Halo 3 Goes Gold

Halo 3 is now 100% complete. Bungie employee Frank O'Connor was spotted playing the final retail build of Halo 3 today suggesting the game has now gone gold exactly one month before release.

Halo 3 will be available in the USA on September 25th and September 26th for Europe.

[4542125]

Please change the release date to a date earlier, 360 owners are getting hungry. ;)

[ALI-G]

SHIP IT TONIGHT
I AM GOING TO MY LOCAL STORE IN 5 MINUTES

i swear every day pass i just get more hungry for halo action

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EDIT:there is some (NO-GAME-STATION-3) trolls in this thread @14/@15 SPAM them,i just did

[TriggerHappy]

I find it ironic that you have Ken as your avatar and you are anticipating Halo 3, is just funny..:)

But I absolutely agree with you there.

[psycho360]

Come on man. Bioshock and COD4 beta should more than cover this interim period. Be grateful that we have all these great games on our console.

[MoonDust]

COD4 beta got real repetitive to me, i'm already bored with it.

[jujunogo]

i own a 360 and a ps3 and after microsoft drops halo 3 on us there is nothing left for the 360's future !!what mass effect its problems are starting to pop up fable 2 like 2009 i guess after i get tired halo 3 its time for me to box up the 360 and use the ps3 for 08 till it melts

[Bloodmask]

is the epitomy of what a great FPS shooter and online multiplayer experience should be.

Best fun factor and the best party system. All other console FPS need not apply come Sept.25th.

http://www.gametrailers.com...

[reaperxciv]

amount of WII and XBOX haters in this site.

anyways, HALO3 & bioshock are true AAA hits for the x360

[x fubar 69]

I want it now.

[rubarb23]

FEED US!!!!

[MasterChief2829]

I remember Halo 2 got leaked from the duplication plant >_> I wouldn't be surprised if the same happened with Halo 3 so beware of spoilers within 2 weeks from now.

[gta_cb]

nice!

[jcgamer]

looking forward to September 25th...good times

[FirstknighT]

Oh man I feel like a kid in Christmas! This game is going to own all. GREAT TIMES for us 360 owners! :)

But again...be warned Halo players. If you see me on the opposite team with a sniper and BR. You better run and hide because a quick death you will see. ;)

[PlayStation360]

I'll be right behind you with energy sword in hand. Stealth Kill medal coming my way bro. :P

But in all serious. I agree with you. The waiting is unbearable. I know when this comes out, us 360 owners will have no social lives outside XBL for awhile. Good times coming our way buddy.

Edit: vvv 29 days 20 hours and 56 minutes left as of this time. Hang in there bro.

[The Chief of Mjolnir]

Don´t worry. Your gift is a gravity hammer to your face.

F*ck, I want it now! Real bad!

[ParaDise_LosT]

I'm Glad. ^_^
very excited

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

Ahhhh if it's ready just give it to me already.

You gigantic d'bags!

Don't make me find you and take your copy Bungie employee. Were that desperate for this game.

Good lord this game is going to be big.

I was in a small Mexican town on vacation a few weeks ago, and they were already advertising H3. When I saw that I was just like, 'wow, H3 is going to tear a hole in the universe with its greatness'.

[Redrum]

This game is going to be dope

[jay3]

WTF OMG BBQ

I like it.

[castdreams]

ONE MONTH LEFT TO GO! WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
(Sorry for screaming...)

[FordGTGuy]

I remember hearing that Epsilon is over so I thought this was coming. Can't wait to get my hands on the actual game. Its Time To Kick Some Ass And Finish The Fight.

[gEnKiE]

good, im sick of hearing about it

[FordGTGuy]

that you would post in article about? Get a life man.

[gEnKiE]

so your telling me to get a life over a f***ing video game?? how stupid does that sound you moron? why dont you stop f***ing bill gates and see that theirs a world out their other than video games you fat f*** pos.

[wolfgang]

You are so sick of hearing about halo 3 that you click on halo 3 news and take the time not only to post a comment, but also to come back later and read the comments again so you can post a reply ? (4 post by you on this page already)

So then how much time do you spend on news related to game you are not sick of ? :)

[reaperxciv]

sick in the HEAD

[kngri]

sept. 25 let the games begin, prepare yourself for a killing marathon this game is going to ruin our live. master chief ruleeeeeeesssssss

[MoonDust]

I want to play this game before i go to the army! (Marines)
Edit: thanks. Im going to need it.

