New Halo 3 info, new weapons, new grenade [update 1]
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Oct 27th 2006 at 11:30AM }
It wasn't long ago that Bungie sat down with gaming magazines around the world to share the first real information about Halo 3. And it looks like Swedish magazine, Level, has the dubious honor of being scanned first. To be fair, these aren't exactly scans, but we'll take what we can get. The magazine reveals new details about weapons, vehicles and multiplayer.
Weapons
Spiker - a new Brute weapon
Spartan laser - a laser that tears vehicles apart
Nail Grenade - sticks into walls and sends nails everywhere
Vehicles
The Mongoose is in! This is the ATV that was cut from Halo 2. It seats two and has no weapons. Designed from recon and quick travel.
Multiplayer goodies
The "Man Cannon" - Spartans do their best Human Bullet impersonations for some extremely rapid transport. Players can still shoot in the air, and can be shot down.
Controls
The X button has a new, still secret feature. Reloading has now been allocated to the bumper buttons. Right bumper reloads the right weapon, and the left bumper reloads the left. Genius.
Miscellaneous
You can now see your secondary weapon when it's not in use. In other words, it's actually slung over your shoulder instead of magically appearing out of thin air. Also, a 4 DVD "Legendary" edition is planned that will have material from Red Vs. Blue, documentaries, and a collection of all cut scenes from the game (possibly the whole series?).
Please take this info with a grain of salt, as it has all been translated from a Swedish mag that we've never heard of. If anyone has picked this magazine up, let us know. You should be able to confirm all this info when the infamous EGM story finally shows up. So, who's excited? Raise your hand.
Update: 1UP has officially confirmed most of this information and has also revealed some more info. Click here for details.
[Thanks to both Xboxygen and Aeropause for sending this in.]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Silver R. Wolfe @ Oct 27th 2006 11:45AM
"Nail Grenade - sticks into walls and sends nails everywhere"
Talk about copying from Insomniac.
crowe @ Oct 27th 2006 11:47AM
Let's hope the man cannon makes an appearance in multiplayer.
Josh @ Oct 27th 2006 12:02PM
It sounds awesome!....but....why would they get all this info first?
footlong! @ Oct 27th 2006 12:55PM
I'm skeptical.. the "Spiker"? That's a pretty generic name. Anybody could guess the mongoose is in there also. all these things aren't seen in any of the screenshots shown anyway. i say bogus.. ..for now.
Cal @ Oct 27th 2006 12:15PM
I AM BEYOND EXCITED....THIS IS WHY I BOUGHT A 360
renatox @ Oct 27th 2006 12:19PM
NO ONE CARES ABOUT HALO!!!!! put some news about FIFA07 like, if its gona have all the teams after all or not!!!!
Josh @ Oct 27th 2006 12:27PM
lol. Wow. Yes. Screw Halo. We all want our FIFA.
Michael May @ Oct 27th 2006 12:27PM
renatox, you seem to be slightly confused. EVERYONE cares about halo. I know they're similar words, but try to get used to it. Halo 3 was why I bought a 360. And get Pro Evo. Fifa sucks.
Refugee @ Oct 27th 2006 12:36PM
What can I say, but WOW! The game looks great and that even with bad scans!! Halo 3 can't get here fast enough!!
Clay @ Oct 27th 2006 12:42PM
I'm tempted to stamp this whole article as false simple because of the "Man Cannon". that seems lame and gimmicky and i dont see bungie doing it.
And Silver, if you sit down and play resistance... how much crap do you think you'll find inspired by halo? +there was a spike grenade in one of the Quake games... 2 i think.. google it.
OH MY GAWD Insomniac C0p1eD Qu@K3!!!!1!! P$3 SUXz0Rs!!!!1
Eric @ Oct 27th 2006 12:47PM
The article isn't false, Clay. Level was at the same Halo 3 session as EGM, etc. They just published their Halo 3 story faster.
When EGM comes out over the next couple weeks you'll be reading the same exact stuff.
Clay @ Oct 27th 2006 12:51PM
Im not sayin the article is false, i shoulda clarified more, im saying the translation that they have which shows "man cannon" is false. i mean, click the link (google translates it for me)
"Thank you in Pringles for these splendid images."
"or the vehicles we will be entitled to the “Mongoose”, which seems to be Quad awaited so much in Halo 2"
"Unfortunately still not of Club-footed for this opus…"
Damn. I so wanted this opus to be Club-footed.
Player1 @ Oct 27th 2006 1:25PM
Spiker is generic? How about the Needler? How about "Assault Rifle" or "Pistol"?
Edge of Blade @ Oct 27th 2006 1:29PM
A 4 DVD special edition?
Ok.
Just pre-empting the inevitable "You needs Blu-ray!" drivel.
Josh Schmidt @ Oct 27th 2006 1:34PM
I just hope this game comes out before 360 mods come out, and I would love to see a feature from bungie that if you push the stand by button your 360 self destructs any one else with me?
Josh Schmidt @ Oct 27th 2006 1:40PM
I just hope that the game comes out before the 360 mods and hopefully bungie will make so that if you push stand by on your modem your 360 self destructs any else with me?
NEO1X @ Oct 27th 2006 1:42PM
I am with Josh on that one
KilgoreTrout XL @ Oct 27th 2006 1:50PM
It is in this day blesses of October 27 that us the first scans of Halation 3 arrive! Only that…
jay see six @ Oct 27th 2006 2:16PM
unless bungie decides to host their own multiplayer servers, standbying will continue to be a problem. the reacharound posse said it best with their song, "White Button Thugs" that was posted on this site a month or two ago. I don't think that modders will be a problem until 360 modchips become prevalent. The human cannon doesn't sound right, but then again, neither did the sword.
