Let me preface this by saying that I am a Halo fanatic. I’ve read the books, I’ve obviously played the games, and one of the few tattoos I would ever consider getting involves the number 117. That ...

Updated on January 15, 2025, by Gerardo Molina: While the Halo Expanded Universe is not nearly as popular as the one explored in the franchise's main games, it still has a lot of interesting ...

ODST, which was initially planned as a DLC for Halo 3 and tried to shift the perspective by focusing on someone other than the Master Chief. Playing as an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (ODST ...

ODST experimented with turning Halo into a tightly controlled open world, stranding you in the jazz-soaked streets of New Mombasa as an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper—elite soldiers who hurl ...

Players take control of Rookie, an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper and the silent protagonist of Halo 3: ODST. Rookie’s squadmates, Buck, Dare, Dutch, Romeo, and Mickey, are all interesting ...

Some of these 3o-odd pitches looked to bring back Halo's ODST unit in multiple forms, but most never made it past the initial planning stage. Former 343 Industries and Halo Infinite developer ...

Instead of controlling a Spartan soldier like other Halo games, ODST sees you controlling different members of an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper squad, who are ostensibly just highly trained soldiers ...

It is usually not considered one of the best games in the franchise, but it does have a loyal community that loves the very different Halo experience of playing with a regular ODST trooper instead of ...

including the recently teased Halo ODST Flood Firefight mode and the introduction of Halo 3 crossplay. Plus, 343 Industries adds that Halo mod support for "every game in the MCC" is happening this ...

The recent arrival of Halo 3: ODST brought Microsoft's tentpole franchise back to the forefront, and collected another impressive 8/10 from Eurogamer, despite the fact the game was sculpted from ...

And before “Halo Infinite,” this was the first game in the series to explore the open-world format, as you explore the war-torn New Mombasa as a powered-down shock trooper, abandoned and ...