Halo 3: Recon Coming Fall 2009
October 8, 2008 54 Comments
Those of you that guessed the Tokyo Game Show would be the setting for the newest Bungie announcement (i.e. everybody) can now officially perform the “I told you so” dance. Revealed during the Microsoft Keynote were the official details about a brand new Halo 3 campaign experience called “Halo 3: Recon.” The video, featuring an ODST Marine, is now available for download at Bungie.net. Along with the video is the mention that they will “have more to say later.” Damn, Fall 2009 is far away. Hopefully the more to say will include pushing that date up by a year. If you have adverse feelings towards downloading higher quality videos, feel free to take a gander at the crappy YouTube version after the jump along with reading the official scoop from Xbox.com. And if you know how to speed up time, you can go ahead and start that right now. kthxbai.
From Xbox.com:
To the delight of devoted fans across the world, at the Tokyo Game Show Microsoft debuted Halo 3: Recon, developed exclusively for Xbox 360 by acclaimed developer Bungie. This new chapter in the Halo saga lets you experience events leading up to the epic story told in Halo 3 through the eyes of a new hero in the Halo universe.
The stand-alone expansion, set to release in fall 2009, extends the award-winning Halo 3 experience with hours of new campaign excursions and multiplayer gameplay. In addition, attendees were given an all-new glimpse of the Xbox 360 exclusive strategy game Halo Wars from Ensemble Studios. The campaign mode provided a thrilling taste of the revolutionary gameplay and new perspective of the Halo universe. Enjoy the full experience when Halo Wars hits retailers in early 2009.
This new chapter in the Halo universe includes the following:
* All-new campaign content: The Halo 3: Recon campaign is an intriguing side story that takes place during the terrifying events leading up to the Master Chief’s return to New Mombasa in Halo 3. Experience the fate of Earth from the brand-new perspective of a special forces ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper), adding a unique outlook and new gameplay elements to the events that unfold in the trilogy’s finale. While the feel of this new chapter greatly resembles that of previous Halo experiences, Halo 3: Recon will require you to employ more elements of stealth and cunning than ever before.
* Prepare to drop: Known for their courage, valor and, at times, insanity, ODSTs are among the fiercest UNSC soldiers, priding themselves on being the first unit deployed into hostile situations. While not as large or supernaturally gifted as their Spartan comrades, these “Hell Jumpers” more than compensate with their ferocious attitudes and unwavering nerve.
* Expanded multiplayer collection: No Halo experience would be complete without groundbreaking multiplayer content, and Halo 3: Recon gives fans more of what they love. With exclusive new maps and expanded Forge options, Xbox LIVE Gold members will find more multiplayer content than ever before with Halo 3: Recon.
* Ever-growing community options: Enjoy all the great Halo 3 technological innovations, including Saved Films, screenshots, Campaign Scoring, and four-player co-op. All of the new multiplayer maps fully support the Forge editor, offering endless gameplay customization possibilities.
The music really did it for me. It was epic
Emerges… the Chief?
Heh :P
I agree with CrazedOne, the music was incredible, and the overall look of it was amazing.
Here’s the trailer on YouTube:
Can’t wait to catch this when I get home… I’m stoked already. Check out this thread over at HBO, made me LOL pretty hard: http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=901110
I had a different one up but I’ll switch it to yours instead. :)
That trailer was fucking insane!
Fangasm!
Just as I predicted…Was asleep when it was announced. Looks good.
Now the wait begins….
Man i want to know where I can get an MP3 of the soundtrack from the trailer
Cool ^_^
Did you edit it in or was I just blind?
It was up, just after the jump. :)
Darn that jump! :P
Oh well, I’m going to go download it from Marketplace and watch it in all its HD 5.1 glory!
That’s not a bad idea.
Hey angel, what’s the font you used for the top image?
Ethnocentric. I’ve changed that image a few times (just had a basic one to get the story up in a timely fashion) but am sticking with that one now.
I’m not much of a dancer so I’ll let someone else do it for me.
(First post here, so I must say: Keep up the good work angel!)
W00T! I was thinking about the vidmaster achievements possibly being the keys to unlockables in Recon (ie a silenced magnum = Annual Achievement completion)
What’s funny is that when I had posted all this stuff up on your thread about the first trailer, you know, the one asking “what’s it all about,” and people didn’t believe me… not that they should have, but I really do know some of the stuff behind the scenes. I sound like a pretentious dick, but I have to say it… “I told you so”… oh, and “you should have listened to me before”… hehe. Also, release date is Halo’s anniversary.
Here’s my happy dance!
BTW: I did hear a theory that was similar if not on the nose with what this is about, and while i did think it was a good theory, i didn’t think it bungie would divulge so much info so soon. guess I was mistaken.
