HMV doing midnight Halo: Reach launch

70 HMV stores will open tonight across the UK to welcome the arrival of Xbox 360 game Halo: Reach.

HMV's flagship Oxford Street London store will be among them. There's no mention of face-painting or a dressing-up competition (which doesn't mean you shouldn't).

Copies of Halo: Reach will sell from one minute past midnight.

Eurogamer's Halo: Reach review was published early on Sunday morning.