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Rumortoid: Bungie had an awesome trailer for E3 photo

The big questions after Microsoft’s press conference at E3 this year were, “Why do we need Avatars, and where did Halo go?” Even though Bungie can’t directly address Avatars, they did address their notably absent announcement of a new Halo game, which was rumored to be a tactical shooter. Today, GameRush got hold of some new details on what was actually to be shown at E3 before the publisher yanked the game at the last second. Apparently, the guys at Bungie had a 60-second “knock’em down” trailer planned for the audience.

Jacob Metcalf, the guy who broke the Bungie and Microsoft split before it was announced to the media, had this to say about the trailer to GameRush:

Bungie had a sixty second knock’em down teaser trailer made that was going to unveil the game and it was going to be the close to Microsoft media keynote at E3. This was going to be followed up by Bungie doing their separate press event later on in the week on Wednesday to show off the new game.
Mr. Metcalf is renown for his Bungie contact, but later in the article he supposes that the new IP Bungie was going to announce was indeed a new Halo IP. It doesn’t make sense to digress like that considering the veracity of the trailer claim above. Regardless, it’s probably safe to assume that Bungie had some sort of footage planned for the event, and we’re still left to wonder why exactly it was pulled.

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free touch's Avatar
free touch at 07/21/2008 13:57
Um... you should know why it was pulled. PAX is the new leader in videogame conferences. E3 is dead.
Phantom Spaceman's Avatar
Phantom Spaceman at 07/21/2008 13:59
Hopefully the tone of the next game will be more like that of the awesome commercials that totally oversold Halo 3 (epic dioramas, weeping veterans in museums) and less like Halo 3 itself (fratboy space marines: "Dude, we totally owned those guys!")
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Drunken Haze at 07/21/2008 14:12
I totaly agree with Phantom Spaceman. Those comercials were so fantastic in a way that halo failed to be.

Also i'll hazard a guess as to why the announcement was pulled.

It was scheduled in to be when that countdown on the bungie site finished, however after seeing what nintendo and sony had at e3 microsoft decided it wasnt worth bringing out the big guns.
DaedHead8's Avatar
DaedHead8 at 07/21/2008 14:13
I can live with a new Halo game. No big deal.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 07/21/2008 14:16
Maybe we can see it at PAX
SteamyV's Avatar
SteamyV at 07/21/2008 14:25
MS Exec wants to foster a burgeoning relationship with the once Sony-faithful Square-Enix, decides to let the FFXIII trailer take center stage.

Tells Bungie to hold off so people talk about FF and the Sqeenix partnership, not Bungie's new toy.

My guess is they'll show it at PAX.
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 07/21/2008 14:36
Video or it didn't happen!

lol
BoBoTheChimp757's Avatar
BoBoTheChimp757 at 07/21/2008 15:15
Please God, Halo IV! The Master Chief is still alive!

:-D
AnTi PRO's Avatar
AnTi PRO at 07/21/2008 15:40
I'm not gonna lie a Halo tactical shooter would be rather awesome in my opinion.
falinter's Avatar
falinter at 07/21/2008 15:45
I would like to see a puppy simulator except with the arbitor.

That would be awesome.
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CelicaCrazed at 07/21/2008 16:16
Maybe a Halo game in the style of Warhawk?? Halo is all about the multiplayer and I find WH to be awesome. I'm sure Bungie could pull it off. They have the parts to do it.
Trevor McGee's Avatar
Trevor McGee at 07/21/2008 16:41
I wonder, will it be a Halo game that's actually good? So far they've all be mediocre.
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HarassmentPanda at 07/21/2008 17:17
I'd be interested to see what the game is. To be honest, I'm kind of sick of tactical shooters and I actually appreciate that Halo's multiplayer is one of the few that doesn't fiddle with your aim depending on what kind of movement you are doing.

Say what you will about the single player or the type of people that play the multiplayer--there's a level of skill and competitiveness in that game that just isn't present in most online console titles.
Dan CiTi's Avatar
Dan CiTi at 07/21/2008 18:05
IGS >= PAX > Liepzig > E3
Dan CiTi's Avatar
Dan CiTi at 07/21/2008 18:06
TGS*
rbrooks's Avatar
rbrooks at 07/21/2008 18:21
nah for some reason i think the new publisher didn't want to make this game as a xbox exclusive. i hope to god this isn't the case though.
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rbrooks at 07/21/2008 18:24
nah for some reason i think the new publisher didn't want to make this game as a xbox exclusive. i hope to god this isn't the case though.
Phyraks's Avatar
Phyraks at 07/21/2008 18:42
@ rbrooks

it'd be amazing if that were the case...but more than likely it's another halo game and so it'll stay on xbox...I've always hated the fact that halo's controlled by microsoft...I'm sure bungie could've/would've made the halo games much better if they weren't restricted by the release dates microsoft gives them
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shadowcast at 07/21/2008 19:06
Yeah... but at least we got You're in the Movies! also, rbrooks Bungie have already confirmed that this game is being published by Microsoft Game Studios.
Krow's Avatar
Krow at 08/25/2008 17:09
Tactical shooter? Maybe you don't play as the Master Chief?
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