Halo 3 Beta Montage trailer

LONGSHOT17 presents Trailer for Halo 3 Beta Montage.

Halo 3 video of Slayer on Valhalla mission

Author and his friends playing a match on the Halo 3 (beta).
Note the rockets. Aw yes...

(Video) Halo 3: multiplayer, maps zanzibar

Halo 3 gameplay video - featured are maps of zanzibar. Multiplayer mode.
Author disclaims what this is a Halo 3 (beta) zanzibar leak.

Video of Halo 3 gameplay (Beta)

Halo 3 in-game footage - Halo 3 is still in Beta though, and author is new to the game.

Halo 3 Saved Films - what is it?

So the Halo 3 beta is announced. It’s worth watching the ‘making of’ video, if only for the segment about saved films. What it looks like is a file that can be played after the game, but with full camera and time control: you can move the camera as you watch, and pause, slow-mo etc.

This is nothing new. Years ago I got a great kick out of watching saved films of Myth, an earlier Bungie game. Driver was a series with quite an elaborate saved film component; I’m sure there are many more examples. It’s rumoured that Bungie wanted it in Halo 2, but it was one of many dropped features in the rush to actually ship the game. But I like to keep an eye on developments in this area because I believe spectatorship in gaming is a key issue, and when good solutions for it are developed, gaming’s role in the larger culture will expand massively.

Bungie’s goal in this case (at least as far as I can tell from the video) is a mode of spectatorship for players: an easy way to review and share a recently-played game, as well as a way of developing one’s game, just as pro athletes review video of their games – and those of their opponents. So this is not something that attempts to make games watchable to non-gamers, which is the final frontier.

That being said, Bungie are masters of UI. The scope of their mastery is another potential article, but suffice it to say that if this feature is as well-implemented as is reasonable to expect, no other tool may be necessary to make the transition to mass-market spectatorship. If it performs as advertised, and any angle can be captured, then all the necessary footage to make a pretty kickass ‘film’ of a given match could be piped into an external editing app. I suppose the games could not be viewed live. But a case could be made that this is something people will want to watch, and ‘live’ technologies would follow from there.

And just imagine the machinima possibilities.

Halo 3 Saved Films FAQ

I've been developing a short FAQ on Halo 3 Saved Films.

Q: How do you change the view perspective on a saved film? I would like to see how my opponents played.
A: you cannot.

Remarks:
Oh. Well. That helps, at least. Thanks.
...That will be included in the final game but not now. Right now all you can do is see what changes you can make in your play style.

A monster Halo 3 gameplay videos

A monster Halo 3 gameplay videos - author decided to melt 6 separate Halo 3 videos into one looong one.

Videos:
-Dual-Wielding Death-Dealing halo 3 Gameplay
-Valhalla halo 3 Gameplay
-High Ground halo 3 Gameplay
-Bubble Shield Battle halo 3 Gameplay
-Snowbound halo 3 Gameplay
-4 Wheeling Frenzy halo 3 Gameplay

(Video) Halo 3 ingame footage:snowbound

here is a Halo 3 video of gameplay of snowbound.

Halo 3 video: a Music Experiment

Author made a Halo 3 video documenting his music experiment.

(Video) Halo 3 gameplay (Pt.1)

In-game footage of Halo 3. Yep, juuuucy...

(Halo 3 Video) In-game Multiplayer Footage "Is Quisnam Protero Damno!"

Bungie made this Halo 3 in-game footage available, title is "Is Quisnam Protero Damno!".
Video Documentary featurtes lots of multiplayer experience and new features, namely "Bubble Shield" and "Man Cannon". Note that "Battle Rifle" (from the Halo 1) is back.

Say, anything about active camouflage or over shield? Rumors are, active camo and ovr shld are indeed in. Also there is a sort of the Plasma gernade but its like the gernade off of Gears of War, long with spikes on the end - it sticks.

How to get into Halo 3 beta? Well, you just have to have Crackdown - a sort of an online GTA for the 360 and, and then you can download it.

