Halo 3? Oh, no really... I would expect a sequel, or atleast a clone for the the new xbox.

But, what bothers me is this talk about backwards compatability. I only have a few xbox games, but if my PS3 can' t play PS2 games then I' m going to be a bit upset

I just happened upon a forum today and this guy said he worked in the Netherlands for the Halo distribution center and that it will be out prior to March 2005 and for Xbox (not Xbox 2). Supposedly Halo 2 and 3 are actually the same game, but split in two. Halo 3 will continue exactly where Halo 2 left off. If you' re interested in the site (take it with a grain of salt) here is the link:

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/127200

That sounds very reasonable. Ima look at the trailers to see if theres nethign in there that i didnt see whiel playing the game. But I wonder how they gonna distribute it...pre-orders? or just ship them to stores and watch every snuff the clerks as they riot to get it.

Wonder if the prcing would normal game prcie or reduced. After all if the above is true then it is techniacally one game

Apparently Bungie shot down the rumors of the whole Febuary thing...it was all a hoax.

The following was taken from www.gamestop.com.

Rumor #1: Bungie Studios' next project will not be Halo 3.

Source: A lengthy and informative article on News.bbc.co.uk.

The official story: " We are very excited about and focused on the November 9 launch of Halo 2 and have not announced plans for or against another sequel." --Spokesperson for Microsoft, which owns Bungie.

What we heard: In the BBC article, Bungie studio manager Pete Parsons talks about the upcoming sequel. Besides saying it will be mercifully free of the first game' s repetitive levels, he talked about its in-depth storyline. " We have several-hundred years of Halo fiction laid out," he said, referring to more novels based on the game and a possible Halo film. But when asked about Bungie' s next project, Parsons said that " after Halo 2 [Bungie is] planning to do something different. [It] will do something else and [has] a few ideas." This one line had Halo fans raging on forums about Covenant conspiracies--and Microsoft doing some major spin control. Add to that the persistent rumor that many Bungie staffers are planning to join their former boss Alex Seropian at Wideload Studios when Halo 2 ships. If that comes to pass, the Bungie that would make Halo 3 could be a very different animal. [UPDATE] Also keep in mind that last October, Microsoft' s Steve Ballmer said that Bungie was already " working on Halo 2 and Halo 3."

Bogus or not bogus?: Not bogus, if you take Parsons at his word. However, with Halo 2 preorders reportedly topping 2 million, you can bet a third game in the series will arrive sometime.

I believe another Halo is coming soon (might explain all the left-out parts). Perhaps they' ll call it Halo 2 1/2

I just remember from a trailer for Halo 2 theres that scene where hes on the ghost and the slips thru a door but falls off the ghost and like slides on the road where to elites just landed and they pop out the energy swords. that neve rhappened in the game...possible proof for more to Halo 2?

It appears that there are quite a few scenes that were shown prior to Halo 2' s release, but weren' t in the game....hmmmm?

I like the idea that another release will happen early next year...but am optimistically cautious about its actuality.

Maybe they will announce it after the holiday season...to boost sales during the slowest period of the year. That makes sense to me...

I guess we' ll just have to wait and see.

Ive been hearing of people beating Halo 2 in legendary the same day they buy the game...and some are in their 14' s and 13' s

Well, I guess we may want to recruit these individuals!

I am pleased to see today' s younger generation taking to gaming as a positive form of entertainment.

thanks for the info i didnt know about HALO 3

I' m pretty sure I could take them, lol.

Something that I read the other day was kind of disappointing on the part of the media, at least locally. I was reading the Tennessean and saw an article about Halo 2 and videogame violence. It was described as very violent game. What I found funny was that no mention of the latest GTA was in the article. Very funny indeed...

Maybe Bungie should be flattered that Halo 2 was picked over GTA:SA...

They' re both awesome games!

There is a new rumor spreading that possibly Bungie is going to release something through downloadable content, that may unlock new parts to the games. One of my clanmates has a picture from the latest Xbox Nation that is of Halo 2, and has a caption that reads something like this:

" Halo 2...didn' t think there was more? Think again. Plus! If all goes to plan, A MASSIVE WORLD EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK NEXT MONTH!"

The magazine goes on sale Dec. 23rd. From my standpoint, I hope they do release something via Xbox Live. However, it would sure suck to have a copy of Halo 2 and not have Live.

I hope that this key to unlock the additional gameplay will available to all Halo 2 owners...even those without XBOX Live.

If not, this may anger quite a few loyal XBOX gamers (like me).

Or, at least offer the key via demo disc (or something).

Sorry folks, I have been experiencing difficulties with kikizo this morning...and got a double-post.

I have to give props to Bungie. They are probably the best developer yet to use Xbox Live' s update features. Right from the get go there were some problems online, mainly the selection in the Optimatch. Basically when you did Optimatch, the game would pick what gametype you would play, depending on what Optimatch you picked (Big Team Battle, Team Skirmish, etc, etc.). What was so annoying is that many times the same gametypes and maps kept getting played over and over. For example, I played Headlong Assault for more than 8 matches in a row...that sucks a lot. Some maps, such as Coagulation, are hardly even in the rotation...I' ve seen it twice since I' ve been playing online.

Luckily today Bungie has taken notice of these complaints and have added 2 new matchmaking playlists, Team Deathmatch (which was only available in Team Skirmish) and Rumble Pit Training Ground. They' ve also altered the playlists of all gametypes so that we can finally get to play a greater variety of maps and gametypes. I' m also excited that they added the ability to join with a group of 8 players to Big Team Battle, the number previously was a max of 5. This is great because now people in my clan do not have to do something else once a room fills in matchmaking.

I' m not sure if that' s going to make sense to many of you guys. It' s just really great to see that a company is finally listening to what their players have to say, and are fixing their problems. Now if they could only figure out the flag glitch that people have started using...