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EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

CrAzYpotpie — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:18:35 MDT

I think he means how the magazines are number "1-3."

This would mean that the last one is the 3rd magazine, in which case he is still wrong, as the fuel rod cannon has been around since Halo 1.

CrAzYpotpie

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Phyltre — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:42:00 MDT

@Jonn:
Are you talking about the sniper rifle or the rocket launcher? Neither of them are new.

Phyltre

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Jonn — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:24:57 MDT

What, no YMCA jokes?

The real question is, what's up with the new gun in the last one?

Jonn

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

okenny_unbanned — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:17:38 MDT

@JoJitsu4u: A feature you have now and didn't have before. I fail to see how people, including you, are trying so hard to put a negative spin on this by the simple fact that it exists.

okenny_unbanned

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

okenny_unbanned — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:08:25 MDT

@Heihachi.vs.Kazuya: hee... cute.

okenny_unbanned

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

okenny_unbanned — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:06:20 MDT

@NotXenon: I was about to make a snide remark but then checked again... you are sooooo right! They do look like action figure shots!!!

okenny_unbanned

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

marky7474 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:33:01 MDT

Isn't the spartan's left leg on the first cover a bit... off?

marky7474

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

xerus` — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:00:38 MDT

Go Generic Space Marine guy! Derr I mean Master Chief!

xerus`

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

MajoShinpan — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:25:48 MDT

Well done covers there! I like the second one the best.

MajoShinpan

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Digitalguardian — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:16:55 MDT

Bah, I have subscription so I won't be able to choose the one I want.

Digitalguardian

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Rob Phelps — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:03:48 MDT

Damn some Bungie guys told me that The Forge wasn't a map editor at E3...I guess it's kind of more than that, but still, shame on you.

Rob Phelps

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Samos42 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:44:33 MDT

Have some people already gotten the issue or was it leaked?

Samos42

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

aestheticity — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:31:34 MDT

@InsidiousTuna: its not bigger. its usually used by grunts, remember.

aestheticity

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

CrAzYpotpie — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:16:40 MDT

@Lost_Fable:

The Elite one definately looks awesome! My favorite as well. I am guessing this means they will be showing up in Multiplayer? =]

CrAzYpotpie

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

FyreWulff — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:24:41 MDT

@InsidiousTuna: the Fuel Rod looks smaller because an Elite is holding it. Elites can hold it and the Rocket Launcher with one hand.

@Bluespruce: There is still Free-For-All in matchmaking, and even in Team matchmaking where it's Red vs Blue, your detail colors are still what you chose.

FyreWulff

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

daschupa — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:18:01 MDT

Geez, this game is going to be good, I almost feel moved to go buy a 360...nah I'll just leech off of my friends console.

daschupa

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

jihadjoe343 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:08:01 MDT

@RageKage: Haha, but then again, if they didn't fix the Spartan HUD coloring, purple may show up a little bit better on the game's gorgeous skies.

jihadjoe343

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

R3load — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:00:31 MDT

Wow, the Spartan and the Elite covers look good.

R3load

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Ejvid04 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:55:20 MDT

Looks alright... I still am dissapointed with the graphics, I do know that graphics are not everything and I am definitly looking to buy this game for the compaing alone.. I loved Halo 1's campaign and played it over many times until halo 2 came out. I really hope Halo 3 pushes campaign to a new level.

Ejvid04

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

RageKage — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:48:28 MDT

@jihadjoe343:
I'd only use elites in multiplayer if I'm goofing around, or they get rid of that damn PINK HUD!

RageKage

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

jihadjoe343 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:43:35 MDT

Seeing as I've already read the article (well what wasn't a blur) I'll most likely wait for the high res screenshots from Bungie and the scans that'll show up mere minutes after the mail man comes.

But I'm loving the Elite. I still won't use them but that armor looks pretty badass, especially can't wait to see the other variants in better detail.

As for Forge, like other people said, it's like a content editor where you can spawn things to use within the game. I'm not sure about how many people can play in the game (I read 8 above) and how actually playing with it will work, especially with teamplay, but it seems like another tool Bungie has given to the community that'll allow Machinima to be an even higher quality.

jihadjoe343

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

InsidiousTuna — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:37:44 MDT

@RageKage: I've only used the fuel rod gun a couple of times, and I thought it was bigger, almost rocket-launcher sized. And I had no clue about the mini-shotgun. Thanks!

InsidiousTuna

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Bluespruce — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:30:21 MDT

It all looks very cool. But how is changeing the color of your armor going to work in ranked multiplayer. It is still Red vs Blue.

