Dear Bungie, Halo: ODST has leaked

Oh, Bungie...you have a leaked game on the loose. Yesterday a YouTube video was uploaded featuring a French guy unwrapping his brand new Halo: ODST copy for the whole world to see.

[Peter North]

Who cares

[shane025]

You and all the other PS3 fanboys that are going to comment on this thread

[Kill Crow]

fix your teeth yet?

Did you get your Diet ps3rd yet?

[jack who]

still gona sell over a mili in 24hr

[Nelson M]

But that dont mean its a Good Game
It Just Means
That there a lot of Dumb BoTs just like your Self
Willing to buy another Halo Game that is Complete Crap
Now Bend Over

P.S
Knock Knock
Who's There ?
Jack
Jack Who ?
Jack Meoff !!!

[Shadow Man]

$50 million dollar Killzone2 hits the bargain bin less than six months after it's release And was bundle at launch so it could sale 1 million. And is given away for free with every ps3 purchase + MGS4.

[Mr Bean Laden]

what is this "bargain bin" stuff you always say about killzone 2? you can't take the heat?

60$ is mighty expensive for it to be anywhere near the bargain bin

[Faztkiller]

How much did Halo 3 sale in 24 hr? i think it might get close to the same

[Nitrowolf2]

Shadow you are retarded to use that as a thing to combat with. That is sad as hell, cause obviousely you don't know what platinum for ps3 means. I remember along time ago that many bots were arguing about how if it doesn't sell a million its a flop. Now that, that is happening bots now decide to compare it to halo sales, and saying that if it doesn't sell more then it , its a flop. Sad

[JonnyBadfinger]

no whats sad is you bringing up the PS3 in an article about a 360 exclusive.

and speaking of bargain bins, the PS3 aint gunna sell anything until it is in the bargain bin. Thats what happened with the PS2, as soon as it hit bargain bin prices the console f*cken flew out the doors and into peoples homes, it was spreading fast than herpes in a nudist colony. And as we all knoiw went on to be the best selling console of last gen.

[xboxlover]

Will ban this guy to the year 9999 like they did for the guys playing Halo 3 before it released.

[Nelson M]

And Today a Video of the same Guy trading it in
And you can hear this French BoT in the video saying to the Guy who sold it him
"Le Poo Poo"
What ever that means

[LuHawk2]

it means Nelson M smells like sh!t

[da720izcumin]

you bastard....you made me laugh...
*shakes fist*
"le poo poo"
ahahahahahh thas genius props.

[mrv321]

I'm surprised it won't be uploaded to thepiratebay by Monday.

And this game will still sell Millions it's Halo after all, things are usually popular for a reason and I can see Halo is a good games just not a game for me.

[Above Awesome]

ODST is looking different from the Halo formula so it's worth the rent to see if you like this version.

I'm excited for Firefight mode in particular. Horde modes are always a blast with friends.

[mrv321]

ODST singleplayer does look different but I have come to understand the online is similar... and for that reason I'm skipping.

Plus it's Halo and throughout Halo 3 I was just wanting to play and skip the story.

[darthv72]

Why does this always seem to happen outside the US?

Also, if the game is done then why not release it already?

[lowcarb]

I don't see how anyone could skip out on Halo because of it's gameplay. It's some of the best online play ever put together for crying out loud. A game like Halo made for co-op is a must buy for me.

BACK ON TOPIC: Leaks suck

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Single player of Halo 3 was blah, but multiplayer was incredible. Can't wait for this game.

[Corepred4]

has always been fantastic. even if i get bored after playing it for a while. yeah and it will probably sell millions which is where i see a problem. its like halo gets a free pass to sell millions because it has halo in the name. that sucks, they can pretty much stop trying and it'll still sell. maybe thats why they're still using the same old engine on halo 3. with halo odst, i'm not sure yet, are they using the same engine and mechanics as the previous halos? and what exactly is firefight? isn't it just deathmatch?

[RockmanII7]

Microsoft and Bungie are trying to capitalize on the christmas season, that way people looking at buying a system will consider buying a 360 with a new Halo or a PS3 with a new Uncharted. Bungie has said that they finished the game in July.

[vhero]

meh who cares is a leak really news worthy? I mean the only reason Halo is still gonna sell millions is the same reason COD is gonna sell millions. You KNOW your mates who you play online with are gonna get it so you have to get it to keep up. People get games like this for that reason not because of how good it is so will still sell in the bucketloads.

