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• Raptr report shows Halo: Reach dominating users' time

  Raptr has issued a report showing just how much time its users have put into Halo: Reach so far, along with other neat user factoids.

• Halo: Reach causes 99% upswing in Xbox 360 sales over in the UK

  Halo: Reach doubled sales of Xbox 360 in the UK last week, according to Gfk-ChartTrack.

• Sumthing Else releasing Halo: Reach original soundtrack next week

  Sumthing Else Music Works has announced it’s to release the Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack, and it will be available through the distributor’s website next week.

• Metacritic - Game Informer gives Halo: Reach a 95

  Game Informer has given Halo: Reach its first review score, according to Metacritic, handing the Bungie shooter a 95/100.

• Report: Online UK retailers break Halo: Reach street date

  It looks as though some UK retailers have broken the street date for Halo: Reach. Seems like this always happens with a Halo title, doesn’t it?

• Bungie discusses Firefight in Halo: Reach gameplay video

  Bungie designers Lars Bakken, Josh Hamrick and Sage Merrill are featured in a new video for Halo: Reach, discussing Firefight.

• Tip of the Spear developer walkthrough video released for Halo: Reach

  Bungie has released a new video for Halo: Reach, featuring the developer commentary over a walkthrough.

• Extended Deliver Hope trailer released for Halo: Reach

  Bungie has released the extended version of its Halo: Reach live-action short, Deliver Hope.

• Halo: Reach armor effects will cost you plenty

  By now, everyone interested in Halo: Reach knows they’ll earn credits in the game to unlock voices, armor, and even armor effects. What they may not know, is what some of these cool armor effects are – but we’ve got you covered below.

• Midship and Ivory Tower get revamped in Halo: Reach

  Those waiting on Halo: Reach to release, and are fans of Halo 2, should be pleased to know remakes of the Midship and Ivory Tower maps will appear in the game under the monikers Zealot and Reflection, respectively.

• Bungie: "Past experiences allowed us to make Reach the best possible game"

  Bungie community director Brian Jarrard and campaign designer Niles Sankey believe the studio’s past experiences developing the Halo franchise helped it create it’s best possible game.

• Halo: Reach video shows seven minutes of Firefight mode

  Want to see seven minutes of Halo: Reach footage showing off the Firefight mode? Hit the break, then.

• Co-op in Halo: Reach has scalable difficulty

  Bungie has said co-op difficulty in Halo: Reach will be scaleable.

• Halo: Reach screens break through atmosphere

  Screens from last night’s Halo Reach demonstration arrived today, see them in all their glory right after the break.

• Bungie stats: More participated in Reach Beta than Halo 3's

  Machinima has a new video up showing the last gametype and an overview of the new modes for the Halo: Reach Beta, and have also dropped some official stats from Bungie.

• Jarrard: Reach "for all intents and purposes" is its final Halo game

  Bungie’s Brian Jarrard has told VG247 that “for all intents and purposes”, Reach will be the firm’s final Halo game.