You know that when Bungie take the stage at a Microsoft E3 press conference, they mean business. Today’s business is a preview of Halo 3: ODST, showing off the new gameplay elements that Halo fans will be enjoying on September 22nd this year. Bungie showed off the night vision mode, piloting a drop ship, a new pistol, the co-op mode, and switching between the game’s different characters.

We’re also told that the game is set in New Mombasa a few weeks before the beginning of Halo 3.

Read the press blurb after the break.

“Halo 3: ODST” (Bungie). Launching Sept. 22, “Halo 3: ODST” is a new game in the landmark “Halo” saga that lets players experience the events leading up to the epic story told in “Halo 3” through the eyes of a special forces ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper). In addition to an all-new campaign, “ODST” includes three new “Halo 3” multiplayer maps and the complete, stand-alone “Halo 3” multiplayer experience.2 The game also introduces Firefight, an exciting new cooperative multiplayer mode that pits up to four players against increasingly challenging waves of enemies. As a special bonus, “Halo 3: ODST” also includes an invitation to the “Halo: Reach” multiplayer beta on Xbox LIVE. Also, launching on the same date with “Halo 3: ODST” is the “Halo 3: ODST Collector’s Pack,” which offers “Halo” fans a new and exclusive wireless controller and the game title in one package at a great price.

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