[Blogz4Fanboyz]

and normally games retail at 70 euros a pop! seeing as this is at 50euros makes me question the authenticity of this vid. although, halo odst is cheaper than normal games going by the many web-sites i have visited.

unfortunately there isn't a saturn near where i live so i cant confirm or deny this!

[ShadowCK]

"Microsoft France has issued an official statement stating that anyone who is caught playing the game will ultimately be banned from Xbox Live."

Good, they deserve it.

[Arthur_]

....is nothing sacred anymore?!?!?!

[iboughtgoogle2]

this means it'll be leaked soon on the internet!!! thats when ill be getting it :)

[Above Awesome]

Hah, be sure to unplug your Xbox from the internet if you're going to play it before release. Being banned for 9999 years doesn't sound very fun.

PS: I don't condone the use of pirated games.

[keabrown79]

I don't condone piracy but i also don't condone dev's overcharging for an expansion either :(

[mrv321]

It's funny how Microsoft banning system works perfectly for protecting themseve sbut the console doesn't work quite aswell.

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

@ Keabrown79

Very true, very true indeed

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Yeah, I don't condone stealing either but when I look at a Lambo I say that it isn't worth it so I'm going to just go ahead and steal it.

I'm sure the police will understand when they arrest me for grand theft auto.

[LONEWOLF231]

Ahh i hate street dates, thank god for certain peeps that break them.

[marcus j]

Yoyu should pay for your games like the rest of us.

[Arthur_]

you pay full price for WoW and look who much the players are getting out of that.
Sometimes the price is justified.

[Blackfrican]

Pirating is such a harsh word. But then again, it isn't exactly Robin Hood. Fortunately for you; however, is that I believe the Xbox360 (or entire console market all together) is large enough to sustain full blown illegal requisitions of their game software, without the repercussions PC gaming as faced. Much of the most recent popular hardware, has retained its popularity through the 'encouragement' of illegal software ease of use. Windows, Ipods, DvD players, Xbox, Xbox 360, Dreamcast, GBA, wii, and more, all provide a platform that is easily available to modify allowing the use of illegally replicated software. What I am getting at is that while "Piracy" sounds evil, and unforgiving, avoiding use of the hardware/software actually is much more detrimental towards the company.

[Peter North]

Le Poo Poo,that about sums it up for Master Queef Adventures

[da720izcumin]

get a life sony kid, why don't yo go troll a killzone article or MAG one or something...

[xboxlover]

5.2 - @Peter
Yeah, why don't you just go back to playing you little sack doll game pal...."Little Bogus Plantards" What a joke.

He has been for years. He loves playing with his sac boy.

[Mr Bean Laden]

Halo RRoDst 640p unwrapped by a french guy!!! oh noez!

then later on you see the same guy throwing his copy and 360 out into oncoming traffic

[iboughtgoogle2]

I will make sure of that lol, also not playing with my harddrive so that the achievements I unlock dont give away when I played the game:P

[OmarJA]

Lol...Halo...

[TheTruth89]

Headshot

AHAHAHHAH IT'S ON TWO DVD, never tought that!

LOL
Only on DVD CAPABLE 360°C MINI-FURNACE

[terrandragon]

One is the ODST Campaign and Firefight Mode, the other disc is Halo 3 multiplayer with all the maps. Just wanted to clarify fanboys.

[cmacdonald]

Didn't know it was two disks.

[Above Awesome]

One disk for the ODST campaign, firefight, and Halo: Reach beta.
One disk for the Halo 3 multiplayer with all 21 maps and Forge/Theatre features.

[cmacdonald]

They put the entire halo 3 multiplayer in it? Neat.

[DJ Pillz 317]

It's 24 maps actually:
Halo 3 - 11
Heroic - 3
Legendary - 3
Cold Storage - 1
Mythic - 3
Mythic 2nd pack - 3 (only on ODST)
Total=24 maps

[Cenobia]

They only added 3 maps?

Can you play this game with Halo 3 players, or did they purposely make that game obsolete?

If they did that, it's a pretty scumbag move. The campaign better be really long for $60.

[JOLLY1]

Yes, you can play with Halo 3 with Halo 3 ODST. To play firefight you have to have ODST. There are 10 new ODST maps, Every Halo 3 map and a full single player campaign. Pretty good for $60. I wonder, what do you think a long campaign is?

