Halo 3 “Believe” Ad Hits the Interwebs a bit early
Earlier today, someone uploaded the Halo 3 “Believe” ad to YouTube (part of a series scheduled to show on Yahoo all week). The “Believe” ad follows yesterdays “Mueseum” ad. The YouTube version has since been taken down, but you can find it over at GameVideos.com
The rest of the series, and other videos will all be available on Xbox.com/believe, and the Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow, the 14th.
The central element that much of the integrated marketing campaign centers on is a painstakingly accurate replication of a key moment from a climactic battle set in the “Halo” universe. At over 1200 square feet, reaching a height over 12 feet above the ground and with each handcrafted human and Covenant figure standing eight to twelve inches high, the diorama was large enough to fill an entire studio…
Shooting the campaign took several days as the individual soldier’s stories were told, and as the camera spanned the landscape, finally resting on the mountain top where Master Chief appears to have been conquered by the Covenant enemy…or so it would seem. Viewers quickly realize that there is much more of the story that’s yet to be told – and the game will tell all.
Nice little write up over at TeamXbox.
You can do that?!?! Destroy a Phantom in Halo 3
Apparently, those pesky Covenant drop ships (named Phantoms) are now destructible in Halo 3… As seen from some leaked Halo 3 Epsilon Beta footage, two players in co-op mode take down a Phantom in a fairly short amount of time.
Phantoms were originally introduced in Halo 2, replacing the “Tuning fork” drop ship from Halo 1. These new vehicles had several powerful plasma turrets, making battles very difficult in some instances (especially while fighting off the enemies coming down from the ship). Now we can get the drop on them first!
Finally… We can actually take them out before they hit the ground!
Halo 3 Brute Prowler Video
Here’s a new Halo 3 compilation video that has shown up on Youtube, featuring the brand new “Brute Prowler” Vehicle in action (as well as several other goodies). The footage comes from Germany (not sure whereabouts, so if you know, please fill us in), and is all shaky cam.
Seems like there are kiosks to actually play the game (or a demo) in some places around the world. We’d love to see some more events with playable demos here in the states!
Halo 3 “Sierra 117? Campaign Video
Just bumped into this lovely gem. Apparently, at a recent demonstration of Halo 3, they decided to play through some of “Sierra 117?. Lots of good ground fighting footage in this brand new clip!
There is commentary throughout the clip, but it’s pretty difficult to hear what the speaker is saying over the game volume. If anyone can find a transcript, that would be great!
Oh, and the Arbiter (presumably) is in this video, making his first appearance in any game footage so far (we believe anyways). Also worthy of mentioning is that Objectives will now appear at the bottom of the screen rather than at the top left as in the past Halo games.
Forge Demonstration Video
Xbox360FanBoy.com found a really cool demonstration of Halo 3’s newest feature, “Forge”.
The demonstration is given by none other than Bungie’s Brian Jarrard, who walks the press through the ins and outs of the wonders of Forge. Perhaps one of the coolest bits of info pulled from the video is that Bungie will be keeping track of what players are doing in Forge. If one particular map configuration works really well, Bungie can easily incorporate it into matchmaking for all to play.
We’ve talked about Forge a bit in the past but this is probably the best video out there so far which actually shows the new feature in action. We’ve heard from some players in the Epsilon Beta that this is actually their favorite part of the game now, offering a brand new and innovative way to play online with your friends.
Halo 3 “Narrows” Video
Here is another Halo 3 Multiplayer Video from PAX 07 to go along with the Halo 3 “Guardian” Video we revealed yesterday. Another 5 minutes of multiplayer carnage on Halo 3’s new map, “Narrows” (also can be seen in lots of screenshots floating around, as well as in last months edition of EGM).
It is shaky cam, but it’s better than nothing at all we suppose. We’d love to see these matches broadcasted in HD Versions from Bungie, but I guess we will have to wait.
It kind of reminds me of a shortened version of Halo PC’s Gyrophobia.
Flares / Blinding Lights in Halo 3
A recent video posted on Gamersyde indicates that there will be Flare’s in Halo 3 Campaign that act in a similar fashion to Flash Bangs. The Covenant can deploy a flare which will produce a blinding light when you look in the direction of the said flare for a few seconds.
There are no details on whether this will show up as a usable item in the campaign or multiplayer, but if it were, we’d imagine it to be some form of Equipment since there are already 4 grenade types.
-
More
