- Meet Noble Team. For the first time, players will fight alongside a squad of iconic Spartan soldiers, each with deadly talents as unique as their individual personalities and customised gear.
- An intense campaign. Live the events that set the stage for the Halo trilogy as the UNSC and Covenant clash at the height of their power.
- Stunning technical advancements. Halo: Reach takes a massive leap forward through all-new engine technology designed to take full advantage of next-generation graphics, audio, special effects, AI and animation.
- The definitive multiplayer experience. Halo: Reach builds on the success of its predecessors, setting a new standard for competitive gameplay, customisation, variety and community integration.
- Unparalleled feature suite. Halo: Reach expands on the industry-leading suite of features found in Halo 3, including four-player cooperative.
In addition to the game disc and manual, this Limited Edition
includes:
* Game disc housed in recovered ONI black box
* Artifact bag containing Dr. Halsey's personal journal and other
classified documents and effects that unravel long held secrets
from the Halo universe
* Exclusive Elite armour set for use in multiplayer modes
Exclusive Elite armour set for use in multiplayer modes
“Halo: Reach,” developed exclusively for Xbox 360® by accled
developer Bungie, is the blockbuster prequel to the best-selling
Xbox franchise of all time. It represents the culmination of
Bungie’s 10 years of experience crafting groundbreaking “Halo”
games that have raised expectations for what can be achieved in a
video game.
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Product Overview
In “Halo: Reach,” players experience the eful moments that
forged the “Halo” legend. It’s the story of Noble Team, a squad
of heroic Spartan soldiers, and their final stand on planet
Reach, humanity’s last line of defense between the terrifying
Covenant and Earth. This darker story is echoed by grittier
visuals amid a backdrop of massive, awe-inspiring environments.
Characters, enemies and environments are rendered in amazing
detail by an all-new engine designed to deliver epic-scale
encounters against the cunning and ruthless Covenant. Once the
campaign is over, the battle continues online with an
unparalleled multiplayer experience that expands on the
award-winning suite of features that helped define the Xbox LIVE
experience.1
The “Halo: Reach” multiplayer beta, on track to be the largest
beta program of its kind on any console, is expected to see
millions of participants when it begins May 3. Players can access
the multiplayer beta on Xbox LIVE through the “Halo 3: ODST”
disc.2
Product Features:
* Meet Noble Team. For the first time, players will fight
alongside a squad of iconic Spartan soldiers, each with deadly
talents as unique as their individual personalities and
customized gear.
* An intense campaign. Live the events that set the stage for the
“Halo” trilogy as the UNSC and Covenant clash at the height of
their power. New weapons and abilities complement the
familiar “Halo” arsenal for the largest-scale battles ever
witnessed in the “Halo” universe. Fiercely cunning artificial
intelligence (AI) adds depth and complexity to each encounter,
helping make every play-through a unique and epic experience.
* Stunning technical advancements. “Halo: Reach” takes a massive
leap forward through all-new engine technology designed to take
full advantage of next-generation graphics, audio, special
effects, AI and animation while continuing to expand on the
campaign, cooperative and multiplayer sandbox in a way that only
“Halo” can.
* The definitive multiplayer experience. “Halo: Reach” builds on
the success of its predecessors, setting a new standard for
competitive gameplay, customisation, variety and community
integration.1
* Unparalleled feature suite. “Halo: Reach” expands on the
industry-leading suite of features found in “Halo 3,” including
four-player cooperative campaign play, split-screen support,
saved films, screens and exciting new surprises that have yet
to be revealed.
About “Halo”
The “Halo” franchise is an award-winning collection of
properties that have grown into a global entertainment
phenomenon. Beginning with the original “Halo: Combat Evolved”
(2001), the critically accled and record-shattering series of
games has since inspired multiple New York Times best-selling
novels, comic books, action figures, apparel and more. Published
by Microsoft Game Studios, the “Halo” franchise of games is
exclusive to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and
the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network. To date, more than 34
million copies of “Halo” games have been sold worldwide, driving
more than 2 billion hours of gameplay by people connected to Xbox
LIVE.
About Bungie
Bungie was founded in 1991 with two goals: to develop games that
combine brilliant technology, beautiful art, intelligent stories
and deep gameplay, and then sell enough of those games to achieve
its real goal of total world domination. Over the past 20 years,
it has produced games such as the “Marathon” trilogy, the first
two “Myth” games, the “Halo” trilogy, “Halo 3: ODST” and now
“Halo: Reach.” The “Halo” series has been hailed as classics by
critics and gamers around the world, breaking both sales and Xbox
LIVE records throughout the past decade. Bungie became a private
company, independent of Microsoft, in October 2007. More
information on Bungie can be found at http://www.bungie.net. The
information contained in this fact sheet relates to a pre-release
product that may be substantially modified before its first
commercial release. Accordingly, the information may not
accurately describe or reflect the product when it is first
commercially released. This fact sheet is provided for
informational purposes only, and Microsoft makes no warranties,
express or implied, with respect to the fact sheet or the
information contained in it.
1 Xbox LIVE Gold Membership required for online multiplayer
gameplay.
2 Xbox LIVE Gold Membership and hard drive required for online
multiplayer beta.
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Halo, the Halo logos, the Microsoft Game Studios logo, Xbox, Xbox
LIVE, the Xbox logos, and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the
Microsoft group of companies. Bungie, the Bungie logo,
Bungie.net, and the Bungie.net logo are registered trademarks of
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