Halo 3 Spartan Laser details

By Robert Purchese Published 2 February, 2007

Drip, drip, drip.

Attention soldiers, it's time for more information from the frontlines of Halo 3 development, as another weapon update populates the Bungie website.

This time our reticules are set on the Spartan Laser, known by us professionals as the M6 G/GNR. Crucial information tells us it weighs in at a hefty 19.07 kg, has a muzzle velocity of 299792458 m/s and a unit replacement cost of cR. 2180000.00 - which apparently is quite a lot.

In more realistic terms it's a heavy and powerful weapon that's slow to fire. Acting mainly as an anti-vehicle weapon, it requires a three-second charge before the devastating beam erupts from the nozzle, taking down more or less anything in its path.

As with the the previous assault rifle and Mongoose announcements, there's some quotes from the men-at-arms who've encountered or used this piece of kit.

"I engaged an enemy chopper at a range of [blanked out] meters," boasted one soldier, stroking his handle-bar moustache. "The target immediately erupted into flames. Both vehicle and rider were eliminated."

Another added: "the M6 is one of those rare systems that simultaneously boosts morale, degrades the fighting spirit of the enemy and actually performs admirably as a weapon."

Don't forget that you can experience all this for yourself if you happen to get in to the multiplayer beta test that starts in spring. Currently the only way in is to purchase a copy of Crackdown, which is actually shaping up to be a pretty good game in its own right, as our recent impressions show.

We're so totally pumped right now.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

Read more articles from Robert by visiting the Robert Purchese archive page.

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Comments (54) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Xerx3s #1 5 years ago

    8/10.

  • jonsaan #2 5 years ago

    stop it. Go away. Until I can go and buy it in a shop I simply don't care.

  • Totoriko #3 5 years ago

    Yeah but does it make tea?

  • penhalion #4 5 years ago

    Will someone turn off the bloody tap!

  • SomaticSense #5 5 years ago

    Christ. I'm almost fucking sick of the game already. Can't Bungie gives us a rest from all this PR offensive and wait till the game is at least nearly out?

    Oh, and what's with all this 'views from a soldier on the frontline' rubbish. Are Bungie up there own arse or what.
    Edited by SomaticSense at 02/02/07 @ 12:56

  • Captain_JMac #6 5 years ago

    Sorry Bungie, but I'm just not prepared to buy games with muzzle velocities less than 299792459 m/s

    Time to go back to developer school

  • Machiavel #7 5 years ago

    Journalist: "And what about the singleplayer?"

    Scrum of Bungie employees scatter to their desks yelling "sh*t" and "I thought 'Todo' was handling it."

  • JediMasterMalik #8 5 years ago

    I expect some royalties for using "drip, drip, drip"

    A tenner at least...please?

  • Steroyd #9 5 years ago

    /Rolls on floor laughing his ****ing arse off.

  • kangarootoo #10 5 years ago

    @Machiavel

    lol, +1

  • Carrybagma #11 5 years ago

    You fuckers. This is deliberate. :o)

    Are you trying to get hits from the Halo mongtard hordes or something??

    Actually, don't stop. I'm starting to enjoy them now. I've registered on the bungie forum and I'm gonna start asking for details of halo plant-life. (In the game I mean - not the people who love it)

  • Carrybagma #12 5 years ago

    @Jedi: Oi! I've been whining about Halo news for MUCH longer than you have! :-D

  • lambtron #13 5 years ago

    Some genuinely funny comments here :D

  • SBfistfun #14 5 years ago

    All this hype and it will probably be as pig ugly and broken as Halo 2 with its texture appearing 2 seconds late "feature"

    Bungie? Bellends More like

  • lennon #15 5 years ago

    Why even read or respond to the article if you dont want to know. Its not as if you didnt know what the article was going to be about.

    Crazy fools wasting your life on things you dont care about! :)

  • The-Bodybuilder #16 5 years ago

    >"the M6 is one of those rare systems that simultaneously boosts morale, degrades the fighting spirit of the enemy and actually performs admirably as a weapon."

    This is what differentiates the comments of halo's AI to others.

  • kangarootoo #17 5 years ago

    @SBfistfun

    Yeah, Halo 2 was shit wasn't it. And that cutscene bug ruined the ENTIRE game.

