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Four Guys, One Play-through

And since we’re already on the subject of sweet Halo: Reach content, we might as well drop details covering the Bonus Content destined to grace the eyes and ears of those lucky enough to wield a Legendary Edition of Halo: Reach.

Go inside Bungie and get direct access to the team that created the franchise as they play through their last and most ambitious entry in series, Halo: Reach. To celebrate the event – and to commemorate those fans who picked up the Legendary Edition of Halo: Reach – Creative Director, Marcus Lehto, Audio Director and Composer, Marty O’Donnell, Cinematics and Story Lead, Lee Wilson, and Effects Lead, Steve Scott sit down together to deliver two full hours of exclusive, behind-the-scenes campaign commentary covering unrevealed aspects of Halo: Reach’s production. From concept to cutting room floor, this last look back is the final word on Halo: Reach’s development, straight from the team that built the game.

The bonus content covers a full campaign play-through, from start to finish, judiciously edited to excise the downtime and deliver only the most impactful moments. The end result is a potent combination of intense campaign gameplay fused with insightful, and dare I say whimsical, commentary from some of our studio’s brightest minds (and Marty, too!).

It should go without saying that there are massive spoilers included in the Legendary Edition Bonus Content, so you’ll want to steer clear until you’ve experienced the story for yourself firsthand. But once you’ve finished up your inaugural run, this is a definitely a piece you won’t want to miss. As mentioned in the description, it’s likely the final word on the Halo series from the team that created the franchise (that’s us).

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Chuck returns for Season 4 on September 20th, but IGN can exclusively tell you that fans of the series actually have a much shorter wait when it comes to seeing new material connected to the series. And it all has to do with Halo...

Launching tomorrow -- Tuesday, September 7th -- is a new webseries called Chuck Presents – Buy Hard: The Jeff and Lester Story. As the title tells you, the focus is on Jeffster! – Jeff (Scott Krinsky) and Lester (Vik Sahay), the Buy More clerks who were forced to go on the run, in the wake of the explosive season finale to Chuck last May.

Buy Hard picks up with the duo still on the lam and presumably wanted by the authorities. But they're also still just as videogame obsessed as ever, to the point that they risk their freedom in order to track down a copy of a new game you just might have heard a little bit about - Halo: Reach. Jeff and Lester's Halo-fueled journey takes them to the Encino Buy More, and a run in with Big Mike (Mark Christopher Lawrence).

There are five two-minute webisodes of Buy Hard, which can be seen on TheWB.com at TheWB.com/Chuck. Episode 1 debuts September 7th, with episode 2 on September 8th, episode 3 on September 9th and episode 4 on September 10th. The fifth and final episode will debut on Monday, Sepetember 13th – leading right into the midnight release of Halo: Reach that night, on September 14th. The Chuck webisodes will also eventually be available on Xbox.com and Xbox Live.

We've got a quick peek at Chuck Presents – Buy Hard: The Jeff and Lester Story in the following exclusive clip:

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Halo: Reach launch festivities

Only a few days remain until Halo: Reach arrives on your Xbox 360, and we've a dropship load of cool opportunities lined up for you before and after launch.

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First off you should prepare for a week long program of Halo downloads, LIVE competitions and special offers running 7-21 September. Among the exciting opportunities for all Halo fans is that Halo Legends will be 50% the usual price to Download to Own from 7-21 September. This stunning collection of seven animated movies gives the perfect background to the Halo universe as we prepare for Halo: Reach. You can own Halo Legends in Standard or High Definition. Buy it now from Xbox LIVE Marketplace and you can watch it later again and again. The party continues with the following dates for your diary:

7 September - Day 7: "Halo: Reach Premium Theme"
8 September - Day 6: "Campaign Preview"
9 September - Day 5: "50% off Avatar Warthog Prop Offer"
10 September - Day 4: "Firefight Preview"
11 September - Day 3: "Deliver Hope - Director's Cut"
12 September - Day 2: "Multiplayer Preview"
13 September - Day 1: "Halo: Reach Collection Update (Avatar)"

Sign in to Xbox LIVE on these days to view the fresh new content including the awe inspiring full length edit of Deliver Hope this Saturday.

Next, after securing your place on Noble Team with a copy of the game, it's officially Halo: Reach "Invasion Week" on Xbox LIVE. Six days of online activities not to be missed by any Halo fan. Between 14-19 September you can look forward to...

A free Halo: Reach Invasion Theme for your Xbox 360 dashboard, just connect to Xbox LIVE and download it while you can!

Chance to play against Bungie themselves! The guys that made Halo: Reach will be playing against you, the fans, at set times during the week.

We're also throwing open all the benefits of Xbox LIVE Gold membership to our Silver subscribers for the weekend of 17-20 September.

To find out more check out Xbox LIVE from 7 September. Don't forget that you can stay connected and get involved with Xbox on Facebook and Twitter.