n this month’s EGM (Electronic Gaming Monthly) there is a 17 page ultra cover story about Halo 3. These are the first major details that we have heard from the secretive title, and 1up.com asks a few questions to set the mood:

  • What are these new Brutish weapons? What’s a Spike Rifle…or a Spike Grenade?
  • The Mongoose (the once-scrapped ATV from Halo/Halo 2) is back: Who wants to ride Brokeback?
  • Halo 3will have three retail SKUs: standard, collector’s edition, and Legendary. Guess which one comes with a helmet and four discs of content?
  • Adding bumpers to the 360 controllers means there’s some extra real estate for Bungie to play with. Now the left bumper reloads your dual-wielded weapon and the right bumper is the normal reload. What does X do, though? Mum.
  • Starting weapon: Bungie thinks they have the “perfect” starting weapon in Halo 3. It’s not the pistol, the battle rifle, or the SMG…and it’s pretty familiar. How does the new Assault Rifle play?
  • One of the new maps, Valhalla, is being called “the new Blood Gulch” — but this isn’t another coat of new paint on the Combat Evolved classic. This is, from-the-ground-up, a brand-new map. How is it?
  • What if you could save your own movies from Halo 3’s single- and multiplayer gameplay and then rewatch them? In Halo 3, you can.

    • Look for the full details once the issue of EGM has been officially shipped.

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