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It's an April Fool's joke. Ha ha.

So much for the rumours about Halo 3 being called Forerunner - turns out it's all a hilarious April Fool's joke.

It all started with a post on the Xbox.com forums by someone calling himself DM Duo Maxwell, who claimed to have transcribed an article about the game which appears in the forthcoming issue of Game Informer magazine.

His post said that the game will feature "huge persistent worlds" built around a modified Halo 2 engine, that Master Chief would, star, and that there would be a co-op mode for up to four players.

But it's all nonsense, according to a forum post by a bloke from Bungie: "We can't smack 'em for an April Fool's gag. Not like we never did any." Ah well.

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spidermanalf #1 6 years ago

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OOOOOHHHH sounds good!
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JonFE #2 6 years ago

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Let's hope this article won't disappear like the GoW 2 one, shall we ?

Edited by 1 at 17/03/06 @ 11:48
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mcmonkeyplc #3 6 years ago

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Oh dear: Read your forum guys: DENIED

Edit: the forum Discussion

Edited by 1 at 17/03/06 @ 11:52
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Nebularhaze #4 6 years ago

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/farts
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Talha #5 6 years ago

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NOT naming it Halo 3? They crazy?

Definitely just a rumour.
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gizmo #6 6 years ago

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Halo is such a strong brand, there is no way the name would be dropped.
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alpha-0ne #7 6 years ago

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wow EG doing reports on forum rumours that have already been displelled by bungie shocker
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c.lo #8 6 years ago

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anyone remember the GPX2 rename promotion?

Maybe this is a game to come out along side Halo 3? They may just be crazy enough to be making 2 master chief games at once
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kangarootoo #9 6 years ago

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I would cartainly hope it is an incorrect rumour. "Forerunner"?! They may as well call it "The Third Game" for all the excitement the title generates.
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shamblemonkee #10 6 years ago

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i smell horse#!@*
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Rambaldi #11 6 years ago

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Who gives a rats ass what it's called, we all know it will be bloomin marvelous
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kangarootoo #12 6 years ago

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Halo 3: Horse#!@* ?

Or maybe,

Halo 3: Rats Ass

or even,

Halo 3: Bloomin Marvelous (in space)
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zaffazzaffaz #13 6 years ago

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man eurogamer, late yet again,Your're posting this news 3 days late and on the day that its been confirmed as BS!!

Keep up EG!!

BUNGIES REPLY - http://n ikon.bungie.org/news.html?item=15312
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zaffazzaffaz #14 6 years ago

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Oh looks like they've updated their article

Lol

finally clocked on!
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Stickman #15 6 years ago

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It's March. :/
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space_ace #16 6 years ago

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tell that to sony
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mcmonkeyplc #17 6 years ago

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Halo 3 rumours quashed! naaaaaaaah really, well done
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Moonprince #18 6 years ago

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Why do you people care so much..

Does it give your life extra meaning to point out to Eurogamer staff that you know something they don't?

You obviously get up to date news elsewhere so whats the problem... Get over it.
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Xensor #19 6 years ago

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"man eurogamer, late yet again,Your're posting this news 3 days late and on the day that its been confirmed as BS!!

Keep up EG!!"

Well some of us actually have a life outside of trawling through every gaming website on the net and use EG as our one stop shop for gaming info. I didn't know about this rumour or its subsequent quashing and now i do. Ignore the naysayers and keep up the good work EG
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Furbs #20 6 years ago

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Forum laughs in Ellies face?
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smelly #21 6 years ago

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But its 2 weeks to early?
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justsomeone #22 6 years ago

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oi - get off ellies back. just cos you deadbeats have no lives and spend all your time reading forum posts (holy crap, i'm doing the same thing now) doesn't mean our ellie has to suffer from the same afflicton.

to my way of thinking a news item like "hey, some forum junkie posted something that only other forum junkies would have read, of interest only to forum junkies, that turned out to be untrue, that other forum junkies already knew was untrue before you because they're forum junkies", is probably aimed at non-forum junky types.

also, anyone who wears a hat like that is clearly a good time girl and is spending her time partying while we're all sat here on our asses, slapping our backs at how well informed we are.

just thought i'd point that out...
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morriss #23 6 years ago

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The irony is, if the article was spot on, Bungie'd deny it. So no-one really knows anything anyway. The article could be true.

Edited by 1 at 17/03/06 @ 14:46
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Yarpio #24 6 years ago

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Surely if a joke is played on any day other than April 1st it's just a practical joke isn't it?
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kangarootoo #25 6 years ago

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Well said Moonprince and Xensor.
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tenma #26 6 years ago

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I never even heard about this rumor. :\

It's like being told "Ha! Fooled you!" before even knowing there was something to be fooled about.
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Feanor #27 6 years ago

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Quotes from the Game Informer article:

"A well-connected Game Informer source has seen this game up and running, and tells us that the project is dubbed Forerunner (and no, this is not an April Fool's joke.)"

"Of course, when all is said in done, the game could be officially dubbed Halo 3: Forerunner or some variation thereof."

The typo in the 2nd quote is theirs, not mine.

Edited by 1 at 17/03/06 @ 16:22
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Feanor #28 6 years ago

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It seems like every month when the new Game Informer comes out, Eurogamer runs vague stories based on it, sometimes giving credit and sometimes not. Maybe you guys should find money in the budget to subscribe, and get the magazine in front of you when you write these news stories.
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admir #29 6 years ago

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halo 1&2 are over rated 7/10 my score for both games. if you dont agree than tell me whats so great abot them
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Genji #30 6 years ago

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Oooh, let's see...

The AI, the weapons, the personality of the enemies, the intense gun battles, the vehicles, the spectacular scenery, etc, etc.

Somehow I don't think this is going to change your mind.
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smelly #31 6 years ago

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Im the same with halo, compared to pc fps games, not in same league...
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Ginko #32 6 years ago

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it's not even April. Lame.
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ynohtna #33 6 years ago

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"that Master Chief would, star, and"

Have you fallen into a grammar com(m)a, Ellie?
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coojam #34 6 years ago

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You're right smelly...I'm a big PC gaming fan, love all the big name shooters, especially BF2, but 2 player co-op on Halo...THAT'S a league of its own.
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admir #35 6 years ago

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genji
did you ever play FPS on PC
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Genji #36 6 years ago

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I sure did (and do) play PC FPS games! Apart from the different controls, and the disadvantages of playing with a gamepad, Halo and Halo2 are pretty damn good. Yes, even compared with PC games. I even liked H2 more than HL2.

So there.
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neosalad #37 6 years ago

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it's a good week or so till april...
how can they use the april fools excuse?
idiots.

and yes, name change wud be extremeley silly....
GPX2 to GP2X prob isnt quite as bad in that respect..
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MrGrumpy.au #38 6 years ago

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Damn, and here I am still waiting for Bungies "Pimps at Sea".

Now that would be an interesting game.

Edit: Too many spelling mistakes (I should just give up typing altogether)

Edited by 2 at 20/03/06 @ 07:40
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