Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 16:49 GMT
Halo: Reach to be biggest game of 2010 “across all platforms”, says MS
Halo: Reach will be the biggest game of the year “across all platforms”.
That’s according to Director of Marketing at Xbox UK, Stephen McGill.
“Our hope for Halo: Reach is to be the biggest title of 2010 not only for Xbox, but across all platforms – a forecast which has been mirrored by industry professionals,” he said.
“Halo: Reach takes the legacy of Halo’s rich multiplayer gameplay to an entirely new level, delivering experiences that we think old and new players alike will enjoy for years to come.”
He further added that the company was “thrilled” from the response the trailer shown at the VGAs got.
“It’s an exciting time for Halo fans and we’re thrilled by the response from trailer shown at the VGAs last month which was phenomenal.”
Halo: Reach will launch in the fall.
The game will appear in the next issues of Edge and Game Informer.
Earlier this week, scans from the GI main feature leaked onto the internet, which introduced us to Noble Team: our main set of characters in the game.
Thanks, CVG.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: bungie, Halo: Reach, Stephen McGill
23 comments
#1
Doc Robotnik
15/01/10, 3:21 pm
“Microsoft man says company’s flagship game release will be massive”.
Is this still a NEWS site?
#2
mington
15/01/10, 3:21 pm
i like that you can sprint and melee knife stealth kill.
also the aliens are gonna be speaking an alien language THANK GOD
so after reading the leaked info i’m more interested then i was
#3
The Hindle
15/01/10, 3:24 pm
Of course it will be Halo is essentially the Xbox brand after all
#4
Bulk Slash
15/01/10, 3:24 pm
Guess that means it’s Treyarch’s turn to make a Call of Duty this year.
#5
Psychotext
15/01/10, 3:38 pm
At least they say “hope” in this case rather than flat out coming out and saying it will be. You can’t blame them for hoping.
#6
Razor
15/01/10, 3:41 pm
It’s not going to be a system seller though is it…I’m pretty sure anyone who wants to play a Halo game is pretty much certain to have a 360 already.
#7
Alakratt
15/01/10, 3:45 pm
Umm, correction, biggest game on Xbox ONLY. Jesus, they are so fucking arrogant!
#8
sennasnit
15/01/10, 3:46 pm
a space marines shooter, what will they think of next.
#9
Blerk
15/01/10, 3:50 pm
Another space marines shooter.
#10
Doc Robotnik
15/01/10, 3:57 pm
@sennasnit
Erm… it’s a sequel to a space shooter; what exactly are they supposed to do, turn Halo into a third person adventure game set in some other era, not in space and with no shooting?
#11
Hunam
15/01/10, 4:00 pm
“Another space marines shooter.”
I know, It’s a good time to be a space marine aficionado!
#12
AHA-Lambda
15/01/10, 4:20 pm
ummm…MS have you forgotten about COD?
#13
Broncanus
15/01/10, 4:52 pm
So it will take more than the £1,056,000,000 that WOW will most likely gross next year?
#14
Psychotext
15/01/10, 4:52 pm
How are people missing the world “hope” in the article? Or are they just reading JC’s provocative title?
#15
Broncanus
15/01/10, 4:54 pm
Yes you’re right Psycho… it’s the misleading title. Slaps own wrist for biting!
#16
Eregol
15/01/10, 5:09 pm
Sony man says PS3 in comparison is cheap
Sony man says God of War 3 will be big business
Microsoft man says Fable will be good
Microsoft man says Natal is the dog’s bollocks
Nintendo man says Wii is a console
Nintendo man likes his Wii
#17
Psychotext
15/01/10, 5:32 pm
“Nintendo man likes his Wii”
Down with this sort of thing.
#18
SniperWolf
15/01/10, 6:03 pm
Call of Duty says hello
it happened in 2007,2008 and 2009
COD comes and killed everyone dreams
#19
RomaTotti10
15/01/10, 6:32 pm
It’s going to be interesting to see if Halo: Reach can outsell Star Craft 2 and Super Mario Galaxy 2. I personally doubt it.
#20
Gekidami
15/01/10, 6:36 pm
StarCraft 2 sure. Not Galaxy 2 though.
#21
pha1r
15/01/10, 6:42 pm
I’d say people who didn’t like ODST won’t buy this.
Kind of like what happened to GT4 because GT4:P was frankly crap.Then GT4 sold less than GT3
#22
XxOsurfer3xX
16/01/10, 10:21 am
I used to love Halo, when the first came out, but from the second on, seriously, the game is crap, it has nothing new at all, btw i played all of them, so im not talking without knowlegde. I think its going to sell just because its halo and there are a lot of halo fanboys that would eat up anything they throw at them…
#23
Gheritt White
18/01/10, 3:19 pm
Halo went downhill as soon as Alex Seropian left Bingie. Oh, how it makes me weep to never know how the series’ father intended it all to play out.
That said, Halo: Reach is still a day one purchase for me, no-brainer!