Halo 3: Recon – Trailer

Here is a trailer for Halo 3: Recon, which will be releasing fall of 2009. The trailer is very well done and Hollywood could take some notes.

First things first, Halo 3: Recon is your old version of Halo 3 with a new face. There have been no changes to the standard Halo formula as you’ll still be in first person view mode for optimal bastard blasting. The one difference Bungie’s stressing is that since you’re taking control of an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (ODST) you won’t be able to run and gun quite as easily as the super-hero soldier Master Chief. Instead you’ll have to choose your battles wisely which is probably how the title “recon” comes into play. What you’ll specifically be doing is wiping clean the covenant infested city of New Mombasa from behind enemy lines in plenty of dark, nighttime settings.

Also, don’t expect cameos from Master Chief or anyone else from the normal Halo proper as they are off doing their own thing when this game takes place. More specifically, Master Chief is still rocketing towards Earth in that space craft from the end of Halo 2 before crash landing in the jungle at the start of Halo 3. Read more

Halo Wars Releases In February 09, Available For Pre-Order

Microsoft Game Studios and Ensemble Studios announced today that the first ever Halo real time strategy game, Halo Wars will be coming to retailers this coming February, available in either a regular or Limited Collector’s Edition. Halo Wars will take you from controlling a single soldier to commanding an entire battlefield. It is also supposed to combine the intense action of the Halo franchise with a new story that precedes the original Halo .

If you recognize the name Ensemble Studios, you’ve probably played games from the Age of Empires franchise. Ensemble’s team has worked painstakingly to design Halo Wars specifically for gameplay and control on Xbox 360 in an attempt to bring the fluid strategy experience real time strategies have offered on PCs for years to console, though Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Endwar will likely beat them to the punch on that front.

Aside from the regular edition of Halo Wars , a Limited Collector’s Edition will be offered through participating retailers and will features three new Halo 3 multiplayer maps (the Mythic Map Pack, which includes Assembly, Orbital and Sandbox), the Halo Wars: Genesis graphic novel by Phil Noto, Graeme Devine and Eric Nylund, a unique in-game vehicle called the “Honour Guard” Wraith, six Leader Cards and a Spirit of Fire patch, which lets you start the game as an official Spirit of Fire crew member. The regular edition of Halo Wars will be available for $59.99 USD/CAD, while the Limited Collector’s Edition will be available for $79.99 USD/CAD. Halo Wars is rated T for Teen and is already availble for pre-order at some retailers.

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Halo 3: Recon – Details Revealed

Until now details have been fuzzy about this new Bungie Halo project. The initial teaser trailer did its job of moistening the pants of fan-boys everywhere and igniting internet message boards ablaze. To the naked eye it seemed as though Bungie went about creating a teaser trailer solely for an expansion pack to a year old game because they knew the gaming community would eat anything out of their hands.

Well after a more revealing trailer at the Tokyo Game Show naming the game (Halo 3: Recon), as well as sporting a new hero and new campaign, people have become even more speculative. Will this new Halo game be squad based much like Ghost Recon? Will it be from a new camera perspective, maybe 3rd person, and include a cover system since Gears of War’s was so impressive and revolutionary? Well answers to these questions have finally surfaced due to a recent Q & A session with two of Bungie’s reps: Luke Smith and Brian Jarrard. Read more

The Voice Of Halo’s Master Chief Makes Live Appearance

Anime News Network has some information on the Anime Supercon in Florida this fall and among other news concerning the con, the man who voices Master Chief in the Halo videogames will be making his first live convention appearance. Read more

‘Halo Board Game’ Launching In September

I found this piece of news on icv2.com about a Halo Board Game.  Sounds intriguing.  I’ll try to keep track of the progress on this one…

This September Genius Products and B1 Games are launching the first ever board game based on the hugely popular Halo video game. The Halo Interactive Strategy Board Game captures the essence of the bestselling video game as players control UNSC Marine and Covenant forces in strategic battles for power. With its family-friendly features this game, which is designed for players 10 and up, should expand the audience for the popular first-person shooter Halo franchise.

The Halo Board Game features the same premise and characters (Master Chief, A.I., Covenant, etc.) of the video game, which has sold over 20 million copies in its various iterations. It offers a modular game board that can be reconfigured into limitless combinations. In the game players command armies of three-dimensional collectible character pieces that can be utilized in two different levels of play—the “Heroic” mode for faster casual games, and the “Legendary” mode for more advanced games who want to include more strategy. Players can expand the Halo experience in campaign mode or go head-to-head in “Slayer” or “Capture the Flag” modes.

Genius Products is planning to release additional expansions for the Halo Board Game that will add adventures, new vehicles, characters and weapons.

Source: icv2.com

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