Considering we just got the first official details about Halo 3: Recon approximately 24 hours ago, it seems awfully early to already have the box art. Regardless, Kotaku brings word that not only is this the cover but also that the game itself will come as a standalone disc and will not be available as a download. I’ll leave you with a juicy little tidbit from IGN:
When Halo 3: Recon launches, it will come bundled with two map packs that will be released as DLC beforehand. One is titled the Mythic Map Pack (coming early 2009) and another is still unnamed. Not only will Recon include a full 1000 achievement point, but the Mythic pack will have new achievements of its own. That’s about all we know about Halo 3: Recon so far, but we’ll be bringing you updates on this standalone retail expansion (sorry, no downloadable version) in the months to come.
Posted by Sarge Tomzilla on October 9, 2008 at 9:28 pm
I think I’ve died and gone to heaven. Or something similar that has great box art and ODST’s.
Posted by Kelly on October 9, 2008 at 9:32 pm
mmmm i posted this earlier on my own blog..
I actually like this box art better then Halo 3’s.
Posted by halcylon on October 9, 2008 at 9:37 pm
If its a separate game all together, that would piss me off to no end.
Posted by bs angel on October 9, 2008 at 9:48 pm
I chased your link Kelly and you don’t have a source either. Where did you get the image out of curiosity? I’m just trying to figure out how “official” this is.
Posted by Dan (tehviruss) on October 9, 2008 at 9:54 pm
This is the official boxart image shown at the Tokyo Game Show announcement, I’ll see if I can track down a link.
Posted by RIFT on October 9, 2008 at 9:59 pm
It says Display Box Only, so it may or may not be the final box art. Personally, I think it’s really good. It has a theme (dark, worn), a main color (blue), and it basically shows you exactly what you want to see (ODSTs with modified SMGs, yo). The only change I may advise is moving the “Halo 3: Recon” logo to the top or bottom of the box, and shifting the image up or down accordingly, simply because text right in the middle, overlapping most of the central image is a bit tacky and almost cluttered. But yeah, other than that one change, it’s great.
Posted by Dan (tehviruss) on October 9, 2008 at 10:00 pm
This site has the image from the announcement:
http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/09/halo-3-recon-pack-art-shown-at-tgs/
It will be on disc only and will not be available for download. We know this because it is classified by Xbox Live as a separate game (seen in the marketplace). And if it was going to be available for download as an Xbox Live Arcade game, it would not be on a disc at all, so we can rule that out. Also I heard it stated somewhere that this game uses a whole new engine and is much much different than Halo 3.
Posted by bs angel on October 9, 2008 at 10:05 pm
The Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack was available as a standalone disc and also as a download. I wonder if there is any chance this will be similar. It certainly seems like there will be a lot of content with it so the standalone disc only seems pretty plausible to me.
Posted by CrazedOne1988 on October 9, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Awesome box art!
I wantz recon
Posted by Kelly on October 9, 2008 at 10:40 pm
HERE
Xbox 360 Fanboy is pretty reliable when it comes to Info.
But in their post they even say it’s not officially legit, yet.
But it could be.
Posted by Kelly on October 9, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Thats why I didn’t post any text or a link because it doesn’t say much about it.
Posted by bs angel on October 9, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Thanks for the link Kelly! It just seems so early for official box art. Oh well. Hopefully Bungie will get some official information up for us soon in regards to all of the finer details of everything. :)
Posted by Kelly on October 9, 2008 at 10:55 pm
No Prob. : )
I’m hoping this is it anyway though!
Posted by Dan (tehviruss) on October 9, 2008 at 11:01 pm
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/918/918500p1.html
“That’s about all we know about Halo 3: Recon so far, but we’ll be bringing you updates on this standalone retail expansion (sorry, no downloadable version) in the months to come.”
Posted by bs angel on October 9, 2008 at 11:04 pm
LOL, … I just found that and added it about five minutes before you left your comment. That article had tons of good solid info in it.
Posted by Dan (tehviruss) on October 9, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Gah! That’s 2 articles in 2 days I missed what you wrote :(
Posted by Crazyeye0 on October 9, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Wait, so is the mythic map pack going to be out for Halo3, or for Recon? or is it going to be like, you load up Recon, and you can still Play Halo3 from it? or what?
Posted by Ragingterror on October 9, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Mythic Map Pack (coming early 2009)
That’s a nice little tidbit. I’m certainly looking forward to playing said maps.
So… uh… when can I preorder this new game? :D
Posted by soulofaqua on October 10, 2008 at 3:12 am
I must say that the atmosphere in this, what I consider concept box art untill further notice, is much better than that of the original Halo 3 box and I have always had a fondness for the ODST armour permutation over Masterchief’s Mjolnir armour.
Posted by Crunchbite on October 10, 2008 at 6:08 am
if we know when the Mythic Map pack is coming out, i may consider wheter buying the map pack first or just this…
Posted by nyhitman0401 on October 10, 2008 at 6:08 am
It reminds me of Halo 2’s cover! Except wit Odst and 1 SMG
Posted by Das Kalk on October 10, 2008 at 7:29 am
I think pricepoint-wise $30-$40 is reasonable, but I do think that Microsoft will reach a broader audience by doing a Warhawk-esque release. That is to say, release a retail version with a few extras or something, and then offer a DLC version that is missing a material item. Another thing that they may consider is also doing a limited edition of the game that includes some more stuff but at the full price of a game which would be around $60. That cover art is very nice, I wonder which Bungie artist(s) worked on it?
Posted by Ken Raves on October 10, 2008 at 8:14 am
Oh come on, did this honestly suprise anyone? You can’t fit an entire game complete with full next-gen engine and features on a simple download, and if Bungie released the Multiplayer map Pack disc for Halo it was obvious eventually they’d release some maps on disc. BUt it doesn’t feel like it’d be the final art, I mean; look at it, the ODST is in the rain, he was in the rain in the trailer, maybe they just slapped some CG image modeled after the trailer on a box. Or maybe it is the final art and I’m a bit to skeptic. Still, while it certainly looks nice a different box image would be nice. Like the Standard Halo 3’s box art, that blew me away. This is just a still of something we’ve already seen.
Posted by Socket on October 10, 2008 at 10:39 am
I thought Halo 3’s boxart was awful.
I like this one though.
SOO, is there any point in downloading (and probably paying) the Mythic Maps, if you’re going to get them FREE with this game anyway? Unless, you want them half a year early that is…
But for people like me (kid with no money), I should probably just wait until th egame comes out right?
Posted by Bzerker01 on October 10, 2008 at 11:06 am
Now, at Gamestop we let you pre-order when its announced, but for the full 60 dollar price, so its better to drop 5 bucks on it rather then pay for the whole thing (which we don’t know the price yet) up front.
Posted by Predator5791 on October 10, 2008 at 11:38 am
Orgasmic
Posted by Ken Raves on October 10, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Socket, if you’re a Halo and or Microsoft fan you gotta be aware that they LOVE MONEY. Sides Mythic is due out soon anyway, this disc isn’t for a year, not only that it’s gonna probably be about as much has Halo 3 was. Also what wasn’t there to like about Halo 3’s box art? I thought it was beautiful.
Posted by D taktics on October 10, 2008 at 11:06 pm
I wonder if we can say “I Can Haz recon” on the Bnet forums without getting in trouble now.
Posted by Das Kalk on October 11, 2008 at 8:58 pm
big news everyone! it is available for pre-order as of…now. need proof? here is mine, the first in Ottawa, and maybe even the world (i’m so excited)
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh295/sc0ttis1337/Reconpre-order.jpg