Check out a video of the recently evolved sport after the jump, or keep an eye on the official Grifball forums for your opportunity to get in on a game.
Grifball evolves for Halo: Reach, becomes the world's greatest sport
by Griffin McElroy 
on Sep 24th 2010 5:40PM
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Check out a video of the recently evolved sport after the jump, or keep an eye on the official Grifball forums for your opportunity to get in on a game.
Reader Comments (33)
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 5:46PM FrozenPlasma said
Unreal... Tournament 3.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 5:46PM Bagels said
Please forgive my ignorance, as I'm not a fan or one who keeps up on these types of things....
is this indeed a game mode based on a popular online machinima series that has now been incorporated into the official title? I think that's pretty cool.
is this indeed a game mode based on a popular online machinima series that has now been incorporated into the official title? I think that's pretty cool.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 6:18PM SurlyDuff said
@Bagels Grifball has been a supported and an official playlist in Halo 3 as part of their rotating Weekend Double XP playlist for some time. It has even been a ranked playlist. Currently, its not officially in the Halo Reach playlist rotation, but count on it being included in the future.
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Posted: Sep 24th 2010 10:07PM maveric101 said
@Bagels
the backstory is that there was one RvB episode where Sarge was shooting at Grif with a sniper, and said "this is the best game since Grifball!" eventually the RvB crew wondered what Grifball would actually be like, and came up with the game. that's why the ball carrier turns orange - that's Grif's armor color, so everyone is beating up on Grif.
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the backstory is that there was one RvB episode where Sarge was shooting at Grif with a sniper, and said "this is the best game since Grifball!" eventually the RvB crew wondered what Grifball would actually be like, and came up with the game. that's why the ball carrier turns orange - that's Grif's armor color, so everyone is beating up on Grif.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 5:49PM MarkHawk said
Why can't I just search for these games. I don't have time to sign up for things.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 6:40PM BizarroPunisher said
@MarkHawk
I ain't got time for a Time Attack!
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I ain't got time for a Time Attack!
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 5:50PM Faren22 said
No Armor Lock footage I see... I hope they've removed it from the abilities.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 5:50PM CpEWahoo said
That actually looks like a lot of fun with Evade AA in it.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 5:52PM Prboi said
Yes, Bungie really does care about the community. They incorporated the zombies game type that Halo 2 players loved to play just for fun & called it infection. Now they're doing it with Griffball.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 5:53PM The Wicker Man said
Wow, look at how exciting they make new Griffball look in the modern poetions intro...jumping! More running and jumping than an episode of Doctor Who! ;)
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 5:53PM mahoney94 said
I hope this has it's own playlist soon
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 5:54PM marco8ynwa said
Is this live now? Or will it be a seperate playlist?
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 6:04PM Deschain said
for the majority of the video i just kept thinking of how awesome a 3rd person mode would be for custom games.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 6:07PM Nintendo Tim said
Hey, look!
Quidditch...
Quidditch...
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 6:09PM Mouthsmasher said
I've never been a fan of Grifball, but THIS looks like it could be fun!
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 6:21PM BobbyBirdseed said
As a staff member of GrifballHub.com, the official Fan Site of Grifball, I'd like to thank all of you folks for the excitement, as well as the posting of the video!
Our webmaster and founder is the man who created that highlight video!
We've been doing a TON of different map and variant testing, because Bungie wanted us to hammer out the details first, so they can put it in, hopefully, as it's own playlist!
We've been running a lot of Grifball in Reach Neighborhood Tournaments, or GRUNTs, which allow you to put together a team or join one and play Grifball in Reach!
If you'd like more information, just head over to http://www.grifballhub.com and take a look!
Bob
Our webmaster and founder is the man who created that highlight video!
We've been doing a TON of different map and variant testing, because Bungie wanted us to hammer out the details first, so they can put it in, hopefully, as it's own playlist!
We've been running a lot of Grifball in Reach Neighborhood Tournaments, or GRUNTs, which allow you to put together a team or join one and play Grifball in Reach!
If you'd like more information, just head over to http://www.grifballhub.com and take a look!
Bob
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 6:24PM theMightyMonarch said
God I feel so behind with Reach. 360 got shipped for repairs on the day of launch. If I'm lucky I can get it back next week (Repair status says done).
Looks awesome, I love Grifball.
Looks awesome, I love Grifball.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 6:32PM Rhamsey said
That video really makes me want to try out the new grifball.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 7:26PM SisypheanLife said
So, its CTF with hammers?
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 10:36PM This Little Man Says His Name Is said
@SisypheanLife
It's more then CTF with Hammers.
It's Grifball.
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It's more then CTF with Hammers.
It's Grifball.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 7:33PM DustbinK said
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MUTE IT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
no one needs to suffer like I just did.
no one needs to suffer like I just did.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 7:53PM Zak Canard said
Grifball with jetpacks? There's two words that immediately spring to mind, the second of which is Yes.
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 8:51PM blackangel209 said
Grifball was already the world's greatest sport...
Posted: Sep 24th 2010 10:10PM maveric101 said
this is one of the major reasons i love Halo. not only do you get all the typical gametypes, you get access to all the other completely different stuff people come up with, like Grifball, Jenga, and more.
Posted: Sep 26th 2010 3:32PM maveric101 said
@xnifex
i'm not sure if it's been adapted to Reach yet, but i played a fair amount of it in Halo 3. i think the map and gametype are in my Halo 3 file share.
basically, on the map Standoff there's a largish flat area with a cliff. off the edge of the cliff there are two towers of stacked concrete dividers. the gametype is infection. the humans spawn on top of the towers, and the zombie spawns on the ground. on the ground there's a bunch of stuff that the zombie can push into all these man cannons. the goal for the zombie is to hit the towers with stuff to make them fall apart and knock the humans off. of course then the goal for the humans is to stay on the tower as long as possible. it's best played with at least 4 people. it's a lot of fun.
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i'm not sure if it's been adapted to Reach yet, but i played a fair amount of it in Halo 3. i think the map and gametype are in my Halo 3 file share.
basically, on the map Standoff there's a largish flat area with a cliff. off the edge of the cliff there are two towers of stacked concrete dividers. the gametype is infection. the humans spawn on top of the towers, and the zombie spawns on the ground. on the ground there's a bunch of stuff that the zombie can push into all these man cannons. the goal for the zombie is to hit the towers with stuff to make them fall apart and knock the humans off. of course then the goal for the humans is to stay on the tower as long as possible. it's best played with at least 4 people. it's a lot of fun.
Posted: Sep 26th 2010 3:33PM maveric101 said
@xnifex
also you can search for content on Bungie.net, and also in Reach, i think. i haven't tried yet, but you could search for Jenga and see if anyone has made it yet.
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also you can search for content on Bungie.net, and also in Reach, i think. i haven't tried yet, but you could search for Jenga and see if anyone has made it yet.
Posted: Sep 25th 2010 8:11AM BleachMan said
The variant with jetpacks reminds me of basketball... only a lot more brutal
Posted: Sep 25th 2010 3:06PM Shawcross said
Going to be epic. Are they going to put this on the game later on with a update?
Posted: Sep 25th 2010 6:31PM Migz7 said
I never was a fan of grifball but the jetpack does make it interesting. I'm looking forward to trying this out!
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