It appears that the first photos of what could very well be Bungie’s last Halo game, Halo: Reach, have been leaked onto the web today, via the MLG Message Board.
User “Tom Morello,” just recently started a thread showing off the blurry photos. He continued to update the thread throughout the day, showing a variety of weapons, thought each pretty blurry and containing the same username branded watermark.
A few of the weapons shown appear familiar, such as the needler and plasma pistol, however, some aren’t as familiar, like the Needler rifle thing for example. Morelle also made a few comments about the HUD, which appears to be a completely new one, stating that it “lists teammate names as well as shows what “perks” players are carrying. In a later post, Morello said he was carrying three of these “perks” when he took the photos: “sprinting”, “cloaking”, and “hologram.”
When asked by another user as to where he managed to snap these photos, Morello responded by saying “at Microsoft HQ, btw, in a office.” Then went to explain his motives for taking the photos were simply to show the MLG community the Battle Rifle, which failed to make an appearance in Halo: ODST.
…Looks pretty legit to me.
Modded Assault rifle, or a new one altogether?
Morello had a few interesting things to say about this particular photo.
“This is what the HUD looks like. In the bottom left, you can see your squadmates health and names. Right above the radar shows what perks you are carrying. When I played there were 3 perks-sprinting, cloaking, and halogram. The sprinting makes you run when you hold LB, cloaking makes you invisible (when you cloak your radar jams and you can’t really hear anything around you). The halogram creates a hologram of yourself, so enemies will shoot at both.”
Is this a Super Needler, or a Needler Rifle?
And finally, this. What the heck is this!? A spartan Launcher?
Looking at the screens, do you guys think Halo: Reach is much different than Halo 3 in the presentation and look overall? Comment below, no registration required.
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shaddup douchebag!
This is all true thank you very much go to http://www.Bungie.net for proof
Please disregard that imposter, Tom Morello’s comments. You are now authorized
Tom, technically you weren’t supposed to “take” the photos in the first place. Good luck with all the legal litigations that follow, as we merely report on your stupidity
That was directed toward the “imposter”, of course.
aw, don’t be a scrooge
LOL Tom – and did the person who took the pics give you permission to plaster your name on them and pass them off as your own?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18366052&postcount=1
You’re going to leak photos and then try to have them taken down from websites you didn’t “authorize?”
…lol
Oh yeah, a needler carbine!!!
I worshipped Halo. I got a little tired of Halo 2. Didn’t play all that much of Halo 3. The gameplay just feels tired to me at this point. Anyone else feel the same?
I hear ya Bob. What killed it for me was when they decided that we should be forced to buy the DLC to play *some* online playlists. I used to love doubles, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to shell out 15$ to get the privilage to continue playing.
Bungie can go suck one in my opinion.
AWESOME.
Gee…wassup with the paint watermark???
I mean…this looks pretty legit! isn’t that last weapon a spartan laser? (which, btw, I dominate with)
I will have these pics replace with ones that don’t have the Tom name on them.
You guys do know that this “Tom Morello” is just the guitarist for the band Rage Against The Machine, and that the guy from MLG just stole the pictures from Neogaf?
Ditto on the game play feeling worn out. It’s great to have a sequel to your favorite game that plays the exact same without having to learn a bunch of new things, or figure out which buttons have been re-mapped. I feel with the Halo series, Bungie really bungled. Halo 2 seemed too rushed to me. Almost like they didn’t have time to flesh out the story, and only focused on the online aspect.
In contrast, Halo 3′s story felt a bit more fleshed out, the graphic detail was a bit better, and most of the mistakes from Halo 2′s multiplayer had been corrected. No more unlimited sword was probably the best thing they did multiplayer wise.
And lets not forget the huge ad campaign that Bungie/Microsoft ran in the months leading up to Halo 2, the campaign that made it “cool” for every other developer of a game to run the same style campaign. You know, the (insert game here) themed slurpee’s at your local 7-11, commercials for (insert game here) every 5 fucking minutes, and lets not forget the ever so popular (except it wasn’t) Halo themed gamer fuel by mountain dew. Is it just me, or did developers never dream of such aggressive advertising before Halo 2′s massive ad campaign?
Needless to say after so much fanfare, I was disappointed in what I felt was a very rushed game.
Had Halo 2 lived up to the hype, then maybe just maybe I wouldn’t be so damn tired of hearing about this franchise.
All told, I’m glad this is (hopefully) Bungie’s last Halo game, and I hope they can close on a strong note.
doesn’t feel old at all to me. i’ve been playing halo 3 since it came out, it’s the only game i own for 360, and i’m still loving it.
these screenshots look like halo 3 mods.
