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Friday, March 16, 2007

Halo 3: Good news and the bad ...

What kind of person are you? Glass half full? Half empty? Empty and there's a leak and somebody did that to you on purpose? Uh, you last few should probably stop reading.

Do you like your good news first, or your bad?

Here's the good.

Looks like Halo 3 may launch in September, rather than its traditional November.

Microsoft's saying "Fall", so there's no guarantee (November's still fall in Austin), and if they feel like they need more polish, I'm sure they'll push to October or November. Because they can.
Now, the bad news.

Remember when I said Halo 3 was coming in three versions? Remember how I said the "Legendary Edition" SKU would be $99.99?

It's more.

Like, $30 dollars more. So, $129.99.

The Legendary Edition will include a miniature replica of a Halo Spartan Mjolnir Mark VI Helmet. Miniature. $130 bucks and I get a Mini-Me Spartan.

But you'll also get some storyboard art from artist Lee Wilson, depicting "crucial moments from the Halo story".

And you'll get two DVDs (besides the Halo 3 game). The first disc has a behind-the-scenes looks at the making of the game and Bungie Studios and an audio-and-video-calibration utility to maximize home theater performance. Interesting.

The second disc, available just to deep-pocketed Legendary Edition purchasers, will have remastered cinematics from the first two Halo games, along with Bungie commentary. There will also included be a "a day in the life at Bungie" featurette and content from Halo video series Red vs. Blue and This Spartan Life.

Folks with shallower coffers can shell out $69.99 for the Limited Edition, which includes the first disc from the Legendary Edition and a Halo fiction and art book.

And $59.99 will get you just the Halo 3 game.

$130 for a game? Seriously?

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Adam Creighton, Computer and Video Gaming (Subscribe)

Friday, March 16, 2007

Halo 3: Good news and the bad ...

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