Bungie Unveils 'New Halo 3 Campaign' in Trailer; Coming January 6, 2009?

by Chris Faylor, Sep 25, 2008 7:18am PDT

After months of teasing, speculation and delayed announcements for its next project, Halo creator Bungie continues the mystery with the below teaser trailer.

Though the video isn't explicitly clear as to what it is teasing, the Xbox Live Marketplace offers the following clarification: "High action and deep mystery await players in this new Halo 3 campaign experience. Prepare to drop!"

The video ends with a mention of Halo 3--which hit Xbox 360 exactly one year ago today--along with the phrase "Prepare to Drop." It also hints at something occurring on 01/06/09, as seen in this screen capture provided by NeoGAF user Tapiozona, with many speculating that the new campaign may arrive on that day.

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Release Date: Sep 24, 2007

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Isn't this trailer weeks old? Am I missing something?

Oct 08, 2008 9:46pm PDT

Isn't this trailer weeks old? Am I missing something? : 00kewk00

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I'm gonna say you’re going to become a ODST shock trooper. a sort of nod to half life episodes of old ala blue force. Where, you will be an ODST and will occasionally see the Chief run and gunning while you’re doing other stuff that led to his victory elsewhere. Hence the Prepare to Drop tag, as thats pretty much how they almost always go into combat.

Could be awesome if done right and is decent length. Could also be the other Spartans that where on earth at the time of Halo 2 (only known if you read the books)

Sep 25, 2008 9:33am PDT

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I'm gonna say you’re going to become a ODST shock trooper. a sort of nod to half life episodes of old a... : ltwhankins

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Blue Shift. You're mixing it up with Opposing Force, where you played one of the enemy HECU soldiers. ... : AlexW1203

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It could be more focused on squads though... where your fellow soldiers (either AI or co-op) are a small ... : Gwyndion

nice idea, there were rumors of that, but i believe that would be in a totally separate game instead of a... : dancingpolkabear

You are correct. : glio1337

fuck, i shouldn't have read that...i just started the third book :( : davislovestacobell

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I love Halo and all but all the teasing they're doing seems lame. Are people really still hyped like they were before Halo 3?

Sep 25, 2008 7:40am PDT

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I love Halo and all but all the teasing they're doing seems lame. Are people really still hyped like they... : Bull

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Yes. : KeepGuessing

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Are you just guessing? : Bull

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Yes. :) : KeepGuessing

Will you continue to guess in the future? : coldfusioncs

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Apparently Bungie and MS seem to think so. Unfortunately I'm inclined to agree. I thought Bungie was thro... : jtthe2nd

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I think they are but that doesn't stop other groups from making games...there's like 3 halo projects I be... : Bumpmapped

i believe from what they were saying a little bit after they finished Halo 3 was that most of the team th... : dancingpolkabear

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http://www.viddler.com/explore/DisgruntledTV/videos/6/

Sep 25, 2008 7:40pm PDT

http://www.viddler.com/explore/DisgruntledTV/videos/6/ : socksta

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Maybe its a prequal... because y'know.... they always work.

Sep 25, 2008 7:27am PDT

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Maybe its a prequal... because y'know.... they always work. : Flobster

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that or a parallel story, i always loved parallel stories : dancingpolkabear

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Pretty obvious this will be something along the lines of the covenant invasion of earth.

Probably from between the time that Halo 2 left earth with the slipspace jump from above Mombasa to the time when Halo 3 begins. None of that has been shown or explained, and people always moaned about how little time halo 2 and 3 spent on Earth, despite the amount of marketing that seemed to indicate earth would be a major battleground.

Sep 25, 2008 9:05am PDT

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Pretty obvious this will be something along the lines of the covenant invasion of earth. Probably from... : Beady

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Possibly playing as a different Spartan hmmm?? : VictoriouSecret

I certainly remember there being mention in one of the novels or the graphic novel that the remaining Spa... : Beady

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The planet has a ring (look in the distance) unless earth built a ring, I don't think its earth. (NOTE: I... : mordaken

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That's the space elevator. : jake

Oh, ok, sorry, told ya I was ignorant on Halo stuffs. : mordaken

The display of what the City's AI is doing was a nice touch, there's literature of that form "Contact Har... : Sailor of Fortune

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If they can do something along the lines of what Valve did with the Half-Life episodes - super tight single player experiences, I'm totally onboard.

