Halo 3: Recon, the trailer

by Kevin Kelly { Oct 9th 2008 at 12:38AM }

You want details? We don't got 'em. But, there might be something hidden in the video. Watch the new video above, or head over to Bungie's "Meet Our New Game" page to download the goodness of the Halo 3: Recon trailer, available in both Quicktime and Windows Media flavors.

Bungie / Microsoft really didn't agonize over choosing a name for Halo 3: Recon, did they? Maybe this hints at a slew of Halo 3 Fill-In-The-Blank titles that'll stretch your H3 experince from now until the year 2041, when your brain just gets dropped right into the game. Who knows, by then you might actually be able to just get an injection that'll make you Master Chief.

By the way, this Halo 3: Recon video footage is also available in sparkling high-definition on the Xbox Live Marketplace, so if you're really jonesing for something to pick apart and agonize over for the next umpteen months, then get to downloading. It's free and waiting for you.

Gallery: Halo 3: ODST controller/pack shots

Tags: breakingnews, bungie, Halo, Halo-3, Halo-3-ODST, Halo-3-Recon, TGS-2008

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

LordMinogue @ Oct 9th 2008 12:42AM

Now announcing Halo 2 Episode 1

Tiptup300 @ Oct 9th 2008 1:37AM

This looks awesome, it's like the Superintendent is like the city's AI and it helps you out. I hope it's like comedic relief.

Sam @ Oct 9th 2008 1:41AM

more like Halo: Blue Shift

on a lighter note, I'm glad to see a game in the really deep halo universe without Master "bullet absorber" Chief, and I hope it plays more like COD4, or Ghost Recon, where your pretty much screwed if you leave cover for more than a few seconds.

tech-e @ Oct 9th 2008 1:46AM

Couldn't be less excited now. What the hel! is that? Am I now to be some lame As$ marine, the same ones I accidently ran over with my tank? Cause that sounds pretty ghey.

Hopefully this wont be the "Splinter cell conviction" of the halo franchise.

Just Mr ESC. @ Oct 9th 2008 11:41AM

Prepare to drop? No moar liek Brix have been shat .

I don't know what makes Halo news so exiting but you have to give credit to Bungie that trailer kicked ass.

If this is anything like "Halo:Blue shift" this is an instant buy.

theturtle363 @ Oct 9th 2008 3:09PM

it's funny you say that Sam, because at least in Halo Master Chief is supposed to have a super sophisticated suit to protect him from bullets, but characters in CoD 4 can still take 20x the normal amount of bullets it takes to kill someone wtihout any reason.

Ihavepants @ Oct 9th 2008 5:33PM

The turtle

Don't play it on easy then...

theturtle363 @ Oct 9th 2008 6:26PM

i'm talking about multiplayer, you know, where you cant change the difficulty. Even on veteran in singleplayer it's still dumb, with Halo it makes sense because the "health" recharging is a shield, but in CoD 4 you're average joe soldier can miraculously recover in seconds from a barrage of bullets and grenades.

Chris @ Oct 9th 2008 12:43AM

Hmm...anyone remember the rumors that it would be a squad based game...similar to maybe...

Ghost RECON?

vericho @ Oct 9th 2008 12:44AM

yawn

Zeus.:God @ Oct 9th 2008 12:49AM

First time I've ever actually been excited for anything "Halo"... Except for, of course, Halo: Combat Evolved.

Arnon @ Oct 9th 2008 12:51AM

That trailer really is too cool..

This game looks to be so much darker than Master Chief's story.

Dave @ Oct 9th 2008 4:06AM

Hopefully that's the case. I've always thought Halo could've used some more darker undertones instead of being more like a fun b-grade alien movie.

shawn @ Oct 9th 2008 12:52AM

finally it looks like they have something going over at bungie, i still think they need a new Composer. im so sick of every song on halo sounding the same.

Fosssil @ Oct 9th 2008 1:50AM

You shut your mouth; Marty O'Donnell is a genius.

brentshaffa @ Oct 9th 2008 12:55AM

And lo, all was well with the universe.

Jarques @ Oct 9th 2008 12:55AM

That was actually pretty cool. But Fall '09? Damnit! :(

TWiNKiE @ Oct 9th 2008 1:01PM

Wait what?! My eyes DECIEVED ME!!!!!!

