Just like Bungie promised, they’ve released a seven minute trailer featuring information about the Brutes as well as the first Halo 3 GAMEPLAY we’ve ever seen. Basically, Bungie are completely redoing the Brutes from Halo 2. They will be taking over the “role” previously filled by the Elites. One of the coolest things I’ve seen is the new animations they made, they have different animations for practically every different thing a Brute could do. And trust me, the animations are definitely “Brutish” (aka. Violent and cool).

If you think the game looks ugly (which it doesn’t), before you get your panties in a bunch remember that this is an early build, and even now the coding has surpassed what you see in the video. You can download the video on Xbox Live Marketplace, or you can view it on the PC by clicking the following links: HD Version, Standard Version

Word is spreading around that Halo 3 will offer gamers the ability to play as the berserkers we know as “Brutes”. According to some Euro bloggers, a new Halo 3 trailer will be landing on Live Marketplace on December 20th, in which the Brutes will be featured as a playable race. The posts also claimed that the video, which will run about seven minutes, will contain 2 and a half minutes of actual Halo 3 gameplay! The first we’ve ever seen.

Both PlatoniX and YLA G, who are the owners of the two blogs, are listed as Xbox Ambassadors on Xbox.com. However, keep in mind that doesn’t give them special privelages and they didn’t cite any credible sources.

Is it fact or is it fiction? Theres no way to no for now. However, I wouldn’t put it past Bungie for them to have a few tricks up their sleeve.

Mark MacDonald and Luke Smith, two journalists at GameVideos/1UP, have done a video dissection of the Halo 3 “Starry Night” trailer. They go way in depth, analyzing miniscule details such as shooting stars, things a regular gamer would never think about. The video runs about 13 minutes long, and you can check it out here: Starry Night Dissection
*Note, there is a bit of language, so don’t turn it up to loud if you might get in trouble

In other news, Injured Knee Productions have released the newest episode of their “Lost: Halostyle” series. The episode is very well done, I recommend you definitely check it out. You can find it here: Lost: Halostyle Episode 11

It’s been rumored for a long time that the PC version of Halo 2 will not support Direct X 10 despite being a Vista only game, however, today those rumors have become concrete fact. This is a real bummer, as many people were excited for the new effects DX10 would allow. You can read the article here: No DX10 for Halo 2.

Moving on, who says gamers aren’t multi talented? A musically gifted Halo fan has written and recorded a song dedicated to Halo entitled the “Mjolnir Song.” You can view the lyrics here: Mjolnir Song Lyrics. If you want to listen to the song, you can check it out here:
Mjolnir Song.
The song is kindly hosted by Bungie.org.

One intrepid painter, inspired by yesterday’s Halo 3 trailer, decided to do a speed painting depicting one of the trailer’s scenes. This guys named *Rahll, well, thats his DeviantArt name, and hes an amazing painter. I highly recommend you check out the painting here: Halo 3 Painting. Its hard to believe he accomplished all that in under 2 hours.

In other news, a Halo 3 theme has been released on Xbox Live Marketplace based on the recent trailer. Before you run off to download it, I should warn you that its not free. The theme costs about 150 points, but the cool factor is definitely worth the money spent.

Not a big Monday Night Football fan? Did you completely forget about the trailer? If so, never fear, we’ve got you covered.

Just a few hours ago the new Halo 3 trailer, dubbed “Silent Night” hit televisions across the country. The commercial starts off with what seems to be one of Master Chief’s childhood memories. The trailer then quickly jumps to Master Chief in the desert, wounded and getting attacked. There’s also a quick glimpse of what appears to be the MA5B Assault Rifle, as well as the new force field grenade.

Without further adoo, here’s the trailer. Enjoy:
Halo 3 Starry Night

Keep in mind, although the commercial uses Bungie’s Halo 3 models and assets, it was created from scratch by Digital Domain and not Bungie.

Mark your calenders folks, we’re only four days away from the sign-up to beta test the multiplayer of Halo 3. This monday, Bungie will allow North American gamers to sign up, however, they have already stated that only a fraction will be accepted, so even if you get your sign up in, its no guarantee you’ll be in the beta.

The opening of the beta coincides nicely with the new Halo 3 trailer that will be aired on the same monday during Monday Night Football, nice, eh?

So, clear you schedules now, hunker down at your pc, watch the new trailer, and get ready to fill in that sign up form asap!

Microsoft just released a brand new 360 ad involving cops and robbers. Of course, you can’t have cops and robbers without cars, and thats where things get interesting. If you look closely at the ad, the license plates of the cars are: “GOW 1106″ and “HA LO307.” GOW 1106 could possibly stand for Gears of War 11/06. Coincidentally, Gears of War was released on November 6th.

This leads us to the next point, Halo 307. Could it possibly be Halo 03/07? As in Halo 3 will be released on March 7th 2007? Or is it simply Halo 3 07, as in Halo 3 will be released in 2007. I guess we won’t know for now, but it won’t stop conspiracy theories spreading all over this system of tubes we call the internet.

Check out the video below, maybe you can find some other references to games.
360 Ad

You may have seen my post sometime last week about Bungie releasing some new Halo 3 screenshots. Well, it seems as if I missed a coinciding Bungie article in which they disect 3 of the screenshots and tell us everything that’s happening in said screen.

They chose one screenshot each from the three multiplayer maps they’ve been recently touting, Valhalla, High Ground, and Snowbound. Especially nice is the Valhalla discussion, in which they go into detail about the brand new vehicle, the Mongoose.

Check out all the sweet discussion here: Halo 3 Screenshot Discussion

Just another quick tidbit before I sign off for today, IGN has just released a 1 year retrospective on the Xbox 360, and guess what? Halo gets mentioned quite a few times. Who’da thunk it? Check it out here: IGN 360 Retrospective

If you’re reading this site, you’ve probably heard of the “upcoming sometime in the future” Halo movie. Unfortunately, it now seems as if the movie is not a sureshot thing. In a recent interview, Robbie Bach, Microsoft’s President of Entertainment and Devices, hinted that if Microsoft doesn’t find an outside backer for the Halo movie, they most likely won’t make it at all.

Bach believes Microsoft itself should not be involved in the movie business, therefore, if no backer comes along, Microsoft will simply pass on the movie. Hopefully a studio picks this up, as a Halo movie would be sure to pull in big bucks. I mean honestly, the only person that could make that film flop would be the dreaded Uwe Boll.

Check out the full Robbie Bach interview here: Robbie Bach Interview