Kotaku: Halo 3 ODST Impressions: What Happened In Africa

The campaign of this fall's Halo 3 ODST surfaced at an event in New York this week, right near a bowl of lime green jellybeans and a bunch of Zunes. Here's what Kotaku learned.

The demo being shown in New York was the same displayed behind closed doors at E3. They've previewed the game's multiplayer mode, Firefight. This is their first eyewitness report of the campaign.

The player's main character is an ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) known as Rookie. He drops to New Mombasa, Africa, during the battle that leads into the beginning of Halo 3. But his drop goes awry and he's knocked out for six hours. Once he's conscious, his journey through the Covenant-besieged New Mombasa traces the trunk of the branched ODST story.