    /sarcasm ends

  • Carpathian #18 5 years ago

    Let's face it - these threads provide the required amount of stress relief needed to see me through the day at work - even just from reading them and laughing at, er, sorry with the people that pile in.

    What's that ? I'm posting in one now as well ?

    Bugger. I'll get me coat.
    Edited by Carpathian at 02/02/07 @ 13:31

  • The-Bodybuilder #19 5 years ago

    >"Bungie? Bellends More like "

    Wha?

  • Steroyd #20 5 years ago

    Why even read or respond to the article if you dont want to know. Its not as if you didnt know what the article was going to be about.

    Crazy fools wasting your life on things you dont care about! :)

    And people who like Halo actually care about a laser gun in detail?

    Might as well latch onto the blogs of all the game developers and post it as news.

    Ooo i've got an idea why doesn't Eurogamer provide links to dev blogs, that way people who actually care about said games minor details can just hound the dev blogs instead of posting it as...

    "STOP THE PRESS"

    Halo 3 uses Laser gun, details inside.

    Oh shit I've fell for the bait and contributed to this thread :/

    /grabs coat.
    /takes popcorn and watches from afar.
    Edited by Steroyd at 02/02/07 @ 13:36

  • rodpad #21 5 years ago

    Anybody and everybody who posts after this is admitting that they actively practice paedophilia.

  • SBfistfun #22 5 years ago

    Yeah, Halo 2 was shit wasn't it. And that cutscene bug ruined the ENTIRE game.

    /sarcasm ends

    No the fact the game was boring in Single Player ruined the game.

    Nobody seems to remember all the things wrong with Halo 2 when they're spunking off over Halo3 .

    And the fact some of the scenes looked terrible.

  • peterfll #23 5 years ago

    Shame on EG for missing the news that Bungie released regarding Cortana's new holo dress, as fashioned by Jean Paul Gaultier, and matching slippers.

  • SBfistfun #24 5 years ago

    ˆ Smoke 'me if you got 'em that's what I say

  • Lukus #25 5 years ago

    Was anyone else wanking whilst reading this? No? Nor me. o_o

  • Ace07 #26 5 years ago

    sounds promising...

  • absolutezero #27 5 years ago

    THIS IS SPARTA!!!


    *PEW PEW PEW*

  • Xerx3s #28 5 years ago

    Yeah but does it make tea?

    No but it does boil the water for you.

  • Xerx3s #29 5 years ago

    All this hype and it will probably be as pig ugly and broken as Halo 2 with its texture appearing 2 seconds late "feature"

    It wasn't a bug, it was trying to push the system beyond it's limits. It's not there on the 360 because the 360 has the memory needed for what they where trying to do. And seriously, if a split-second at the beginning of a clip ruined your experience...

  • Xerx3s #30 5 years ago

    No the fact the game was boring in Single Player ruined the game.

    Nobody seems to remember all the things wrong with Halo 2 when they're spunking off over Halo3 .

    And the fact some of the scenes looked terrible.

    uhu. this mista speaest t3h truth. Hesa serious.

    ¬_¬

  • Steroyd #31 5 years ago

    It's not like they felt up their cousin in the garage that new years eve when I was 19

    Don't you mean "when they were 19"?

    o_O

  • JediMasterMalik #32 5 years ago

    Don't argue with SB, it will get you no where. He trolls every single thread.

  • Skooch #33 5 years ago

    /glances at troll bait, looks rather appealing, probably shouldn't take it though, oh go on then, just this once...

    The only 'problem' with Halo 2 is that the Xbox wasn't quite powerful enough to run it 100% - other than that IMO it was an excellent game. It's popularity cannot be questioned due to the sheer volume of online games played, before Gears turned up it was still numero uno in the Live charts. Even now on the 360 it is a good looking, very playable, enjoyable game.

    Now, SBfistfun, stop dropping troll bait for me to dispose of....

  • Xerx3s #34 5 years ago

    Don't argue with SB, it will get you no where. He trolls every single thread.

    Ow comman, we are all here trolling the entire comments section. :) What else am I supposed to do while rendering. :/

    Can't seem to find me ds. :(

  • SBfistfun #35 5 years ago

    TROLL?!

    Why I oughtta crush your bones and drink your blood.

