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'''''Halo 3: ODST''''', formerly known as '''''Halo 3: Recon''''', is a First Person Shooter video game exclusively developed on the [[Xbox 360]]. ''ODST'' was released worldwide on September 22nd, 2009 at 12:00 midnight. <ref name="[[Halo 3: ODST - E3 2009 Gameplay Trailer|''Halo 3: ODST'' - E3 2009 Gameplay Trailer]]">[[Halo 3: ODST - E3 2009 Gameplay Trailer|''Halo 3: ODST'' - E3 2009 Gameplay Trailer]]</ref>.
'''''Halo 3: ODST''''', formerly known as '''''Halo 3: Recon''''', is a First Person Shooter video game exclusively developed on the [[Xbox 360]]. ''ODST'' was released worldwide on September 22nd, 2009 at 12:00 midnight. <ref name="[[Halo 3: ODST - E3 2009 Gameplay Trailer|''Halo 3: ODST'' - E3 2009 Gameplay Trailer]]">[[Halo 3: ODST - E3 2009 Gameplay Trailer|''Halo 3: ODST'' - E3 2009 Gameplay Trailer]]</ref>


Taking place in the [[Kenya|Kenyan]] port city of [[New Mombasa]], ''ODST'' follows a [[The Squad|squad]] of elite [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] during the [[First Battle of Earth|Covenant invasion of Earth]] on [[2552#October|October 23rd, 2552]] <ref name="IGN.com - Behind the Scenes - PAX 09: Nathan Fillion, Tricia Helfer and More (Off-Screen)">[http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/852871/bungie-project-2/videos/pax09_haloodst_spc_voiceover_090409.html/ IGN.com - PAX 09: Nathan Fillion, Tricia Helfer and More]</ref>. Knocked off course due to the [[Battle of Mombasa|Mombasa Slipspace Incident]], these six Marines fight through the waste filled and destroyed streets in order to link up and to destroy and evade the Covenant occupation force in the city.  
Taking place in the [[Kenya|Kenyan]] port city of [[New Mombasa]], ''ODST'' follows a [[The Squad|squad]] of elite [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] during the [[First Battle of Earth|Covenant invasion of Earth]] on [[2552#October|October 23rd, 2552]]<ref name="IGN.com - Behind the Scenes - PAX 09: Nathan Fillion, Tricia Helfer and More (Off-Screen)">[http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/852871/bungie-project-2/videos/pax09_haloodst_spc_voiceover_090409.html/ IGN.com - PAX 09: Nathan Fillion, Tricia Helfer and More]</ref> Knocked off course due to the [[Battle of Mombasa|Mombasa Slipspace Incident]], these six Marines fight through the waste filled and destroyed streets in order to link up and to destroy and evade the Covenant occupation force in the city.  


''ODST'' is a campaign expansion and prologue to ''[[Halo 3]]'' which fills in the details of what happened in Southeastern Kenya from ''[[Halo 2]]'' and ''Halo 3'' <ref>[http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/2317/Halo-3-Recon-Bungie-Speaks/p1 Team Xbox Interview]</ref>. An official five-part prequel comic, ''[[Halo: Helljumper|Helljumper]]'', was released in the months following up to and after the release of ''ODST'' starting in [[Halo: Helljumper Issue 1|July]] <ref>[http://www.marvel.com/catalog/HALO~colon~_HELLJUMPER.2009.1 Marvel.com Catalog - HALO: HELLJUMPER #1]</ref>, and ending in [[Halo: Helljumper Issue 5|November]] <ref>[http://marvel.com/catalog/HALO~colon~_HELLJUMPER.2009.5 Marvel.com Catalog - HALO: HELLJUMPER #5]</ref>. A multiplayer beta of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' <ref>[http://www.bungie.net/projects/odst/features.aspx#beta Bungie.net : Invitation to the Halo: Reach Beta]</ref>, recently announced at E3 2009, is included with ''ODST''.  
''ODST'' is a campaign expansion and prologue to ''[[Halo 3]]'' which fills in the details of what happened in Southeastern Kenya from ''[[Halo 2]]'' and ''Halo 3'' <ref>[http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/2317/Halo-3-Recon-Bungie-Speaks/p1 Team Xbox Interview]</ref>. An official five-part prequel comic, ''[[Halo: Helljumper|Helljumper]]'', was released in the months following up to and after the release of ''ODST'' starting in [[Halo: Helljumper Issue 1|July]] <ref>[http://www.marvel.com/catalog/HALO~colon~_HELLJUMPER.2009.1 Marvel.com Catalog - HALO: HELLJUMPER #1]</ref>, and ending in [[Halo: Helljumper Issue 5|November]] <ref>[http://marvel.com/catalog/HALO~colon~_HELLJUMPER.2009.5 Marvel.com Catalog - HALO: HELLJUMPER #5]</ref>. A multiplayer beta of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' <ref>[http://www.bungie.net/projects/odst/features.aspx#beta Bungie.net : Invitation to the Halo: Reach Beta]</ref>, recently announced at E3 2009, is included with ''ODST''.  
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