Bungie: Special Halo 3 surprise before launch
Over on the NeoGAF forums, Bungie's own new kid on the block Luke Smith commented about the company's plans leading up to the release of Halo 3. Smith mentioned that Bungie will be releasing information on matchmaking, a few how to guides, some Forge talk, a tour of Bungie.net and a special two hour podcast will be released too. But then Luke messes with our heads mentioning that Bungie will reveal a "long awaited pre-launch surprise" sometime before September 25th. How dare he dangle such a large carrot in front of us.So guys, what could the long awaited surprise be? We don't want to get our hopes up too much seeing that we pretty much know all there is about Halo 3, but we're thinking it may something to do with the community, the website or a future project. We give you permission to put on your speculation caps and share your thoughts. What could Bungie's surprise be? Speculate ... NOW!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
dan @ Sep 19th 2007 2:48PM
Um, Dash update for clan support?
Tr3y MoNey @ Sep 19th 2007 2:50PM
Maybe it's Halo 3 Shaped Candy Corn from Brachs, the worldwide leader in candy corn Flava! It's that time of the year!!! So Bungie/Microsoft have found YET ANOTHER way of marketing. Trick or treat biatches!
phantomgrave @ Sep 19th 2007 2:50PM
Ahhhhhhh! The suspense! D:
BrianM @ Sep 19th 2007 2:51PM
Halo 3 for the Wii
Tr3y MoNey @ Sep 19th 2007 2:51PM
......Or it could be what Dan said. But hopefully it's the Candy Corn. God I LOVE IT!
David Lee @ Sep 19th 2007 2:52PM
Halo 3 for the Ps3! *yeah right*
Landon @ Sep 19th 2007 2:53PM
I think it's clearly clan support. But it will come in the form of the Fall update.
maskofskin @ Sep 19th 2007 2:53PM
Halo 3 Theme DLC for Guitar Hero II!
Rodney @ Sep 19th 2007 2:53PM
Master Chief under-roo's!
Tony Bowman @ Sep 19th 2007 2:54PM
Demo/beta for Halo Wars, and possibly a release date?
Dashboard clan support is also on the table, I think.
herfy @ Sep 19th 2007 2:54PM
Could it be free xbox live gold for everybody? That would be awesome
x silence x @ Sep 19th 2007 2:56PM
I'm going with the clan support as well.
Jim Halpert DM @ Sep 19th 2007 2:56PM
Yeah, I'm with you guys. Wouldn't it be great if the fall update with clan support was released the day before Halo 3's release. That would be Monday. The perfect pre-launch surprise.
hiiro @ Sep 19th 2007 2:58PM
Your choice of a free real life Ghost or Brute Chopper. Complete with Spartan helmet to ride around legally.
Hidesquadron1 @ Sep 19th 2007 2:58PM
I'm going to take a creative stab and suggest that the game somehow can allow you to play on former multiplayer maps by way of disc swap. go to options menu -> input old halo game, -> save maps to HD -> play with halo 3 engine. (don't forget those halo 2 ass-on maps are already on the HD)
I guess it's possible.
But don't sign your first born away for it.
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 19th 2007 2:59PM
The big surprise:
MASTER CHIEF IS REAL! :o
hotdogsplinter @ Sep 19th 2007 3:01PM
actually, for the first 3 days of halo3's release, EVERYONE will have xbox live gold. one of their little marketing plans to get people to say, "hey, this is pretty cool. i'll shell out $50 bucks a year for this."
wasn't there an article saying that clan support was coming anyway?
Mark @ Sep 19th 2007 3:02PM
I hope it's info on peter jackson's new Halo game. (Crosses fingers for MMO)
TJ @ Sep 19th 2007 3:02PM
I couldnt care less about clan support. I dispise clans in any game! Ive been wondering if they would surprise everyone and make Halo 3 on Vista with cross-platform play......?
TORO @ Sep 19th 2007 3:05PM
Clan support FTW! Hmm we gotta start thinkin of a clan name...
Kizzle @ Sep 19th 2007 3:06PM
Is the surprise that people are already getting the game?
un1qu3 n3wy0rk @ Sep 19th 2007 3:10PM
The Halo 3 movie is back on track.
I hope.
