Halo: CE Anniversary pre-order bonuses

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 18 July, 2011

Avatar armour and game modifying skull.

Pre-order Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and you'll get Avatar armour and a skull, Microsoft has announced.

Here are the details:

  • Master Chief Avatar Armour: Heroes Never Die, and to honour the 10th anniversary of John 117, you will finally be able to transform your Xbox Live Avatar into the iconic hero by outfitting it with Master Chief’s signature MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armour.
  • Grunt Funeral Skull: An exclusive, game-modifying skull that changes the rules of the game for an explosively humorous experience, Grunt Funeral sends Halo’s most lowly and lovable enemy out in a blaze of glory. And plasma. And then more glory. Once the skull has been activated, every Grunt’s methane tank will explode like a plasma grenade when killed. Watch out for the Grunt chain reaction!

A new trailer detailing the pre-order items is below, alongside some nifty new images.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is a high definition remake of Xbox first-person shooter Halo: Combat Evolved.

It's developed by Microsoft's 343 Industries in collaboration with Saber Interactive and Certain Affinity, and features cooperative play over Xbox Live, classic Halo multiplayer maps re-imagined, a Classic mode that lets you play the original version, new challenges and hints at Halo 4's story.

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  • Mark1412 #1 11 months ago

    I think "bonuses" may be a touch strong, as bonus carries with it positive connotations. This is simply: meh.

    Game looks nice though!

  • eviroboy #2 11 months ago

    But the game still costs £40 right? Oh dear.

  • CaptainQuint #3 11 months ago

    The "bonus" could be swift headbutt to the nose and I'd still be all over this like a Turkish barman in an Wigan nightclub.

  • oceanmotion #4 11 months ago

    Bungie wouldn't have a pre order exclusive Skull you 343 gits!

  • dupplawt #5 11 months ago

    Halo: Texture Pack...

    also dude in the vid is doing it all wrong... you're meant to try and force the warthog in there!
    Edited by dupplawt at 18/07/11 @ 14:59

  • geeza2020 #6 11 months ago

    soo its an HD re-release of Halo, now with pre-order bonuses? All it needs now is day one map packs dlc and some kind of online pass and the circle of evil will be complete, mwuhahahahahahaaa

  • kinky_mong #7 11 months ago

    Wow! A free avatar armour that look practically identical to all the other armours! I wasn't going to buy this because of the piss take price for a ten year old game tarted up a bit, but now I'm convinced!!!111!!

  • efebayor #8 11 months ago

    Awful.

  • darkmorgado #9 11 months ago

    @eviroboy

    No, the game has an RRP of £34.99. But it's incredibly rare to see a game being sold at full RRP, so expect something closer to £25-30.

  • darkmorgado #10 11 months ago

    I wasn't going to buy this because of the piss take price for a ten year old game tarted up a bit

    I bet you're going to buy MW3 though, right?

    /irony

  • coolbritannia #11 11 months ago

    Nerdgasm!

  • coolbritannia #12 11 months ago

    "But the game still costs £40 right? Oh dear. "

    Um, no, it doesn't actually.

  • oceanmotion #13 11 months ago

    It's Halo. It will sell at £34.99. Haven't seen any of the major outlets going under that yet.

    I hope MS don't try to sell us the rest of the maps as DLC as we're are only getting a select few.

  • kinky_mong #14 11 months ago

    @darkmorgado: I bet you're going to buy MW3 though, right?

    Not a fucking chance.

  • alan_stealth #15 11 months ago

    As far as I can tell the Halo Reach multiplayer is the multiplayer for this. So they will do what they did with Halo 3:oDST. Release the multiplayer included with Anniversary edition with all the Reach map packs so far, and the Halo 1 map packs. Halo Reach players can then buy the map packs for Halo 1 seperate if they are not sold on the Anniversary edition.

    Personally I don't see what all the beef is. The fans have been crying out for a remake of the first two games for ages, if you're not a fan don't buy it.
    People claim that Microsoft are milking the Halo franchise - it's not like they're the only ones.

    A lot of major titles are in it's multiple sequel/trilogy stage by now.

  • braydee89 #16 11 months ago

    When I read about the perks I thought "what a load of shit" but that skull looks like loads of fun.

  • GrantW #17 11 months ago

    Shopto are selling it at £29, that's where my preorder is

  • Subdominator #18 11 months ago

    Damn, that trailer footage looks nice. I was sceptical after what they showed at E3 but this I have to buy.

  • Paulanator #19 11 months ago

    Yeah, as darkmargado has already said, most retailers will probably be selling this for below £30. Shopto already are for example.

  • WinterSnowblind #20 11 months ago

    @kinky_mong
    It's a full remake mind you, not just an HD port. Seems well worth the £30, if you're into Halo.

  • Lexx87 #21 11 months ago

    £40 is still a bit rich considering though, it's not like it's a pack of Halo 1 and 2 re-done.

  • Lotos8ter #22 11 months ago

    I love Halo but £35 is a complete piss take. I appreciate I'm out of step with opinion in here but there's no way I'm paying more than about £10/15 for this. Sorry (really)

  • darkmorgado #23 11 months ago

    How is it a complete pisstake? It's not like it's simply an upscaled port like the GOW, Splinter Cell etc collections are. The game has been completely rebuilt in a new engine, with all-new art assets in HD. Plus you get 7 new (well, new versions of old) maps on the Reach engine that are backwards-compatible.

    If it was just an upscaled port of the Xbox game then I would agree the price was too high. But given the extensive work that's being done on it then I think it more than justifies its price.

  • ZizouFC #24 11 months ago

    Looks pretty, pretty.

  • Max_Powers #25 11 months ago

    @EddieMink speaks the truth

    Remake Halo 2's multiplayer and I'll pay EU 1.000 for it easily. Highlight of the franchise

  • Malek86 #26 11 months ago

    A bit poor for a pre-order bonus. If they included an OST or something like that, I would be all for it (and it would also justify the relatively high price... as it is now, I'm probably not paying more than £25).

  • ninjasinthesnow #27 11 months ago

    Oooh you're a cynical bunch! The skull sounds like fun and I wouldn't otherwise have forked out for the armour; I'm getting the game anyway so its all win as far as I'm concerned!

  • Ashcroft #28 11 months ago

    I wouldn't worry about the price, Reach hit £12 and then £10 after a few months, and the CE got sold off at £15, and that was an actual new game, not a remake using 2 other games for a leg up. This will drop even faster. Let the suckers pay full price and have some patience. It's not like there's no other new games to play at that time of year.

  • Shadders #29 11 months ago

    Cool stuffs, they should hurry up and announce the limited/legendary editions though so I can get my pre-order in. :D

  • GozuTennai #30 11 months ago

    I think I'll wait for a remake of this version tbh.

  • geeza2020 #31 10 months ago

    I think I'll wait for the version after that one


    baaaa