Welcome to Making Headlines, where I (FrostyMD) give you my take on current events in the videogame world. (Words that I type in bold are terms that you should be familiar with to understand what I'm talking about. If you don't know what the words mean, then it's time for Google.)
Early in the month, Bungie released a teaser trailer for a project entitled Halo 3: Recon. I decided of course not to comment, because nobody can every truly speculate correctly on a Bungie project.
Well, it appears as thought they're really blowing the lid off of this one quick. Already we know about the new game's setting, protagonist, and multiplayer. I'm happy to hear that they're switching things up for the single player campaign; Halo 3's campaign was a little too dry and repetitive for multiple playthroughs, and hopefully the new gamplay changes will make for more than just some standard DLC.
The multiplayer, Halo's shining star, is returning in full force. According to a mysteriously vague post on Xbox.com, the simultaneously lauded and complained-about Forge mode will be overhauled in at least some way. Bots...weather...even a true map editor? At this point even speculation would be bone-headed; there's just nothing to work with.
Of course, as more information pours in I'll be sure to give you my two cents. But for know, Recon remains a far-off, tantilizing mystery and hopefully a worthy expansion to Halo. We're in uncharted waters here, at least for Bungie. (But that never stopped them before!)
Once again, keep gaming my friends. 'Till the next time we speak.