We've got 'em, leaked Halo 3 alpha screen grabs [update 1]

by Dustin Burg { Feb 10th 2007 at 12:55PM }

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]

Tags: bungie, bungie.net, halo, halo 3, Halo3, leaked, microsoft, microsoft game studios, MicrosoftGameStudios

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.

glenncou @ Feb 10th 2007 1:22PM

Site is already down.

Jason @ Feb 15th 2007 1:37PM

Looks like the assault rifle is back; no more bullshit BR...

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?

Adrenaline @ Feb 10th 2007 4:45PM

Working on loading the 3rd image of the 7. I'll try to upload them to photobucket!

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

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.

homer34 @ Feb 10th 2007 1:30PM

the sniper looks spiffy

prateeko @ Feb 10th 2007 1:42PM

NOOOO!

Teh site is down!

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.

Bill @ Feb 10th 2007 1:44PM

Anyone got another link to the screens?!

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.

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.

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://img102.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=33343_01_122_50lo.jpg
http://img174.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=33346_02_122_79lo.jpg

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

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...

xhumanterrorx @ Feb 10th 2007 2:21PM

looks like graw meets halo

Witbyt @ Feb 10th 2007 2:09PM

nice explosions!

o0 Spartan 0o @ Feb 10th 2007 2:27PM

Here, they wont get pulled.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimlahey/

o0 Spartan 0o @ Feb 10th 2007 2:26PM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimlahey/

CRASHLOCK @ Feb 10th 2007 2:22PM

Alternate download of images (zipped up) here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?3jwmmkw2ond

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 4:46PM

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.