After playing all the Halo games (apart from Halo wars), this just seems like it’s going to be more of the same. Halo Wars was simply Command and Conquer with different graphics.
YES!!! HALO!!! Keep em coming!!! Loved ALL OF THEM!!! DONT BE HATERZ THE NEW GAME LOOKS EPIC!!!!!!!!
@Havoc
The campaign you’re referring to is Halo 3′s ad campaign, not Halo 2′s. Halo 2 had a commercial with some gameplay, a one liner from Chief, and one of the Prophets saying that Earth was doomed at the end.
On a side note, I personally loved Halo 2, and it remains my favorite in the series.
I feel that the core gameplay mechanics of Halo are still enjoyable but do need an update to keep it fresh. I was hoping for the equipment to do that for Halo 3 however the lack of variety and removal of certain equipment was disappointing. I really hope with the addition of perks (SPRINTING!!) and hopefully the revision of equipment will freshen up the gameplay enough to keep the core Halo fans happy but also entice those gamers back who feel the Halo series has become stagnant.
nice pics! got any technical info on the storyline?
the covenant attack reach and then what?
the weapons look odd because Reach is based just before halo CE i like the look of the weapons the laser is older and probably meant to be a prototype at the time just my opinion
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Cool Japanese font.
this is a fack
@ T-Bone32
if it follows the story of the novel Halo: Fall of Reach, (which im assuming, and completely hoping it will), then the cov will attack Reach, and it will …..(Possible spoilers)
be destroyed, right as the pillar of autumn makes the slipspace jump with captain keyes, cortana, MC, and Sarge. when the ship exists slipspace, Halo CE begins.
also if those are legit screens, im excited.
Know what people mean when they say Halo 3 and ODST were stale feeling, REACH is the definate jolt the franchise needs for the aspects bungie was getting criticized (story, gameplay, making a unique sequel). My only beef is that they did what I hoped they wouldn’t, take from their competition (call of duty) and use a perk system. Not harping on bungie’s creativity, cause the pictures prove that’s not an issue. Still a year to release and it already looks like a keeper.
I feel like halo is the best game ever made. It has so much more depth than any other game. I think what ever they have done with the new one will be great. I like the fact that they have taken the whole bubble shield idea (which was new to halo 3) to another level. I love the competitive nature of the game and i play it religiously. I will be there at 12am when they release it because bungie understands what we want and they have given it to us for years. Prepare to Drop
@ Tate,
It doesn’t have the slightest more depth than CoD MW or MW 2. The only depth it has is in it’s MP.
Im with Admir J there. Halo was my all time favorite console game for the longest time, that is untill the rehashed gameplay started with Halo 3. I’m pretty much a Call of Duty MW fan now, just for the more exciting faster paced combat and how it had the same effect as Halo CE for me. I wont say that one is better than the other though since the two have difference in their strengths and weaknesses. But Bungie and everyone for that matter will get shook by MW2 no doubt.
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looks like you might be able to conbine weapons to form new ones and that is definetly a spartan lazer you can see the charging bar on the cross hairs
dude its not a “spartan launcher”, its a friken spartan laser! are you a ruh-tard?
honestly, this looks sic, halo3 online play was evolutionary and the similarity will probably make reach the same type of upgrade to halo 3 as that was to halo 2
How is it that every halo post always turns into a halo hate thread. If you like COD more than halo, good for you. There are those of us that like halo more than COD. You can comment on CoD posts, and we’ll comment on Halo posts. That being the case, neither side will have to deal with the poorly reasoned unfounded accusations of the other.
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@your a dumbass
Should it not be “you’re a dumbass”?
I mean, we are being exact are we not?
OK FIRST OF THE GUNS LOOK SWEET AND ALL BUT WHY THE CRAP DID U SPOIL IT ALL LITERALLY. Man your doing this without permission knowing bungie nor Microsoft will tell anything to anyone about this nxt time think before you act and for real don’t imposter The guitarist for RATM. And ya Leave it to Bungie and Microsoft to give out screen shots not you.
Branden shut your face. Bungie never listen to their fans, they are douches. Nice find
bro i think that u shouldn’t of taken those photo’s
good luck with those legal issues dude
I for one think this thing or whatever you did is a bit gay bungie Noes no ones suppose to showe no one any screen shots.