Bluespruce

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

RageKage — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:27:42 MDT

@InsidiousTuna:
Elite is holding Fuel Rod Gun. It's been in every Halo, and was usable in H2 and now in H3.

The gun in the first cover spartans left hand is the new brute shotgun. Less powerful, but dual weildable.

RageKage

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

InsidiousTuna — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:22:53 MDT

Oh! And the not-a-spiker gun in the first cover, what's that?

InsidiousTuna

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

InsidiousTuna — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:21:42 MDT

Isn't the Elite holding a new gun? I didn't see that in the bee-tah.

InsidiousTuna

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

thePheonix9 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:16:10 MDT

I know Halo 3 is going to be incredible. I've been following it since it was announced.

My only problem: With all of the great things (Forge, Campaign, Multiplayer, Saved Films, LANs, Customizations, and so on...), how can I be expected to play Guitar Herp III and GTA IV.

roman numerals are making a come back, eh?

thePheonix9

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Karttikeya — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:08:56 MDT

@Akanubon:

Leaderboards for each level.

Karttikeya

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Akanubon — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:03:36 MDT

Did I just miss what meta-games are in Halo 3? There were achievements for "Get X score in the Meta-game on Level 3" or something like that for each level.

What are they?

Akanubon

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

BurningRevenge — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:52:19 MDT

That spartan looks hot! I can't wait 'till I'm designing mine..

BurningRevenge

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Karttikeya — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:48:49 MDT

@JoJitsu4u:

I wouldn't be surprised to see Microsoft distribute a free tool set with Halo 3 for Windows (whenever they do), and allow cross platform compatability with the mods. Especially when Bungie is going to have custom creation "leaderboards" on their website and within the game's interface...but one can only hope.

Karttikeya

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

FlapjacksAreTasty — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:47:45 MDT

Time for Trolling 101.

The right way to troll:

BY PANZERJEDI AT 03:51 PM
Woot! Metroid Prime 3!

(Good-natured, positive, relevant because of the Metroid 3 headline on the cover)

Wrong way to troll:

BY INSERT_GENTLY AT 03:59 PM
Halo 3 is going to sell really well because of the name brand, but i don't think it's going to be a very good game...

(Agumentative, ignorant, and obvious. And what's with the ellipsis? Did you forget what you were going to say next?)

FlapjacksAreTasty

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

JoJitsu4u — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:37:04 MDT

@jesusjuice: Back when Marathon Infinity Shipped for Mac Bungie included a full set of tools also called Forge. Being an environment that encouraged map building and modding, the products weren't half bad and Bungie even included contest winners maps with a later version of the game, sort of a UT style game of the year edition in the future. Tools for map editing on LIVE? I don't see allot of creativity being possible, depending on how pared down the software is. Too bad, MS could have had a nice counter argument for the supposed ps3 UT3 mod support.

JoJitsu4u

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Kyle81 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:36:49 MDT

@Karttikeya: Not trying to start an argument, but you apparently want to. Bugger off.

@AppleTamer: Yea thats the one! Was great fun, some crazy gaming there.

Kyle81

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Crux117 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:36:06 MDT

The weapon in the left hand of the Spartan in the first pic is known as the Brute Mauler. Less powerful duel-wieldable shotgun. Looks awesome!! I must say that Elite armor looks incredible, I might consider using the Elite this time around in MP.

Crux117

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

AppleTamer — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:27:43 MDT

@Kyle81: Source Forts. Pretty fun if you play with people that know what they're doing or with friends. Good luck finding a decent amount of people online playing it, though.

AppleTamer

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

pikachumariachi — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:25:37 MDT

@jesusjuice: That is going to make multiplayer so much more fun

pikachumariachi

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Sai-kun — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:23:44 MDT

@INSERT_GENTLY

Please get off whatever drugs you're smoking. Srsly.

Anyways, that Elite looks totally badass. Cannot wait for this~! :D NEED MORE HALOCRACK.

Sai-kun

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Karttikeya — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:21:17 MDT

@Kyle81:

Sounds like the primitive word called: "TOOLS".

Stop trying to start an argument.

Karttikeya

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Kyle81 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:19:28 MDT

@jesusjuice: Sound like a mod that was available for Half Life 2

Kyle81

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Top Shelf 333 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:15:37 MDT

In the top one, the weapon in his left hand is the dual-wieldable Brute shotgun that was already announced in a leak from the magazine. It's different from the Spiker.

Top Shelf 333

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

GamerNamedTim — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:15:14 MDT

Those are so awesome! Please don't let that past-due balance to EGM stop me from getting this magazine!!!

