Halo 3 documentary now playing

Making-of short now available; includes interviews, footage of orchestra, never-before-seen camera angles on E3 2006 trailer.

Late last week, Bungie Studios officially announced that it was working on a Halo 3 trailer minidocumentary, giving gamers an inside look at the company's teaser for its highly anticipated shooter. The news came as a bit of a shock to Halo fans, who were left in the dark as to when and how the short film would be released.

Halo 3 documentary

Think the trailer is sweet? Watch it...from different angles!

Those answers came today, as Bungie has posted the film on its Web site, a mere four days after its existence was revealed. The seven-minute film is available in three sizes (including a large high-definition format) in both QuickTime and Windows Media files. Those who want to watch the movie but don't want to make the trip all the way over to Bungie.net can just click on the screenshot to the right.

The majority of the first half of the short is interviews with Bungie employees interspersed with the pre-E3 trailer shown from new angles, including close-ups of Master Chief's battle-worn armor and panning shots of the Covenant spacecraft.

There is also a large bit dedicated to how composer Martin O'Donnell's score was crafted for the trailer, complete with footage of the orchestra performing the piece.

The overall feeling of the documentary shows that Bungie is very confident in its product, with various staff members trumpeting the technology surrounding the game.

"I think in the end you're absolutely going to be able to play exactly what you're watching in this trailer," says Jay Weinland, Bungie's audio lead. "What we're trying to show firmly is that our engine can do the stuff that we say it can do, and it's doing it right now."

Fans looking for some new plot points won't find much more than what was already revealed on Bungie.net by Frank O'Connor in his Weekly What's Update. However, keen-eyed viewers will be able to get their first peek at what appears to be some next-gen Covenant, as well as some quick shots of wire-frame models of levels. Halo 2 fans will also get some of the employees' takes on the game's abrupt ending.

And if there were any doubt as to Bungie's intent on making this the final installment of the series, one comment seems to further ensure that Master Chief won't be coming back for Halo 4. "You won't just finish one fight," says O'Connor, referring to the "Finish the Fight" tagline on the trailer, "you will finish all of the fights that you started in [Halo: Combat Evolved]."

344 Comments

  • FlashNovice

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 6:20 am PT

    HALO 3 ROCKezzzzzzzz!!!11

    But...

    This WONT be the best game ever...
    There will be better games 25 years from now...

  • Halo2_fan391

    Posted Jul 12, 2006 5:43 pm PT

    Halo 3 will be a worldwide event or something, it WILL be the world's most famous game realease event ever! I can't wait!

  • inuyasha4202

    Posted Jul 2, 2006 3:37 pm PT

    this will be the best game ever

  • inuyasha4202

    Posted Jul 2, 2006 3:35 pm PT

    this game is going to kick ass

  • mariohead4

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 4:30 am PT

    This Epic looks "Off The Chain", Its sick people all over the world is gonna love it. Wooo Hooo Halo

  • Ninty33

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 12:12 pm PT

    the trailer sent chills down my spine, but thats nothing compared to this.

    wow

  • SM3RK

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 3:02 am PT

    i hope halo 3 pwns like halo 1 halo 2 wasnt as good as halo mc!

  • travis11

    Posted Jun 18, 2006 8:54 pm PT

    I can't wait till this game comes out. & if it doesn't

    *Shakes fist*

  • jattpunjabdaa

    Posted Jun 18, 2006 5:56 pm PT

    holy moley

  • Spartan_418

    Posted Jun 17, 2006 3:02 pm PT

    This game is going to be so awesome! Best ever FPS. Oh, and I read somewhere that this will not be the last halo- bungie is working on a halo-themed World of Warcraft- type game for the 360, currently codenamed Orion.The game is still in the planning stage.

  • Y2H3

    Posted Jun 16, 2006 1:52 pm PT

    Halo3 is gonna ROCK, Bungie have said in their FAQ when asked, 'Is this the last ever Halo game?' they replied 'It is the conclusion to this story arc' therfore expect other games starring Master Chief - YAY BRING EM ON!

  • Ps3iwantbad

    Posted Jun 15, 2006 12:04 pm PT

    Okay, let me first say, yay for HALO! Then let me ask why won't the video in the article play? When I click on it, it says in the normal viewing screen area. "We're sorry, but you are not eligible to view or download this video due to ESRB guidelines. "
    Is anyone else having problems or is it just me?

  • jacques117

    Posted Jun 15, 2006 10:56 am PT

    yes

  • LosDaddie

    Posted Jun 15, 2006 10:10 am PT

    Halo3 will rule the gaming world just like Halo2 did!!

  • gforce85

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 11:52 pm PT

    Halo 3 needs to be BIG, levels I mean

  • Bushido797

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 7:42 pm PT

    I'm stunned that the trailer was gameplay...

  • Silent-slayer

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 2:40 am PT

    cool stuff

  • hex_ten

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 3:39 pm PT

    that is pretty damn cool, can't wait to get this in the '60.

  • Surllio

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 3:19 pm PT

    Its just Halo, I'm more afraid of them pushing this stuff too far.

  • Tazz_05

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 1:18 pm PT

    This game is well worth waiting for

  • Hunting_prodigy

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 12:29 pm PT

    Sweet as i cant wait! i dont have a 360 but i may have to get one just for the sole reason of its halo3 and me and my m8s r gunna b spending ages playing it!

