Adam91 Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 So, how are you? Excited about Monday? We're just one sleep away from our biggest serving yet of Halo 4 info. E3 is one of the most glitzy and overblown showpieces in any industry. This year Halo 4 will be taking centre stage. I thought it would be nice to take a walk down memory lane and see if we can stir some of the ghosts of E3s past. E3 1999 Halo wasn't actually unveiled at E3, it was first shown in 1999, . Halo was shown behind closed doors at E3 in 1999, but no trailers or screenshots were released. E3 2000 Halo was still a Mac game at this point. Two trailers were shown on the E3 show floor, the short one was rolling on monitors, while the long one was a sit-down showing at the Bungie booth. It depicts a very different game to the one that finally shipped and includes several canned vehicles and animals. Also, check out Master Chief's voice! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam91 Posted June 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 E3 2001 A lot changed in the next 12 months, Bungie was bought by Microsoft and Halo became an Xbox game. More than any other video in this article, I think this highlights how far the industry has come in the last decade - the kids awkwardly playing Halo, the low budget set dressings, the forced jokes between Peter Moore and Robbie Bach, all feels a bit.. cheap? As well as this video from the press conference, Halo multiplayer was playable on the show floor - Slayer on Blood Gulch and the Campaign level Halo. E3 2002 Halo 2 is announced to the world in this classic trailer: Halo:CE was again playable on the show floor at the Microsoft stand. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam91 Posted June 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 E3 2003 We get our first real look at Halo 2 with an on-stage demo by Joe Staten. There are better quality versions of this video, but I've uploaded this one as it's the live recording from the stage presentation so you get all the audience reactions. I love the the way the crowd goes wild as Chief hijacks the Ghost. E3 2004 Things are getting a bit better now, live streams of the conferences are becoming commonplace and it's all much higher quality business. Joe Staten again takes to the stage to do a live demo of Halo 2's multiplayer. This includes the now infamous moment where Joe Staten wails “OoooOhhOoh TAKE IT!” Also includes Peter Moore revealing his new tattoo. E3 2005 2005 was the year of the 360 so Microsoft's focus was elsewhere. Halo 2's record breaking sales and online player numbers discussed in the press conference, but there was no new Halo game shown. The Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack was playable on the show floor, and actually drew impressive crowds considering PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 were on show elsewhere. Click here to watch Archangel Tyrael's Part 2 2006-2011 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bighungry2x Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Neat thread, it is quite the gather of Halo in E3 information. Very cool. And you get to add all of this years too! Haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Wow this was a great thread, I really can't wait for E3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Jester Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 memories, lets hope Halo 4 recaptures those times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Shadowz Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Nice to see how far they have come with the franchise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLegendary117 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 Awesome thread! Ive memorized those videos, I love em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooliest Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 Wow. This is cool to see the differences between each new development. This was a real treat. thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N@han FloreZ Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Really glad they chose Steve Downes, thanks for posting the video man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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