We’re off to a big Halo 3 event next week, with some of the boys from Bungie in town to show off their latest and greatest complete with some single player hands-on and new multipayer maps. Plus I’ve been invited to have a chat with the Bungie crew earlier in the day — if you have any questions you want asked, shoot ‘em into the comments below!
But what’s also important on the news front is looking at next week in context of all the overseas news we’ve been hearing on Xbox 360.There is the Elite, which we have been promised as a ‘winter’ arrival here in Australia – not too long to go there, so next week would be a good time to hand us the goss.
Then there is the Halo 3 Special Edition console. I think we’re odds on to hear all about that next week.
On top of all this, the US price drops have been confirmed. So… my guess (and hope) is that next week we’ll get street date for the Elite, to be before the end of the month, as well as a price drop on the Premium edition to $599. Hopefully the Elite timing will coincide with the arrival of these new HDMI enabled Premium consoles that have just been confirmed as rolling out quietly in the US.
This is pure speculation – I’m just trying to do the maths on what we’re hearing OS and when we could possibly expect that news to flow into our little patch down here.
What do you think?
Jonwah
Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 12:42 PMSweet, sounds like a good opportunity to have some hands on bungie jumping, ha ha.. I don’t have any questions for them really, just find out how kickarse h3 is going to be…
Brett Chapman
Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 2:39 PMHere are a couple of questions:
Is there still some Aussie voices for marines in H3??
Will merchandise and Figurines be made available here?
sal
Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 2:58 PMcan you guys ask bungie whether 5-6 million copies of halo 3 have been preordered or not?
David D.
Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 2:59 PMyou lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky b%&^(&*! My envyness has made me look like the Hulk (in colour only unfortunately)
David D.
Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 3:04 PMDoes Halo 3 have “Boss” levels like Halo 2? (e.g. The heretic, Prophet, and the brute at the end). Personally I found these really annoying.
Do we get an explanation how Sgt Johnson survived the flood in Halo 1?
Any details on the Halo movie?
pinchies
Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 3:18 PMI don’t understand x360 pricing. Isn’t it 350USD? How does this get to $599 aud?
Dan
Saturday, August 11, 2007 at 12:46 PMyeah im realy looking forward to H3, preorderd the limited edition yesterday. even though i havent bought a 360 yet, lol. i’v been holding out mostly due to lack of funds but i do wanna wait for the elite or the hdmi priemium with heatsink or new chipset. and yes im also ticked off about the price, with the rising exchange rate it might be cheaper to import an american one. but then your stuck with ntsc. anyway i’ll stop complaining.
o and good luck with the bungie guys. you lucky son of a ****.