Page through Halo 3's game manual online

by Dustin Burg { Sep 22nd 2007 at 3:15PM }

In an effort to kill two marketing birds with one stone, Microsoft posted the Halo 3 game manual online yesterday using their brand new (Flash and Java killing) Silverlight app. This of course means you can page through the game manual from the comforts of your computer a few days before you get the real thing in your mitts, but truth be told we opted to not look through this online version. We like holding our game manuals and paging through them when launch day comes, it's sort of like a side surprise ... a ritual of sorts. Oh, like we said, Microsoft is promoting their new Silverlight flash-esque web app, so you'll only be able to view the Halo 3 game manual once you install the Silverlight plugin into a compatible internet browser. Yes, it sucks, but the hoops are worth jumping if you need your Halo 3 manual viewing. Commence Silverlight install ... now!

[Thanks, rTwelve]

Tags: bungie, bungie-studios, halo3, microsoft, silverlight

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Fox318 @ Sep 22nd 2007 3:29PM

So this is how Microsoft plans to get everyone to install Silverlight...oh well here goes.

kineticonline @ Sep 22nd 2007 3:40PM

Holy crap, it even works with firefox.

Phil @ Sep 22nd 2007 3:41PM

Anyone know how to uninstall Silver light on a mac? It is not even that good. Why can't they just stick with flash?

David Wright @ Sep 22nd 2007 3:41PM

I dont see why they have to sep-erate words li-ke th-at, on the pa-ges, makes it wierd to read, theres alot of stuff missing, no brute vehicles, or flame grenade, most of the equipment is missing too.

NukeAssault @ Sep 22nd 2007 3:45PM

Its to keep the surprise for people who(oddly) havent seen them yet. Atleast thats my guess.

David Wright @ Sep 22nd 2007 3:46PM

Makes sense I suppose...

mark @ Sep 22nd 2007 3:55PM

its a straight forward install for mac...just press Download, it comes as a .dmg and works normally

Phil @ Sep 22nd 2007 3:55PM

What a surprise -_-
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/622/picture1ve7.png

M4NU3L @ Sep 22nd 2007 3:57PM

Hey if were u guys id stat away from youtube halo 3 is getting leaked like crazy!!!!

violenceinhd @ Sep 22nd 2007 4:26PM

lol fucking mac users. sure, silverlight sucks, but holy shit i can't imagine a shittier app than os x

therpham @ Sep 22nd 2007 4:25PM

Meh, installing Moonlight is too much work for something I'll have on paper in 2.3 days.

Phil @ Sep 22nd 2007 4:38PM

@11
I'm pretty sure OS X isn't an app but ok.

chukc @ Sep 22nd 2007 4:41PM

damn
it really sucks
i hope they're holding some stuff back till launch
cause it seriously has some gaps in it
its extremely basic
and i like a good read to understand the whole concept
thats all i gotta say

chukc @ Sep 22nd 2007 4:58PM

if you guys check bungie.net now
people are playing halo3
theres some videos, game variants, screenshots, etc on there
but nothing special
damn i wanna play hard!
hard on!
lucky basturds

JwEagle @ Sep 22nd 2007 5:05PM

i was looking at some medals, what is a steaktacular?

rTwelve @ Sep 22nd 2007 5:09PM

I think the best thing in this manual is what it has to say about the Infection gametype.

Magetto @ Sep 22nd 2007 5:47PM

I can't even get sliverlight to install. Why am I not surprised?

Bazza @ Sep 22nd 2007 6:00PM

works fine here!! guess they didnt make it Fool-proof.

Nice manual and features. Halo 3 here we come.

Zapper @ Sep 22nd 2007 7:36PM

This ia cool for people who are going to rent it from a place which does not provide manuals like BlockBuster.

I am always trying to find manuals for my rented games,

OTAM @ Sep 23rd 2007 2:22AM

Halo.

LOL.

chukc @ Sep 22nd 2007 7:08PM

you know what
when the hell are they gonna
update the halo3.com
i hope soon
you know
before the game releases
cause then i just won't read them
dear god
i'm gonna watch g4 till midight
and then go pick up halo3 next day
bitchin
totally . . . bitchin

Andrew M @ Sep 22nd 2007 7:13PM

@15
Steaktacular has something to do with an inside joke with Bungie. It has to do with someone's defeat in a random match and owing people steaks. I forget the details.

SoxFan13 @ Sep 22nd 2007 7:17PM

Where is the fire grenade and flamethrower-- or did I miss them?

Grant @ Sep 22nd 2007 7:55PM

@#22 Zapper

Dude, Rent Halo 3?
This game has more replay value than a box of porno.

unless you don't have live.... then i guess it has as much replay value as a microwaved grapefruit with a hole cut out...

Justin @ Sep 22nd 2007 8:26PM

I'm impressed that Silverlight is compatible with Firefox.

Collin @ Sep 23rd 2007 1:45AM

This manual seems outdated. It doesn't show the fire grenade, the new equipment announced since the beta, the brute shotgun, or the flamethrower. I hope that the manual that'll ship with the box will be more up to date.

Heliophage @ Sep 22nd 2007 9:54PM

Thanks to Pontiac, I've beaten Halo 3 already. You have no idea how good it feels to no longer be afraid of the internet.

I think this was Bungie's way of paying me back for all the jokes I made about the Harry Potter people that would bury their heads for weeks just to avoid a single spoiler.