OMG YES!
Epicness, and it’s not even out yet!
Next year though?, aw man =(
Those Brutes looked quite realistic, but they look awkward duel wielding spikers….
looks EPIC!
My “told you so” involves the fact that it’s an ODST campaign, not the time of announcement.
I’m interested to see how the gameplay changes to accommodate the ODST’s strengths and weaknesses…
I’m guessing basically the same concept as Ghost Recon, having green, yellow and red health. Each level of health would bear various effects, such as vision blur, slowed movement, decreased accuracy.
Jumping would probably not be something would do just to avoid a grenade or pass the time while walking long distances, but just to hop over obstacles, so rather an “environment action” button than jump (ala Ghost Recon, Gears and Army of Two).
Seeing as it’s still part of Halo 3, it will be interesting to see how they adapt the characteristics of a regular ODST to a game designed around a Spartan.
I hope the way the Superintendent AI seems to interact with the player through the environment is a big part of the game. I’m intrigued.
Bungiegasm
Be still my heart…
Very good point Mace Windex. The way the music rose up as the large screen showed “Yellow Means Yield” really gave you an impression that it would be a large factor in the game. At least that’s what I think now. At the time it was just an awesome scene.
Wait, so the Game Play is going to be downloadable?
Wow. I want this now.
Ossum!!1
>THIS WAS A TRIUMPH!THIS WAS A TRIUMPH!<
They had me at hello!
I was playing last night and saw the special pop up bungie screen.
This is freakin awesome!
Oohrahh!
Woot!
Yehaaw!
and whatever other expressives any one wants to add!
That… was… sexy.
Fall 2009? D: That’s too far. Try, tomorrow maybe? That would be nice.
I want to know what the multiplayer will be. A whole new matchmaking or just an add on to H3?
It looks great though. SOOOOO EXCITED!!:)
So many good things just happened in my pants after reading them… Which is awkward cause i’m in class…
I’m pretty sure there won’t be a multiplayer component. It’s a new “campaign experience”, an expansion pack. Halo 3 will keep it’s multiplayer the way it is.
I liked how at the end of the trailer, you could tell that the Superintendent knew to help the marine…he used the traffic signals to tell him to keep right…i hope he’s like cortana is to chief but to you in this game. That’s a grand idea!
AusQB, he microsoft keynote detailed the multiplayer…
Sounds like an add on to H3 ReverendTiki.
It gives a whole new meaning to “I can has recon?”
’09… Fall ’09… :’-(
I wonder… new game? Or new expansion?
Huzbah! Noo Haylo gayme!
:P
~Matoro3311
Stand alone expansion tells me that you can get it and play the campaign without the og Halo 3 and the EX multiplayer maps, but they will also be combined with the H3 multiplayer maps or is that just wishful thinking?
silenced SMG with exteneded butt-stock ftw?
sooo…I CAN has recon?
,,!,, YOU, sir… are a dumbass xP
Hot Damn! Bungie really does know how to keep the hype train rollin. The SMG in the ODSTs hands is by far, the most bad-ass weapon bungie could put in our hands so far. It almost looks as though the ODST could have Night-Vision/ Thermal Cameras in his helmet. If so, that would be SICK AS HELL!
Epic is the word… Oh and the expressions on the superintendant’s ‘face’ is just hilarious!
I can haz reconz…fall 2009?
This is going to be too awesome. Can’t wait until next fall. But that’s a long time from now.
It comes as know surprise that Bungie “Prepared To Drop” info right before the release of GOW2 and COD:WAW hit shelves. Although I feel the timing was more tactless than the Vader Apprentice’s spot in Soul Caliber IV before “Force Unleashed” came out, I am friggin’ psyched for this expansion. There’s no doubt that Bungie is the most involved with their players, but to be honest, the campaign felt like a throw-in compared to the multiplayer experience. I haven’t seen the new trailer yet, (cuz I have dial-up internet, so I have to see vids on my phone), but I’ve heard that it’s mind-blowing. Now, if the expansion included enemy A.I. in Forge and new perms, that would be mind-blowing. (Yes, I know, Bungie said no new perms, but still… Also, a replica Energy Sword will be released the same day of, guess what, GOW2).
*is currently squealing like a yaoi-crazed anime fan girl*
Seriously though, I can’t wait for this game! Always been a fan of the ODSTs, and while we got more of a glimpse of them in H3 I am now willing to literally bend over for Bungie now that they’re giving us a campaign centered on them.
Like others I’m also really intrigued by the prospect of having the SI help you out during the game through the use of the city’s signs and whatnot. The music, as always, was just made of pure win. I’m still getting chills down my spine whenever I watch this trailer :D
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