Bungie: ODST "has been a different product"

Bungie's Brian Jarrard has told VG247 at GamesCom that Halo 3: ODST, in between having an E3 2008 reveal being pulled at the last minute, an accidental reveal from senior vice president of Xbox, Don Mattrick and a name change from Halo 3: Recon, has been "a different product".

"Yeah, ODST has been a different product for us a lot of respects. It’s the first time we’ve had a game that we’ve basically done on an accelerated 12 month schedule with a small team."

But despite what it has gone through within the past year, Jarrard does insist that Bungie are still proud at what they have done with ODST.

"We’re definitely proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish in a short time. It’s been a first in many ways, but I think that the final product came out even better than we had hoped, and it’s going to speak for itself when it comes out next month."

Go read up the full interview here, you'll find out loads of "different" info on ODST and the recently announced Halo Reach.