Halo 3 coming out in September!?!?!?

[Black_Smoke]

Halo 3 Slated for September
Microsoft pushes for early fall system-selling spree to kick off holiday season.

 Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios aim to ship Halo 3 in September, well before the biggest holiday rush begins, IGN learned last week from two independent sources who asked to remain anonymous.

A big-name publisher and well-established development house separately revealed to IGN that Microsoft intends on beating this year's stacked holiday rush with a September release, rather than the assumed November timeframe.

When phoned, a Microsoft representative said it has only publicly confirmed a fall release, with no specific day or month slated.

The developer, which is close with Bungie, said by getting Halo 3 out early it will sell more systems faster and give Microsoft a head start on its competition, which is likely to ship games in the more traditional months of October and November. Halo 3's popularity makes it the perfect killer app and system seller to give Microsoft an edge over Sony's and Nintendo's hefty set of games coming this fall.

The original Halo shipped with the launch of the first Xbox in November 2001. The sequel, Halo 2, shipped in November 2004. With both games, Microsoft's strategy was to give Bungie as much time as possible to hone and polish their title before reaching QA and the finalization process. But this time, Bungie is on schedule and aims to surprise the world by shipping two months earlier than assumed. IGN was told that was the goal, at least. With all development processes, nothing is certain, both added. Halo 3 could need another month or two, pushing it to October or the assumed November slot if necessary.

-IGN.com

[jeromechickenbone]

Props BlackSmoke.


Wow, I would have bet money we weren't seeing this until November.  I can't wait.  It doesn't seem possible that I've been playing Halo 2 for almost 3 years.

[Sanford - V. President of the Dangerous Crew Movement]

bungie/halo = interscope/aftermath.

push back with time.

[E. J. Rizo]

thats good for the xbox fans... but question is it me or has the whole Halo hype died?? like it used to be alll you heard... now it seems like its died down some... anyway i never liked halo and never understood why it was so good... but thats just my opinion.... til this day nothing beats golden eye on the N64 for first person shooter/multiplayer on a consol.

oh and p.s.  i did play Gears of War.. .and that is GREAT way better than halo in my opinion

[jeromechickenbone]

bungie/halo = interscope/aftermath.

push back with time.

not an accurate comparison.  Interscope actually fucks w/ content.  Microsoft might influence release dates / marketing, but they don't fuck w/ the game content.

Also keep in mind that they didn't receive the release date from Bungie or Microsoft.  The got it from "independant sources".  I wouldn't consider it official till one of those 2 officially verifies.

[[Stoned]Jesus H. Christ[Wheat]]

thats good for the xbox fans... but question is it me or has the whole Halo hype died?? like it used to be alll you heard... now it seems like its died down some... anyway i never liked halo and never understood why it was so good... but thats just my opinion.... til this day nothing beats golden eye on the N64 for first person shooter/multiplayer on a consol.

oh and p.s.  i did play Gears of War.. .and that is GREAT way better than halo in my opinion

Halo 1 was great, halo 2 was cool (never finished though, I hate playing that stupid arbitor or whatever the fuck that alien guy is called), I hope Halo 3 will be good but after 2 I don't really care, and online sucks compared to almost any good FPS on PC.
in my opinion Gears Of War sucked balls, I can't believe I bought it. They need to stop making sequels and trilogies of every damn game that sells.

[YoungGotti42k]

the halo series is awesome, cant wait for halo3 so i can pwn noobs all day

[swangin and bangin]

the halo series is awesome, cant wait for halo3 so i can pwn noobs all day

i'd rape u
call me a noob but me and the sword
game over

[Black_Smoke]

thats good for the xbox fans... but question is it me or has the whole Halo hype died?? like it used to be alll you heard... now it seems like its died down some... anyway i never liked halo and never understood why it was so good... but thats just my opinion.... til this day nothing beats golden eye on the N64 for first person shooter/multiplayer on a consol.

oh and p.s.  i did play Gears of War.. .and that is GREAT way better than halo in my opinion

Halo 1 was great, halo 2 was cool (never finished though, I hate playing that stupid arbitor or whatever the fuck that alien guy is called), I hope Halo 3 will be good but after 2 I don't really care, and online sucks compared to almost any good FPS on PC.
in my opinion Gears Of War sucked balls, I can't believe I bought it. They need to stop making sequels and trilogies of every damn game that sells.

Gears of War was original, not a sequel,what didnt u like about it??

[jeromechickenbone]

thats good for the xbox fans... but question is it me or has the whole Halo hype died?? like it used to be alll you heard... now it seems like its died down some... anyway i never liked halo and never understood why it was so good... but thats just my opinion.... til this day nothing beats golden eye on the N64 for first person shooter/multiplayer on a consol.

oh and p.s.  i did play Gears of War.. .and that is GREAT way better than halo in my opinion

Well keep in mind that Halo 2 dropped in November 2004.  Most games hype die down a few months after they've released.  And I also know that there are still MILLIONS of matches played on XBL monthly, STILL.  And trust that when Halo 3 drops, it's gonna destroy all kinds of sales records just like Halo 2 did. 

Halo 2 campaign mode was nowhere near as fun as Halo 1, but Halo 2 multiplayer is the best multiplayer FPS i've ever played.  Golden Eye is classic, and I spent many many hours playing it, but it's not even close to Halo 1 or 2. 

[YoungGotti42k]

the halo series is awesome, cant wait for halo3 so i can pwn noobs all day

i'd rape u
call me a noob but me and the sword
game over

dude ill pwn you with my BR ill out BR you anyday whether you have the sword, rocket launcher, etc.

[Al Bundy]

the halo series is awesome, cant wait for halo3 so i can pwn noobs all day

i'd rape u
call me a noob but me and the sword
game over

dude ill pwn you with my BR ill out BR you anyday whether you have the sword, rocket launcher, etc.

OMG N0B ILL PAWN YOU LAWL

[evan the dude]

the halo series is awesome, cant wait for halo3 so i can pwn noobs all day

i'd rape u
call me a noob but me and the sword
game over

dude ill pwn you with my BR ill out BR you anyday whether you have the sword, rocket launcher, etc.

OMG N0B ILL PAWN YOU LAWL

NOT B4 I UBER L33T ON UR ASS WITH MY RT212ALPHA!!!!!! PWNED!!!!




 

[Al Bundy]

the halo series is awesome, cant wait for halo3 so i can pwn noobs all day

i'd rape u
call me a noob but me and the sword
game over

dude ill pwn you with my BR ill out BR you anyday whether you have the sword, rocket launcher, etc.

OMG N0B ILL PAWN YOU LAWL

NOT B4 I UBER L33T ON UR ASS WITH MY RT212ALPHA!!!!!! PWNED!!!!




 

OMG U FUXING FEGGET KK ILL PAWN J00R MUMZ AZZ W1T MEH SWARD!!!!!!

[YoungGotti42k]

YEEEEEEE