Microsoft launches Halo 3 on September 25, just seven weeks from now, and boy does it plan on marketing the hell out of it. It’s lined up several partners so that, wherever you go, you’ll run into Master Chief one way or another. So far, Microsoft has enlisted the following companies to help make Halo 3 the system seller that it wants it to be.
•Burger King: Terrifingly large meals and cups (jugs?) of soda will be sold in September with the game’s logo and Master Chief’s visage
•Pepsi: A brand new drink called Mountain Dew Game Fuel, which adds a touch a cherry flavor and 30 percent more caffeine than regular Mountain Dew
•7-Eleven: Master Chief Slurpee cups
•General Motors: Oh, you know, just a brand new car, the G6 GXP Street, aimed at the same youthful men who’ll buy the game
Or, in a talking pictures form…
So whether you like it or not, Halo 3 will very much be a part of the popular culture in the weeks to come. It’s funny that we’re getting so excited over what amounts to a remake of Doom.
Here Comes ‘Halo 3′ –
With a Side Order of Fries [Wall Street Journal]
I saw the special Halo 3 themed Mountain Dew yesterday (Aug 8th) in Walmart and bought one. It’s a citrus cherry flavor and isn’t bad at all (I’ve not been a fan of most of Dew’s side flavors).
There was no contest though, I was expecting to have a change to win a free copy of Halo 3 or the special edition console.
Ignorant. Doom remake?
“It’s funny that we’re getting so excited over what amounts to a remake of Doom.”
Way to look like a complete douche bag who doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
In before sh*tstorm.
A remake of “Marathon” would be more accurate, but in a sense, “doom” is close enough.
Perhaps, Halo 3 wouldn’t exist if it hadn’t been for the success of Doom, but it certainly wouldn’t exist without Marathon paving it’s way.
Halo 3 is another first-person shooter. It’s obviously leaps and bounds beyond something like Doom, but it’s still an FPS like Doom, with a whole mess of extras added onto it. Shoot at badguys while they shoot back at you.. try to get certain acheivements in-order to finish a level and move onto the next one… rinse and repeat.
The similarity is not totally uncalled for, and definately better than suggesting it’s an upgraded version of “Pong” which, to a certain mindset, would also be accurate. It’s a home videogame, and Pong got there first.
Halo 3 is a great gameso the rest of yu a suck my bals