It’s still about a year away from release, but Microsoft and Bungie teased the release of their next big game, Halo: Reach.
The 2.5-minute trailer is based on the opening cinematic footage for the sci-fi shooting game, which is the fifth major release in the Halo series since the first game debuted for the original Xbox in 2001. This game is going to be one of the most highly anticipated of next year, since the Halo games are on their way to 30 million in sales to date.
The multiplayer beta of Halo: Reach is set for next spring, and buyers of Halo 3: ODST, launched this fall, will receive invitations for it. The released scene hints at the story of Halo: Reach, which will be based on the first Halo novel, Eric Nylund’s Halo: The Fall of Reach. It shows Spartan super-soldiers of the same sort as Master Chief, who appeared as the main character in the first three Halo games. Reach is a planet that is wiped out, or “glassed,” by the Covenant alien invaders.
The last tease of the game was at E3 in June, so the gamer blogs are wagging tongues about the latest disclosure. There are multiple Spartan soldiers shown in the trailer, a couple with their masks off. They board some cool looking helicopters and fly into what looks like a storm of nuclear weapons.
Bungie is the Seattle-based game developer making the game. Microsoft will publish it as an exclusive on the Xbox 360 game console. The trailer was one of a number shown off at the SpikeTV Video Game Awards 2009 show this weekend.
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