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Microsoft teases Master Chief's return to Halo

Hours after Bungie touted Halo 3's 1 billionth online game, Microsoft sat down with USA Today to discuss the game's first expansion, Halo 3: ODST. The stand-alone game will complement the original by depicting events between Halo 2, released for the original Xbox in 2004, and Halo 3, which hit the...

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Hours after Bungie touted Halo 3's 1 billionth online game, Microsoft sat down with USA Today to discuss the game's first expansion, Halo 3: ODST. The stand-alone game will complement the original by depicting events between Halo 2, released for the original Xbox in 2004, and Halo 3, which hit the Xbox 360 in 2007.

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However, rather than be seen through the visor of series hero Master Chief, Halo 3: ODST will be seen from the perspective of several Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. As shown in various trailers, the game will begin with a squad of the elite troopers dropped behind enemy lines in New Mombasa, which is occupied by the multispecies fanatical armies of the Covenant.

"[Halo 3: ODST] is significantly more than an add-on," Halo franchise development director--and former Bungie employee--Frank O'Connor told the nationwide newspaper. "It's a lot of game. You play the game through the point of view of an ODST. They are dropped into combat from orbit. They have a rivalry with the Spartans that is well known to the fans of the fiction. We finally let you into their boots as it were. ... It's kind of a detective story in a way. But it is much more action-packed than that."

But will the Master Chief make an appearance in Halo 3: ODST? O'Connor was coy about the possibility, saying only, "I doubt we have seen the last of Master Chief." The comment could also potentially be a teaser for Halo 4, since the final Halo 3 cinematic--if played on legendary difficulty--shows the Master Chief and the Arbiter as having survived the explosion of the starship Forward Unto Dawn.

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i swear they said that "Halo ODST would be the last Halo game+have no master chief in it", maybe they changed their minds 2 make the fans happy :) and probably r making halo 4 :P

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Contrary to popular belief You don't have to finish it on legendary to see Master Chief is still alive. Just because he did not manage to make it off the half of the ship that made it through the rift in space does not mean he's dead. If you wait until after the credits you'll see otherwise. If you've got to pee before then make sure you pause the game before you complete that final jump you have to make? and empty your tank then when you're done relieving yourself? Unpause the game and be patient.

We see him (Master Chief) and Cortana on the other half of the ship. Their conversation that they have and interactions suggest that they are very much still alive. He decides to lay down in a chamber of sorts while Cortana tries to send a distress signal out. I don't work for Bungie but I suspect that if there is a sequel? It might start with a holographic distress signal received by a young farm boy on the nearby planet that it seemed to be drifting towards...
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"The comment could also potentially be a teaser for Halo 4, since the final Halo 3 cinematic--if played on legendary difficulty--shows the Master Chief and the Arbiter as having survived the explosion of the starship Forward Unto Dawn." are you KIDDING ME? thanks a lot for the spoilers, you effing d-bags.

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No suprise here. Microsoft would have to be insane to end Master Cheifs story after all the money they made. Just look how many games Grand Theft Auto has made. I'm sure that there will be at the least 5 more halo games in various forms. Didn't they say halo 3 was the end of the trilogy? So, maybe they are going to start a 2nd trilogy, huh. Who's with me?!

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To all you say that MC died, either wait til after the Halo 3 credits to see he survived. Or just go onto to youtube.

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Why am I not surprised? :P

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where is the tease???? THIS? "I doubt we have seen the last of Master Chief." i was more hoping of a trailer or some images

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to ~ eljono "dude wtf ...Master Chief died at the end of Halo 3...he can't return in a halo 4 unless its a prequel or like this..an in between... and yes I agree they should let it die already i mean wtf. stop milking it like Nintendo milks Mario to death." wtf chieft died in halo 3 lol what a joke. the book could said he died but you know what microsoft would said no change it now. you wanna know why because its one top selling and most liked and most played game ever. why let a game that owns pretty much any other game in sales and most played die? thats stupid maby you dont like it but game owns brings fun and friends together so wtf..... ooo hey whats wrong about milking something that's actually good? see theres a difference between Mario and halo, old mario owns but Nintendo changed it so much and did all types of games with it which needs to die. halo stays in it's way as a fps it will long live and own. halo wars was great way to change the game of halo rts with halo story ownage for halo fans and rts fans

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eljono- No, I'm pretty sure the Chief survived.

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lool eljono Master Chief doesn't die, just watch the scene after the credits you will see it and yes Master Chief is a lot like the mascot for Microsoft like Mario is for Nintendo but there is a lot we don't know about the world in which Master Chief lives and if you watched the ending after the credits you would notice some sort of planet is beyond the horizon so that could prove to be a story point.