Halo 3: List of confirmed elements

List of confirmed elements in Halo 3

This section briefly lists elements of Halo 3 that have been confirmed, specifically those returning from the other titles in the Halo series. (Not all elements may end up being used by the player, and all are subject to change.) This list does not include anything seen only in leaked footage, content found in code, or anything that isn't officially stated or endorsed by Bungie or Microsoft.

Characters

* Master Chief[30][31]
* Cortana[30][31]
* Gravemind[30]
* Commander Miranda Keyes[5]
* Sergeant Major A.J. Johnson[30]
* Arbiter[30]
* Prophet of Truth[30]

Enemies

Covenant

* Jackals (Kig-Yar)[30]
* Brutes (Jiralhanae)[18]
* Grunts (Unggoy)[18]
* Drones (Yanme'e)[30]
* Prophets[30]

The Flood[30]

* Infection Form[30]
* Combat Form[30]
* Carrier Form[30]

Allies

UNSC Marine Corps

* UNSC Marine Infantryman[18]

Ex-Covenant

* Elites (Sangheili)[32]
* Hunters (Lekgolo)[30]
* Grunts (Unggoy)[18]

Human Vehicles

* M274 ULATV Mongoose[33]
* M12 LRV Warthog[34]
* M12G1 LAAV "Gauss" Warthog[34]
* M808B Scorpion tank[30]
* D77H-TCI Pelican Dropship[30]

Covenant Vehicles

* Ghost[30]
* Wraith[30][35]
* Banshee[30]
* Phantom[30]
* Capital ship[31]

Locations

* Earth, Sol System
o Kenya, East African Protectorate
+ New Mombasa and Old Mombasa
+ The Forerunner structure
+ Mt. Kilimanjaro



Human Weapons

* MA5C Assault Rifle[36]
* M6G Pistol (dual-wieldable)[30][37]
* M7 SMG (dual-wieldable)[30]
* BR55HB SR Battle Rifle[30]
* M90 Shotgun (six shells)[18]
* SRS99D Sniper Rifle (redesigned)[30]
* M41 Rocket Launcher (lock-on removed)[38]
* Spartan Laser (W/AV M6 Grindell/Galileian Nonlinear Rifle)[39]
* UNSC Missile Pod[7] (3rd person)[13]
* AIE-486H Heavy Machinegun[7] (stationary and portable, 3rd person)[13]
* M9 HE-DP Fragmentation Grenade[20]

Covenant Weapons

* Plasma Pistol (dual-wieldable)[30]
* Plasma Rifle (dual-wieldable)[20]
* Needler (more powerful but not dual-wieldable)[40]
* Covenant Carbine[41]
* Particle Beam Rifle[20]
* Energy Sword (limited battery)[30][42]
* Brute Spiker (Type-25 Carbine, dual-wieldable)[43]
* Brute Shot[30] (six shots)
* Brute Hammer (resembling Fist of Rukt gravity hammer used by Tartarus)[35]
* Brute Spike Grenade (Type-2 Antipersonnel Fragmentation Grenade)[44]
* Plasma Grenade[45]

Equipment

* Bubble Shield (ONI-designed)[17][20]
* Tripmine[20]
* Portable Reverse-Gravitational Lift (Grav Lift)[22]
* Power Drainer[46]

Multiplayer Maps

* Snowbound[44]
* Valhalla[44]
* High Ground[44]
* Jub Jub (unofficial name)[27]
* A new map with many similarities to Gephyrophobia in Halo 1 PC[20]
* Last Resort (remake of the Halo 2 map Zanzibar)[citation needed]

Multiplayer Game Types[47]

* VIP[22]
* Slayer
* Capture the Flag[20]
o One Flag
o Multiflag[48]
* Territories[20]
o Land Grab
* King of the Hill[22]
* Oddball

Miscellaneous

* Fusion cores[49]
* Multiplayer emblems[50]
* Multiplayer call signs[8]
* Direction of fire/damage arrows[22]
* Man Cannon (gravity lifts)[22]

This list retrieved from wikipedia page on Halo 3 on May 23, 2007