posted on Jun, 22 2007 @ 10:33 AM
Hi,
I'm new to ATS but have been following this thread, and the ones on the Bungie forums with great interest.
I'll say from the start, I am an avid Halo fan, and also a UFO nut
Microsoft has loads of email addresses from users of the Xbox Live service, where gamers can, amongst other things, play each other over broaband.
Bungie, develpoer of the Halo franchise is VERY well known for there outlandsh viral marketing for Halo 2.
One thing is for sure. In the videogame world, HALO 3 is going to be massive...make no mistake. It is very highly antcipated, has had millions of $
poured into it's development, and is Microsofts flagship XBOX 360 title.
The fact that Bungie denied this campain means nothing. Nobody outside of MS or bungie knows anything about the single player campain mode of Halo 3 -
no screens, no videos (propper gameplay videos), no story spoilers...nothing. And Bungie and MS want to keep it that way until they decide
otherwise.
I am 100% sure this is a Halo 3 viral marketing in effect, and we will likely know more at the E3 expo (July 10 - 13th), when it is beleived the first
glimpse of the single player game will emerge.
If you want to read some very in deapth analyizing of all this drip feeding, it really is worth a visit to the Bungie forums, Halo 3 section.
Just don't expect any anouncment from Bungie or Microsoft, yet.