Hot off of Shack News’ unveiling of the expanded Social Media features in Bungie’s upcoming Opus, Halo Reach, all new details are streaming from Mt. Bungie! Their latest trickle of news is the unveiling of the “Reach Around” initiative, aimed at further integrating players with other players.

Todd Assleman, Bungie’s Director of PR explained some of the new features to be found in the Reach Around area of Halo Reach:

“The Reach Around is an area that players can either participate in or not. I forsee that some players here will be givers, while others will be more takers, picking and choosing when to use the Reach Around as it suits them.”

Some of the new Reach Around features include:

• Tea bag videos: upload your favorite videos of tea bagging people or being tea bagged and at the end of every week, the Reach Around will award the “Best Teabag of the Week”.
• What preschooler pwned you?  Another great feature will be stories of pwnage by kids 13 and younger. Assleman explained, “With all of the kids on Halo 2 and 3, we felt that a dedicated section to these rug rats was well overdue.”
• Reach Around Buddy playlists: Gamers will be able to get into the Reach Around matchmaking areas where they can play with others and get the full Reach Around experience.

Halo Reach’s Beta will begin in May of 2010, but Bungie hopes to have Reach Around available before the climax of the beta experience.