Halo 3: Recon – A Prologue to Halo 3 revealed – from an ODST perspective – Prepare to Drop Fall 2009

9 10 2008

During the Tokyo Games show, Microsoft showed an ‘extension’ to the Prepare to Drop trailer which showed an ODST Marine leaving the drop pod that crashed. It was also stated that this will ship in Fall 2009.

The trailer has just been uploaded to Bungie.net & presumably the marketplace too: look here.
Xbox.com gives us a few more details: Campaign will be a side story that takes place during the events leading up to Chief’s return to New Mombasa in Halo 3, Multiplayer will provide “groundbreaking multiplayer content” With Exclusive new maps & Forge options as well as Saved films, Screenshots…. Oh and 4 player co-op :)
EDIT: It’s now called Halo 3: ODST which makes more sense, but I’m not sure I prefer it.Halo 3 ReconHalo 3 ReconHalo 3 Recon - New HeroHalo 3 Recon - New CampaignHalo 3 Recon - Prepare to Drop. Fall 2009Halo 3 Recon - Our New Hero - ODSTKeep RightProceed with Caution

LOL - The Super Intendant Labels the crashed ODST pod with "POSS. PARKING VIOLATION"

LOL - The Super Intendant Labels the crashed ODST pod with "POSS. PARKING VIOLATION"

Halo 3 Recon - Covenant


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Bungie Countdown finishes – reveals trailer – “Halo 3 Prepare to drop”

25 09 2008

EDIT: For a longer version of this trailer which was shown at the Tokyo Games Show, look here

After the countdown finished at 07:07AM PDT, Bungie.net revealed a teaser trailer for the next game they’re bringing out. OK no-one knows what the trailer was for, just go and watch it!!!

The description for the video from the marketplace: “High action and deep mystery await players in this new Halo 3 campaign experience. Prepare to drop!”
We can haz new campaign levels???

You can see it here GOGOGOGOGO

Click on any of the pictures below for bigger versions.

 

WTF?

WTF?

Don't think water...

 


Yes, it's upside down, that's how it was in the video!

Yes, it's upside down, that's how it was in the video!


Possible release date? It's Possible. Not confirmed though.

Possible release date? It

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Halo 3 – September Matchmaking Update detailed, Auto Update 2 to be released on Sep. 16th

23 08 2008

This week’s Bungie update details what is going to happen with the monthly playlist update and the date that Auto Update 2 will be released – both the playlist update and AU2 should be released on the 16th of September. EDIT: a later bungie weekly update suggests that it will be delayed and will be nearer to the 1-year anniversary of Halo 3 on the 27th of September — now confirmed for the 23rd.
You can read about Auto Update 2 and what it does to Halo 3 here.

Screenshot from vid where Bungie thanks G4

    September’s matchmaking playlist update does make a few more changes than normal; as promised by Bungie a couple of weeks ago. A summary of the changes appears below:

  • Rocket Race is being removed :( :( :(
  • Both Ranked and Social Big Team Battle are being removed
  • Head to Head is being removed
  • Team Doubles now requires all DLC – Heroic & Legendary packs and Cold Storage
  • Default Team Slayer games will now have the Magnum as secondary weapon
  • Squad Battle – a new ranked playlist will be introduced; it’s 6v6 and will be Slayer / Capture the Flag
  • DLC Free For All (new) – 8v8 – Slayer, Objective and Infection!
  • DLC Big Team; another new playlist – 8v8 Social Slayer and Objective (just like Social BTB)

Some of the playlists will see Bungie-forged map variants of Sandtrap (they’ll be no elephant), Epitaph (without shield doors), Snowbound (with some shield doors removed) and The Pit (with “with inaccessible spawn hives.” — That sounds annoying). The normal versions of these maps will also appear.

You can read the Bungie update containing all this information and much more here. It offers some consolation in the fact that the Rocket Race gametype will be added to the Multi Team playlist as well as the fact that there will be less objective, SWATGuns and Magnums in SWAT – and the fact that there will be Carbines on the map!

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Also, they confirmed that they’ll be no bots / campaign characters in H3 multiplayer – just to hush those rumours after the thanks video’s.


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E3 / BUNGIE TAKEN OVER BY SUPERINTENDANT!

14 07 2008

The original purpose of this post was going to be to do with what happened at the Microsoft E3 press conference; due to my bias towards Bungie / Halo that will be a minor discussion in this post.

So… The 360’s gonna get a new dashboard in the Autumn / Fall; To be honest I don’t like the look of it but hopefully it will work ok. On the up side, it will have 8 person private chat w00t! Fortunately, they clearly realised that people don’t like change — the xbox guide (accessible by pressing the guide button!) will take the form of the blade-like dashboard we currently have and you will be able to use it in game and in the dash.

Gears of War 2 looks awesome and will be released on November 7th.

Fallout 3 looked cool but the demo didn’t show enough for me to decide whether it will be worth buying — this is combined with the fact that I haven’t read anything about them in the past so I can’t tell!

A few more announcements… including that Final Fantasy XIII will be on the 360 and it was the end of the conference leaving Halo / Bungie fans severely disappointed.

Not even a mention of Halo Wars and this after the Bungie guys on the Podcast severely suggesting that something was going to happen on the 14th.

AND SOMETHING DID HAPPEN!

GOTO BUNGIE.NET!

THE SUPERINTENDANT HAS TAKEN OVER AND A COUNTDOWN IS SHOWN COUNTING DOWN TO 2:07:07PM ON THE 16TH!

To be honest; no-one really knows what is going on with the Superintendant but it is driving all the Halo / Bungie fans crazy and it definitely shows that Bungie can capture the attention of people without using the Microsoft conference like others do.

If this is the beginning of an ARG like ilovebees.com, it’s certainly trying to get the attention of a lot more people; and I think it’ll succeed.

So, yet another post where I leave you waiting for an announcement or something else from the brilliant company that is Bungie.

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Edit: just been linked to this page http://www.bungie.net/Inside/soffish/Soffish.html links in with that fish on the Bungie Day 2008 theme….

Someone explain it all!!!

Update – click here


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Lost Season 4, Episode 12 (Finale, Parts 2 & 3) – My Thoughts

31 05 2008

Holy Shit! Wow. That was an EPIC 82 minutes of TV. Also, lots of WTF’s

Orchid OrientationSome Lots of Spoilers follow!…. Read the rest of this entry »


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