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Halo Reach launched in 2010 as Bungie's final Halo game, and its multiplayer kept Jeff Steitzer as the medal announcer. Yoink was a new medal for killing an opponent mid assassination, stealing the finish from a teammate who had started the animation. The short callout spread beyond Reach into montages, streams and meme edits because the word itself explains the theft. It sits alongside other clipped game callouts like enemy spotted that editors reuse outside their original matches, and it remains a shorthand for a shameless kill steal.
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The Halo Reach announcer shouting Yoink for the stolen assassination medal, a short voice line used in gaming edits, kill steal memes and multiplayer highlight clips.
This is the multiplayer announcer from Halo Reach calling out Yoink, the medal awarded when you kill an enemy just as a teammate is assassinating them. The word lands fast and smug, with that deep, arena style delivery Jeff Steitzer made famous across the Halo series. It is only a second long, but the timing tells the whole joke, you swooped in, took the kill, and the game knows it. Dropped over gameplay or a real life snatch, it turns a petty steal into a proud, instantly readable punchline.
