MaxNerd Blog: Halo: Reach Armor Grants "Special Abilities"

Like many other "Halo-addicts", I've been foaming at the mouth to get my hands on some concrete information regarding the multiplayer offerings of Halo: Reach, Bungie's farewell to the Halo saga. I've even gone as far as scouring the internet for scanned images from the yet to be released February issues of Game Informer and Edge, which are both brimming with interviews from Bungie big-wigs. The pages are filled with must-see images and eloquent descriptions of skirmishes from within Reach's singleplayer campaign. But the nugget of info that's been keeping me up at night is a new gameplay mechanic that grants players special abilities depending on which armor permutation you choose.