Myles @ Sep 19th 2007 3:10PM
I think it will be clan support.
Anticrawl @ Sep 19th 2007 3:12PM
With the "long awaited" part in their comment it can't be anything but a dashboard update to add a clan blade for clan support organized in one place.
Loaded Gun @ Sep 19th 2007 3:14PM
Clan support is already available. There is an article about it already.
Kamal @ Sep 19th 2007 3:15PM
The Peter Jackson Halo Project.
Pencil Shavings @ Sep 19th 2007 3:15PM
Halo 4 coming to Playstation 3?
Chris @ Sep 19th 2007 3:17PM
saved films viewable on Bungie.net!
Alex B @ Sep 19th 2007 3:19PM
No on clan support (that would be Microsoft's big announcement, NOT Bungie's)
No on Halo 4
No on Cross platform (WAAAAAY too big to announce that so close to release, also it would have been leaked. Unless they release it like 6 months from now, then it may be possible)
Could be HD versions of maps (highly unlikely, but would be AWESOME)
Who knows what it could be, but it aint any of these!
Chris @ Sep 19th 2007 3:21PM
Why would Bungie get to announce dashboard clan support? Wouldn't that be more up Major Nelson's alley? In-game I could see, but really? The dash?
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 19th 2007 3:23PM
The Halo movie is starting production, probably.
Neon Jebus @ Sep 19th 2007 3:23PM
Warm Apple Crisp for everyone with Special Edition Halo 3 Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream!
RandomHero @ Sep 19th 2007 3:24PM
Umm Halo the movie? maybe it a kick ass trailer or something ( the live action stuff was for hyper so CRANK IT ON UP!)
hotdogsplinter @ Sep 19th 2007 3:24PM
MMMMMMMMM! apple crisp!
Anticrawl @ Sep 19th 2007 3:25PM
I'm pretty sure you can already view saved films on Bungie.net
Now I'm not sure if that is standard or you have to pay for the premium hosting service from bungie for that. Look it up.
RandomHero @ Sep 19th 2007 3:27PM
Maybe... It tells my mom I'm not gay for me I have been avoiding females until after I beat the game, then Im back on the market but not XBLM lol
JoeyCrack @ Sep 19th 2007 3:29PM
I hope that the surprise is what I have been saying should have been done as early as HALO: CE: the ability to hear cortana in your headset.
Ben @ Sep 19th 2007 3:29PM
Halo movie trailer!
puhssy liquors @ Sep 19th 2007 3:31PM
As long as its good and free im happy. im hopin for a SP demo. sure itd be pointless but.. just ads to th fun
vanhelsingh @ Sep 19th 2007 3:34PM
halo movie loll
FROSTYSMOOTH @ Sep 19th 2007 3:34PM
rumor mill has it that it could be an extra 10-30 minutes of added gameplay on the legendary edition(to expand on what may happen to master chief)...which the collectors and reg. editions will not have..rumor only though!
RandomHero @ Sep 19th 2007 3:41PM
NO they say this :
Halo 3 on xbox 360 Finish the Fight
now Halo 3 on PC : Samantha x 3514 says:
Refinish the fight.
Like old furniture
RandomHero @ Sep 19th 2007 3:43PM
Halo 3 comming to PC get ready to Refinish the fight Like old furniture
sp00ks102 @ Sep 19th 2007 3:43PM
I'm hoping it's the Halo movie, figure with all this live action stuff, the props and equipment has to be used for something.
either that, or World of Halocraft, that too would be excellent.
RandomHero @ Sep 19th 2007 3:44PM
an mmorpg of halo wow now thats a GAY IDEA!
yankeyhotel @ Sep 19th 2007 3:46PM
its all about the DLC. If you have listened to the last Major Nelson podcast with Geoff Keighly they totally hint at dlc coming soon after launch!
ThorzHamer @ Sep 19th 2007 3:47PM
DUH its has to be related to the Peter Jackson "game"... what else could it be??
ThorzHamer @ Sep 19th 2007 3:48PM
or as a few others have said.... Halo Movie news. :D
MARKTW @ Sep 19th 2007 3:49PM
You can download all the halo and halo 2 multiplayer maps and edit them with forge as well!?
ChewyDogg @ Sep 19th 2007 3:50PM
XBLM Demo