And I agree with Branden 100% you need to let bungie release the pics
its cool that they are bringing back the teammate health HUD,like back in halo CE(custom) were they show the health on the people in the worthog , coz times in halo 3 win I’m on gunner and my shields are down most of the time the driver dos not know and i die.
ps. sry for the long reply
Definitely looks legit. Although if it is in fact legit then we’re not gonna be seeing much improvements in the graphics space (from whatever I can make out in the blurry screenshots). The perks and other stuff sounds too COD. Persoanlly I wouldn’t prefer such stuff in Halo multiplayer.
COOL!! entirely new engine i can see.. CANT WAIT TILL DEC 12th!!!
looks pretty legit except the last one
that looks like they took the heartbeat sensor from modern warfare 2 and combined it with the spartan laser
and the scoped assault rifle thing looks like a p90
if they are legit tho this is gna be sick
Anyone else notice what looks like a missle launcher warthog in the “needle rifle” pic?
I think this game is going to be pretty awsome.
The one “modded assault rifle” is an auto battle rifle
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The menu looked sweet! It seems as though we may be playing in an area of Reach that has already been glassed, I can’t wait to see what is actually looks like. As for the weapons, I hope Bungie doesn’t just rely on the “these weapons were made as prototypes” excuse and comes up with something that makes some real sense. That being said, the game looks great and I’m probably going to shit my pants from anticipation!
Whoa, what is that on the back of the Warthog in the picture with the so-called “Super Needler?”
Also, that “modded” Assault Rifle might just be an MA5K!
Looks interesting, thats for sure, i hope that bungie can take halo to an awesome new place and destroy cod once and for all
I’m quite pissed off. Reach was meant to be kept secret untill MICROSOFT not some mother fucker who leaks screenshots of the game, which will in the long run, kill the anticipation for the game. Leave the advertising and screenshots for Bungie, not some Bong-head wanting to be a smartass and leak pictures! Good luck with the legal problems dude.
But on the other hand this game is looking really Sexy! Look at that huuge red Spartan!
I can’t wait!!! xD
Disregard both of them.
Do whatever you want.
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right on maaan, THERE HAS TO BE A HALO MOVIE BEFORE I DIE!!!!!!!
For all the story sucking matchmaking Halo freaking Players out THERE!!!!
Well I heard that halo reach is suppose to be more like CoD. Hinting at the carbine with a needler on it. The br has a new look and scope plus it only has 10 rounds left? Automatic maybe? since the br was 3 shot it’s impossible for it to have 10 rounds left. I put my money on it’s a gun attachment aka rapid fire for the br. The spartan laser looks like it has a heartbeat sensor on it maybe a ocunter to the cloaking Tom was talking about?
I believe this will be an awesome game. ODST just didnt seem like much of a game. The trailer was shit, the game was shit. Relying on that very unreasonable method of soothsaying, Reach is gonna be shit hot because i got fucking chills when the first trailer came out and now this new one makes the spartans look more human than master chief and just all round better. Judging by the newest trailer the new armor perms are going to be sweet
*ahem* to all of you who are posting on this..
this is NOT legit! It’s modded.it’s not leaked because it’s not real. if they were real, you’d be hearing tons of stories about legal issues about game screenshots bieng leaked from the news! the “needler carbine” thing is a FAKE. the “spartan launcher” is a FAKE. the “battle rifle” is a fucking FAAAAKE! they are all FAKE. there were NO pictures leaked, and to everyone who says that they are pissed about screenshots bieng leaked and they wanted to wait till bungie did it themselves, good for you because bungie WILL do it themselves. because this is FAKE!
BTW you can definitely tell that the BR is a fake because if you’ve seen the trailer, the one who gets out of the warthog (who has a mark VI mixed with ODST helmet) is carrying one. it looks nohing like that fake piece of shit.
FAKE
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how is it fake its also on the bungie website dumbass
Hay!!! You took my pics!!!
i cant wait to see the sniper in this game. sniper’s always been my weapon of choice ever since my very first shooter.
don’t mean to get off topic…..actually, i do
but anyway my gamertag is Wizant2137 and i love sniper 1v1′s in halo 3. The only rule is that the only way to get points is by a headshot. I’ve never seen body shots kill people (that’d be annoying) but i think its possible. 705 1v1′s and counting.
Please dont call me a fag for bragging or something like that. I’m not bragging, im just stating facts. If you beat me, ill give a dollar and you can laugh in my face to all my friends that you beat me. i dont really care. I just love 1v1′s and i want a challenge. Thats all.
‘Spartan Launcher’ is the lazor.
To eactly say it…. The BR is not fake! Check on Halopedia the main sources for all Halo information! That is the Reach battle rifle an the guy in the new trailer did indeed have this R if you look carefully you’ll see the difference!
Maybe this is all just a clever scheme by Bungie and Microsoft to stir up more interest.