Richard Mitchell @ Oct 27th 2006 3:06PM
"Unfortunately still not of Club-footed for this opus"
That *was* mistranslated. It was actually saying that there will unfortunately be no bots in multiplayer. I guess the word "bot" means clubfoot in French.
Squid Lord @ Oct 27th 2006 3:19PM
Well...this simply sounds amazing, i'm even more psyched for the game than i was before when i found out that it was going to be on the 360....
Modders won't really be a prob.....but they can be.....after i got my 360, i softmodded my old xbox....i never played online before so i began using the 360 for that enjoyment, and started using the moded-box for funtime with friends, and belive me there is a way around that...and yes, there is indeed a mod chip out for the 360...but it's a DVD drive mod, that can play backups of games, and "homebrew" or a coded app/game/something that isn't signed by the company that is being run........nothing more than that.....
so plz Bungie, keep the moding fools off of our serious playing, and shove them back into the hole that they crept from.......
Concerned Gamer @ Oct 27th 2006 3:49PM
If Resistance Bordom of Man has copied from the Halo frachise, ouch they must have been playing halo on a 2 inch screen. I have said it 20 times, that game looks terrible!
Funny Halo Rap @ Oct 27th 2006 3:51PM
Ok this is all great. What we need to know is real, confirmed info about online multiplayer. Is Bungie giong to neutralize matchmaking by hosting gameplay on their own servers or not?
I absolutely refuse to buy this game on release date until I read about or hear from friends whether or not standbying is a problem.
As mentioned in a comment above, modding doesn't seem to be a big concern as of now. I hope it never is. I think Bungie should do some type of map matching similar to the way sports games compare multiplayer rosters to make sure they match.
It would be great if they just include every wonderful map possible on the disc and not as downloads in the future. Anything downloaded to the harddrive opens the door to modding.
I also want info about downloadable crap. Will they be charging EA-style for stuff that should have been included in the game already and would have been if micropayments weren't an option?
In my humble opinion, this game can go one of two ways. The first would be the greatest, most played game for years to come. The second will be the biggest disappointment in gaming history.
Another feature I would also enjoy is to make in-game chatting similar to Saints Row. I DO NOT want to hear hillbillies, punk kids, whiggers, etc. cursing and yelling during the game.
p @ Oct 27th 2006 4:09PM
if that is what the multiplayer maps looks like (Beefy Halo2) I can't wait to see what the Sigle player maps look like.
Nick @ Oct 27th 2006 6:08PM
For everybody saying that the nail grenade was "copied" from the PS3 game Fall of Mankind, you are all wrong.
When Halo CE came out in 2004, a map called "Needleosity" was released by a member of the community. One of the weapons in the map was a needler grenade; it used the needles from the Needler as projectiles that shot out in all directions after the grenade was thrown. This type of grenade has been used in a number of maps since then.
If you would like to play the map and give it a try, you can download it from here: http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=368. Assuming you have Halo CE (that's Custom Edition, for the PC), you can drop it in the maps folder and start up the game.
If anything, Bungie are copying their customers - not Sony's development studio. However, I would say that it is more of a nod to the legitimate modding community than "stealing".
Nick
zorax @ Oct 28th 2006 4:22AM
I have this mag too, xbox suxxx!
Novumber eel @ Oct 27th 2006 7:28PM
For those of you up there who posted about FIFA or pro evo, and the disrespect you payed to Halo, why dont you stop posting in articles about Halo for a start, then go outside and see the fun you could have with A REAL FOOTBALL, and then maybe after all that, you can SHUT THE FUCK UP and let the real gamers play the real games.
Mo @ Oct 28th 2006 12:10AM
Why does my Amazon pre-order show a Halo 3 delivery date of December 28, 2006? Previously, it showed March 2007 but it just got updated in the past couple of days. Is this a mistake or does Amazon know something..?
Nick James @ Nov 1st 2006 7:13AM
I don't care about Halo. I think it's the most over-rated FPS ever in the history of hte universe. I had far more fun playing the FIRST Call of Duty than I had playing Halo 2.
Master Chief can suck it.
Sean @ Nov 7th 2006 11:36PM
Man I cant wait its going to be awesome! I heard there will be 32 multi online access instead of 16, can we say bad a$$! But until then I will be just fine with "Gears Of War"!
Ricky @ Nov 19th 2006 6:00PM
I can't wait for the release of this
Rieco Medina @ Nov 21st 2006 3:01PM
Fuck FIFA its all about Halo3
Bitch
xmadman @ Nov 23rd 2006 4:07AM
people that are dissin halo on a halo page, fuck off!halo 3 will be the best thing 2 ever happen to the gaming world, i beleive itll have a bigger inpact then doom quake unreal mortal kombat or any other game ever released....PS3 SUCKS ARSE...
Ryan @ Dec 2nd 2006 1:51PM
ok so all of yo that dont believe about the man cannon you can stfu because i just got the latest gameinformer magazine and guess what bungie put in it ummm lets guesss the man cannon so all you halo hatters just get off of this forum ok pc
Jak @ Dec 28th 2006 3:53PM
In the recent trailer of halo 3 there was a shield grenade. I hope we get to use that in the game!!! Somebody e-mail me with the information.
joshoa123 @ Jan 21st 2007 2:19PM
about the X button thing i was thinking, what button will be used to swap between the different kinds of grenades? if the bumpers are used to reload how will u swap grenades i think ( X button maybe? ) but it still sounds kinda weak to keep secret something like that so thats what keeps me still kinda wondering.