  • berlindex

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 11:09 am PT

    if any one knows a game better than halo please tell me NOW...so i can it you...lol

  • ReStLesslayer

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 10:10 am PT

    I`m blown away

  • Morias-Skult

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 4:40 am PT

    Maybe the last Halo but i dont think they will give up the FPS genre for quite sometime or at the very least come back to it after doing something else

  • ResidentEvil_

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 2:27 am PT

    Theat's cool i can't wait for Halo 3.

    oh i have a qustion... can i play halo 2 on my Xbox 360 on Xbox Live?

  • evilyoda861

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 9:10 pm PT

    Halo3 already stole the PS3 competition. Halo3 got nothing to worry about with PS3. In fact if they did launch during the PS3, I bet they would throw the PS3 in the back room and collect dust so Halo3 can be seen. Sony got served!

    Also to the guy that said lets just wait and see what it is like. Well that trailor is a small piece of what it is going to be like. Those graphics are amazing and is just mimumum of what they have shown so far. We got so many things that I will probably have a uber adrenaline rush, probably wont sleep for three days after I get Halo3.

  • FOHAMMER

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 8:47 pm PT

    Too much hype. There is no way any game can live up to this. You guys act like Halo 3 will make your life worth living. Chill with "this game will own". No one here has even played this game yet. I'll take it as it comes. It will be a GAME just like all the others. You guys are straight up geeks, and you need a life. MGS4, GTA4, and what ever else will not change your life guys.

  • reap2

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 7:27 pm PT

    i cant wiat for this game but umm1 thing why does every1 think that halo is all there is for xbox and 360 i have a xbox and 360 and i realy only play like gta

  • Chuckles274

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 5:04 pm PT

    Nice!Sweet!

  • Dnh1322

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 10:57 am PT

    it's OK

  • gforce85

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 10:07 am PT

    I really enjoy the scale of it al. If that truly is in-game, I want to jack a banshee and fly out to the middle of that huge crater. That would be sweet.

  • scmbg

    Posted Jun 11, 2006 8:12 pm PT

    That is great, looks amazing

  • Chris7584

    Posted Jun 11, 2006 6:31 pm PT

    They were successfully vague enough to keep our mouths watering for more...

  • jono128

    Posted Jun 11, 2006 3:17 pm PT

    They said that that is what Halo 3 will look like, but the question is what will it play like.

  • CowboyBebop

    Posted Jun 10, 2006 11:12 pm PT

    I think i pee'd my pants watching the trailer.... it had me at the edge of my seat, cant wait for every aspect of this game.

  • blackstarting

    Posted Jun 10, 2006 2:18 pm PT

    yay this, yay that, fools lol, so ignorant, saying it will be a great game, u never played it, all tho i can't say it doesn't look cool, but dont get ur hops up on that sh*t, u get to hyped up, then lose intrest, then when u get it, it mite not turn out to be what u were exspecting, remember halo 2...?

  • CommandoVader13

    Posted Jun 10, 2006 11:01 am PT

    This is going to be the best Flipping game in all of history!
    Im totally getting an Xbox 360 now. besides while i wait for H3 in 2007 i can play other cool games like G.R.A.W or Call of Duty 2 or someting cool like that. and i can play Halo 2 on the 360 also. i never get bored of it. so Go Halo 3!!!!

  • n00bslayer

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 8:34 pm PT

    NICE. GO MICROSOFT GO. PWN THE PS3 AND THE WII!!!!!!!!!!

  • STEALTH5000

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 8:33 pm PT

    THE THIRD HALO IS DEFINETELY GOING TO BE A GREAT GAME, AND WE'LL FORCE MANY GUYS, LIKE ME, TO BUY THE XBOX 360. SINCE IT'S THE LAST GAME IN THE TRILOGY, I HOPE IT'LL BE GOOD LIKE THE FIRST AND SECOND HALO GAMES. WAITING IMPATIENTLY FOR IT.

  • ran86

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 8:13 pm PT

    these game is going to be the best halo ever and i hope they make anither halo

  • ace244

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:51 pm PT

    anyone else upset that part 2 sucked? multiplayer was fun but the story line didnt go any where, my friend and i beat it in one day, for over 50 bux i would have liked more than 8-10 hours of gameplay(legendary mode was hard but you could just skip stages so what was the point)

  • e_boulanger

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:38 pm PT

    Trailer looks good... but I don't judge a game by its look. Let's wait to see how it plays.

  • lordfarboy

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:47 pm PT

    I can't wait for halo 3, ZI'm planning on getting a ps3 and an xbox360

  • vamroc

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:37 pm PT

    Holy crap I just read Duke Nukem forever in going to be out for PC on 12/31/06

  • Paceydre

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:05 pm PT

    It's good that Bungie and Microsoft are not milking this baby out. Much better to let the great Bungie folks work on new projects. I'm sure they have great ideas that don't fit the Halo universe, but would fit a new game or trilogy.

  • lightlink7

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 12:39 pm PT

    Pretty amazing.....

  • fernandocenturi

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 9:38 am PT

    great soundtrack, great game... what else do u ask for?

  • QCarver

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 12:37 am PT

    Humahumahumahuma....drools.....

  • pklemek

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 10:21 pm PT

    I'm Gonna get a 360 for this game.

  • the_drop_beat

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 9:25 pm PT

    need a reason to buy a 360 anyone?

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