Thu, Aug 26, 2010 | 11:01 BST
Bungie: “Safe to assume” Reach DLC will be “multiplayer-centric”
Post-release Reach campaign content? Doesn’t sound like it. Maps are go, though.
“I think it’s safe to assume that we’re probably going to follow the type of model we have in the past, which would leave you to believe it’s probably multiplayer-centric,” Bungie’s Brian Jarrard, speaking at gamescom last week.
The developer said, though, that he was unable to offer any solid details on DLC plans for the shooter.
“Super-important”
In terms of general post-release support, however, Jarrard was more forthcoming.
“It’s super-important to us that we keep that pedigree; we have to support the game, we have to support our community,” he said.
“We do have a team of people that are dedicated to remaining focused on Reach for some length of time. I don’t know exactly what that’s going to entail yet. We’re still working through that.
“But, realistically I can tell you that there will be a point somewhere down the road where we will transition that responsibility over to our friends at Microsoft.
“Whenever and however that finally does occur, both sides are equally vested in making sure that the game experience and the community experience is still top notch, and that nobody suffers through that.”
Heavily supported
Halo 3 has been heavily supported with multiplay content since launch. Bungie release the Heroic Map Pack in December 2007, the Legendary Map Pack in April 2008, the Mythic Map Pack in April 2009 and the Mythic II Map Pack in February 2010.
No DLC has been released for Halo 3: ODST, but extra content did make a brief, apparently accidental appearance on Marketplace in mid-2009. The full game released at the end of last year.
Halo: Reach releases worldwide on September 14, and will see the largest marketing push yet from Microsoft.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: Brian Jarrard, bungie, Halo: Reach
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#1
Happy Hardon Harry
26/08/10, 10:42 am
It’s Halo, therefore it’ll continue to be shit! Just like the rest of Microsoft’s IP.
#2
justiceblob
26/08/10, 10:52 am
@1 I pretty much agree with you there, but IMO, Fable is great, and Gears is OK. The rest can jog on.
#3
Massiveslag
26/08/10, 10:53 am
@1 Oh shut it you fucking fanboy. By your reckoning the millions of people who play Halo all over the world enjoy playing shit games. Retarded comment. I shouldn’t have expected any less from a moron who’s username is a take on a fucking Christian Slater movie.
#4
Crysis
26/08/10, 10:54 am
i believe they’re doing a huge forge world map based for most of their current maps, so maybe another forge world with each dlc with 5 or 6 pre-built templates? sounds good to me, & maybe add background effects, i would love the option of stormey, bright, raining & regular weather, all of that would be a nice touch
#5
StolenGlory
26/08/10, 11:02 am
@1 You got owned. Hard.
As far as myself goes, I don’t think I’ve been this excited about a Halo game since I put down the games I wanted with my original XBox back in 2001, when I filled out the pre-order slip
#6
Happy Hardon Harry
26/08/10, 11:04 am
Massiveslag said:
August 26, 2010 at 10:53 am
@1 Oh shut it you fucking fanboy. By your reckoning the millions of people who play Halo all over the world enjoy playing shit games. Retarded comment. I shouldn’t have expected any less from a moron who’s username is a take on a fucking Christian Slater movie.
#7
_Sikamikanico_
26/08/10, 11:09 am
What is it with all the Sony try-hards here lately? Have N4G stopped taking new members or something?
#8
Psychotext
26/08/10, 11:09 am
Oh sweet, this place is getting just like xbox live. Just need some racial slurs to go with the homo gif and general fuckwittery to round it out now.
#9
AHA-Lambda
26/08/10, 11:11 am
fucking hell why dont we have a rigid banning policy again?
#10
Massiveslag
26/08/10, 11:12 am
@1 & @6. Oh look at the pretty picture. Yes, you’re right; you are a homo. Good comeback retard.
#11
Happy Hardon Harry
26/08/10, 11:15 am
Halo
Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo ODST
Halo Reach
#12
mington
26/08/10, 11:18 am
i didn’t know we could post pictures
#13
Freek
26/08/10, 11:19 am
The more popular a site gets the less fun the community aspects get, unfortunate but true.
#14
mington
26/08/10, 11:20 am
hmmmm html and BB code don’t work…..how you do that…..actually it better if i dont know
#15
Happy Hardon Harry
26/08/10, 11:22 am
lol, you can’t do it. Why do fanboys take themselves so serious? It’s only a game for fuck sake. Get a life!!
#16
DUFFKING
26/08/10, 11:23 am
@HHH
It’s not our fault your mum and dad are siblings, so please don’t take it out on us.
ps the first person to use the term fanboy in a discussion is always the biggest
#17
Happy Hardon Harry
26/08/10, 11:25 am
DUFFKING said:
August 26, 2010 at 11:23 am
@HHH
It’s not our fault your mum and dad are siblings, so please don’t take it out on us.
#18
Happy Hardon Harry
26/08/10, 11:27 am
Bungie+MS+Fanboys=
#19
mington
26/08/10, 11:29 am
#20
mington
26/08/10, 11:31 am
#21
Crysis
26/08/10, 11:37 am
how do you do that? copy & paste?