Sep 25, 2008 9:16am PDT

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If they can do something along the lines of what Valve did with the Half-Life episodes - super tight sing... : Carnivac

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I look forward to that in 2010 then. :) : nudel

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Hope it comes with a new Jasper system bundle. Might make me finally get into X360.

Also, January 9th, and miss the holiday season? I guess it'll sell anyway but still.

Sep 25, 2008 11:59am PDT

Hope it comes with a new Jasper system bundle. Might make me finally get into X360. Also, January 9th,... : dlr(2)

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Reminds me of Rogue Trooper with all the drop pods. Was expecting someone to shout 'it's a trap!!'

Sep 25, 2008 10:09am PDT

Reminds me of Rogue Trooper with all the drop pods. Was expecting someone to shout 'it's a trap!!' : pingoo

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So, if you own Halo 3, then this is a DLC expansion?

Sep 25, 2008 10:07am PDT

So, if you own Halo 3, then this is a DLC expansion? : Sylvanus

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Just please god, no more flood.

Sep 25, 2008 7:23am PDT

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Just please god, no more flood. : Beady

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please god, no more halo : hanged_man

halo - flood would be nice actually : Bumpmapped

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that is just retardedly cryptic.

Sep 25, 2008 7:42am PDT

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that is just retardedly cryptic. : nomaad

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Such is the often retarded video game industry. : David Craddock

Such is the way of Bungie. They take cryptic to a new level, their cryptic messages unveiling even more c... : AlexW1203

That is why they call them "teaser" trailers. They are supposed to give you a pair of blue balls so you ... : MH Knights

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I hope the new content is meaty. I've been wanting to play through Halo 3 again lately.

Sep 25, 2008 8:00am PDT

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I hope the new content is meaty. I've been wanting to play through Halo 3 again lately. : mittense

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I was thinking the same thing. I want some new shit in there that is fun. The original campaign was ver... : conandan

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Stuff like this is more exciting, I dunno a week or two before coming out, not months ahead.

Sep 25, 2008 8:51am PDT

Stuff like this is more exciting, I dunno a week or two before coming out, not months ahead. : ghost in my shell

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The embedded video is just showing as a solid white box for me in FF 3.0.1

But I can view it fine from the Shackvideo page. I believe I have the latest Flash version.

Sep 25, 2008 7:57am PDT

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The embedded video is just showing as a solid white box for me in FF 3.0.1 But I can view it fine from... : coyoterys

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They are for me too on explorer. : yoshimi20

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Sane here on FF 3.0.2 on Linux with the latest Flash version : nodebug

ditto : RetroRedEyeJr

yep, happening for me too in IE 7, which is weird because vids have always worked for me here. : Poor Yurik

same here on OS X FF 3.0.2 : Mansmells

i had the same thing, but a shift-refresh fixes it. : brainchild420

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Looks cool. I have no sound though because Im at work.. does it say anything?

Sep 25, 2008 7:24am PDT

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Looks cool. I have no sound though because Im at work.. does it say anything? : bozer

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nope : Maarten Goldstein

The video makes a lot of noise. : TheIneffableBob

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By: SenorSpine x Show Full Post

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less lame trailer, more info pls

Sep 25, 2008 8:10am PDT

less lame trailer, more info pls : SenorSpine

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Halo Tetris: Prepare to Drop!

Sep 25, 2008 7:47am PDT

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Halo Tetris: Prepare to Drop! : .ka`boom.zZz.

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*Coming soon to an iPhone near you. : .ka`boom.zZz.

awesome : / thony

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Ok. Don't know what to think of this. Its just more Halo 3, so it can't be that good.

Sep 25, 2008 7:30am PDT

Ok. Don't know what to think of this. Its just more Halo 3, so it can't be that good. : manlyman

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Err...an xpac?

Sep 25, 2008 7:24am PDT

Err...an xpac? : holinka

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what.

Sep 25, 2008 7:23am PDT

what. : bagelcc

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