Update: Replaced YouTube video with longer, higher resolution video. For a complete analysis of the video click here.
Sure, it's not quite as exciting as a new episode of the Xbox 360 Fancast, but we figured some of you might be interested in watching this freshly leaked video of Halo 3. The video showcases what looks to be the new version of Zanzibar. It's the beta build of the game, and you can see many of the changes (such as the stationary bubble shield) are in place. Give the video your undivided attention and tell us what you think. You'd better do it quick, too. There's no telling when Bungie's ninjas will descend upon us, demanding that we remove the video on pain of death.
[Thanks, Vic]
Reader Comments (59)
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 5:36PM (Unverified) said
looks just like Halo 2 but with better graphics!
can't wait tho...
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can't wait tho...
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 5:41PM (Unverified) said
@1
No, it looks like Halo 3.
Anyhow, great vid, didn't show off too much, but the bubble shield looks awesome!
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No, it looks like Halo 3.
Anyhow, great vid, didn't show off too much, but the bubble shield looks awesome!
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 5:41PM (Unverified) said
Someone needs to be killed for making that song.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 5:41PM (Unverified) said
i love the HALO TRILOGY but these graphics aren't that good i will still be at gamestop at midnight getting though cuz it doesn't matter
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 5:53PM (Unverified) said
Most sequels tend to be like their previous with better graphics...
7min HD version here, it seems to delete itself after you watch though
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W1LJHPT5
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7min HD version here, it seems to delete itself after you watch though
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W1LJHPT5
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 5:44PM DrunkenShaolin said
how can u people gudge the graphixs with a yourtube low-res video...;-z
if you dont like what ya see...snap ya crackdown disk..i dear ya
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if you dont like what ya see...snap ya crackdown disk..i dear ya
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 5:46PM (Unverified) said
It was interesting to see that the bubble shield can be moved by setting a grenade off inside of it. Also the bubble shield lasted for quite a while.
I too am unimpressed with the graphics. I guess the Unreal Engine and Gears has spoiled me.
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I too am unimpressed with the graphics. I guess the Unreal Engine and Gears has spoiled me.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 5:47PM (Unverified) said
Seriously, stop being idiots, this is why bungie doesn't release stuff until it looks gorgeous because idiots like you say the graphics look bad and are already condemning the game. Go buy a ps2 and leave halo 3 to the real fans who know it will be the most beautiful game ALIVE.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 5:52PM (Unverified) said
Halo 3 will be in 1080p so...how can you judge a youtube video that is in pre-beta.
Thats like saying your kids are ugly when they are not even born yet... (some of you are still going to have ugly babies, not my fault)
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Thats like saying your kids are ugly when they are not even born yet... (some of you are still going to have ugly babies, not my fault)
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 5:54PM (Unverified) said
Could the music be any more annoying? Why not use the the game sound, or is that too much to ask?
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 6:04PM (Unverified) said
Marvel Alliance Heros and Villians Pack. I got it check it out
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 9:12PM (Unverified) said
It's alpha and on you tube. Of course it looks ugly you fools.
X__x
there is a reasone it's not "done yet".
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X__x
there is a reasone it's not "done yet".
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 6:38PM (Unverified) said
Also, you cannot trust this vid totally. I mean yeah the bubble shield seems realistic, but it was posted by one of the most notorious Halo 2 Modding clans (PPF Noobs) When I used to mod back in the day, they pulled of some pretty slick shit. I wouldnt be suprised if they used their magic to create this vid
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 7:07PM techSage said
DL 7min HD version via BT (it's faster):
http://www.torrentportal.com/torrents-details.php?id=1064739
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http://www.torrentportal.com/torrents-details.php?id=1064739
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 7:11PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 7:24PM (Unverified) said
That mongoose looks badass in the 7 minute version and the map looks great hope the graphics get a little better though it still looks magnifico water effects are decent and i wish you could have seen the spartan laser a little bett exploding a car but better then nothing
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 7:39PM (Unverified) said
Remember that Bungie did state the the public beta is actually going to be the delta build, if I'm not mistaken.
Anyways, maybe I'm the only one, but I think the graphics are looking great, especially considering that I'll be playing it in HD.
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Anyways, maybe I'm the only one, but I think the graphics are looking great, especially considering that I'll be playing it in HD.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 7:54PM (Unverified) said
I didn't know Halo 3 was coming to the original Xbox. Why didn't they make it for 360?
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 8:10PM (Unverified) said
I rather have somewhat bad graphics then have good graphics like in Gears of War with a pretty bad and annoying multiplayer online which the maps are all small compared to the difference in range in HALO 3 with size like zanzibar rather then having identical sides and weapons in GoW the teams have different things on each side. Also you can customize the games you play online with tons of game types, vehicles, and weapons. Also the single player has to be atleast 3-4 hours longer then HALO 2 with all the complaining with how short it was in HALO 2. Just saying i rather have more gametypes and custombalization then whats in Gear of War.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 8:17PM (Unverified) said
Looks cool but, my god, the person who wrote that song should be shot. Is there some kind of bubble shield I can use on my ears to save me from that horrible techno?