I thought it was Fall '08 and I was really exited. Fall 2009?!

*slams face against keyboard*

Ponza @ Oct 9th 2008 12:56AM

That's the sexiest Silenced SMG I've ever seen... even though it's CG. :S

I'm still debating inside myself on if there's any clues in the video about when a release date is, because now I think it might be October 1st.

Mikeo @ Oct 9th 2008 1:02AM

9/9/09, no brainer?

Arnon @ Oct 9th 2008 1:06AM

I'm thinking a date involving 7's lol

jop0t @ Oct 9th 2008 1:12AM

Thats my 19th b-day yo! Bungie cant have it! XP

But srsly, Im pumped for Recon. ;)

pfemm @ Oct 9th 2008 9:23AM

...technically

9/9/09 would still be "Summer" ;)

The PS3 Fanboy you hate @ Oct 9th 2008 1:12AM

Milk it for all you can M$ you have nothing good coming out after Gears 2... lol

Killjebus @ Oct 9th 2008 1:39AM

I wouldn't go that far...but the kitchen is pretty bare compared to Sony's line-up that we know of.

Waahhhh CGI trailer waaaahhh Sony you keep cheating us with CGI waaaaah Sony show real game....oooopsie, thats not Sony, thats MS.

Hey, I thought Sony was the only company to show CGI trailers.

Bunch of hypocrites.

&rew @ Oct 9th 2008 1:50AM

I suspect you're a closet 360 fanboy, why else would you spell MS like M$, thereby differentiating your secret favourite company from the horrible Disease also called MS.

Ryura @ Oct 9th 2008 7:20AM

Well you see, we already know what Halo looks like. We know how the graphics appear. So a CGI trailer is not deceiving like it is many times when Sony uses it.

Arnon @ Oct 9th 2008 10:31AM

We know how Master Chief's story looks like, and how it plays... we literally know nothing of this, except for the fact it's hinting at a much darker setting and will probably play a bit different lol.

Vcize @ Oct 9th 2008 11:58AM

The big difference is that MS just typically waits longer to announce the stuff.

Yeah, the PS3's future lineup looks good with games like God of War 3, GT5, etc, but how far off are those games and how long have we known about them?

MS has plenty of franchises coming that are just as big. Do you really think either of those games are going to come out before say, Mass Effect 2, even though that hasn't been announced or talked about yet? Doubtful.

Hell, Gears 2 wasn't even announced until a few months ago, and it comes out next month! Same thing for NXE, while it's not as big an upgrade as Home, proportionally from the time of announcement to the time of launch it's crazy different than the same time factor for Home even when you take into account how ambitious each is.

MS has had a ridiculous lineup of games the last couple years, and you're kidding yourself if you think next year is going to be any different.

Sony as a whole just announces stuff way earlier. It was the same thing with Blu-ray/HD DVD. Blu-ray would announce their lineup for the entire year, while HD DVD would typically announce theirs a few months prior to the movie's releases. Back before Blu-ray started pulling ahead, the Blu-ray/HD DVD forums would be all "OMG look at how many awesome blu-ray movies are coming out next year and there's only like 6 HD DVD releases LOL", and then of course when those Blu-rays were actually released they were accompanied by just as strong a selection of HD DVDs.

It's the same thing here. At this point last year, what did we know of MS's 2008 fall lineup? Nothing, there was nothing for the future. All we knew was that there was no way it could possibly live up to the incredible 2007 fall lineup, MS had blown their load. Yet here we are in fall of 2008 with more great games than people can find time to play, and a lineup that is arguably better than that unbeatable fall 2007 lineup.

We'll probably see the same thing next year. They just don't typically announce this stuff super early. Even this Recon trailer (1 year in advance) is early for MS, yet it pales in comparison to the amount of time we'll have known about KZ2 or GoW3 or GT5 prior to their releases.

Heh (Mr. ESC, living in the hearts of us all) @ Oct 9th 2008 12:40PM

Killjebus would you kindly shut the fuck up?

gaymerxbox360 @ Oct 9th 2008 1:13AM

OMG! Fall 09 seems so far !

