E3: Halo 3: ODST dated, Reach confirmed

By Tom Bramwell Published 1 June, 2009

Reach beta invite with ODST.

Bungie has confirmed that it’s working on Halo: Reach, due in 2010, in addition to Halo 3: ODST, which has been dated for 22nd September.

People who buy ODST will also get access to the Reach multiplayer beta.

ODST’s new co-operative game mode, Firefight, will be shown off at E3 this week.

Creative director Joe Staten showed a section of New Mombasa set three weeks before Halo 3 during an on-stage demo.

But all eyes will be on Reach, or what there is of it to look at – a trailer with talk of an “in-station slipspace ruption”, “winter contingency”, “Mobile One”, “Sierra 259” and so on.

We’re seeing Halo 3: ODST tomorrow, so we’ll let you know when we know more.

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  • Law07 #1 3 years ago

    Confirmed : MS have milked the Halo franchise

  • evild_edd #2 3 years ago

    ^^^

    LOL. It is feeling that way isn't it! I know I'll likely still purchase them all, though I haven't quite managed Halo Wars yet (too much else to play, and the demo was uninspiring; will pick up on the cheap one day).

  • coolbritannia #3 3 years ago

    Milked it my arse. The Halo series (along with modern combat) are the best shooters on console, you can never have too much of a good thing.

  • Rash' #4 3 years ago

    more halo, yeaaah...

    Surely, MS have turned milking into an art form?

  • Climhazzard #5 3 years ago

    well i predicted a game based on this when halo 3 was released, and im glad theyve done it, should make the single player story pretty good i hope, cant wait for the mp beta.

  • Negotiator #6 3 years ago

    Bungie making more Halo after ODST, love it.

  • Triggerhappytel #7 3 years ago

    Bungie after every Halo game released: "We're moving onto something else now."

    Yeah, sure.

    Ha ha, exactly what I thought when I heard about Halo: Reach. I do think MS are over-milking the franchise; Reach will be the third game in less than two years if it's out late 2010.

  • makeamazing #8 3 years ago

    Seems except for L4D2, Halo ODST... and Forza, most exclusives are coming 2010, pretty poor 2009 for MS by the looks of things.
    Edited by 2 at 01/06/09 @ 21:17

  • man.the.king #9 3 years ago

    To quote a comment that is already available on the Net:

    Halo 3: Finish The Fight!

    Halo Reach: Start Another Fight!

    Still, good news I guess, for Halo fans.

    Personally, I didn't think too much of H3, but I guess that's just me.

  • crazyhorse174 #10 3 years ago

    Confirmed : MS have milked the Halo franchise

    Kojima milks MGS more and you all laugh.

    Bungie milks Halo more and you all cry.

    Think its all a matter of opinion here. Of course companies are going to keep making something if theres a chance it'll make them a shitload of money.

  • milky_09 #11 3 years ago

    jeez another halo... yawn. getting more and more like pokemon. whats next silver? gold? platinum?

  • RedSparrows #12 3 years ago

    /sigh at comments

    In terms of milking, Halo hasn't quite reached the epic proportions of...ooo, most other franchises. Halo 3 was the culmination of that particular storyline, i.e. finish the fight, hence the others are....amazingly....from other stories! good lord!

    I wonder if Bungie are also working on a non-Halo title.

  • milky_09 #13 3 years ago

    halo 1,
    halo 2,
    halo3,
    halo wars,
    halo odst,
    halo reach,
    halo knitting world,
    halo knitting championship 2009.
    halo warthog racing,
    and finally halo sausagefest.
    bungie and microsoft are squeezing the franchise so bad for each and every penny....

  • Negotiator #14 3 years ago

    Seems except for L4D2, Halo ODST... and Forza, most exclusives are coming 2010, pretty poor 2009 for MS by the looks of things.

    Makeamazing you nob head, throw in Splinter Cell conviction and you have 4 AAA exclusives this year, thats as good as any exclusive lineup I can remember. Halo in september, Forza October, SC Conviction and L4D2 in november, nob head.

  • Wyrm #15 3 years ago

    Seriously don't think Splinter Cell has been considered AAA for many years now.

  • muscleblade #16 3 years ago

    "you can never have too much of a good thing"

    My thouths exactly.

  • XanderFish #17 3 years ago

    So many people added to my ignore list, lovely.

    On an unrelated note, can't wait for this

  • BobsUncle #18 3 years ago

    Now I'm no Halo Fan, but six games from a franchise that started in 2001 is not exactly milking it.

    Halo 1,2 and 3 are part of the same story, Halo Wars is totally unrelated, ODST is a different story, And I don't know about Reach really.

    If you want to complain about milking, See Mario.

  • yegon #19 3 years ago

    Excellent news.

    Reach - what is it exactly, SP? MP? If it's MP, I'll pass. SP, otoh, when can I preorder?

  • Jabbaa #20 3 years ago

    Was there there not rumours last year that Recon (as it was then) was going to be a ghost recon type 3rd person shooter about a squad of marines. Looking at the group of spartan looking people at the bottom of the Reach pic on bungies website I'm going to say that was Reach and Recon/ODST is the halo3/COD4 1 hit kills version. Sounds good.

  • MsoftZebra #21 2 years ago

    If you guys are stupid like me and can't get a reach code cuz you didn't get ODST the they have them here: harbetazone.tk