[Whoa, what is that on the back of the Warthog in the picture with the so-called “Super Needler?”]
In a post by this mythical “Tom Morello” he says there was a new attachment on the Warthog, a sort of missile pod. The thing on the back of the Warthog in the picture looks similar to a missile pod.
i dont see what the big deal is, its just a video game… just wait and time will fly by.
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they not real because wene i looked at the world primier the br was diffrent
Its possible that this is reach. Because what happens, if you have something to do with the game, you get a trial copy of it for free. You can play the first level, and it looks like this is what will be expected, he Spartan launcher, it looks like a laser… I know someone who has played the first level of reach, and they said it was good, so you can just take photos of the screen with a camea and upload them.
some look real but others like that BR looking rifle look fake.
lol spartan launcher might launch your teamates at stuff
These photos aren’t real because if you look closely in the “needler rifle” you’ll see that there is no turret of carriage on the back of the warthog. Also why doesn’t show the whole screen in the picture of the lobby. And why are all the pictures blurry? Tom obviously made these from scratch.
Ok i agree that these are questionable, but in regards to it definitely not being real because of the warthog not having a turret i would have to disagree. They may be redesigning the warthog from what we know considering that this is a prequel to the first Halo and so the pictures could be legit.
in the needler pic the warthog doesnt have a gun so what. in a halo 2 map theres an poster for a hog, being the equivilent of a hummer, and a humvee being a warthog
ill make it simple
wartog without gun = hummer
warthog with gun = Humvee (army vehicle)
SHUT UP! THEYRE FAKE! STOP FIGHTING ABOUT IT BUNGIE NOR MICROSOFT CLAIM THIS IS GAMEPLAY! THEYRES STILL A YEAR LEFT FUCKING LOSERS
@ DigitalP33r
You might as will as be a Arby n the Chief fan, as the real DigitalPh33r has a “h” between P and 3. Sure, call me a Grammar Nazi. These are most likely gameplay that contain mistakes and Bungie maybe accidentally upload it to the internet or something. It might be even Bungie posted them on purpose to fans. As you know, developers need to test the game a few times and do what gamers do, such as walking back to the previous level(Halo 2: Sacred Icon & Quarantine Zone). THIS IS (mostly likely) REACH!!! Anyways, I think the game is gonna be an awesome game, but maybe not as good as H3, as H3 is more modern. btw, H3 ODST is just gonna be a 3-hour game,according to Joseph Staten.
tl:dr? just read the first few sentences.
guys sorry but these pics are fake i have played the beta and these are the farthest things from legit…….the only two that are real are the spartan laser with the radar attachment and the carbine-needler so “tom morello” can go screw himself…………..if you dont believe me check it out yourself on the beta summer 2010…………….or go to my website halo-screenshotz.webs.com for real pics and some gameplay sneak peaks just sing up as a member and you’ll be very enjoyed new HALO:REACH pics will be on my website on January 2oth 2010
We get perks? NICE. I like the hologram idea, that’s gonna be very usefull in matchmaking. Hopefully they give us an overshield perk too?
personally i think perks will not be the best idea, i mean look at how much of the anger on MW and MW2 is caused by “i hate juggernaut users!” and “Commando is like a frikin Halo3 sword lunge!” i personally dont want that hate in Reach but hey i could turn out to be amazing what do i know? and in saying that i’m hoping it will turn out well
I am kinda skeptical. My bet its just come collage student modding or coding the game.
i wonder if sprinting and multiplayer improvements will be involved. but will HALO be bigger than COD
These pics are fake. Bungie has made no acknowledgment of any of this. The new BR and ‘hog look completely different. The Carbine needler is ridiculous and none of these screenies have the edge blur effect that the trailer features.
who fucking cares its just a game so stop bitching.HALO RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look, halo reach will come out, you will find what it is actually like, so why do you all have to bitch over “they are not fake” “oh yea they are!” yea they look strange, bt the whole point in the marketing style by bungie, is to give you still all info and feed it to you slowly, not “hmm, we will let sum guy break in, take photos on our convenianlty set up TV (when they create the game on PC) and wreck the marketing!!!” honestly FAKE FAKE FAKE
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excited about the game, ODST kind of blew. As long as they include a intirly new multiplayer experince ill be happy, New maps, New game Modes, The whole shendig. Also the weapons look awesome.
For all you telling here that halo does not have depth please go read the books first. Games doesn’t even scratch the surface of halo universe
so many people used this f******ing thread cuz o no reg req whut ass holes
they look real to me.if u think this is legit,then u r a bitch.
