EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: halo3recon

You remember Bungie announced that game, Halo 3: Recon, which was to act as a kind of standalone game set in the Halo universe, following the exploits an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper in the currently-occupied city of New Mombasa, promising an all new campaign, as well as additional Halo 3 content?

Well, it’s still coming, only under a different name. Instead of the subtitle ‘Recon,’ Bungie are going with the less easy to remember (and say) ‘ODST,’ meaning the full title of the afore-explained game is Halo 3: ODST. Same game, different name, although we’re still assured we’ll get access to the Recon armour. That would only have made sense to Halo players…

In the theme of ‘same… same,’ Bungie have released an announcement trailer, which is the same trailer you may have already seen a couple dozen times before, but here it is to enjoy… again.

Halo 3: ODST will be releasing ‘next fall,’ while the Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack will be hitting Xbox LIVE Marketplace early next year. To learn more than you’d ever care to know about the ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper), you can head on over to Bungie’s site for an internal interview with Bungie’s fiction guru.

Microsoft and Bungie have officially announced the development of their next joint game set in the Halo universe.

It turns out it’s called Halo 3: Recon and is a standalone expansion to the enormous Halo 3 and lengthens the campaign with hours of new singleplayer and multiplayer content. The game will allow you to, according to Microsoft, “experience events leading up to the epic story told in Halo 3 through the eyes of a new hero in the Halo universe.” Apparently it’s out ‘Spring 2009’, whenever that it.

The trailer below builds on the teaser trailer released about two weeks ago, further revealing some details about the game. Press release after the jump below. Enjoy!

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