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 8:24PM GanonSmash said
Shut up #24. This is the beta, and not the one we get to play. The one we get to play is the Delta. This is most likely super old footage. Besides, if Halo 3 had graphics only as good as the original Xbox, would that make it any less great?
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 9:02PM (Unverified) said
27.
Sorry but no. The Beta phase of testing has JUST begun. Read the Weekly Updates. Delta? I've never heard of Delta tests.
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Sorry but no. The Beta phase of testing has JUST begun. Read the Weekly Updates. Delta? I've never heard of Delta tests.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 9:12PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 9:15PM (Unverified) said
29 Zac LaCombe
Brian Jarrard: Things are progressing quite well, thanks for asking. We recently concluded our internal Multiplayer Alpha test with Microsoft employees, and we're in the process of readying our internal beta build. Then the next evolution will be our delta, which is what will become the public beta this spring (public delta didn't quite have the same ring to it).
i got it from a website that interviewed him
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Brian Jarrard: Things are progressing quite well, thanks for asking. We recently concluded our internal Multiplayer Alpha test with Microsoft employees, and we're in the process of readying our internal beta build. Then the next evolution will be our delta, which is what will become the public beta this spring (public delta didn't quite have the same ring to it).
i got it from a website that interviewed him
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 9:32PM (Unverified) said
You people are retarded if you think that it looks like Halo 2.
Seriously. Stop being followers on the "Its visuals = Halo 2!" train, grow some nuts, and open your eyes.
Say what you really want to say:
It looks damn good for Alpha. Bungie just demeans themselves a lot.
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Seriously. Stop being followers on the "Its visuals = Halo 2!" train, grow some nuts, and open your eyes.
Say what you really want to say:
It looks damn good for Alpha. Bungie just demeans themselves a lot.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 10:06PM (Unverified) said
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this is not alpha its the beta it says it in the video and if this is recent then the graphics won't get that much better then this if you look at where gear of war was at this time in developement process at the e3 build but we will see may 16th can't wait
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this is not alpha its the beta it says it in the video and if this is recent then the graphics won't get that much better then this if you look at where gear of war was at this time in developement process at the e3 build but we will see may 16th can't wait
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 10:14PM (Unverified) said
Two things:
1) No respect for Twisted Nerve, screw you guys, okay, the techno remix sort of sucks, but the original is awesome even with the whistling
2) It looks like the quality between some of the assets is different. The player gun models look rather good while it seems like not all of the shaders are final on the world geometry assets. The water in particular looked placeholder.
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1) No respect for Twisted Nerve, screw you guys, okay, the techno remix sort of sucks, but the original is awesome even with the whistling
2) It looks like the quality between some of the assets is different. The player gun models look rather good while it seems like not all of the shaders are final on the world geometry assets. The water in particular looked placeholder.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 10:18PM (Unverified) said
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Learn Punctuation. It helps if you have grammar as well.
And so what? It still looks a Shitton better than any Halo 2 maps. Try and prove me wrong. And Gears of War? This isn't gears of war. Stop comparing it.
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Learn Punctuation. It helps if you have grammar as well.
And so what? It still looks a Shitton better than any Halo 2 maps. Try and prove me wrong. And Gears of War? This isn't gears of war. Stop comparing it.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 10:48PM (Unverified) said
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stupid i never said it should look like GEARS OF WAR but I said the footage of it was better looking at this point in developement and it didn't really did not change graphically from the e3 footage and so the HALO 3 footage leaked today if recent won't change by much possibly unless bungie developes there games different and does graphics last. Also i know this new footage looks better then halo 2 but it may not improve by much cuz people are saying its going to improve by alot cuz its alpha but its not, its the beta, and i don't care about my grammer cuz i am not typing an article or essay or anything and there's more to life then spell checking a comment
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stupid i never said it should look like GEARS OF WAR but I said the footage of it was better looking at this point in developement and it didn't really did not change graphically from the e3 footage and so the HALO 3 footage leaked today if recent won't change by much possibly unless bungie developes there games different and does graphics last. Also i know this new footage looks better then halo 2 but it may not improve by much cuz people are saying its going to improve by alot cuz its alpha but its not, its the beta, and i don't care about my grammer cuz i am not typing an article or essay or anything and there's more to life then spell checking a comment
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 11:30PM (Unverified) said
Man, whoever put that up is going to get ass-raped by Bungie. From first viewing I could spot at least 3 Gamertags clearly. Everyone knows that Bungie keeps a pretty detailed log of all matches, it's going to suck to be this dude tomorrow. Bye bye beta privs.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 11:41PM (Unverified) said
There may be more to life than spell checking a comment, but communication is nevertheless a very important life skill. Written communication especially so.
You might want to try Firefox, it has built in spell check on all text fields which makes it particularly easy to proof your messages.