GamerNamedTim

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

pikachumariachi — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:13:16 MDT

Metroid Prime 3 and Halo 3, definetly my most anticipated games this year, schweeet.

pikachumariachi

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

FoxHoundADAM — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:12:44 MDT

I like the top one.

FoxHoundADAM

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

jesusjuice — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:11:24 MDT

the map editor is called "the forge". it basically allows you to add and move around objects on the map, boring? not so much, you can do this with up to 8 people(i believe) on xbox live and anyone of the people can go start playing on the map at anytime. so if your friend is building a fort out of crates, you can go into the game, lob a grenade, and down goes the fort. you can also set up games in which one person on each side is editing he map while the others are fighting each other, the poeple editing the map can then either help their team mates by drop weapons and vehicles, or they can hurt the enemy by taking a weapons and vehicles.

jesusjuice

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

liquid_kore — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:09:31 MDT

The spartan up top looks like he is wearing a construction hat like bob the builder.

liquid_kore

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Karttikeya — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:09:16 MDT

@Kyle81:

All of the reviews between first party titles all seem justified.

Karttikeya

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Karttikeya — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:08:12 MDT

It's literally a map editor, not a map creator.

Karttikeya

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Kyle81 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:04:41 MDT

@Heihachi.vs.Kazuya: With the reviews they push out, sure seems like it.

Kyle81

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Hagglegaggle — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:03:54 MDT

I gave up on EGM waaaaaaay back when they brought out EGM^2. You're buying more ad than content per pound of magazine. Plus, the way things work these days, everything in a monthly publication is old news by the time it hits the stand.

Hagglegaggle

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Teh Emo Penguin — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:01:23 MDT

ELITE! ELITE!
The only important character in the game.

Teh Emo Penguin

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Scrapple — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:00:09 MDT

Whatever your smoking, please share....

@Halo 3 is going to sell really well because of the name br...:

Scrapple

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Scrapple — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:59:23 MDT

2 months to go!

Scrapple

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

insert_gently — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:59:04 MDT

Halo 3 is going to sell really well because of the name brand, but i don't think it's going to be a very good game...

insert_gently

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Heihachi.vs.Kazuya — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:58:52 MDT

metroid prime? Heavnly sword? little big planet?

I thought EGM was owned and operated by microsoft...

Heihachi.vs.Kazuya

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Mit — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:57:53 MDT

@Lost_Fable:

EGM's one of the best remaining gaming mags IMO. The writers are often humorous. I stopped getting it though because I would already know about all the new news from the internet when I got the issues >_> The only thing worth reading would be reviews, exclusive articles because of the writers (especially Seanbaby's hilarious segments on crappy games and whatnot) and exclusive major features like these Halo 3 features, which are few and far between.

Was a map editor already known? Because that's news to me.

Mit

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

hero76 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:56:02 MDT

geez it is halo 3 and some of u only see the small box on the top right of samus getting owned

hero76

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Karttikeya — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:54:14 MDT

Wowzers, look at the details on the Elite's face.

Karttikeya

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

ixalth — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:53:27 MDT

Samus...?

ixalth

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Lost_Fable — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:52:18 MDT

I like the Elite one the best.
Guess I'll finally have to pick a copy of EGM. They never looked thick enough to justify the price.

Lost_Fable

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

panzerjedi — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:51:10 MDT

Woot! Metroid Prime 3!

panzerjedi

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

ChibiKyKiske — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:51:02 MDT

what's that gun in the left hand of the spartan on cover 2?

i know in the right hand it's a spiker, but the in the left looks new...

ChibiKyKiske

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

FyreWulff — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:50:53 MDT

The weapon on the left is a brute spiker, the weapon on the right is the brute shotgun (which is also dual-wieldable)

FyreWulff

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Cell9song — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:50:14 MDT

or "spikers".....whatever.....

Cell9song

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

ArmyofJuan — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:50:11 MDT

Those kind of look like action figures/statues

ArmyofJuan

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Cell9song — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:49:30 MDT

the dual covenant MG's should have extended ammo seeing they suck otherwise.

Cell9song

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

Xenon — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:48:03 MDT

That first armor looks pretty fucking sweet.
I wonder if you can make custom armor.

Xenon

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

yashichi8bit — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:47:55 MDT

Map editor? Sweet!

yashichi8bit

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

juniorlikespie — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:47:44 MDT

sorry brute

juniorlikespie

EGM Prints Halo 3 Covers, And We Like Them

juniorlikespie — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:47:27 MDT

not customizable weapons those are just the brude spikers. they were in the beta.

juniorlikespie