Microsoft Dates Halo: Reach

Andy Chalk

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Microsoft Dates Halo: Reach


Microsoft has announced that Halo: Reach [http://www.welcometonobleteam.com/], Bungie's final addition to the Halo franchise, will hit store shelves on September 14.

A prequel to the events that began in the original 2001 release Halo: Reach [http://www.bungie.net/Projects/Halo/] follows the exploits of Noble Team as it makes a last desperate stand against the forces of the Covenant on the planet Reach. More than 2.7 million gamers haven taken part in the Halo: Reach beta, adding up to over 13 million online games and 16 million hours of online gameplay, making it "the largest console videogame beta test on record."

Calling it "the culmination of a decade of Halo," Phil Spencer of Halo: Combat Evolved [http://www.microsoft.com/games/] catalyzed the success of the original Xbox to define a decade of entertainment, Halo: Reach will push the boundaries for what's possible in videogames and help make 2010 the biggest year in Xbox history."

Despite being support for the game [http://www.bungie.net] after it comes out. "we have a great relationship with our community, so we want to make sure we keep the game going," he said.

Halo: Reach will be released in three editions: Standard, Legendary [http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=77712], which will come with a pile of extras including a ten-inch-tall, hand-painted Noble Team statue made by McFarlane Toys and a price tag of about 150 bucks. Serious fans only, please.


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Brotherofwill

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Biggest beta in history? Sounds promising. I'm pretty sure that the community will be split again, fans will love it, everyone else hate it, hype and ads will be everywhere and we'll get atleast 1 more funny ZP review out of it. Same old I guess.
 

Dyp100

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I should probably cancel my Legendary edition and preorder a Limited, buttt...If it's the last Halo game, I want in. -Shrug-

Anyway, it'd a couple of weeks from my birthday, and it's just after my summer ends, will be a pretty awesome month, I bet. (...Actaully, BS, it'll be a horrible month, but a good first half, likely, my Birthday is always shit.)
 

Dark Sup3rn0va

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117 days between the end of the Beta and the release date. Any Halo fan will notice that that's not a coincidence. For any one who doesn't know, that was the Spartan number of John, (Master Chief).
 

ProfessorLayton

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Wait... if it's a prequel, shouldn't they have jetpacks in the other games as well? Why would they get rid of jet-pack technology? And the needler rifle?

But I'm still probably not going to get it. I've never bought a Halo game and I'm not going to start now... The super limited edition looks pretty sweet though.
 
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Hehe, sweet. Loved the beta.


Yeah. Totally getting this.
 

Gigaguy64

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Yea man!

This is the final motivation for me to get an Xbox.
My buddy got the Beta and it was AWESOME.

To bad i need a car first........
 

Danpascooch

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I hope they pull out all the stops for this one, and FINALLY let us drive a damned Pelican
 

JRCB

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Yeah, the beta was meh to me. I might not pick it up, as much as I love Halo.
 

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Dark Sup3rn0va said:
117 days between the end of the Beta and the release date. Any Halo fan will notice that that's not a coincidence. For any one who doesn't know, that was the Spartan number of John, (Master Chief).
watch them delay it then the number will be off...
 

Andy Chalk

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Dark Sup3rn0va said:
117 days between the end of the Beta and the release date. Any Halo fan will notice that that's not a coincidence. For any one who doesn't know, that was the Spartan number of John, (Master Chief).
Hey, nice catch there.
 

Jared

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Certainly looking forward to it. Should be fun at least!

Got it in my calender~
 

FinalDream

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I won't be buying it, I don't want the same lazy repackaged game just with jetpacks bolted on to it.

Wake me up when there is some actual creativity in the series.