Master Chief takes a backseat as a new UNSC hero is drafted in for this standalone expansion that explores the fate of Earth before the events of Halo 3. More missions. More multiplayer. And, according to Microsoft, more stealth.

Available on: Xbox 360
Genre: Shooter
Expected release date: 09/22/2009
Published by: Microsoft
Developed by: Bungie

Franchise: Halo
Multiplayer Modes:

Online

16 player VS

4 player CO-OP

7 GOOD
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Review

Prepared to drop? First, prepare your expectations

Sep 19, 2009

ODST is all about mindset. Are you hoping for more Halo 3? Are you looking forward to another adventure in that game’s grandly exaggerated yet comfortingly familiar universe? Are you excited to wield the same crazy weapons and vehicles in brand new battles, to encounter the same smart enemies in unexpected new situations and to witness the same epic war from an entirely new perspective? ...

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Previews

Halo 3: ODST - multiplayer hands-on

Come for the competitive multiplayer, stay for the Firefight

Aug 13, 2009

With so much E3 hype surrounding Halo 3: ODST's significant solo campaign, are you worried the Chief-less entry has abandoned its original, buzzed-about multiplayer content? Fear not, frag fans. ODST has enough classic and fresh online content to clutter the cargo hold of a Covenant dropship... and then some. ... » Read Full Halo 3: ODST preview

Halo ODST: Hands-on with the new killer co-op mode

It's Nazi Zombies, Horde and Left 4 Dead all rolled into one

Jul 24, 2009

Despite what you’re no doubt going to hear over the coming weeks, ODST’s Firefight isn’t just Horde from Gears of War 2 in first person. No, it’s Horde, COD Zombies and Valve’s undead co-op shooter wrapped up in one Shock Trooper-shaped package.It throws loads of aliena-holes at you Horde-style Like Marcus Fenix and fellow beefy space chums’ addictive online game, Firefight pits you and three fellow ... » Read Full Halo 3: ODST preview

Halo 3: ODST

A terribly expansive expansion that manages just fine without Master Chief

Jul 15, 2009

The Rookie spends the first two minutes of ODST having a nap, 60 seconds dropping to Earth and then the next six hours sleeping off the trip. He’ll spend the next few hours wishing he’d woken up a little faster. Frankly, he had it coming. ODST begins with a mystery and it’s the first of many. ... » Read Full Halo 3: ODST preview

Halo 3: ODST

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While Master Chief was off dishing out a beating to the Covenant on Delta Halo and High Charity in Halo 2, the Earth took a pounding from the Covenant while they set about digging up a Forerunner artifact buried in the African desert. It’s in the terrestrial side of the gap between Halo 2 and Halo 3 ODST is set, and in this gap the planetside war between UNSC and Covenant forces played out. ... » Read Full Halo 3: ODST preview

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