[Above Awesome]

Most of the maps are pay-for downloadable maps. Bungie is just bundling all the maps and three new ones into one disk for late buyers.

Campaign is going to be a little shorter than Halo 3's, around 7-10 hours according to recent previews. It's not really an add-on anymore.

[MGOelite]

why would you be banned if you played a game early? its the retailers fault for selling it you not your fault for buying it

[glennc]

especially if you don't know it hasn't been released yet (i know this guy did). however there are gamers out there that don't read these sites.

if it is on a retail shelf then blame the retailer not the consumer because the consumer is actually doing what you want and purchasing the game.

remember MS, he is your customer and will no doubt buy more games. if it is an illegal download or whatever then fair enough but not an actual retail purchase.

gotta love the internet. protecting consumers from douchebag companies since nineteen ninty whatever

[Pandamobile]

Wow, Bungie, how the hell did you let that happen?

[The BS Police]

A retailer actually made the bad decision of selling the game early.

[Relientk77]

only bout a month early

[darkequitus]

The only thing is they track when achievement are achieved. If you get them early. You could be locked out forever the next you go on live.

I will happily wait for my pre-order.

[Kushan]

"Microsoft France has issued an official statement stating that anyone who is caught playing the game will ultimately be banned from Xbox Live."

I want to see this official statement. Back before Halo 3 came out, there was a huge fuss because Argos (A UK Store) leaked it early and Microsoft said the same thing. THen about a day later, completely retracted the statement saying that nobody would be be banned because quite a few people were annoyed about it.

There was a completely separate Halo 3 banning incident when people got hold of a LEAKED, non-final version of the game.

[PirateThom]

I don't see how they can take action against users if they bought the game anyway. Surely the store is at fault for breaking street date.

[Double Toasted]

almost a whole month to do you know what with it...but then again, this is Halo so I don't think it'll even make a scratch. Although I've been wrong before I don't think I am this time so w/e...

[Kushan]

You're assuming this one guy will actually rip it and upload it to the internet. It's not a normal DVD, you need to copy 360 games in a certain way. Considering his first port of call was youtube, I very much doubt that he's going to upload it (plus france has decent connections, if he did rip it, it'd be up by now).
Still, it IS the retailer's fault for selling it early, not his.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

If I can buy a game that I want.. early, I do it. I had Halo 3 a week before release... Gears 2 a day before release... NBA 2k8 4 days before release.. NBA 2K9 3 days before release.. etc.. and I've yet to be banned. I highly doubt MS will ban people for buying retail games early... Pirated games are understandable.. but bootleg? No way.

[Peter North]

The Conduit looks on par with Halo 3

[air1]

gears 2 is on par with kz2 too. thing is, it didnt cost 50 million to do. the sad part is that kz2 couldnt do what sony hoped so bad for, sell consoles:(

edit....................

@ bean

so i guess an all aroun grey game with red eyes is the pinnacle of super graphics. the online is lagy and glitchy? i see the sony fanatics got you convinced here on n4g huh..

[Mr Bean Laden]

only an idiot would think an UE3 game like GeOW2 has good graphics because it looks "shiny". shiny is not the pinnacle of graphical achievement

and plus the online is laggy and glitchy as hell with only 10 players while KZ2 runs perfectly with 32 people online

[Shane Kim]

Air1, I'm not someone who works with 3D graphics and so forth but first of all, I really don't think that changing the colour from gray to let say, green, would have such an graphical enhancement on the game. I mean the games textures and so on wouldn't actually be better just because it would change colour palette. Second, if I remember it correctly, both Gears 1 and Gears 2 are gray/brown as hell too.

[Gue1]

The sad thing is that it's actually true.

[keysy420]

killzone 2 is a great thing that its given away so cheap its a really great game and it developed a new engine for future game son ps3

[keysy420]

who cares

[bigjclassic]

nA0...

[CaptainMarvelQ8]

lmao "le poo poo",hilarious
M$ is fooling those xbots by letting them buy a crappy game wich is supposed to be an expansion

[Peter North]

Some turd wrangler said Smears of Yore 2 is on par with Killzone 2, needs to get his eyes fixed

[air1]

and you need to wash off sony's jizz from your eyes if you think the conduit is on par with halo odst

kz2 sucks donkey balls anyway, just another generic shooter with pretty graphics trying to be like modern warfare (guns and all) and what a fvcking lame as$ story kz2 has..

no wonder why only the n4g sony fanatics and the devs (gg) play the damn game online. fvcking mario kart gets more online play than kz2.lmfao.

