VANCOUVER TRENDZ [THURSDAY]

All Hail Halo

October 11, 2007

Fall has descended and all you want to do is play video games. Great, because Halo 3 has also descended and is fighting for the top spot in your Xbox 360. Enter the universe of Halo, a first-person shooter game, and you become Master Chief, a cybernetic super soldier who goes to battle in the name of humanity. In the third installment MC’s mission is to wrest 26th-century Earth from the hands of the Covenant, a nasty mish mash of alien races. Halo devotees will drool over the new weapons, which include a "gravity hammer" and a spike-firing gun; vehicles like the Prowler and the Warthog, and features not seen in previous versions including the "forge" level editor, which you can use to make your own custom content and later distribute it. Three editions of Halo 3 are available according to the thickness of your wallet: Standard, $69.99; Limited, $79.99; and Legendary, $149.99. Available at a store near you.

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