We've got 'em, leaked Halo 3 alpha screen grabs [update 1]
It's time to unleash your inner Halo fanboy, because we have some goodies for you. Hot off the screen grab black market, we've received some fresh Halo 3 alpha screenshots for your viewing pleasure. German website Evo-X posted seven un-seen screen grabs of the Halo 3 alpha build. And surprisingly enough, the quality of the shots is pretty good. From these new screens we noticed the HUD has a slight concave effect and can clearly see the new spike grenades situated on the top left. There are also a few shots that showcase a letter/number combination over teammates heads, which is either their login name, some sort of alpha crud, or has something to do with the rumored military rank. Ok, enough reading already! We're proud to present all seven leaked Halo 3 alpha screen grabs after the jump ... but remember guys these are shots of the alpha version.Update 1: It looks like Evo-X has crippled under the server stress. But our readers are a resourceful bunch.
[Thanks, JesseBlue]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
NukeAssault @ Feb 10th 2007 1:11PM
Looks great for an Alpha. =)
Miller @ Feb 10th 2007 1:13PM
The concave is caused by master cheifs visor which bleeds in the edges like we've seen in Metroid Prime, and the HUD is sorta projected on his screen. Although not in the beta, apparently they are gonna do visual effects like frosting and glare on the visor, which is rad because that worked so awesomely well in metroid prime.
WarriorDyke @ Feb 10th 2007 1:16PM
website is getting hammered right now, having issues connecting to even see the screens. Maybe someone could put them on another server?
glenncou @ Feb 10th 2007 1:22PM
Site is already down.
Kevin Gass @ Feb 10th 2007 1:24PM
The number/letters replace the icons that floated above peoples head in halo 2. easier to understand, and give orders
homer34 @ Feb 10th 2007 1:30PM
the sniper looks spiffy
Tim @ Feb 10th 2007 1:35PM
Kevin is right. I already read that somewhere too. Letter Number Combo is good because
"Hey bumble bee in a red semicircle, you're getting sniped!"
isn't as easy as
"A4 sniper on you."
Or something like that.
DaveC @ Feb 10th 2007 1:36PM
I hope you're happy now. You destroyed there website. I hope you think long and hard about what you've just done.
MaX PL and the 360 r4pe Tr4iN @ Feb 10th 2007 1:40PM
can someone host these somewhere else. i HAVE to see these.
prateeko @ Feb 10th 2007 1:42PM
NOOOO!
Teh site is down!
Bill @ Feb 10th 2007 1:44PM
Anyone got another link to the screens?!
AgentPotato @ Feb 10th 2007 1:44PM
Dang, missed out on these, website is barely working.Good to see it is doing well though. Those bungie updates were starting to annoy me.
Justin U @ Feb 10th 2007 1:48PM
And the Intertubes, they be clogged.
Haqq @ Feb 10th 2007 1:50PM
Site is dowN :[
Bob Loblaw @ Feb 10th 2007 1:53PM
http://img121.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=33348_03_122_78lo.jpg
http://img155.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=33364_04_122_18lo.jpg
Bob Loblaw @ Feb 10th 2007 1:53PM
http://img102.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=33343_01_122_50lo.jpg
http://img174.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=33346_02_122_79lo.jpg
Drew @ Feb 10th 2007 1:53PM
Since when were people so stupid as to not save the images from a site like this? Did you expect the site to stay up or something? Christ...
MaX PL and the 360 r4pe Tr4iN @ Feb 10th 2007 2:02PM
and as for the letter/# to identify teammates, i hope there is an option to switch between this and the old symbols.
reason why is because when i play with teammates, as in the same 3 guys ive played with for the past 3 years, its much easier just to look at the symbol and identify the player by the colors. i think having to focus in and read the numbers/letters would take a few milliseconds longer. and as cheesy as it sounds, those milliseconds are necessary.
Witbyt @ Feb 10th 2007 2:09PM
nice explosions!
xhumanterrorx @ Feb 10th 2007 2:21PM
looks like graw meets halo
CRASHLOCK @ Feb 10th 2007 2:22PM
Alternate download of images (zipped up) here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?3jwmmkw2ond
o0 Spartan 0o @ Feb 10th 2007 2:26PM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimlahey/
o0 Spartan 0o @ Feb 10th 2007 2:27PM
Here, they wont get pulled.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimlahey/
Charles V @ Feb 10th 2007 2:29PM
Xbox Live Connection is helping spread the screenshot love.
http://www.xboxliveconnection.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3869#3869
AgentPotato @ Feb 10th 2007 2:29PM
Can someone link the last 2?