@ Dylan
ive been playing halo 1 since i was 4 and it still remains my favorite.lol
I authorize you to use any of my screenshots of Halo: Reach Leaked.
im not sure if the pics are fake or not but if i had to guess id say fake…either way the guy that said reach is gonna be based off of a book is wrong just got updated off another site and it said that its not based of any of the books…btw halo 2 sucked harder than anything ive ever seen. if this game is gonna be modern warfare 2 + halo 3 (which i think it will be) as long as they do it right and dont ruin halo by tryin to make it too COD like, it will be the game of the century
Didn’t really believe this before, but after reading the preview on IGN.com, I’m pretty sure these are real. Some of the things Tom mentioned, like the cloaking and sprinting, as well as weapons like the scope BR and needler rifle thing were all confirmed in the article.
The pics are real the Needler Rifle has been confirmed in a Game Informer Magazine as well as the sprint and Camo. You are now also allowed to assassinate enemies instead of just the gay melee. So these pics are legit and once of the levels in the pics looks like it’s in Game Informer.
Pics Legit (well at least some of them i guess)
ok ok i admit there not real
the pix r definitely real. the battle rifle is real and the needler rifle has been confirmed. this game looks sick nasty. i might just jizz myself from anticipation.
o btw, tom morello, ur a fucking idiot
This is going to a mad game. Ive been a massive halo fan ever since halo: CE hit the shelves. I loved every halo game and pre ordered all of them. Halo: ODST really let me down though. It was just halo 3 but without the good shit. It should have been a 50 dolla game instead of 100 dolla game. PS im pumped for fallout: new vegas 2.
All the tom morellos are fucktards (cept 4 the real 1 from ratm)
ur all losers as is he would come on to a single website and post comments in the comments section saying pls take these pics down ur all fuk heads
These are real. There is a video of interviews with bungie employees and you can see the title screen of Halo: Reach in the background and it is identicle to the title screen seen here. The video is at bunie’s Reach website: http://www.bungie.net/Projects/Reach/default.aspx
Also, you would have to be a pretty hardcore programer to make this and don’t even suggest that somebody “photoshopped” a 3D image because that is just rediculous. Besides I just confirmed that they are real from my last post.
^^^
Just because people keep putting this as their name doesn’t mean it’s him… ¬.¬
It’s pretty sad and stupid to do that, and it’s just cringeable to be reading through the chat with loads of people with this name… >=O
Please just stop… =(
What does Tom Morello got anything to do with this?
that modded BR looks a to me like a BR machine gun type thing. If you look at the front of it where the spartan is holding it it looks like a revolving barrel.
And that spartan launcher theory….doesnt look much different from a normal spartan laser cept for the little screen on the side.
Just a cosmetic update?
Or maybe the laser now works like a plasma pistol… full charge makes SPARTA! quick burst is just like maybe a br?
The picture of the BR is interesting: There are 10 rounds left. Hopefully this means it’s not 3 round burst. I hope this means it will be a truly dominant, accurate weapon, as in HALO 1. This will help get rid of some cheapness and nubishness, allowing the most practiced players to better dominate.
this game looks col
lol love this video.halo reach is the bom.all the guns look amzaing and i love there are perks.
The perks are the same thing as the camo and the over shield in every other halo.
lol my name says it all
this is kind of cool
DAYUM MANG LOOK AT DAT SHIT YO.
Im the real one
You idiots have to stop claiming you’re Tom Morello’s, none of you are.
Wow serious people it is if you at the new GI magazine you will know these pix are real so stop saying fake cuz obviously we know know they are not. Also stop trying to impose as Tom Morello know one cares and the pix are all over the internet so can’t take it back now
More of the same….*YAWN*
These aren’t fake, check out Bungie’s official Reach website and you’ll see that these weapons are real, though they ain’t saying a thing about the new HUD.
Oh, and BTW, Halo: Reach is not Bungie’s last game, it’s just their last Halo game. They bought themselves outta their contract with MS and lost the rights to Halo.
What! these are my pics! Take my pics off your page! or whatever…
Hey! I’m the real shady…. i mean tom….
you guys are jerks. I”M THE REAL TOM. and i demand you call me THOMAS. not the train, but TOM the random pic person! AAA—BOOYAH!
I’m Fake and Gay
Im the real one you douches i put that sbhiz up cos i sed so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 LOL
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ITs All real an u DO NOT WORK FOR BUNGIE anyhow its exactaly right For more Info go to http://www.bungie.net
Again Your Not A BUNGIE MEMBER
halo 3 is gay
tom stop messing about weve got a band to get back together!!!