Party out Halo3 style
“Commander, this is Kilo Two-Three,” crackles your helmet radio. “Lost my wingman and our only Hog.” You’re puzzling where Kilo Two-Three could be when a couple squealing Grunts lob bursts of green plasma in your squad’s direction. Too late–your force shield sizzles as you jerk left. Explosions thoom-thoom-thoom somewhere up ahead. An enemy ship swoops in low on your left flank, tilts open, and spits out reinforcements. Distant beams of pulsing light rise from alien monoliths against a horizon that tapers strangely upward, curving toward a circular zenith like some giant, galactic bracelet. Behind you, Scorpion tanks trundle forward to back your assault. You scope a group of juking enemies with your battle rifle, scanning for a headshot, waiting, waiting…and as the cellos and drums kick up, it hits you–they didn’t change a thing. more
There is little doubt the game, which goes on sale at midnight on Tuesday, will be a blockbuster release. Brokerage Wedbush Morgan predicts that Microsoft could sell 3 million copies in the product’s first 12 days. The 2004 release of Halo 2 brought in $125 million in its first day, a then-record, Kim said. That’s a far cry from the kind of revenue that Windows or Office generates in a quarter, but it’s still some serious cash. more
Halo 3 Review, both the campaign and the multiplayer versions, courtesy of Adam and Morgan (g4TV X-Play).
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