Halo 3: ODST
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- "Prepare to Drop."
- — Halo 3: ODST tagline.
Halo 3: ODST, originally known as Halo 3: Recon[1], is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360. Halo 3: ODST was released worldwide on September 22, 2009, at 12:00 midnight.[2] Marketed as an expansion to Halo 3, ODST is a midquel to Halo 2 and a prequel to 3, bridging the gap in the events that occurred in southeastern Kenya following the Solemn Penance's destructive exit from New Mombasa.[3]
An official five-part prequel comic, Halo: Helljumper, was released in the months leading up to and after the release of ODST, starting in July,[4] and ending in November.[5] An Xbox LIVE invitation to the Multiplayer Beta of Halo: Reach, announced at E3 2009, was included with ODST, and ran from May 3, 2010 through May 20, 2010.
On December 20, 2014, it was announced that Halo 3: ODST's campaign mode would be included in Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One as a free content update to players who had played the collection between its release on November 11, 2014 and December 19, 2014 at 11:59pm PDT, serving as compensation to said fans who had experienced many bugs and glitches in the weeks following the collection's launch.[6] The Halo 3: ODST campaign was officially released as DLC for The Master Chief Collection on May 30, 2015. Players not eligible for the free DLC can purchase the ODST campaign add-on for $4.99 USD.[7]
On June 10, 2020, it was announced that ODST's Firefight mode would be joining The Master Chief Collection in the summer of 2020.[8] The release date was later announced for September 22, 2020 - eleven years to the day since the game's original launch.[9] However, like Halo 3 for PC, ODST was released a day early.[10][Note 1]
While a follow-up never came to fruition, it was said that a sequel to Halo 3: ODST would be considered if fan and media reception exceeded expectations, and the need arose for a follow-up, as per a 2009 interview with Microsoft Game Studios' Ryan Crosby.[11]
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Taking place in the Kenyan port city of New Mombasa, ODST follows a squad of elite Marine Orbital Drop Shock Troopers during the Covenant invasion of Earth on October 20th, 2552.The ODSTs were knocked off course due to the Mombasa Slipspace Incident, these five Marines led by an ONI officer fight through the waste-filled, destroyed streets in order to link up with each other, evade the Covenant, and execute a top secret mission.
The game occurs directly after the events of the Halo 2 level Metropolis, when the Prophet of Regret performs a slipspace jump in New Mombasa.