    /end Simpson quote

  • DrCheese #36 5 years ago

    Nous présentons le nouveau jeu de la série Halo: Halo 3 - Combat Generique

  • Redeye #37 5 years ago

    All I want to know is:

    A) How many batteries does it take, or can I mangle the 360 power supply to run it?
    B) Is it portable enough to take to parties, bar mitzvahs and trade shows?
    C) Can I buy one at Argos?

    /takes tablets

  • Xerx3s #38 5 years ago

    Nous présentons le nouveau jeu de la série Halo: Halo 3 - Combat Generique

    Trolling in French is still trolling. :)

  • SBfistfun #39 5 years ago

    Yes but it's sexier.

  • SBfistfun #40 5 years ago

    ˆ SOLD!

  • Iora #41 5 years ago

    We're so totally pumped right now.

    8-O That means something totally different where im from.

  • Nostromo13 #42 5 years ago

    Despite all the lousy information so far we all know that Halo 3 is going to be the game of the year, so stop complaining already.

  • Xerx3s #43 5 years ago

    NevAr! FREEEEEEEEDOM!

    /runs away

  • ArcMonkey #44 5 years ago

    yup, Xbox game of the year, same with Xbox game of the year, 3 years ago...

  • AcidSnake #45 5 years ago

    Don't you mean "when they were 19"?

    Family Guy reference...
    Kind of an insider joke...

  • Garulon #46 5 years ago

    "In other news, Bungie changed the saturation of 3 pixels on the texture for the occipital part of MasterChief's helmet. Not to be missed! "

    Really?

    OH MY GOD!

  • Xerx3s #47 5 years ago

    So it's a railgun?

    No.

  • sanctusmortis #48 5 years ago

    GAH!

    Some people like to have a little background on a game, and see how much detail people put into their ideas. Do you people not read books? Proper ones, with depth and plot and detail to their setting? Do you know how much extra stuff a writer makes just to flesh out the world they're setting the book in? Well, sometimes games developers do that too. All these little details about firing times, weight etc. will affect the physics system, and to people who've been reading up it gives them a little prior info on the best way to use it.

    At the very least, it gives us a glimpse at the guns we'll be using. I know, some people hate these weekly reports - SO WHY ARE THEY READING THEM!

    Yeesh, if it were cars in GT4 you'd not complain.

  • captainrentboy #49 5 years ago

    What I don't understand is all the rage against Bungie in these threads.This 'news' on the new gun isn't a massive press release that Bungie and MS are forcing various gaming websites such as Eurogamer to report on.This was news released on Bungie's own website for the benefit of those 1000's of die-hard Halo fans who do give a shit about these little tidbits of information,and I'm pretty sure Bungie were quite happy for it to just remain on their website too,but clearly Eurogamer finds this worthy of a news slot on their website as well.If you all want to facking moan at someone for this utter travesty moan at EG,or better yet don't fooking read it you tarts.

  • Tyronne #50 5 years ago

    Have we got to contend with this crap up until its released?

    Thank goodness they have not done this with duke nukem forever as now it would be down to individual hair follicles as its been in development for so long.

  • Carrybagma #51 5 years ago

    Out of curiosity, I thought I'd look in EG's game database for articles on various games, to see which ones attract the most 'news' articles. I didn't attempt to filter any of the wank to see what actual news was there, because it turns out - surprise! - that most of it is wank. No prizes for guessing what comes out on top:

    Halo 3======o - 49
    Gears of War==o - 32
    MGS:4======o - 29

    Surprisingly, Mario Galaxy got just six and Zelda:TP just two! Nintendo aren't very good at spilling beans. (or jissum)

    So what does this incisive piece of research prove? Why, that the 360 generates more wank than the porn industry of course. Mind you, with all those hungry fanboy mouths to feed, who can blame them!

    :o)

  • GitSomE_UK #52 5 years ago

    Duke Nukem Forever will kick Halo 3's ass

    /Returns to DNF shrine

  • GitSomE_UK #53 5 years ago

    Umm what's wrong with Wank?

    It prevents cancer you know [link url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3072021.stm
    ]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/307202...[/link]

  • dirigiblebill #54 5 years ago

    This thread is the funniest thing I've read all week. Got a little slow later on when people started posting who gave a shit, but pure class otherwise. Keep it up :)