Either Bungie have made vast improvements to their Halo 3 graphics engine, or the team has learned how to take full advantage of their available technology, because these screenshots from their upcoming Halo 3: ODST shooter look truly amazing, with most of the ‘purple’ minimised to make way for a more realistic direction.

To showcase their new game, Bungie have released a ton of new screenshots, with some moving images also made available to fill in the blanks

Have a gander at the rest of the released screenshots for Bungie’s Halo 3: ODST (releasing September 22nd) below, and also be sure to check out the footage:

You can watch an additional piece of in-game footage from Halo 3: ODST over here.