#22
mington
26/08/10, 11:40 am
um i don’t know if i should tell……i’ll write it in the forum and if Pat doesn’t like it he can delete it
#23
Gekidami
26/08/10, 11:41 am
Use HTML tags.
#24
Michael O’Connor
26/08/10, 11:58 am
You just use simple HTML tags: a href=” blah blah blah.
Every time I see HHH post, he comes across as one of those gamers who doesn’t even *enjoy* the hobby.
#25
Massiveslag
26/08/10, 12:02 pm
@HHH Get a life? Says the guy who has spent half his day posting pretty pictures. How about some crayons for your birthday? Or would you just eat them? Retard.
#26
freedoms_stain
26/08/10, 12:04 pm
Some of you need to get acquainted with the phrase “Don’t feed the troll”.
#27
LOLshock94
26/08/10, 12:09 pm
dunna if u have noticed that all of MS exclusives are all very good and get very good reviews but theyre not like sony where they just see a game and just make them exclusives so fuck your mother and suck my dick bitch
#28
Psychotext
26/08/10, 12:10 pm
“How about some crayons for your birthday? Or would you just eat them?”
Ok… I’ll admit that made me laugh.
#29
Michael O’Connor
26/08/10, 12:11 pm
@27 That doesn’t even make any sense.
And Modnation Racers is bloody awesome, so fuck you anyway! =P
#30
Gadzooks!
26/08/10, 12:14 pm
Don’t blame the retards for posting rubbish. They don’t know any better.
Blame the site moderators for being COMPLETELY FUCKING USELESS.
In truth I suspect they actually WANT these pathetic flame wars for site hits.
#31
Kerplunk
26/08/10, 12:14 pm
@26 I think the trolls are actually feeding each other.
#32
Michael O’Connor
26/08/10, 12:16 pm
@30 It’s called people having different opinions. Don’t be a crybaby.
#33
Crysis
26/08/10, 12:21 pm
#34
Gadzooks!
26/08/10, 12:29 pm
@32
A difference of opinion between rational people can be discussed.
Trolls are not blanaced, rational or even sane people. They dont discuss, they fling shit at each other.
#35
Herlock
26/08/10, 12:34 pm
@2
Gears its own by Epic
#36
justiceblob
26/08/10, 12:45 pm
@35 Gears is entirely owned and controlled by Microsoft Games Studios.
#37
Michael O’Connor
26/08/10, 12:47 pm
@36 No, it isn’t.
#38
Aimless
26/08/10, 12:47 pm
@36 Are you calling Mark Rein a liar? I hear he can get pretty aggressive so you should probably take it back.
#39
Happy Hardon Harry
26/08/10, 1:04 pm
Massiveslag said:
August 26, 2010 at 12:02 pm
@HHH Get a life? Says the guy who has spent half his day posting pretty pictures. How about some crayons for your birthday? Or would you just eat them? Retard.
Massiveslag, i think you’re turning Gay!
You like games that have big, macho men, with “big guns”.
#40
LOLshock94
26/08/10, 1:08 pm
and your names harry thats pretty gay enough
#41
StolenGlory
26/08/10, 1:13 pm
Holy shit. Not only can we put pictures in our threads, but we can also, on the evidence of this thread at least, seemingly import WHOLE threads from Neo:GAF.
#42
Massiveslag
26/08/10, 1:21 pm
@HHH Dude, you have the word ‘hardon’ in your username. It’s also a take on a Christian Slater movie. You also have access to a lot of homosexual gifs. Gay, gay and thrice gay. I’d move onto another thread if I were you mate; you’re getting owned.
#43
Crysis
26/08/10, 1:29 pm
@42, don’t feed the trolls, everytime you do, their hardon get’s bigger & bigger, quite fitting actually, though no matter how big it gets, it’ll never become what most of us call a regular penis, for that you need atleast 6″
#44
LePlatypus
26/08/10, 1:30 pm
@40 Now you’ve pissed me off, you are the vermin of this website. Whenever I read your posts I always imagine they’re wrote by someone who has down syndrom, oh wait! they are probably more intelligent than you, you little bastard child now get the fuck off this site before you spread your super autism/down syndrom/fucktarded manners to people who aren’t generally fuckwitted
#45
LOLshock94
26/08/10, 1:32 pm
lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
your giving me exacly what i want you biatch
#46
Happy Hardon Harry
26/08/10, 1:32 pm
The Halo bunch are a bit emotional, are they not. lol
Say you don’t like the game and they come out of the woodwork like the worms they are.
#47
Michael O’Connor
26/08/10, 1:33 pm
@46 I’m not even a Halo fan, and I think the remark was retarded.
#48
Happy Hardon Harry
26/08/10, 1:35 pm
Michael O’Connor said:
August 26, 2010 at 1:33 pm
@46 I’m not even a Halo fan, and I think the remark was retarded.
Brown nose to the rescue…
#49
Crysis
26/08/10, 1:43 pm
@48 HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHA… That laugh was AT you, not your comment, your ignorance is entertaining, you hate a game so much, that you have declared a text war against the millions who love it, WOW! big guy here, insulting something makes someone a real hero, seriously man, GTFO of here
#50
OlderGamer
26/08/10, 1:47 pm
Freek said:
“The more popular a site gets the less fun the community aspects get, unfortunate but true.”
Spot on.
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