Halo: Reach gets new and improved Firefight mode

by David Hinkle on Jun 16th 2010 12:08AM

There it is: Halo: Reach includes Firefight. Did any of us doubt it for a second? We certainly didn't, and our troops on location at a Reach event tonight have relayed some info relevant to your interests.

First of all, Reach will include a new class: Medic. This Spartan comes packing a Dropshield ability -- the precursor to Halo 3's Bubble Shield.

But that's not even the best part: The new Firefight will have a host of customization options. Players can create their own tailor-made Firefight modes, changing the enemy types, weapon loadouts and other modifiers, including Covenant health and aggression. You could seriously create a mode where it's nothing but peace-loving Grunts, if you want. Then, you can fill out some info and share your custom version of Firefight through your file share.

Tonight's demo only has two playable maps, but we're working to confirm the total number planned for the final release.

One final interesting tidbit we'll leave you with is this: Bungie said Generator Defense in the Reach beta was actually a test for Firefight.

Tags: Bungie, e3-2010, Firefight, Halo, Halo-Reach, Microsoft-Game-Studios

Reader Comments (51)

Great that they are doing this (and adding matchmaking , thank god!) but my only worry is about the netcode.

NetworkTest1 during the halo reach beta did not work for me, the lag was unbarable, shots wouldn't fire until 10 seconds later, kept on overshooting when walking because it wouldn't move then jump forward. People were saying that it was a network test for firefight (as they have confirmed) so i just hope that when they were testing it they were dumping farfarfar more data down the pipes than they normally would, so when its live theres less data going through and no lag, cause otherwise this mode could be a laggy mess :/

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