Halo 3 expansion gets renamed News
Xbox 360 News by Ellie Gibson
The forthcoming expansion pack for Halo 3 has been given a new name.
When it was unveiled at TGS last month, the expansion was titled Halo 3: Recon. But now, according to the Gamerscore blog, it's been retitled Halo 3: ODST. Trips off the tongue. Or, as Tom put it, "sounds like an ear infection".
There is a reason for the change, of course; ODST stands for Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. Many of them will feature in the expansion pack formerly known as Recon; they drop into the ruined city of New Mombasa, looking for clues about the Covenant's attack.
There's still no word on a release date for the expansion, but you can catch up on all the info we have over on the gamepage.
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Comments: 1-37 of 37 in total
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andywilkie35
26/11/08 @ 09:26
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stupid arseholes, why would they rename it to something that sounds so ridiculously shit?
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bodypopper
26/11/08 @ 09:48
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Who cares. Mums across the land will still walk into their local Game asking for 'that new Halo game' regardless of what they call it.
Ker-ching! |
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YobRenoops
26/11/08 @ 10:14
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Isn't it like what you used to see on the back off "love" messages at school?
O(nce) D(estroyed) S(till) T(rue) I can't remember it exactly. Next it'll be HALO: SWALK |
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RazorObsession
26/11/08 @ 11:05
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Its weird, as I was calling it Halo ODST, and kept correcting myself every time I did it. I only did it cause i got it wrong the first time and it stuck. Thanks Bungie!
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Ok, so, so far the following better names - as in snappier, more informative or simply not containing an unknown (to the public) acronym - have been proposed in this thread:
Halo 3: Shock Troopers Halo 3: Helljumpers And of course the original: Halo3: Recon Any of those would be good, you know what's going on (well, "Helljumpers" is a bit vague but a lot more interesting than ODST) I dislike it when companies try to make their games sound more "militaristic" by tagging on these sorts of acronyms. Yes the military use acronyms: they also know what the hell they mean (as in, they don't need to spell them out in little words underneath the acronym). |
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thefilthandthefury
26/11/08 @ 13:13
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I love Halo and yet I had no idea what the hell an ODST was. Silly me.
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Yeah that sucks I read it quick and thought is was Orbital Sock Drop Troopers!
(Although maybe that would explain why I can never find a PAIR of socks after washing em!) Also I must admit having Halo:ODST made me think it was on about the sound track! (Official Digital Sound Track) Should Just rename it Halo: Starship Troopers
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CreepinJesus
26/11/08 @ 14:50
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Halo 3: Bum Bandits
Best friends, Arby and Chief, go a mission to save Brighton from the invasion of outer-space backside banditos! |
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SilentScream
27/11/08 @ 15:10
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Sounds like someone liked Power Rangers too much..
@bushwod hahaha, very funny. |
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