Halo: Reach Limited Collectors Edition (Xbox 360)

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Halo Waypoint: Xbox 360 Limited Edition Halo 4 Console Bundle and Accessories Revealed at San Diego Comic-Con Morse, Blake (September 11, 2010). " Halo: Reach Review". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012 . Retrieved September 12, 2010. Millions reach for 'Halo' ". Sydney Morning Herald. May 25, 2010. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010 . Retrieved June 9, 2010. Curtis, Tom (September 20, 2010). " Halo: Reach, Sports Champions Top UK Sales Charts". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on October 14, 2010 . Retrieved September 29, 2010. Nguyen, Thierry (February 5, 2010). "Halo Reach: What We Know So Far". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011 . Retrieved March 16, 2011.

a b Robinson, Martin (September 11, 2010). " Halo: Reach UK Review". IGN. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010 . Retrieved September 12, 2010. Artifact bag containing Dr. Halsey's personal journal and other classified documents and effects that unravel long-held secrets of the Halo universe.Reach takes place in a futuristic science fiction setting; the year is 2552, shortly before the events of the video game Halo: Combat Evolved, [15] and during the events of the novel Halo: The Fall of Reach. Halo: Reach largely ignores the canon and timeline of events established in the novel, leading to several plot inconsistencies in the franchise. [16] Humans, under the auspices of the United Nations Space Command (UNSC), have been waging a long war against a collective of alien races known as the Covenant. By the events of Reach, almost all of humanity's interstellar colonies have fallen. Reach itself is an Earth-like colony that serves as the UNSC's main military hub in the system of Epsilon Eridani. The colony is home to over 700million civilians in addition to the military presence there. [17] If you don't fancy re-mortgaging your house just so you can wrap your grubby mitts around the sci-fi cool controllers and headset, fear not. Both will be sold separately.

The developers originally intended to port existing Halo 3 assets to Reach and update them. [37] For Halo 3, Bungie had been forced to shrink parts of the game to fit the game engine's constraints, [35] but wanted to make Reach look better than its predecessors. [38] "The more we started looking into this, the more we found that realistically we could rebuild each asset from scratch with a huge increase in quality without significantly investing more time," said Bungie 3D artist Scott Shepherd. [37] Texture resolution and polygon counts for models increased; the Reach assault rifle is constructed of more polygons than an entire Marine character from Halo 3. [37] The prequel concept also gave the art team an opportunity to redesign key enemies, weapons, and elements of the series. Artists found inspiration in the original concept art for Halo: Combat Evolved; the shape for the redesigned Covenant Grunts came from a sketch that concept artist Shi Kai Wang created ten years earlier. [37] [39] Narcisse, Evan (August 26, 2010). "Halo: Reach Comes Alive with New "Deliver Hope" Trailer". Time. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014 . Retrieved July 22, 2012.O'Connor, Frank (March 30, 2007). "New Halo 2 Maps Revealed!". Bungie. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011 . Retrieved February 15, 2011. Reilly, Jim (August 20, 2010). "Microsoft Investigating Halo: Reach Leak". IGN. Archived from the original on August 23, 2010 . Retrieved August 24, 2010. Feit, Daniel (September 23, 2010). "Halo Reach Comes Up Short in Japan". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2011 . Retrieved October 2, 2010. Jarrard, Brian; Osborne, Eric; Smith, Luke (January 27, 2010). "Bungie Podcast: 01/27/10". Bungie. Archived from the original (MP3) on April 25, 2011 . Retrieved January 30, 2010. A new comic book series, titled Halo: The Fall of Reach - Boot Camp, was released alongside Halo: Reach. Boot Camp is a graphic novel adaptation of Halo: The Fall of Reach.

Reilly, Jim (July 23, 2009). "SDCC 09: 343 Industries To Oversee All Halo Products". IGN. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009 . Retrieved July 24, 2009. Meet Noble Team. For the first time, players will fight alongside a squad of iconic Spartan soldiers, each with deadly talents as unique as their individual personalities and customized gear. The Once More Unto the Breach ViDoc focused on the graphical and gameplay changes to the game between Halo 3 and Halo: Reach. This 7:45 video showed the development of the series over the years.a b c Chiang, Oliver (June 27, 2010). "Halo Reach– Lessons from the Beta". GamePro. Archived from the original on July 1, 2010 . Retrieved June 28, 2010. Reilly, Jim (August 23, 2010). "The History of Halo Leaks". IGN. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010 . Retrieved April 30, 2011.