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Three Editions of Halo 3 Coming

Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios today confirmed the first exciting details of the three editions of this year's most anticipated video game release, Halo® 3. Choose from the Standard Edition, Limited Edition, and the ultimate collector's item, the Legendary Edition.

Legendary Edition
The Legendary Edition ($129.99 U.S. estimated retail) will be released in limited quantities and arrive in a highly collectible Spartan helmet case that no hardcore Halo fan should be without, along with two bonus disks full of supplemental content.

The Legendary Edition is for the ultimate Halo fan.

The first disk provides exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage and videos, including a high-definition "Making of Halo 3" documentary showcasing the Bungie team and its effort to create the most anticipated title in the industry's history, numerous high-definition featurettes documenting the creative design processes involved in developing the game, and even a look at some early game concepts and their evolution through the game's development.

The disk also includes an audio-visual calibration tool, never before seen on a video game and custom designed by the Halo 3 graphics and audio team to make the most of your high-definition home theaters, for the ultimate Halo 3 and Xbox 360™ audio and video performance.

The second bonus disk, an exclusive to the Legendary Edition, includes completely remastered cinematic material from Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, supplemented with developer commentaries, to provide a refresher course on the thrilling Halo story so far, and a featurette documenting a day in the life at Bungie. Exclusive content from the creative minds behind Machinima artists "Red vs. Blue" and "This Spartan Life" is also included.

Finally, purchase the Legendary Edition and receive an illuminating collection of original Halo 3 storyboard art from artist Lee Wilson, depicting key moments and pivotal scenes from the epic cinematic production of Halo.

Limited Edition
The Limited Edition ($69.99 U.S. estimated retail) also includes a bounty of extras. Within a sleek metal collector's case is the first bonus disk found in the Legendary Edition, as well as a special Halo fiction and art book.

The Limited Edition includes a sleek collector's case.

A must-have for Halo collectors and a source of invaluable and exclusive information, the piece is an elaborate and compelling guide to the species and factions that inhabit the worlds of the Halo universe, with never-before-seen art and story that expand and illustrate the depth and breadth of the Halo fiction.

Standard Edition
For those who crave nothing more than the highly anticipated third chapter to one of the greatest gaming trilogies, the Standard Edition ($59.99 U.S. estimated retail) consists of the Halo 3 game.

Halo 3 represents the third chapter in the Halo trilogy, a Marvel Entertainment Inc. graphic novel series, apparel and more.

Bungie Studios
Bungie Studios was founded in 1991 with two goals: to develop games that combine brilliant technology, beautiful art, intelligent stories and deep gameplay, and then sell enough of those games to achieve its real goal of total world domination. Over the past 10 years it has produced games such as the Marathon Trilogy and the first two Myth games, hailed as classics by critics and gamers around the world.

Bungie's Halo franchise is an international award-winning action title that has grown into a global entertainment phenomenon, selling more than 14.7 million units worldwide, logging over 800 million hours of multiplayer action on Xbox LIVE and spawning action figures, books, a graphic novel, apparel and more. More information on Bungie can be found at http://www.bungie.net.