Halo Waypoint, the new virtual home for all things Halo, launches today on Xbox live, and will be the exclusive destination for full-episode previews of Halo Legends beginning Saturday, Nov. 7.

Halo Waypoint features daily updates of fresh, exciting content such as developer interviews, trailers and screenshots, exclusive video footage, community activities and the latest Halo news. In addition, Halo Waypoint includes a career system that tracks players’ accomplishments across multiple Halo games and gives them new ways to show off their heroic gameplay feats. By downloading and enlisting in Halo Waypoint, players will be rewarded with a variety of Bungie-created Halo 3: ODST Avatar Awardables for attaining specific Achievements in the game. Rewards vary from stylish T-shirts to full sets of ODST armor. The experience is retroactive, so if players have already unlocked the requisite Achievements, the awards will be ready for them once they enlist in Halo Waypoint.

Players can unlock Achievements to gain access to Halo 3: ODST Avatar Awardables.

As a bonus for enlisting to Halo Waypoint, fans will receive a Monitor accessory for their Avatars modeled after the Halo character, 343 Guilty Spark. The Monitor will help fans find their way around Halo Waypoint, the new destination for all things Halo on Xbox LIVE.

This Saturday, the first preview episode of the anime series, Halo Legends,will debut only on Halo Waypoint. Set to be distributed in early 2010 by Warner Home Video, the anthology of anime short films will tell all-new stories in the epic “Halo” saga.