[Dawn_Of_Ashes]

its stupid to punish the player who bought it before it came out... In the article they said that they will ban them from the xbox network if they are caught. Thats really stupid.

[Sangria]

I may take a look at Saturn friday then, maybe i'll get a copy too :D
(i don't like Halo but i guess it's an opportunity to change my mind -or not-)

[Peter North]

What a dumbass turd wrangler, he actually said Tears of Bore 2 compares to Godzone 2

[air1]

lol...

looks like you are all out of words..

c'mon i know you can do better with the gears name, looks like you are just waiting for some help from the other sony fanatics..

[Doctor_Doom]

Seriously man , you need find something useful to do in your life. 99 comment in one day ??!! WOW

[silverchode]

air1 you're one of the biggest retards here for responding to a trolls comment.

[SacredENA]

If This was on blu-ray, it would only require one disc. Just sayin'.

[aldesko]

In related news, water is wet.

[PirateThom]

I don't think it's on two discs because of space, more, so the multiplayer is compatible with the Halo 3 multiplayer without the need for much recoding.

[Double Toasted]

from anything involving Blu-ray, so you BRING up Blu-ray, oh I get it. Thats some slick marketing there... 'some' people could learn a lot from you...just sayin'.

[Hobadoon]

And believe it or not, the sky is blue! You all gotta see this.

[RockmanII7]

I don't believe you
- EDIT -
HA, you were wrong. It is black with a very dark purple on the horizon.

[Hobadoon]

I'll get proof one of these days tho... One of these days...

*clenches fist & squints eyes*

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Nice of him to include the retailers name in the video.

I don't blame this guy but MS should crack down on the retailer.

[flibble343]

From what the article says there doesn't appear to be any evidence that this guy actually has the game. For all we know this guy could have slapped the ODST cover on a case and disc and then wrapped it up. I'll believe it's been leaked when I get some more compelling evidence.

[kalel114]

has already unlocked some achievements.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[RockmanII7]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Happy late Birthday :)

[brokentoyplanes]

There's a link in the article to the YouTube video with the guy and the game.

[Saaking]

ODST won't sell as much as Halo 3. Only around 4-5 million and that means it's a flop according to bots anything that sells less than 2 million in one day is a flop.

[air1]

gg just wishes kz2 can reach numbers like that. but the mass wasnt fulled everyone knew it was just a generic shooter trying to be like modern warfare.

edit......................... ..

oh flip, when will you learn? it didnt cost 50 million to make ME, so no it didnt flop harder they actually made money off of it. kz2 was just a waste of money hopefully they can put that engine to use in a better game..

[FlipMode]

OK then mass effect floped too, in fact it floped harder.

[xoxideu]

oh halos so kewl I hope they make more halo games, can't get enough of halo

[DelbertGrady]

According to droid logic the less a game sells the better it is.

[Shane Kim]

If you think i flopped in sales then so be it. I personally don't since the game has sold 2 million copies and that is more than enough to cover the expenses, at least for the game itself.
But to say that KZ2 is generic and trying to copy COD is just wrong in many ways. KZ2 actually did some things for the FPS genre. First it added a cover system, second it added som freaking weight on the character so he wasn't floating all over the place. It uses some of the most advanced technology in gaming to create a close to real life war experience wich I think GG nailed.

I'm very, very happy that the game is nothing like COD.

[Mr Bean Laden]

according to bot logic a game is measured in how good it is by how much it sales. so if modern warfare 2 sold 1 copy it would be the worst game ever made, according to bots

[shutupandplay]

Nice. My official start for fall gaming.

[xoxideu]

yep im gonna be playing

halor wars, halo 3, halo odst, gta4 gay tony,

gonna be the best gaming year ever

[Omega Zues]

Heres a link to the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Heres a hint, go spend 5 mins on "google" you'll find tons of goodies.

Still a month away and already spoiled, shame.

[FlipMode]

lolz i love the fact that they talk about development costs now to justify a flop

XDF will go to any limits

[brokentoyplanes]

I was wondering how I was getting so many page hits and then I see it's posted here. Thanks guys:)

-Kawtay

[N4GAddict]

Don't Halo games always leaked?

