June 18, 2009
Pre-order "Halo 3: ODST" to
Receive Sgt. Johnson as a Playable Firefight Character
Are you ready for Firefight?
Listen up rookies! “Halo 3: ODST”
drops on September 22, but will you and your team have what it takes to survive
the Covenant onslaught in the new cooperative multiplayer mode, Firefight?
Firefight will put you to the test as you and your friends assume the role of an
ODST squad and fight together to take on increasingly challenging waves of
enemies. It’s where new “Halo” heroes will be born, and an opportunity to step
into the boots of a legend. If you pre-order “Halo 3: ODST” at participating
retailers, you will receive a token to unlock grizzled UNSC hero Sgt. Johnson as
a playable character in Firefight.
Fan favorite and “Halo” series
stalwart Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson is a tough-as-nails career Marine who has
been in more life or death battles than you’ve had hot meals. He’s survived more
infectious Flood outbreaks, greased more Covenant bad guys, and earned more
medals than any other twenty soldiers. And now you get to walk a mile in his
shoes.
New campaign
Developed exclusively for Xbox 360 by acclaimed developer Bungie, “Halo 3: ODST”
is a new game in the “Halo” saga that lets people experience events leading up
to the epic story told in “Halo 3” through the eyes of an ODST (Orbital Drop
Shock Trooper), as they search for clues leading to the whereabouts of their
scattered squad and the motivations behind the Covenant’s invasion of New
Mombasa.
New cooperative multiplayer
experience
In addition to a brand new campaign, “Halo 3: ODST” introduces a new cooperative
multiplayer mode called Firefight which allows “Halo” fans to experience
co-operative gaming in a whole new way: they will be fighting as members of an
ODST squad against waves of increasingly challenging enemies across a variety of
battlefields. This experience is made even more intense with the integration of
“Halo 3’s” “skulls,” which progressively activate as time goes on to alter the
gameplay and up the challenge. Players will battle through wave after wave in
search of high scores, Achievements and bragging rights.
The complete “Halo 3” competitive
multiplayer collection
“Halo 3: ODST” also includes a second standalone disc with three new “Halo 3”
multiplayer maps, all original “Halo 3” maps, as well as the “Legendary,”
“Heroic,” and “Mythic” Map packs for a total of 24 maps.
Ensure your place in the “Halo:
Reach” beta
Purchasing “Halo 3: ODST” will ensure “Halo” fans get access to the “Halo:
Reach” multiplayer beta when the beta goes live in the future. Announced at E3
2009, “Halo: Reach” is the prequel to the blockbuster “Halo” trilogy and is
scheduled for release in fall of 2010.
“Halo 3: ODST” is available for
pre-order in both a standard package and a “Halo 3: ODST Collector’s Pack” which
includes the game and an exclusive, laser etched Wireless Controller. The “Halo
3: ODST Collector’s Pack” is available for pre-order in the US exclusively at
GameStop, and is available worldwide at other participating retailers. “Halo 3:
ODST” will have a suggested retail price of $59.99 USD and the Collector’s Pack
will have a suggested retail price of $99.99 USD. “Halo 3: ODST” is rated “M”
for Mature by the ESRB and PEGI 16+.