[jay3]

Hey, my sister recently got into the British Army.

Good Luck, man!

[AbyssGravelord]

Wow you PS3tards disagree with him? Go to hell and have fun riding on sony's C0KC.

Oh and good luck at the Marines!

[MoonDust]

It doesn't phase me.

[natsfan7]

Go f**k your self your self. Dont bash someone beause they're willing to put their life on the line to protect and serve their (and likely your own) country. MoonDust, best of luck....and Takanohana, f**king kill your self.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

You are seriously one disgusting example of a human. Give this man credit for doing what he's doing. I can't believe you'd say some fvcked up sh1t like that...really sick.

And then you bring in the anti-360 fanboy comment. But that doesn't even matter. What you said was really fvcked up. Wow. Just wow. I'm in disbelief that someone can actually be so fvcked up to another person. I can't believe you don't get straight up banned for saying that. Moreover, people should find you and break your legs at the least.

You really need to either apologize or go play chicken with a train.

[reaperxciv]

there are a lot of screwed up people in this site, WII & xbox haters

[mikeslemonade]

Dang... it takes one month to release a game that is finished.

[asnstir]

i wonder if the falcon project come out before halo 3 cuz i aint gonna buy another 360

[DarkJedi]

I guess I must be the only person on N4G who's really not that bothered about Halo? Thought the beta was boring, it needs to have one HELL of a single player campaign (30 hours minimum) before I'll even consider it tbh.

PS: To those that disagree, I'm just stating my opinion. I'm just not a halo fan and don't see why it's the biggest game on 360 or has this massive cult following. Please explain WHY you've disagree'd with me unless you're just trolling, kthx

[spikormikor13]

Just play it on legendary, by yourself, using only melee attacks. You could probably stretch it to 30 hours or so.

And why do you care if people like Halo? It's a fun game. Everyone has this thing... What's it called? Oh, an opinion! Just like you!

[asnstir]

It probaly not gonna be 30 hours cuz there only 9 level. So each level would have to be around 3 hours, but the online could be more than 30 hours.

[snittolo]

I feel the same way about it. Not sure if I will buy it or not yet but since the gaming drought is over I will be playing something else for sure. Halo 1 was epic and will always be a classic to me but Halo2 just didn't do it for me, played co-op with a friend got maybe an hour or two into the campaign before we dropped it.

And the multiplayer seemed like any other style of die and respawn in 25 seconds for hours on end without any real tactics I stopped probably after 2 days because everyone using 2 SMGs was too easy to win with. (majority of people seemed to use it when I played)

But with Halo 3 I'm not seeing alot that will get me to buy it as of yet but just a graphics update (cartoonish) and a few added trinkets. But "shrug" it's the way I feel and I will accept the bubble loss from the fanboys.

[Evoluti0n]

That's pretty ridiculous, to even assume it would be close to that is just moronic. You must be one of those fanboys in disguise.

So, which FPS are you playing that has 30 hours of gameplay?

[DarkJedi]

CoD2 on Veteran easily had 30 hours of gameplay.

I'm obviously not gonna get a sensible answer out of the dribbling fanboys here anyway, I'll just go back to Bioshock.

[tomfoolery]

let me break it down for ya..............screw Killzone 2,fvck Haze,
piss on Resistance,and grab a hold on the Master(chief,no pun intended)
of all FPS...........the one and only HALO 3.
To do less would be a short route to retardation.
But Sony only fans are almost there anyway.

[riqued]

Halo is far from being the greatest fps of all... Don't be blinded by your own fanboism...

[MoonDust]

respect.
To me it is the one of the best FPS, i haven't played any other game that keep me entertained for that long. Battlefield is also a great FPS.

[psycho360]

@moondust: I love the battlefield series on the PC. Startd with BF1942 and still going strong with BF2142 almost 5 years since i got hooked onto it. Unfortunately the console version wasn't so good but hoping Bad company will make it fun on consoles as well.

[MoonDust]

Hopefully i will be able to play it in the future.

