WRUP: The Halo: Reach beta's final weekend (probably)

This, friends, is the final weekend of the Halo: Reach beta -- if everything goes according to plan. So, strap on a jetpack and load another clip into a DMR, because this is the last of Reach until the game gets kicked out of the retail airlock this autumn. Let's face it, Bungie's got other franchises to develop.

What's everyone playing this weekend?

• Alexander Sliwinski (@XanderSliwinski): Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Just Cause 2. Also have Army of Two: The 40th Day coming from GameFly. Couch co-oping that should make it tolerable.

• Andrew Yoon (@scxzor): (Lost in Alan Wake)

• Ben Gilbert (@BigBossBgilbert): When I get back from NYC for the seventeenth time in the past week, I'll be obsessively playing Alan Wake. Seriously folks, it's really excellent. You should probably think about buying it. (At least the first two chapters.) Addendum: Finding an apartment game tape? SOLVED. Officially a New Yorker as of June!

• Christopher Grant (@ChrisGrant): I'll be traveling all next week to the sunny city of Los Angeles, which means it's Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, WarioWare DIY, and iPhone games for me. I may get a couple more hours in on Final Fantasy XIII before I leave, but I can only enjoy it in one hour chunks.

• David Hinkle (@DaveHinkle): Now that I've got this beautiful MvC fight stick, I'm trying to get as many street fights in as possible, so I'll probably be playing Super Street Fighter 4 a lot. And Skate 3. And, if life permits, some Metro 2033.

• Griffin McElroy (@griffinmcelroy): I am going to finish playing and reviewing Split/Second, which I'll be able to expound more upon in like, three days. Also, after a long period of soul-searching, I'm back on the HeartGold wagon.

• James Ransom-Wiley: (Probably also playing Alan Wake.)

• JC Fletcher (@jcfletcher) Portal (thank you, Valve)! Also, I need to finish up the quite wonderful Ace Attorney Investigations, and I've decided to start Soul Bubbles again -- just the thought of Soul Bubbles makes me smile.

• Justin McElroy (@JustinMcElroy): (Enjoying some time off.)
  

• Ludwig Kietzmann (@LudwigK): (Yup, you guessed it, Alan Wake.)

• Mike Schramm (@MikeSchramm): If things go as planned, it'll be nonstop Red Dead Redemption. Giddy up!

• Randy Nelson (@DangerPenguin) My plumber friend is coming over, so we're probably going to do the usual: kill giant mushrooms, put on bee suits and soar through the universe. I'll also be playing Super Mario Galaxy 2.

• Richard Mitchell (@SenseiRAM): Continuing my journey through Rapture a second time in BioShock 2. I'll also be getting in as much of the Halo: Reach beta as I can. Beyond that, I'll be killing gods in God of War and trying to resist playing the now Mac-friendly Torchlight.

• Xav de Matos (@Xav): Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West (PS3), Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper and Alan Wake are all on the docket this weekend. Let's see if I actually play anything.