- Bungie and Microsoft are working on a new Halo game, called Halo: Reach.
- It's out in 2010.
- Purchasing Halo 3: ODST will net you entry into the Halo: Reach Xbox Live multiplayer beta.
- You will probably buy it.
Bungie confirms Halo: Reach, beta included with Halo 3: ODST
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
on Jun 1st 2009 2:37PM
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 2:42PM Slob Zombie said
I was wondering the same thing. Kind of says something that developers are at the point where they just announce the franchise they're working on, not what the game actually is.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 5:00PM SoCoolCurt said
it's Halo. no offense, but do they really need to announce anything else about it? people will buy it regardless. it's one of the biggest franchises on the planet (and definitely the biggest in gaming).
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 4:30PM Istari Spartan said
I feel the same way. Sorry but if I ain't controlling the Chief himself, I aint interested.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 8:29PM (Unverified) said
@Spartan
Seriously?
That's a sad view to have.
"I need to play as the Chief, or else I won't play that game."
That's the kind of person that people mock for being ignorant Halo Fanboys.
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Seriously?
That's a sad view to have.
"I need to play as the Chief, or else I won't play that game."
That's the kind of person that people mock for being ignorant Halo Fanboys.
Posted: Jun 1st 2009 3:27PM TheDarkWayne said
yeah it is, the trailer had a planet, and what appeared to be a time elapsed sorta deal, we hear radio chatter about picking up slipsace ruptures, then the planet slowly rotates and erupts in fire, one guy on the radio stops talking and when the other demands response, after a few seconds of silence, we hear a guy pick up the signal and say "Sir, Spartans on the ground, we aren't going anywhere"
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 10:28PM Birth Canal said
Yeah, it's based on the Halo book Fall of Reach. Reach is where a 5 year old Master Chief and hundreds of other kids were ruthlessly trained into Spartans. Read the book if you have the chance. It's a really good read.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 2:41PM (Unverified) said
I'm really hoping Reach will explore the Spartan III program, maybe with a high level of character customization. It'd fit perfectly with that storyline.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 2:42PM F1 Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu said
Spartan 3 was Onyx.
You probably mean Spartan 2.
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You probably mean Spartan 2.
Posted: Jun 1st 2009 2:44PM Crusty Magic said
Yeah, it better follow the Spartan team like in the book.
I don't want to play as a civilian or some character I could give two shits about.
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I don't want to play as a civilian or some character I could give two shits about.
Posted: Jun 1st 2009 3:25PM TheDarkWayne said
it's about the fall of reach, the book, ffs what bigger hint do you need? It has Reach in the title. I realize that everyone wasn't able to watch the conference, but ffs it's pretty obvious what it's about
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 4:02PM (Unverified) said
Seriously. Reach has only one interesting fact about it: it fell. The trailer showed the planet being burned to glass.
My guess is it's not going to be an Animal Crossing spin-off where you build human farm colonies.
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My guess is it's not going to be an Animal Crossing spin-off where you build human farm colonies.
Posted: Jun 1st 2009 6:30PM Brad Hubbard said
"My guess is it's not going to be an Animal Crossing spin-off where you build human farm colonies."
Oh man, if only! It'd probably be better as a Matrix / Harvest Moon spin-off.
"Harvest: Under the Blackened Skies" - You are in charge of a fleet of those weird baby-plant-picking robots from Matrix 3: The Jesus Bug. Some rogue humans occasionally show up and blow up your crops.
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Oh man, if only! It'd probably be better as a Matrix / Harvest Moon spin-off.
"Harvest: Under the Blackened Skies" - You are in charge of a fleet of those weird baby-plant-picking robots from Matrix 3: The Jesus Bug. Some rogue humans occasionally show up and blow up your crops.
Posted: Jun 1st 2009 2:43PM (Unverified) said
Scratch that, I bet it'll be a Halo 1 prequel following the original Spartan IIs.
Hm. I dunno.
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Hm. I dunno.
Posted: Jun 1st 2009 8:43PM (Unverified) said
It's a prequel, and it's kind of unfair to compare Activision to Bungie.
That sounds like an un-educated response from somebody who is just repeating a comment they heard somebody else say, in order to have something to say at all.
Bungie is a small independant studio, with a lot of hits, but only one really big money-making franchise, which everybody likes (Or most people like).
As much as I'd like to see Bungie get into a new, or older, franchise, I don't expect it.
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That sounds like an un-educated response from somebody who is just repeating a comment they heard somebody else say, in order to have something to say at all.
Bungie is a small independant studio, with a lot of hits, but only one really big money-making franchise, which everybody likes (Or most people like).
As much as I'd like to see Bungie get into a new, or older, franchise, I don't expect it.
Posted: Jun 1st 2009 3:02PM (Unverified) said
I hope it's about Master Chief trying to reach Earth so he can get off the hellhole of a planet he crashed on.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 3:22PM TheDarkWayne said
um, no. It's called Halo 3 Reach. As in the book The Fall of Reach, as in you play on reach as in YOU ARE WRONG
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 4:08PM swajus said
Just found this on IGN. They seem to agree with what Dark Wayne, myself, and anyone with any knowledge of the Halo canon thinks about the Halo: Reach storyline.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/988/988675p1.html
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http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/988/988675p1.html
Posted: Jun 1st 2009 3:19PM Red Son Rising said
any links to the trailer yet?
never mind.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i308gdn0wvw till its removed
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never mind.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i308gdn0wvw till its removed
Posted: Jun 1st 2009 3:23PM TheDarkWayne said
as ridiculously excited as I am, especially for the prospect of multiple Spartans in campaign, im still hoping for Peter Jackson
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 3:37PM GoonieGooGoo said
God I hope this is the squad based shooter ala Rainbow 6 that has always been rumored for HALO....
If you've read the book.......The Spartans all had different strengths and worked as a team in squads...it would only be appropriate if this was the case.
I envision them being as badass as Arnold's team in the beginning 1/2 of the PREDATOR movie.
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If you've read the book.......The Spartans all had different strengths and worked as a team in squads...it would only be appropriate if this was the case.
I envision them being as badass as Arnold's team in the beginning 1/2 of the PREDATOR movie.
Posted: Jun 1st 2009 3:54PM 343 Guilty Fart said
This should have been called 'Halo: Fall of Reach', otherwise it just looks like there's a verb attached to Halo. "Halo: Grasp"
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 4:12PM swajus said
IGN also has a good link to Halo: Reach that shouldn't get yanked.
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14276699/halo-project/videos/haloreach_trl_e3.html
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http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14276699/halo-project/videos/haloreach_trl_e3.html
Posted: Jun 1st 2009 4:36PM Istari Spartan said
I haven't read the latest book but does anyone know if the spartans on reach survuved?
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 4:42PM (Unverified) said
I hope it's a multi player only game, fps, with massive battles. I hope for at least 32 players but 50 to 100 would be cool.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 5:04PM (Unverified) said
Idk, if this can be exactly like the book. Listen to the Spartan's call sign. Its 259, the leader of the Spartans on Reach was Fred-104. There aren't even 200 spartans. I'm confused though. It HAS to be a prequel seeing as the war ending.. Or it can be something 40 years in the future and their rebuilding reach given the fact that these have to be a second group of spartans. Ah Speculation sucks.
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