That’s right- it’s back.

The return of the Weekly Update is finally here, where we give you the scoop on some pretty sweet stuff. Here is that pretty sweet stuff. Except Friday seems like a better day- BUT we were supposed to publish this April 23rd, 2010- so…now.

Facebook Stuff.
Apparently there’s this called “Facebook,” it’s part of this “Social Networking” thing online- it’s pretty weird. You share stuff, give out your info, sometimes your address, get requests from people you’ve never met, and you can play these things called “apps”- people are addicted to this “FarmVille” app- it’s literally sad. Seriously though, we do Facebook ourselves.

We now have some new features for Facebook at XboxPolis.com, including a new “Like” button at the bottom of an article (above comments though), where you can just click “Like” and you completely win. Once that precious button is pressed, the magic of crappy coding brings us to the unbelievable belief that our status says “… Liked: Halo 3, Saints Row, NFS: Carbon, & Sonic the Hedgehog Available For Games On Demand.” I mean, that’s pretty BA. Anyway, you can find that at the newest articles, old articles will be absent from the new button. As always, by hovering (or clicking, sometimes the hovering code is deleted and we never know it) over the AddThis button, you can add to over hundreds of Social Networking sites, such as Twitter, MySpace, Facebook (as a link, not a “Like”), Digg, N4G, Delicious and more. You can also log into XboxPolis.com using your Facebook account by clicking the “Login With Facebook” button on the Community page or Homepage (Homepage just redirects to Community page). From there, a pop-up window will ask for your Email/Password (or if you’re signed in, the window will disappear, and a window will appear within the XboxPolis.com page).

Have Fun.

Look, A Staff Member. Praise the lord.
Yes, in case you haven’t noticed, we have a newbie. Greeneyebob, some guy I knew thanks to Twitter is now writing for us, and you can tell, he’s got a few articles up. Staff Members at XboxPolis.com have varied to come by and leave, but we’re still looking for writers today. You can fill out the application to become a staff member at XboxPolis.com (as a Writer, Reviewer, etc.). You can keep up with our newest staff member, Greeneyebob via Twitter, as well too.

Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta.
Cue the Marty music and start the celebration, the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta will be available for purchasers of Halo 3: ODST beginning May 3rd, 2010, already started for those who know dates. This game literally beasts our lives, and we hope you get to try it out. I mean- imagine Halo 3 + Halo 2 + ODST + Halo: CE= Big Boom= Reach. As always, you can check out our exclusive coverage page for Halo: Reach at XboxPolis.

Call of Duty: Black Ops
Dear black people- don’t be offended! Call of Duty: Black Ops, or Call of Duty 7 (wait, am I right?), from Treyarch will be releasing November 9th, 2010 (11-09-10, similar to CoD: Modern Warfare 2’s date, 11-10-09). The trailer is odd, but it seems the CoD series is backing out of the WWII era, and moving onto the pretty Cold War, Vietnam War Late 50’s-Early 70’s. Trailer seems to show some pretty cool technology, so, take a look. But Halo: Reach is another offering, Less Than Three.

MRTY
My Clan Tag for Halo: Reach. Don’t copy; Love Marty.
-USKB, H2o DAG, Derek Gordon. Seemingly proud owner of XboxPolis.com.