This week’s Bungie Weekly Update briefly talks about Halo: Reach.  While not a whole lot of information was given, we might as well inform you anyways:

Most environments are architecting complete, some have seen substantial finishing -Many environments are out of the phase where core, structural geometry is being moved around and into the phase where everything is being made to look sweet.
Many encounters have received substantial polish
Cinematic script has been [...]

Someone over at the Bungie.net forums posted what appears to be concept art for Halo: Reach, or so he claims.  While we can’t confirm the authenticity of them, they’re interesting nonetheless.    Also, the original post has been edited by Bungie and no longer contains the links to said pictures.

Also, keep an eye out for the return of EGM in December.  It’ll include a preview of Halo: Reach.

If you haven’t read the latest Bungie Weekly Update, I’d recommend doing so.  Even if they don’t give out a ton of new information, they’re still fun to read.  The latest update has a few pictures of fan-made Halo cars in Forza 3.  There’s an ODST themed car, as well as a Halo: Reach car.

Even though it was already fairly safe to assume that Halo: Reach would be a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved, it was never actually confirmed until now.  Frank O’Connor was recently interviewed by USA Today, and revealed that it is indeed a prequel to Halo 1:
“It’s a prequel to Halo 1,” says Frank O’Connor, creative director for 343 Industries, a division of Microsoft that handles all things Halo.
A first-person shooter [...]

Just as the title says, you can listen to someone read the entire book online over at YouTube.  So far he’s at chapter 28.  Give it a listen.

“Former Bungie man and now Microsoft’s Creative Director of 343 Industries (its dedicated Halo division), Frank O’Connor has stated that there is a six-year plan in place for the future of the Halo franchise that will see thegame series’ canon branch out across action figures, books, videos, and comics.
“We do have a plan that goes out at least six years,” O’Connor told USA Today. “Eventually, it will become very apparent [...]