First, the vitals: Halo 3: ODST is a stand-alone expansion of Halo ... The acronym ODST stands for "Orbital Drop Shock Trooper." Any fan of the Halo lore -- or anybody that has been playing ...

ODST takes place between the events of Halo 2 and 3 solely on Earth in the African ... take on the role of an ODST or Orbital Drop Shock Trooper. Here in lies Bungie’s new direction for this ...

Listen up shock-trooper, Master Chief is out ... The health system in ODST works a bit differently than it did in Halo 3…in fact, it's almost identical to the original Halo's.

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The campaign of this fall's Halo 3 ODST surfaced at an event in New York this week, right near a bowl of lime green jellybeans and a bunch of Zunes.

What They Talked About: Halo 3: ODST is locked and loaded for a September ... to create a game that followed the orbital drop shock trooper, rather than, say, Master Chief. In fact, Master Chief ...

ODST is a stand-alone prequel to Halo 3. Much of the new game places the player in the role of a stealthy special-operations trooper picking his way through the vast ruins of New Mombasa.

Given these reservations, I was intrigued to hear that Bungie’s next game, Halo 3:ODST, would change the focus from the super-soldier Master Chief to the regular Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.

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Halo 3: ODST lands on PC today and with Xbox Game Pass for PC on the Microsoft Store, and Steam. The game finds you playing as an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper in the streets of New Mombasa as you ...

Long gone are the days of successful spinoffs like Halo 3: ODST. Released on September 22 2009, Halo 3: ODST is widely considered to be a high point for the Halo franchise. Though its shorter ...

“Orbital Drop Shock Trooper” may sound like a fancy title ... thanks to Super Earth's immaculate Halo 3: ODST vibes and a community that doesn't mind my terrible team-killing Playing Atomfall ...

Halo: Combat Evolved made system linked Xboxs fashionable. Halo 2’s ground-breaking online matchmaking carried Xbox LIVE’s fledgling years on the crest of a wave, breaking only when Halo 3 ...