Bob Loblaw @ Feb 10th 2007 2:30PM
Last 3
http://img40.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=35724_05_122_78lo.jpg
http://img23.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=35730_06_122_46lo.jpg
http://img161.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=35736_07_122_114lo.jpg
DaveC @ Feb 10th 2007 2:37PM
http://www.360monster.com/mediaview2.php?id=3985&gameid=0000000085&type=screenshots#view
Whopping Wombat @ Feb 10th 2007 2:40PM
Great graphics for an Alpha! Needs improvement for a final product, which obviously they will. I like the visor effect.
Ryan @ Feb 10th 2007 2:47PM
The numbers above players' heads is their call sign. It was covered it the 1Up article. It's because it's easier to yell at a call sign then a logo of a skull or some long gamertag.
JrezIN @ Feb 10th 2007 2:59PM
I'm just *very* disapointed with the 'rocks' geometry.
Everything else looks nice right now =]
Don Wilson @ Feb 10th 2007 3:11PM
Wow, let's get disappointed because of an alpha game release. Clearly people do not understand development.
nick Marty @ Feb 10th 2007 3:31PM
Why do the crappy sites get all the leaks?!
OXfire @ Feb 10th 2007 3:33PM
heres another link.....really fast.
i tried to get as many as i could before it went down. 5 out of 7. :(
OXfire @ Feb 10th 2007 3:34PM
http://lidless.net/?p=155
forgot the damn link....:S
RX-TX @ Feb 10th 2007 3:38PM
Evo-X ripped them from here.
click me
click on the Spoiler Button for bigger pictures
RX-TX @ Feb 10th 2007 3:39PM
Sorry link here
http://forum.areagames.de/forum.aspx?action=Topic&MessageID=663188#663188
OXfire @ Feb 10th 2007 3:47PM
OK, they are ALL ON HERE!
http://lidless.net/?p=155
NukeAssault @ Feb 10th 2007 3:51PM
Thanks RX-TX. =)
JrezIN @ Feb 10th 2007 3:53PM
Don Wilson fanboy,
Maybe people clearly understand game development... and fanatics can't stand a construtive feedback about the current estate of the game (everyone knows what a alpha build is... but I didn't know you could not talk about them! ;] )
Jon @ Feb 10th 2007 4:15PM
i just hope for some videos soon before the beta gets released
lord hobo @ Feb 10th 2007 4:44PM
for an alpha it looks rather good
Adrenaline @ Feb 10th 2007 4:45PM
Working on loading the 3rd image of the 7. I'll try to upload them to photobucket!
Adrenaline @ Feb 10th 2007 4:46PM
http://z8.invisionfree.com/The_Gamers_Addiction/index.php?showtopic=127&view=getnewpost
Scroll down until you see "NEW HALO 3 LEAKED IMAGES - FEB. 10th, 2007", its a link you click and boom you see the new ones that just were released today!
Prod @ Feb 10th 2007 7:31PM
I know its a Demo/alpha ,and i know it still in development,and i understand they arent the best high quality pics in the world, but those look like halo 2 graphics, iw as expecting sumthing more to the WOW effect. Thats my opinium, i prob wont buy this, but if u guys say its really good,i might down..... it
ridestowe @ Feb 10th 2007 7:55PM
@prod - while everyone has an opinion and you stated the facts that i could throw right back, looknig at it from a technical standpoint it could look almost as good as GOW, particularly the shot with the classic halo 1 gun, despite the shakey shot and everything, the way the sun bounces off the terrain and the contract between outdoors and indoors really wow's me.
greg morrison @ Feb 10th 2007 9:02PM
Thanks for the links guys.
JimyD @ Feb 10th 2007 9:06PM
It's hard to fully judge these screens since they're from an alpha but I have to agree they look more like Halo 2.5, especially when compared to Gears of War. The Unreal Engine has really set the graphics bar at a new level and it looks like Bungie has its work cut out for it.
Prod @ Feb 10th 2007 10:30PM
Ride,thanks for not bashing me, maybe im making quick assumptions, ill wait for more pics and videos. I just wish they didnt keep this so god dawm secret , anywho well see, c ya guys.
Kamizar @ Feb 11th 2007 12:09AM
Not only is this Alpha but its also not a direct screen capture and thus it lessens the image quality...
Derka @ Feb 11th 2007 1:23AM
To anyone who hasn't seen them, I'm hosting them on my site:
http://www.halo-forge.net/xbx360