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Countdown comes to an end.

Bungie has ended our waiting and released a teaser trailer for a Halo 3 project.

The footage shows pods crashing down into a ruined city from space, witnessed through the digital vision of a robot. Or helmet.

The computer screen then blips to the phrases from the countdown site earlier, with "please stay calm" and "keep it clean" standing out. Perhaps these are commands for robot behaviour, or ways to keep panicked city dwellers in line during emergencies. Is this the mysterious Superintendent character? Or perhaps a brand of robot?

The trailer finishes with the slogan "prepare to drop", before the Halo 3 and Bungie logos flash up.

The project could be more environments or an expansion of sorts for Halo 3; a new setting for a new hero. Maybe a prequel to everything. In short, we have no idea.

Head over to Eurogamer TV now to see what the fuss is all about.

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ParanoidZombie #1 3 years ago

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Come on, EG, don't you know someone at Bungie who can tell you WTF that is? It looks like a halo3 expansion pack, which is a bit underwhelming.
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Thalanos #2 3 years ago

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What an amazing reveal of... err... something.
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stepneg #3 3 years ago

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It's a bit too much of a tease as we still have no idea what it is.
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Kannan7 #4 3 years ago

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It's something to do with the Halo universe: New Mombasa is mentioned, Cars look familiar, there is a Covenant ship flying around, and that blue explosion sure looks familiar(think Halo 2).
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ThePissartist #5 3 years ago

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Halo 3 expansion is a bit of an anticlimax.
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Thunderbolt #6 3 years ago

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Oh dang, I was glad to 'Finish the fight' with Halo 3.

I was hoping that this would be something original.
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andywilkie35 #7 3 years ago

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So this is Halo 3-2? Fuck that, I wanted Halo 4! I don't know if this is a sequel or a spin-off or what? it must be a spin off because its not got the number "4" after it?
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Eraysor #8 3 years ago

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I really want to play that Halo version of Ghost Recon that was rumoured recently.
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MORZTAN #9 3 years ago

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"Prepare to drop Halo 3"

Did that a long time ago, dear Bungie
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Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #10 3 years ago

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I don't think it's an "expansion", more of a side project - I still think it'll be a squad-based game, or maybe from the Covenant POV, set during the invasion in Halo 2 or 3.

Talk of a sequel was always, I feel, wildly optimistic. I think Halo 4 (or, rather, "The Further Adventures of Master Chief" will be a New Xbox launch title.
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ThePissartist #11 3 years ago

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The best thing about this announcement is how funny it is reading about everyone's disappointment.

After all the hype you would've thought it would have been more than a fucking expansion.
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Thunderbolt #12 3 years ago

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'The best thing about this announcement is how funny it is reading about everyone's disappointment. '

A bit like LBP eh?
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Optyk #13 3 years ago

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Clearly this is the Halo 3/Marathon transition expansion.
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ThePissartist #14 3 years ago

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@Thunderbolt!

Dude, I'm a 360 gamer (ain't got no PS3 - nor do I intend to) - I actually think LBP look pretty cool though.
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lennon #15 3 years ago

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Doesnt feel like an expansion pack to me but who knows.
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Optyk #16 3 years ago

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A friend suggested this is where Master Chief lands. That might not be earth.
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ParanoidZombie #17 3 years ago

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The trailer is already available in the XBL marketplace, and the description text next to the trailer says it's "a brand new halo3 campaign". Expansion pack it is, then.
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Lutz #18 3 years ago

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It's set in 2552 from the looks of things (Camera still or something); which is Halo 1 era.

So Halo 1 era, in Halo 3 engine.
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smernicki #19 3 years ago

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team based squad game based on earth when aliens invade. at some point in the halo timeline.
that is all
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niteninja #20 3 years ago

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Heard about this at the start of the year,Halo fore runners I think it is didnt think it was an expasion pack though.
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smernicki #21 3 years ago

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i have faith in bungie- if it is an expansion i bet it'll be a bloody good un'
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ThePissartist #22 3 years ago

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farticusmaximus strikes again.
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Gnort #23 3 years ago

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How about a game about the downfall of the Forerunners, set thousands of years before the first game? The name "Superintendent" is consistent with the sort of nomenclature you saw in the terminals in Halo 3 and heard from Forerunner constructs like the monitors.

