details Noble Map Pack

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Guns. Spacemen. Other shit.

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Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 15:25 GMT

PSA: Halo Reach available for £15

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Miss this at your own mental risk.

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Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 15:40 BST

First Halo: Reach map pack gets trailered in HD

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Bungie’s released an all-new Halo: Reach trailer for the Noble map pack.

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Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 15:28 BST

Halo: Reach top-selling US title in 2010 so far, says NPD

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NPD’s revealed Halo: Reach has become the biggest selling software in the US for the nine months in 2010 that have passed.

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Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 22:00 BST

Halo: Reach level cap to be raised

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Hot on the heels of the revelation that more man-years have been spent playing Halo: Reach than it would take to build 16 Eiffel Towers, comes word from Bungie that the game’s level cap is to be boosted.

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Mon, Oct 18, 2010 | 21:27 BST

Halo: Reach terror stat update: 16,445 “man-years” wasted so far

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Just think, right, what could happen if all this time was spent actually achieving something. No? Let’s go, Spartan.

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