[psycho360]

Halo3....What can I say, one FPS to rule all fps'
Expecting mass defection of game challenged console owners ;)

EDIT: @beavis
MGS4 is a 3rd person (with newly added fps mode as an afterthought) and stealth type game more a kin to splinter cell. Whereas H3 is run and gun kind of game like Battlefield and Quake Arena games on Pc.

KZ2, sorry to say lacks any color from what i've seen in the vids and the prequel wasn't a hit so we have to waaaaiiit quite a bit to see if all the hype was justified, whereas H3 has a sound history and we'll be able to find out whether it is as good as the first one in about a months time.

[beavis4play]

sorry, it looks to be a good game, but killzone2 is looking spectacular. only metal gear 4 matches it. but, that doesn't mean i'm knocking halo. i'd put halo on par with haze.(and i mean that in a great way)

[BloodySinner]

Haze is a unproven franchise unlike Halo.

[rubarb23]

"killzone2 is looking spectacular. only metal gear 4 matches it". "i'd put halo on par with haze". WTF?
as BloodySinner said, haze is an unproven franchise unlike halo, so comparing them is an insult. same thing as comparing killzone 2 to halo 3. i've said this a bunch of times before: halo => proven franchise, killzone => ???? still trying to put out a decent game. to me at first yes killzone 2 looked awesome, but as more vids come out it looks stale. the colors suck and as far as the battle intensity goes, halo 3 kicks it's ass. sorry but IMO, the only proven respectable franchise that ps3 has is the metal gear series.
in the end there is nothing on any other console that compares to halo's global franchise. it's that big.

[batman2million]

my life now has meaning!!

I still play halo 2 like i just got it!

[MoonDust]

Joker! Can't wait to see the new movie sometime in the future.

[beavis4play]

who came up with the expression: "the game has gone gold " to replace "the game has been finished"? that phrase(used to describe any finished game) sounds retarded.

[DarkJedi]

From memory, it was cos the master version that all cd's were copied from was often using gold media to signify it's uniqueness, this of course was back before mass duplication systems from code rather than hard copies became prevelant and we had to rely on slower single disk copiers. (We are talking a LONG time ago here, back in the days on 1x CD-ROM's). the gold disks were also meant to be more hardy and resistant to scratching.

[beavis4play]

interesting-thanks

[psycho360]

Right, the coating of the master CD was gold rather than silver of the standard ones. Anyway, I remember when the first CD burners were starting to turn up in shops and they used to cost thousands of dollars and we had to take our hard drives to these shops to get the data burned on the cds. And now we'll soon be seeing HD/BD burners starting in range of few thousand dollars, all this within 7-8 years time span.

[IQUITN4G]

1 week before H3 release i'll be playing through 1 and 2 ,making the final week less of an ordeal than it could be.It's a good idea anyway considering we wont be playing them for a while.

Dear god please don't take me from this earth just yet ,i need to play this.

[Bnet343]

I still havent pre ordered

[s8anicslayer]

I preordered ts game last year,can't wait to finaly play it

[gogators]

heading back to work. Maybe the disc can get pressed faster and maybe we will see it a little earlier to make up for all the other delays this past year.

[Geewhizz]

i dont own a 360, but, there is so much arguing that goes on here that i just want to say nice one, i hope it is worth the wait. There are few things worse than having to wait for a company to release a finished game especially of the magnitude of this one. Lets hope this one is epic and will push ALL companies. Gamers have never had it so good! The sooner we just accept all systems will have great games the better this place will be.

[Asuka]

Kool

[M1am1U]

I can't wait!

[Marriot VP]

well I recommend staying off the forums atleast a couple days or a week before the launch. So the ending isn't spoiled.

[WilliamRLBaker]

here or most major forums, me and the mods *though im not a mod ill be reporting spoiler posts* will do our jobs, and so will the mods of gamespot and ign.

[otherZinc]

Now its time to get HYPED!

[gEnKiE]

lmao....i got told to get a life over a video game....my god, you got to be kidding me.

[MoonDust]

The way you act you will have much bigger problems in life.

[AIZEN SOZUKE]

halo 3, only on 180

AIZEN SAMA

[gEnKiE]

ya, no joke...

[Saint Sony]

Rice cups unite to protest!