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You might want to try Firefox, it has built in spell check on all text fields which makes it particularly easy to proof your messages.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 11:49PM (Unverified) said
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i don't really care about having proper grammer to people i don't know at all as long as i can talk to my friends clearly which i don't really even use proper grammer on im nither do my friends so should i spell out lol like laughing out loud
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i don't really care about having proper grammer to people i don't know at all as long as i can talk to my friends clearly which i don't really even use proper grammer on im nither do my friends so should i spell out lol like laughing out loud
Posted: Apr 24th 2007 1:43AM (Unverified) said
This looks great. I'll admit, it does feel a little H2ish, but c'mon...it's Zanzibar. I have nothing but faith in what the final product be. They've said before that a lot of the textures for the beta will be placeholder, as well as some of the weapons. We all know we'll play the hell out of this on May 16th, so let's stop picking it apart,k?
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Posted: Apr 24th 2007 2:19AM Otimus said
Going by all the PR video material for Halo 3, aside from the announcement trailer, Halo 3 looks like Halo 2, in HD, and nothing more, graphically.
People can make all the excuses they want, but why the hell would bungie show crap (relatively speaking) pictures and footage?
It's not like the entire graphics engine is going to get a major overhaul in the last few months of development, or anything.
I'm not expecting more than Halo 2's graphics + HD + lots more Bloom and Brown, and nore should anyone else.
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People can make all the excuses they want, but why the hell would bungie show crap (relatively speaking) pictures and footage?
It's not like the entire graphics engine is going to get a major overhaul in the last few months of development, or anything.
I'm not expecting more than Halo 2's graphics + HD + lots more Bloom and Brown, and nore should anyone else.
Posted: Apr 24th 2007 7:28AM (Unverified) said
I don't even care if you spell shit wrong. Just learn to throw in a comma, a period, or even an exclamation point.
Dear god.
And what I'm gleaming from the atrocious thing you call a post, you are saying that Gears of War looked better at the last E3?
Well,
A) It isn't E3 yet, so nyah
B) There won't BE an E3, so nyah
C) This isn't supposed to BE GoW, so nyah
D) It has its own Visual feel, so nyah
Go back to whatever primordial ooze you spawned from and throw yourself back in, philistine.
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Dear god.
And what I'm gleaming from the atrocious thing you call a post, you are saying that Gears of War looked better at the last E3?
Well,
A) It isn't E3 yet, so nyah
B) There won't BE an E3, so nyah
C) This isn't supposed to BE GoW, so nyah
D) It has its own Visual feel, so nyah
Go back to whatever primordial ooze you spawned from and throw yourself back in, philistine.
Posted: Apr 24th 2007 12:18PM (Unverified) said
Justin U
DEAR GOD
Well,
1) e3 would be almost two weeks from now if it were the same e3 but its not.
2) there will be an e3 in July stupid.
3) I never said this dhould be GoW and that GEARS at this point was looking great and did not change much graphically so HALO 3 may not change much if this footage is recent and bungie could develope games in different order then epic to i don't know.
4)i know it has its own visual feel i just thought i should let people saying it will improve by alot that it possibly won't but i love the HALO series and i personally don't care what it looks like as long as it is decent.
Get your facts right about e3 and what i am saying and i don't care if i put grammer in my comments you could understand better just drop it i am right you are wrong
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DEAR GOD
Well,
1) e3 would be almost two weeks from now if it were the same e3 but its not.
2) there will be an e3 in July stupid.
3) I never said this dhould be GoW and that GEARS at this point was looking great and did not change much graphically so HALO 3 may not change much if this footage is recent and bungie could develope games in different order then epic to i don't know.
4)i know it has its own visual feel i just thought i should let people saying it will improve by alot that it possibly won't but i love the HALO series and i personally don't care what it looks like as long as it is decent.
Get your facts right about e3 and what i am saying and i don't care if i put grammer in my comments you could understand better just drop it i am right you are wrong
Posted: Apr 24th 2007 3:12PM (Unverified) said
For Christ's sake Jason, at LEAST spell grammar right..
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Posted: Apr 24th 2007 4:42PM (Unverified) said
Dude...
You realize, that GoW wasn't in its Beta version at E3, right?
There is quite an extensive amount of graphical polish RIGHT before it releases. GoW had its graphics done for the sake of graphics, so it looked good.
But, Halo 3 is focused on gameplay.
Just admit that it looks NOTHING like Halo 2 and we can be done speaking to each other ever again. My head may asplode if I have to read one more of your comments.
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You realize, that GoW wasn't in its Beta version at E3, right?
There is quite an extensive amount of graphical polish RIGHT before it releases. GoW had its graphics done for the sake of graphics, so it looked good.
But, Halo 3 is focused on gameplay.
Just admit that it looks NOTHING like Halo 2 and we can be done speaking to each other ever again. My head may asplode if I have to read one more of your comments.
Posted: Apr 24th 2007 6:46PM SSUK said
@11: These guys went out of their way to ensure they left no trace of anything on the video to identify themselves as the people breaking their NDAs. My guess is that the original audio had the testers chatting to each other while they were recording, depending on how big the beta testing team is, they could be tracked down just through that. I think they're heroes enough for leaking this footage, even if their taste in music is somewhat appauling. God speed, Annon!
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Posted: Apr 24th 2007 9:02PM (Unverified) said
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