[Stationfan]

No wonder Microsoft stoped investing in 1st party, they dont want to risk loosing money on the rampant 360 community piracy. They would rather have 3rd parties take the risk,

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

is causing massive early leaks of games for both 360/PS3... but Im noticing it's mainly overseas action... and Im bummed, lol.

This and Uncharted 2 I'd love to leak early in the US, lol. Im feinding for both!

[DelbertGrady]

Droids only have Unsharted 2 this year. No wonder they act like The Flood and swarm anything 360 related.

Seriously, since the PS3 Slim was announced there have been a serious increase in droidage on N4G. They are everywhere. Lots of new fake accounts I guess. Or maybe they are part of Sonys marketing push?

[The_Beast]

Demons souls,gt5 has Q4 2009 release,uncharted 2.. and the once that already released and you say we dont have any games to play LMFAO

[Shane Kim]

Good one Soda. But the cold hard fact is that we've allready had KZ2 and InFamous while you got shadow complex a week ago.

[DelbertGrady]

The difference being that I actually own Shadow Complex while you guys never seem to buy the games you hype so much. I doubt you even own PS3's.

[borgome]

Soda, it's like I said before, Sony boys are a bunch of computer loving nerds. That's why this site is full Ps3 fanboys. Xbox owners are regular cool people with lives outside of computers and gaming.

Case closed Ps3 computer nerds with no lives.

[Blow Out Your Brains]

Wow, this is supposed to be comparable to Killzone 2's gameplay or graphics?? LOLOL The Conduit looks just as good as this crap.

[siyrobbo]

say what you want about graphics, but gameplay? Halo has that in bucketloads, especially the multiplayer

[monkfish]

blow out your brains:
actually if you had bothered to look you would already have seen that it uses the same engine as halo 3 and will mostly look similar to halo 3 with some improvements (as stated by the devs)......but hey like you even care to check.....just couldnt resist could you lol.

instead im going to laugh at you and say how crysis looks better on my pc than killzone 2 does on your ps3.......just so as to show you how pointless your comment was to the rest of us.....

[ajay_solidsnake]

LOL microsoft is trying do hard to promote this game...This is what microsoft does best... finding CHEAP ways to market there games.

[Ninjamonkey]

Its the retailers fault for selling it so why will people who get the game early be banned from Xbox live?

And what if they dont hear this news???

If bngie didnt want this to happen then they should have been much mire careful about protecting this game.

[kevinx1000]

(everyone who gets catched playing ODST before launch will get banned)

"But that dont mean its a Good Game
It Just Means
That there a lot of Dumb BoTs just like your Self
Willing to buy another Halo Game that is Complete Crap
Now Bend Over"

droid logic. millions of people are gonna buy a game they don't like. just to play it for years, because they don't like it.

"thy silly droid"

and the things is. we've also got games from previous years that are fun to play for more than 2 weeks.

[bjornbear]

.....

[TheXgamerLive]

The game hasn't shipped yet, it's not gone gold yet, probably won;t for another week or so and "NO" retailer can have a copy to sell yet, never shipped a Halo title this early, oh well people do seem to like to lie though.

[Grandreaper9999]

Wasn't halo 2 leaked as well by some french dude? Or rather, a french version was leaked?

[Darkspade]

This game will still sell over 5 million copy's even if it's leaked 1 month early.. If you come across this game or any other by Legal Means Microsoft can not ban you for playing it, It's not the gamers fault that a Store sold it early. If the Games can show a receipt i'm pretty sure Microsoft would just ask the play to play the game offline until release.. This is a True Gamers Dream to get a high end game early before all his friends so they can see him playing it on there friends list...

[bednet]

Let's just say that ODST has some big shoes to fill, I don't think anyone should be worried, it's going to rock, but if for some reason it isn't on par with previous Halo games, the backlash will be pretty bad.

on topic: Why would the game be released 4 weeks from now if it's already at retailers, and if that's true, we'll likely see more leaks before release and obviously it'll be available for download soon...All I have to say is that this sucks.

[Tjernobieleke]

Always nice to see people being fooled!!

[mastiffchild]

So some french shop got mixed up. Who cares? If they don't want the games sold early don't ship early or punish the retailers that sell early, no?

I don't see why any of us should care really-it isn't like it affects us , is it?

[red2tango]

video was removed but it's still here:
http://www.gametrailers.com...