Halo: Reach blowout

Posted by Kevin in Featured, Microsoft | 2 comments

More Halo, anyone?

A huge amount of information, screens and stuff has been leaked from the next release of GameInformer Magazine in the US of hay.

Release Date: October 2010
Beta Date: Spring

Data Burst

*Halo Prequel
*Halo 1 Era Weapons
*Large Scale Battles
*Elites Are Bad
*New Engine
*New Weapons
*New Enemies
*New Vehicles
*New Context Sensitive Assassination Kills
*New Perk Like Armour Module System

Intro
A prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo: Reach chronicles one of the most cataclysmic events in the Halo universe – the destruction of the planet Reach.

Halo Reach is the next major installment in the Halo franchise being developed by Bungie Studios. Halo Reach will depict a squad of SPARTAN supersoldiers, known as Noble Team, as they fight to defend the human fortress world of Reach when it comes under attack by the Covenant. The game was announced at E3 2009 and is scheduled for release in fall 2010, with a multiplayer beta to be released sometime in the spring of 2010

Overview
Halo: Reach is a project from Bungie Studios that will be a prequel to the original Halo: Combat Evolved. It will take place on the planet Reach, a human fortress world and the base of the Spartan-II program. The trailer shows the colony on Reach being attacked by Covenant battleships orbiting the planet.

Reach will be built on completely new technology, not reusing the Halo 3 engine like ODST did. In addition, Reach has been worked on since the completion of Halo 3 and, if released on schedule in 2010, will have had a full three-year production cycle. Halo: Reach will also be the last Halo game Bungie develops before working on a new, unannounced IP. Future Halo games will be developed by 343 Industries.

Story
The game will depict the battle for Reach, an event which happens directly prior to the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. However, the game will not tell the story of Master Chief or the story of Spartan Blue Team from the previously released novels, instead focusing on an all-new group of Spartans, Noble Team, that is called into the fight.

Noble Team
Noble Team is a six-man squad comprised of Spartan-IIs and one Spartan-III. The squad appears to be a mixture of different Spartan classes, with two different Spartan-II classes represented, and at least one Spartan-III. Each member of the squad appears to have a specific skillset, although if this will transfer over into gameplay remains unknown. The leader of Noble Team is Carter-259.

Multiplayer
Buyers of Halo 3: ODST will receive an invite to the Halo: Reach multiplayer Beta at a later date. The game will have its own unique multiplayer, separate from that of Halo 3. The Halo: Reach beta is set for Spring 2010. According to a Child’s Play auction listing from Bungie, the beta will not launch before April 28th.

Teaser trailer:

Trailer:

Legitimate screenshot

And some magazine pics: