Halo fans will be treated to exclusive presentation of Halo: Reach tips and tricks and in-game footage; chance to win Legendary Edition collector’s pack and life-size Halo statue

WHAT: GameStop, Corp. and Microsoft are hosting exclusive customer Halo: Reach After Hours Events at 1,100 GameStop stores nationwide.

Tom “Tsquared” Taylor, professional gamer and team captain of Major League Gaming’s Str8 Rippin, will be featured in a video presentation sharing never-before seen Halo: Reach tips and tricks, showcasing in-game footage, the new Firefight mode and lots of other great information only available through GameStop’s After Hours Event.

Customers attending the After Hours Events will have the chance to win lots of great prizes, including:

• A special text-to-win sweepstakes for an opportunity to win their very own life-size Halo statue (MSRP: priceless)
One copy per store of the Legendary Edition of the game (MSRP: $149.99), available for pickup on launch day.  The limited Legendary Edition includes such things as a hand-painted individually numbered collectible Noble Team statue, game disc housed in a recovered ONI “black box,” exclusive Elite armor set for multiplayer modes, and an artifact bag containing classified documents unraveling Halo secrets, and more.

This highly anticipated prequel to the Halo franchise is available now in standard, Limited and Legendary editions for pre-orders at GameStop stores nationwide.  Visit www.GameStop.com/HaloReach for information on in-game exclusives available only through GameStop.

WHEN: Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 9-10:30 p.m. (local time)

WHERE: 1,100 GameStop stores nationwide – visit www.GameStop.com/HaloReach for a list of stores