Video: Neill Blomkamp's Halo 3: Landfall

by Richard Mitchell { Oct 30th 2007 at 10:00AM }

Available since last week on Xbox Live Marketplace, Halo 3: Landfall is now on the web for all to see. Lest you're unfamiliar with the video, it's all three of Neill Blomkamp's Halo 3 short films edited into one. We have to admit, seeing them all together makes us pine for the Halo movie that could have been. The film takes place just prior to the events of Halo 3 and tells the story of a pair of orbital drop shock troopers (ODST) on a mission critical to Earth's success in the Human / Covenant war: they have to confirm Master Chief's coordinates as he rockets through the atmosphere (see the ending of Halo 2). Sounds easy enough, right? Watch and see for yourself.

Tags: bungie, bungie-studios, halo, halo-3, halo-3-landfall, neill-blomkamp, neillblomkamp

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mattclarkie @ Oct 30th 2007 10:10AM

Is it available in the UK/EU as alot of the stuff you mention especially videos are US/Canada exclusives. I don't want to get home and find that I have been shafted again.

dynamik123 @ Oct 30th 2007 10:11AM

hornet looks badass irl

DjDATZ @ Oct 30th 2007 10:12AM

Why the trailer? I know the full version is available online somewhere...I think at GT too...

The full film was quite awesome. I can't wait for more! :P

Boff @ Oct 30th 2007 10:25AM

Is it UK?
HD?

WTangoFoxtrot @ Oct 30th 2007 10:29AM

i cant find it on XBL in Canada, is it available ?

WTangoFoxtrot @ Oct 30th 2007 10:29AM

i cant find it on XBL in Canada !

Jon @ Oct 30th 2007 10:35AM

Its kinda cool, but eh... no thanks. I doubt its any good ...

icekhold @ Oct 30th 2007 10:55AM

I like the description on Xbox Live "What a Halo movie could and should look like". It makes me think they are trying to show what we are missing so we make some noise and show companies we want this to be made.

Richard Mitchell @ Oct 30th 2007 11:07AM

According to Majro Nelson: Not available in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan

Hope that helps.

xenocidic @ Oct 30th 2007 11:34AM

@tango foxtrot, i downloaded it the other day, so it IS available. keep looking.

xenocidic @ Oct 30th 2007 11:34AM

oh , and , agreed , halo movie pls.

The Will Effect @ Oct 30th 2007 12:06PM

All of these terrible movies out there and we can't have Halo. Why? Oh Why? Oh wait, Saw X is on its way, just around the corner.

tycho81 @ Oct 30th 2007 1:52PM

because I'm bored at work. the long/lat given in the movie. long 32° 53 Min. 13 Sec. lat 69° 27 Min. 49 Sec.

place the video along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. south of Kabol interesting.

Still a pretty cool vid.

Drav @ Oct 30th 2007 1:58PM

Wow, that was awesome. I thought it would be cheesy but it was totally cool.

Foggy Bottoms @ Oct 30th 2007 2:01PM

part where the guy gets hit with the gravity hammer: terrifying

erivera3 @ Oct 30th 2007 2:30PM

These videos are awesome, the movie will be so good once they get their heads out of their asses.

mattclarkie @ Oct 30th 2007 3:04PM

Well in the UK it is available, go to games, new releases and then Halo 3.

un1qu3 n3wy0rk @ Oct 30th 2007 3:34PM

Bit of a disappointment.

I spent a good 5 minutes downloading this instead of actually playing Halo and it turned out to be two videos that Ive already seen but strung together.

Aero @ Oct 30th 2007 3:44PM

I still don't get the beginning of Halo 3 though. Is that giant fireball meant to be the forerunner ship the Chief is in at the end of Halo 3? If so why is it seemingly okay when it activates the Ark portal?

iNNeR_KaoS @ Oct 30th 2007 4:19PM

It's been online for a while. I remember seeing it over a month ago... I forget where, though.

Zac LaCombe @ Oct 30th 2007 5:23PM

@ #19.

When something enters the atmosphere at that velocity, flames surround it as it's traveling down to Earth. Ever saw a space shuttle re-enter the atmosphere? The Columbia disaster a few short years ago was caused because the broken thermal panel let fire into the insulation which caused the inside to ignite and so on. This is why it was aflame at the beginning of Halo 3 and fine later. If you don't remember, Master Chief was ALSO on fire at the beginning of Halo 3.