Halo 3: ODST arrives on store shelves September 22, and those who pre-order the game at participating retailers will receive a token to unlock Sgt. Johnson as a playable character in Firefight.Click here to check out a bunch of awesome Halo 3: ODST screenshots!
Those who pre-order Halo 3: ODST at participating retailers will receive a special treat!
Fan favorite Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson is a tough career Marine who has been in countless life or death battles. He’s survived infectious Flood outbreaks and Covenant bad guys, and earned more medals than any other twenty soldiers.
Developed exclusively for Xbox 360, Halo 3: ODST is a new game in the Halo saga that lets people experience events leading up to the story told in Halo 3 through the eyes of an ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper), as they search for clues leading to the whereabouts of their scattered squad and the motivations behind the Covenant’s invasion of New Mombasa.
In addition to a brand new campaign, Halo 3: ODST introduces a new cooperative multiplayer mode called Firefight which allows Halo fans to experience co-operative gaming in a new way: they will be fighting as members of an ODST squad against waves of increasingly challenging enemies across a variety of battlefields. This experience is made even more intense with the integration of Halo 3 's “skulls,” which progressively activate as time goes on to alter the gameplay and up the challenge.
Halo 3: ODST also includes a second standalone disc with three new Halo 3 multiplayer maps, all original Halo 3 maps, as well as the “Legendary,” “Heroic,” and “Mythic” Map packs for a total of 24 maps.
Purchasing Halo 3: ODST will ensure Halo fans get access to the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta when the beta goes live in the future. Announced at E3 2009, Halo: Reach is the prequel to the Halo trilogy and is scheduled for release in fall of 2010.
Halo 3: ODST is available for pre-order in both a standard package and a “Halo 3: ODST Collector’s Pack” which includes the game and an exclusive, laser etched Wireless Controller. The “Halo 3: ODST Collector’s Pack” is available for pre-order in the US exclusively at GameStop, and is available worldwide at other participating retailers. Halo 3: ODST will have a suggested retail price of $59.99 USD and the Collector’s Pack will have a suggested retail price of $99.99 USD.
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