Bungie reveals new Campaign addon

Halo 3: Recon ODST

Last night, Bungie revealed the second part of its original Halo 3 trailer (prepare to drop) as the trailer for the new Halo 3 campaign addon, Recon (Recon is whole new game using the H3 engine). Halo 3: Recon tells the story of what happens on Earth before Master Chief falls to Earth at the beginning of Halo 3. In the expansion, due in Fall 2009, you play as an ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) holding down Africa waiting for Master Chief to return. The expansion is supposed to be tougher (as you do not have any shields), and so you will have to employ more stealth than before.

According to Microsoft, Recon will ship with new multiplayer maps (that are different from the Mythic Map Pack) and will improve on Halo 3′s Forge Engine (yay).

You can watch the full trailer (includes new content) here. The game will be availible in stores on a disk (not on marketplace currently). It looks mighty pricey.

New Xbox 360 Dashboard releases November 19th

New Marketplace Dashboard

Microsoft announced yesterday that the new Xbox 360 dashboard (complete with ugly Mii rip-offs) will be availible on November 19th. Microsoft also stated that those avatars will start showing up on your gamercard. Eww..

The new Dashboard will feature Netflix streaming, Live Party Support (across every game [up to 8 players]), private chats with more people (rather than a 1 on 1 chat), and much more. Now if they would get rid of those ugly Avatars….