Dave @ Oct 9th 2008 4:07AM

Tis only a year away...wait, damn :(

~ Dave
http://www.h3recon.com

Atr-Slzr-Ctr @ Oct 9th 2008 1:14AM

lololololololololololololololol

ei guyz yo guyz i hav rec0n armer

Einhanderkiller @ Oct 9th 2008 1:16AM

The trailer was kind of meh, but I guess you have to be a Halo fan to like something like this.

The cartoon face image and signs gave me a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vibe, don't know why.

&rew @ Oct 9th 2008 1:20AM

Halo 3: Recon, I could think of better...

Halo 3:
Front Line,
Battlefront,
Beyond the Mjolnir,
Rising Suns,
Vegas,
Origins,
DS,
Ace Attorney,
Zero,
The Covenent Chronicles,
Revolution,
or my personal favorite:
Reloaded... actually DS is my favorite.

Mecharine @ Oct 9th 2008 9:49AM

Master Chief - Judge Advocate General

Master Chief plays the role of a military lawyer, in exciting cases as murders, illegal arms deals and top secret legal proceedings! Special Bonus Level - A Few Good Recons!

Arnon @ Oct 9th 2008 10:36AM

Well, the thing is though, is that I believe this is actually part of the major story of the Halo universe, and it revolves around the ODST on earth. So it would only make sense to name it something like Recon. Also:

Front Line (sounds cool)
Battlefront (ehhh..)
Beyond the Mjolnir (too long of a title lol)
Rising Suns (That's ironic to the video)
Vegas (Africa :x)
Origins (Origins of what? D:)
DS (Haha)
Ace Attorney (Hell yeah)
Zero (Meaning: He's a zero compared to MC?)
The Covenent Chronicles (Covenant weren't on earth at the time)
Revolution (If it's completely different, then yeah)

Smurfy @ Oct 9th 2008 11:35AM

@Arnon: Covenant were on Earth... you see them in the trailer. They invade Earth in Halo 2.

theturtle363 @ Oct 9th 2008 3:17PM

Halo Cell: Ghost Rainbow

Addison @ Oct 9th 2008 1:21AM

I think it looks pretty cool. Too bad we have to wait a year

sad face

atlas @ Oct 9th 2008 1:23AM

Looks great, But Im kinda surprised Microsofts big Halo game for next fall is only a expansion and not something new...and yeah fall 09 is really far away lol.

btw, anyone else really like the new music?

Xoviet chiK - Bungie Fangirl @ Oct 9th 2008 1:35AM

btw, YES! Awesome music as usual :)

Joel @ Oct 9th 2008 1:54AM

Well it will probably be like Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike. It was an expansion of GR2, but was still a full game and was released as a full retail game.

Xoviet chiK - Bungie Fangirl @ Oct 9th 2008 2:03AM

Xbox.com names it off as a "Standalone Expansion" with a full featureset as far as an entirely new campaign with wholly unique elements new to the series, online matchmaking, forge, four player co-op, and its own set of unique maps. Sounds like a full game to me.

http://www.xbox.com:80/en-US/community/news/2008/1008-reconpreview.htm

Killjebus @ Oct 9th 2008 1:36AM

Where are all of the crybabies that say why show CGI trailers? Hmmmn?

All of the backlash that Sony gets for showing CGI trailers and looky here...MS does the SAME thing.

I don't have a problem with CGI trailers...some of you do, but ONLY when it's Sony right Asshat and pals?

Stridery @ Oct 9th 2008 1:41AM

The difference is Sony usually claims the video they are showing is in game footage. They swear it isnt cgi when it really is. Microsoft isnt making any such claims with this video.

Killjebus @ Oct 9th 2008 1:47AM

Really? Other than KZ2 trailer at E3 2005, when has Sony done that? And Jack Trentton said it when he thought he was being asked about a different game. The gaming press started this rumor.

I do believe that Jack knew what he was saying and that he really was claiming the KZ2 footage was in-game. But that is irrelevant now because LOOK AT KZ2, it looks just as good and in many respects BETTER than the trailer.

So, Sony showed it can match and exceed a CGI trailer.

Sony does this with ONE game and somehow you think that they do this on a regular basis.

Give me another example of Sony saying showing CGI and saying its in-game.