Halo: Reach title update beta dropping October 4

ahhh, breakneck... great map :0

Technically 343i hasn't done anything yet. Its all Certain Infinity and Saber Interactive...

I noticed "Zero Bloom Slayer." Meh, I was fine with bloom in Reach. Stuff like that doesn't really bother me, I just go with the flow. I would like to see Sidewinder eventually return though. I miss that map.

It's about time they fix that cheap armor lock.

thumbs up if u want burial mounds too!!

@RadView but its not fun

Mr. Magrino, your text reads ..."Halo 2's Breakneck multiplayer map...Renamed Headlong..." It should read the other way around--Headlong was the map's name in Halo 2, whereas Breakneck is the map's name in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. You should fix this.

The new maps look nice, and the fact that they will have 2 playlists. So Reachs new gameplay (little-to-no bloom and adjusted AL) can be played on its own playlist and original reach gameplay on the other. Installation 04 Firefight just can't wait.

@SolidTy 343 have Bungie's blessing, don't expect them to turn Halo into "Spartan of Duty 3: Modern Space Battles" any time soon

Yeahhhhh. What a map. Brilliant fun :)

To me everything Halo is cool...

As long as armor lock is removed from competitive gametypes, I'll be happy.

Happy 1-year anniversary, Halo: Reach! :D

new mombasa was a nice map plus that powerful magnum cant wait

Halo is awesome

@holtrocks ....adapt

Headlong ! Awesome !

why are they remaking Halo 2 maps, when it was suposed to be a Halo 1 remake? Why not Sidewinder?

@UnSe3N By classic they mean the gameplay will be closer to H2/H1 style on classic maps. I don't think they're bringing back 1-50

If by "classic playlists" they mean real halo 2 or halo 3 styled ranked playlists, then I'll start actually playing halo again.

That looks epic!!

@snake2215449 I agree with the first part of your post however drop in/drop out would not work well for halo. Far less people quit on halo than on CoD simply to the fact that they know that they will not get replaced meaning less host migrations. Also it would make it very hard to track games on bungie.net and make the trueskill system not work at all. OT: really looking forward to this update. No bloom FTW.

A reason to play this game again too late, from now on, it's gears baby!

YES HEADLONG!!!!!

yes snake i agree. Give us classic slayer with sprint only back!!! PLEASE. The noob lock has got to go and flying and oh wait just give us sprint. Less is more bungie less is more. Halo 2 mp still by far the best of the halo series.

Thank God someone is fixing this game, Bungie did a horrible job and 343 has to clean up the mess. Armor abilities really made noobs stand up to pros which shouldn't be the case. I also hope that they let matchmaking players join within a game after someone leaves the game to balance out the players, another annoying and frustrating aspect of the game that needs to be fixed.

I think my Xbox is going to blow up from all the games it will be playing this fall/winter.

I love it when people say things like "armor abilities killed the game" because they're in every game mode. oh wait, no they aren't. just like everything else in Halo, you can modify the settings in custom matches, or simply play in "classic" modes in matchmaking. see? problem solved.

I may start playing Reach again, if I can get off Gears 3.

Maybe now I'll actually WANT to play Halo Reach after this Title Update comes out.

Reach sucks stupid armor ablilites killed the game.

Epic....

Its been a year exactly since Halo Reach's release. Fun fact.

Zero bloom on the DMR is so sexy. This might actually compete for MP time between Gears and MW3.

warthog gauss cannon = major advantage

The fact that Tom says that Breakneck is the name from Halo 2 and Headlong is the remake's name has made me very sad. It's as if people are forgetting part of my childhood. :[

Halo is dead to me. After Reach there is no looking back.

so this is a new map sweeet

I think you mixed up the names. Headlong is the original name. The remake is called Breakneck.

Haven't been a fan of Halo multiplayer since Halo 2, and Headlong was one of my favorite maps. Good news for Reach players.

I didn't even know they were doing a sort of beta for the game. Pretty good news, I might check it out. If my console wifi will stay online long enough to try it. >>

Very nice.