Halo: Reach
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Halo: Reach (previously known as "Halo 4" [1]) is an upcoming first-person shooter video game set in the Halo universe, in-development by Bungie, LLC. [2][3]. It was announced by Joe Staten during Microsoft's Media Briefing at E3 2009 in Los Angeles, California, and is set for release in Fall 2010 [4]. Bungie President Harold Ryan commented that Reach may include Project Natal features [5].
An invite to the Multiplayer Beta is included with Halo 3: ODST, with a planned release for Spring 2010.
Development
- "Where there will be a full three-year cycle, it's got all-new tech, akin to the change from Halo 2 to Halo 3, not like ODST, which is just built on top of the foundation."
- — Bungie Community Manager, Brian Jarrard.
Reach has been in development since the completion of Halo 3, in the tradition of a full three year cycle, and will use a completely new game engine created specifically for the game. It was confirmed in October 2009 that Martin O'Donnell, Bungie's lead composer, had begun casting voice actors for Reach [6]. While only a year away from release, Reach's environment architecture, cinematic script, and most in-game encounters have been either completely finished or polished [7]; in addition, many properties of Reach have been placed in the game and are currently playable.
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Trivia
- In an interview with GameTrailers TV, Joseph Staten confirmed that SPARTANs will be featured in the game. [9].
- In an interview with Worthplaying, Brian Jarrard hinted that Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck, one of the main characters in ODST, may return in Reach. In that same interview, he also confirmed that the new game was a prequel to the events in Halo: Combat Evolved[10]. As another hint to the character's possible return, in a G4 interview with Bungie about ODST, Joseph Staten said "It would be a shame if we make a game about the planet Reach -- a place where Buck, the ODST’s squad leader, was known to be -- and not have him appear in some way shape or form…." [11]
- On December 12, 2009, during the Spike TV 2009 VGAs, an exclusive look at Halo: Reach premiered <ref[>http://www.gametrailers.com/video/vga-announcement-halo-reach/59148 GameTrailers.com - VGA Announcement: Halo Reach]</ref>. The game's opening cinematic was shown, revealing the squad, and also that the Sangheili will indeed be returning as enemies, after being allies in Halo 3 and absent in Halo 3: ODST.
- On the project page for the game, in the "Multimedia" section, the soundtrack to the cinematic trailer, entitled "Lone Wolf" (composed by Martin O'Donnell), is available for free downloading from the Bungie site. The song is 2:27 long.
Gallery
Reach, seen from orbit.
- Reach friggit wreck.png
A destroyed UNSC Frigate over Reach.
Reach being glassed by the Covenant.
Noble Team.
A Sangheili in Halo: Reach.
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A CCS-class Battlecruiser in the mushroom cloud.
Sources
- ^ ONI Candidate Assessment Program V5.02A - Site Page Info
- ^ Microsoft E3'09 Media Briefing
- ^ Bungie.net - Halo Reach
- ^ Official Halo: Reach page at Xbox.com
- ^ Seattle Times.com - Developers at Bungie ready to spring new heroes in the 'Halo' universe
- ^ Bungie.net - Bungie Weekly Update 10/16/2009
- ^ Bungie.net - Bungie Weekly Update 10/23/2009
- ^ TeamXbox.com - Microsoft "Confirms" SPARTAN-IIIs in Halo Reach?
- ^ GameTrailers TV - Episode 21
- ^ Worthplaying.com - 'Halo 3: ODST' (X360) Developer Interview
- ^ G4TV.com - Reaction Time: Bungie reflects on Halo 3: ODST
Links
Internal
- Halo: The Fall of Reach
- Halo: First Strike
- Halo: Reach - Announcement Trailer
- Halo: Reach Video Games Awards Trailer
- Reach