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They never said Halo 3 would be the end. They said it would be the end of the current story arc. We very well COULD have more high-flying run-and-gun adventures with our good friend Master Chief. They just won't be on Halo.

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Master Chief did not die watch the end of the credits

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Dude wtf ...Master Chief died at the end of Halo 3...he can't return in a halo 4 unless its a prequel or like this..an in between... and yes I agree they should let it die already i mean wtf. stop milking it like Nintendo milks Mario to death.

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It doesn't take any more than common sense to realize there will be ANOTHER HALO at some point,like a full blown Halo game--whether it's a completely different story,or whether it's a prequel-takes place before Halo 1,maybe even Halo 4--MS would have to come out and say "hehe,we lied,but we know you're going to by this" loloolololol:)

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Love it or hate it there are gonna be many more Halo games in the years to come. I dont blame em really, Master Chief is to Microsoft what Mario is to Nintendo. I could see there being more plotlines out here, like what happened to "Missing" Spartans etc etc etc. To say that Halo is past its Expiration Date would be like me saying that Metal Gear Solid has done the same... which might i add is completely incorrect. As long as the Mario, Halo, MGS franchises sell well they will keep making more, its as simple as that.

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i wouldnt mind seein halo 4, like someone said earlier, have him land on a mysterious planet w/ new enemies or the flood evolved or somethin

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Silent death do you really think microsoft would pass up a chance to make loads of cash?

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i dont know what to think

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FABLE 2 SPOILER!: I hope this reference for more MC isn't like fable 2, where the spartan armor and energy sword is unlockable.

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I will definitely get this game by September!!!

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Oh please just let it die already. What happened to "Halo 3 is DEFINITELY the end"? Two Halo games later and now they're talking about Master Chief. Stop milking the franchise, Halo is long past it's expiry date.

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I'm telling you guys, Ghosts of Onyx was all a lead up to the fourth game in the Halo series. The left GoO open at the end, and left Halo 3 open at the end, with Chief's half of the Dawn is coming towards a mysterious planet... cough Onyx cough...

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I still think they should remake their game Pathways into Darkness, or at least have someone do that.

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i thought that they were gonna have the main halo games a triology and not make a fourth game?

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I hope Bungie brings back Marathon...

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Halo Wars is solid, i don't get why people bash it. For me it is the best suited RTS for the console, for you can jump in and play without a huge learning curve.

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Well, well, well, if it isn't Microsoft keeping alive what kept them alive.

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Anything halo is going to be played on my 360... well except Halo Wars

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the world needs the master chief back!!!!

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I laugh at the people who honestly think Halo is Bungie's only successful series. Maybe if you knew what you were talking about you would know of the existence of the Marathon Trilogy which was quite successful and is still being played by it's fans to this day and that in many ways Halo is the spiritual successor to Marathon.

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i can't freaking wait

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I never was A big HALO fan but after playing HALO 3 I might pick this game up.I hope that they make HALO 4.

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Wow Bungie just dosn't know when to call it quits. The only succesful franchise they came up with, so there gonna milk until the well runs dry

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trust me. bungie will hype this game like a mofo. they will make promises and then in the end we will get a watered down version of it. hope not but thats what happened w halo 2 and 3.

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@ ShawnOfTheDeadz wth are u talking bout ! halo 3 set fps standards???? it was the same as halo 2 so i dont knw what ur talking bout but surely i hope u meant halo 2....i really do:|

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i bet halo 4 will have a different title. They will just put up Master Chief face or something and you got yourself a new halo game!

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i hope they don't screw it up!!!!!!!!!!

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Please, oh, pleasssseeeee don't screw this up Microsoft if you make one. If they do come out with this, then this may be the first 360 game I would want since I got my PS3.

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Halo isn't everything Microsoft has, another major series exclusive to the Xbox is Gears of War, and personally i enjoy the multiplayer and campaign better on that game! Though from time to time you do get laggy matches in gears, the multiplayer is much more efficent at giving adrenaline rushes and becoming extremely competitive. I guess you could say Gears is more for the Competitive player. Still halo 4? i knew this was comming when i beat the game on legendary and hopefully it will set fps standards again, and if not well dissapointment again!

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just got an xbox, thanks for the spoiler alert gamespot...

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I remember the ending of Halo 3, and wasn't the Arbiter at war memorial in the end? Correct me if I'm wrong.

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i say if you have halo 3 then get it i doubt you will be dissapointed

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I agree Halo is all they have so of course Master Chief is coming back.

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..............ok anything else?

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wow big news bungie, of course master chief is coming back without halo what do they have?

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I think it's obvious that there will be a Halo 4, but the confirmation is nice. :D

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Since I have neither Halo 3 or a 360 yet, I might pick up ODST first. Problem is I'd have to wait for fall first :(

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Cool. Halo multiplayer is great.

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YEEESSS!!!

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