Halo Reach sur Xbox 360 nous conte l'histoire de la chute de la planète Reach, avant le tout premier épisode de la célèbre série de FPS. On y suit le combat désespéré de l'escouade Noble, formée de puissants Spartans, contre les innombrables légions Covenants. La campagne est jouable à 4 en coopération et le jeu intègre une multitude de modes multijoueurs largement configurables, dont le fameux Baptême du feu. Un éditeur de cartes complet est également inclus.
She gave my mother such a turn, that I have always been convinced I am indebted to Miss Betsey for having been born on a Friday. The word was appropriate to the moment. My mother was so much worse that Peggotty, coming in with the teaboard and candles, and seeing at a glance how ill she was, - as Miss Betsey might have done sooner if there had been light enough, - conveyed her upstairs to her own room with all speed; and immediately dispatched Ham Peggotty, her nephew, who had been for some days past secreted in the house, unknown to my mother, as a special messenger in case of emergency, to fetch the nurse and doctor.