However, I just watched the trailer once, no doubt many people on the internet are scrutinizing it frame by frame and will come up with better theories.

Edit: Niteninja posted while I was typing this... I'm not just stealing his idea

Edited by 1 at 25/09/08 @ 16:21
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Dizzy #24 3 years ago

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Expansion pack? More like an ODST view of the Halo 2/3 war. I am sure it will only sell about 8 million copies.
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ThePissartist #25 3 years ago

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I'm with squarejawhero on this one.

I'll prob buy it though.
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Optyk #26 3 years ago

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it says "Where are you Maddie?"
I dont see why anyone would find that offensive.
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CyberClaw #27 3 years ago

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It's new Halo 3 campaign levels. It says so in the market place, if you try to download this video =)
They refer to it as a new Halo 3 campaign experience
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Optyk #28 3 years ago

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Here's what people will be getting worked up about for no reason.

Edited by 1 at 25/09/08 @ 16:43
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jaluuk #29 3 years ago

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If they are still looking for Maddie in the year 2100 I think even the Daily Express will have stopped running stories about her...
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Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #30 3 years ago

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I never even noticed that "Maddie" thing. Don't even think I'd have made the connection till it was pointed out, either.

It won't be a shitstorm - unless Maddie does turn out to be a little blond girl, or something. I imagine it's a coincidence.
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Negotiator #31 3 years ago

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Brilliant, I am amazed, amazing, amazingly brilliant.
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smernicki #32 3 years ago

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you can't expect everyone to pussyfoot about the name Maddie forever, i think it's a bit of a tenuous link TBH
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Moonprince #33 3 years ago

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"The footage shows pods crashing down into a ruined city from space, witnessed through the digital vision of a robot. Or helmet."

wtf? is this a gaming site? have you played Halo?
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paketep #34 3 years ago

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And so much fuss on E3 about this?

/snores
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DutchDemons #35 3 years ago

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Halo 2.5.5
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RedSparrows #36 3 years ago

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halo haterzzz ftl
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HoriZon #37 3 years ago

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Xbox Live Marketplace offers the following clarification: "High action and deep mystery await players in this new Halo 3 campaign experience. Prepare to drop!"

The video ends with a mention of Halo 3--which hit Xbox 360 exactly one year ago today--along with the phrase "Prepare to Drop." It also hints at something occurring on 01/06/09.
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AtomicBanana #38 3 years ago

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'Prepare to Drop' = ODST
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SilentScream #39 3 years ago

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I lol'd many times

"I was hoping that this would be something original."

"I think i hate bungie even more now."

""Prepare to drop Halo 3"

Did that a long time ago, dear Bungie"

Thank you for making my day

As people have said, probably nothing amazing.. OMGZ!!!! A NEW Helmet!!!!!!!111111 AHHHHHH must have for 400000 MS pts!
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Gearskin #40 3 years ago

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN???
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Stuz359 #41 3 years ago

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I have a feeling this may be a spin-off that follows the events of a human or group of humans through the Halo 3 campaign. Maybe even focusing on a character such as sergeant Johnson
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The-Bodybuilder #42 3 years ago

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To be honest, it's probably based on squaddies on earth during halo 2, you know, at the point where master chef (yes, I said chef) left earth and the game took a monumental drop in quality, and when people asked "WHY THE HELL I'VE I LEFT EARTH?"

Although H3 was based on earth, it was mostly dead outskirts, not the urban warefare against aliens we were all hoping (which is how halo 2 started). So what better why to deal with the situation?

If it is based on halo 3 settings, then it's probably set in another location, in a city (new mombasa) when the covenants have returned (the story will run parallel with chief and the others in the desert).
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HiredMan #43 3 years ago

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"Clearly this is the Halo 3/Marathon transition expansion. "

This ^^
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spudsbuckley #44 3 years ago

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So utter 'meh' then?

Seems to be Bungies' thing since Halo 2.

Edited by 1 at 26/09/08 @ 00:13
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penhalion #45 3 years ago

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It's the Bungie equivalent of Valves Blue Shift and Opposing forces expansion I guess.
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spudsbuckley #46 3 years ago

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Yeah, except they were expansions for a good game, not an over-rated cookie cutter snooze-fest.
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patchbox360 #47 3 years ago

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revelation of crappy xbox graphics... again!
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