[bung tickler]

you have multiple accounts don't you?

from the halo goes gold news http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/... :

"AIZEN SOZUKE - 15 Hours ago

halo 3, only on 180

AIZEN SAMA"

And from the warhawk news just in case you try to edit http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News... :

"Mario18 - 55 Minutes ago

I'm getting the 60$ retail version.... I need a new mic anyways.

AIZEN SAMA"

I belive an IP ban is in order. so... ANY MODS OUT THERE PLAESE TAKE CARE OF THIS TRASH.

[SDS Overfiend]

Doomsday is Nigh!!

The FPS to breathe new life into console FPS's is about to be amongs us again.
Damn after you finish Bioshock about 3 times unlocking everything you are treated to the release of Halo 3 it could'nt be a better time for 360 owners.

By the way IF Halo is just another FPS what the hell do think Killzone is? Just another FPS to trip while walking in the shadows of a Halo game.

Carry on.

[Havince]

deff be making the halo weekend an extended time off work

[sleepbox]

The online co-op alone makes me wants this game soooo bad and the forge mode appears to be killer.

[Zhuk]

This game is shaping up to be nothing short of great, Bungie seems to have gotten everything right with Singleplayer, Multiplayer and the addition of new features.

cant wait!

[Fanboys are gay]

well i should be playing this in the next week or 2 as its bound to get released early on torrent sites, oh yea

[Gamer13]

From what ive seen Halo 3 is my most want next month game, ive change my aviator and desktop wallpaper to Halo 3 for the launch of this game.

IM OUT...///"""
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[loo]

Here is a diversion to all your waiting...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
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[tonsoffun]

This is the first time I am really stoked for a Halo game, maybe it is because now I have played it online, I realise how enjoyable it truly is.

Legendary edition FTW man!!!!!!!

See y'all on release night!

We should get some kind of deathmatch tournament going!

[iceman2000]

i fike Warhawk vil dekk down halo3 i multipalyer
dei rise it koitt simbel
inn halo dei foksen on mulipalyer en signpalyer
inn Warhawk online ha du fokse on multipalyer
dei have mor time du konstret on mulitipalyer
dei dont ha dvor abot sing palyer
det is risen vil beder dei halo multipalyer
vil vil sei

[The Chief of Mjolnir]

Ehh...

What?

Sorry, but I can´t understand anything of what you wrote.

[Daxx]

I tried translating it but he's either writing poorly in German, Dutch, or it's something else.

[zonetrooper5]

Sounds awesome, its take around a month for the manufacting plants to produce the disks so that its in stock.

[Lex Luthor]

Theres alot of spoilers going around now, i'm gonna back from any halo 3 related info from now on.

[Bullseye]

Money for halo 3, CHECK. Money saved to buy a HD screen to play Halo 3 on, CHECK. Few days off work booked,CHECK Friends to play co-op with, CHECK.Unavailable messages left on all work and home telephones, ready to go......See you guys on line :)

[SacredENA]

Looks ok, but then again I've never been a fan of the Halo franchise. I just cant get into the game. I like grittier games, Halo is too colorful for me. Commence bashing for having an opinion in 3 2 1...

[The BS Police]

As long as you don't go around saying Halo 3's graphics suck, etc, etc, you will not get flamed (hopefully).

Now seeing as how you really are not into Halo, I would atleast reccomend renting Halo 3 and later decide if it is worth your money.

[Schmitty07]

29 more days!

[Gamer13]

IM OUT...///"""
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[PS360PCROCKS]

If this is true and I find bugs I will be angry Bungie. Plus why done a month early and not release it sooner?!

[halo3betasnatch out]

because they have to produce over a million copies then package them, then ship it out accross the world

[GnaM]

LOL, "omg they finished the game a month early why don't they release it now!!!!"

What, did you think Bungie was actually going to work on it right till the day before the game comes out? You don't press thousands or millions of discs overnight...finishing a game well before the release date is normal.

[Phail Harrison]

To play this game. ERHM I mean...gaylo sux and everyone should buy a PS3 and Killzone 2 =)))) please, my job depends on it!

[The Chief of Mjolnir]

You get paid for fanboyism now? Wow, things changes real fast around here. What´s next? Paychecks for fanboy spam?