Bungie confirms 4-player Live co-op in Halo 3 [update]

by Richard Mitchell on Jul 31st 2007 3:01PM

According to Netherlands gaming site Xboxworld, Bungie has confirmed that Halo 3 will feature 4-player online co-op, despite theories to the contrary. The news comes from a press conference in Amsterdam, where Frank O'Connor and Brian Jarrard are demoing the game for the press. While we normally wouldn't take translated articles as gospel, Joystiq has learned directly from Bungie that the feature is definitely in the game. Furthermore, an update is expected to hit Bungie.net later today. Stay tuned for the official revelation (in English no less) whenever it drops.

Update: Bungie has now revealed everything about online co-op. Check out the details here.

[Via Joystiq. Thanks to everyone that sent this in]

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Tags: 343-Industries, bungie, Bungie-Studios, bungiestudios, FPS, halo, Halo-3, halo3, mgs, Microsoft-Game-Studios, microsoftgamestudios

Reader Comments (46)

Like I said at Joystiq when I saw this: I swear to god, I shed a tear of happiness.

Simply. Awesome.

Me too!

Knuckles, Dusty, Rich, TORO, and Fontez, I expect to do at least PART of the campaign with each and every one of you.

It'd b hype if it was Knuckles, Dusty, Rich and me doin the whole daymn thing.

The internets are ON FIRE WITH THIS NEWS!!

If this is true then it's way cool awesome! Hope it's not some sick mis-information though!

damn you beat me to it i just posted this info on the no co online post. damnit damnit damnit!!! lol but yah i was one of the first to see this info 55 minutes ago.

Thank you jebus!

This is gonna be sweet if its true

Great news. But I'm wondering how will 4 player co-op work? Because Halo is crazy enough with 1 guy, so is it going to be 3X more aliens or just a walk in the park?

THANK YOU LORD JESUS CHRIST-GOD-BUDDHA-GANESH ALMIGHTY !!!!

I haven't been this happy since me and my gf had sex about 15 times throughout the day and then she made me a steak while I played Halo 2...

THANK YOU BUNGIE... I LOVE YOU ALL !!!

I'M BUYING A ROUND OF VIRTUAL BEER FOR EVERYONE... ON ME !!!

CHEERS !!

SEE YOU ONLINE !! CO-OP STYLE MO-FUCKAZZ !!!

lol... No but seriously I'm really fucking happy...

brianfontez@hotmail.com

Fontez...I know your here just cuz i sent you the email. LOL ;)

Holy shit...I just wet myself! Dang Bungie is going to own the world come 9/25!

Seriously we need to get together like DJ said, man I'm soooo excited.

I think the internet is going splode!

just another reason why halo pwns the world

If you think your excited, you should see my nipples! This is some sweet, sweet news.

I was worried that I'd have to play the campaign alone. This is going to rock!

"Great news. But I'm wondering how will 4 player co-op work? Because Halo is crazy enough with 1 guy, so is it going to be 3X more aliens or just a walk in the park?"

Playable Sergeant A. J. Johnson?

For. The. Win.

Did you guys really think Bungie would let us down? I didn't doubt them for a second. :-p

I think this proves this. God does play halo...and he want Jesus, Mary, and the devil to play with him.

Hmmm... So their is a God...

That's What I'm Talking about!!!

Someone want Forza 2 and Fusion Frenzy? I Won it in Tropicana Twister but im nor from USA.

America, F$ck Yeah!

Simply awesome.

Sgt. Johnson is nearly indestructible so I can't see playing as him being much of a challenge. As the previous poster said if you have four Master Chiefs running around are they going to turn up the difficulty and add more enemies?

good stuff, glad to hear it.

I'll take the games, Blanky.

Not to play conspiracy theory too hard here, but anyone stop to think they had it working all along? I think it may have just a rumor drummed up to have fanboys biting their nails, holding their breath in anticipation for this to be fixed. Honestly, imagine H3 being released in this day and age WITHOUT 4 player co-op? People would revolt! I'm a huge Halo fan and personally I wasn't worried in the least. When I heard this two weeks ago (by the way...isn't that a short amount of time to fix something that they said wouldn't be ready for launch?), I had a strong suspicion they'd have it fixed by September. Anyone else?

ChewyDog give me your email or something i can contact you.

This is great news, but personally I think I'll find it more fun playing 2 player online co-op rather than with a big rabble of friends.

Sekou...I was thinking the same, I'm just HELLA glad its confirmed and that its more ammunition for the 360 Fancannon.

I belive this is what the kids call 'teh pwn.'

Halo 3 is shaping up to be a monster

Massive scale
4 player co op
Customization
Tight Muliplayer
Forge
Saved Films...

Christ.

Stupidiot, maybe DjDatz WILL get loud and annoying, but I definitely wouldn't mind playing co-op with my brother, brother-in-law, and cousin at the same time.

Haha jk Dj

@ Fontez

"I haven't been this happy since me and my gf had sex about 15 times throughout the day and then she made me a steak while I played Halo 2..."

I haven't been this happy since my GF and her hot blonde friend (Jessica) and I had a threesome.. then went out to dinner... then I got home and played Halo 2 while I got a blowjob from both of them!!

Come on man... nobody wants to hear about your love life with that whale of a GF you have!!

Sounds like fun, but I hope those that do this co-op thing don't get the same Achievements that the single player will. If that's true, then the Achievement-getting might be lopsided and a little unfair!

Halo was never meant to be a co-op IP like Gears is, and I wonder what this will change.

NO COMMENT ON THIS SWEET NEWS! IF ANY OF YOU WANTS A MAP EDITOR, GET VIRTUAL BEER FROM FONTEZ!

So there you go all you retards that were crying your eyes out and balling swearing your 360 was going straight to ebay. You believed some stupid old ass article saying it might not make the game and many of you flipped out like 12 yr olds cause.....well I still dont know why.

But anyway, glad to hear it. I didnt have much doubt in my mind the whole time.

Hmm, that wasn't me. ^^

So, who should I contact about #35 stealing my screen name and pretending to be me?

Toph, who cares if people can get single player achievements...your reading too much into it. Who exactly is this going to be unfair too? You?

It's not going to change your Halo3 experience I promise.

Feels good to finally be vindicated.

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=thesoundofsack

The new characters look awesome. It would have been cool if their was another spartan in a variant armor but whatever.

(A la Nelson) Ha-ha!

Best news of the day. And yes, it is a miracle that they fixed co-op in 2 weeks. Outstanding, Bungie!

This is just what I wanted to hear. Made my day.

hey blanky please send da games to me man i only have 1 game and i need new games my email addres is marcos48_14@hotmail.com please send me a message so i can send u my addres and all that please or send me a message to my gamertag xA99xKILLA thank u

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