* New details from Bungie.net official forum:
 

- Reach will NOT follow the book, Fall of Reach.
 

- We play as Spartan IIIs. Jorge is the only Spartan II on the team, and as a result is larger.

- Carter 259 and Kat 320 are the only members of their original squad.
 

- Jorge is a heavy weapons specialist.
 

- “Skully” now has a name, Emile 239. He’s the silent type of the game.
 

- The sniper is called Jun 266. He’s thoughtful and taciturn.
 

- We can customise the appearance of the Lone Wolf by a small degree.
 

- The game is apparently darker than any of the other Halo games, even more so than ODST.
 

- Human Insurrectionists are possibly in the game.
 

- Bungie have once again made the Covenant more dangerous and frightening, as they were in Halo 1.
 

- Covenant soldiers no longer speak English, they speak in their own languages.
 

- A new enemy like a Jackal has been introduced, named a “Skirmisher.” They are deadly and cunning enemies that attack in packs, and flank secure positions.
 

- Graphics have been improved drastically, as proven by in-magazine comparisons.
 

- Elites are back, and are more ferocious than ever.
 

- Larger scale combat will be in Reach. Where only 20 AI at a time could be on screen in Halo 3, now over 40 AI and 20 vehicles can be present at a time.
 

- Scenes are more cinematic.
 

- Noble Team splits up at a point in the story, but it seems they soon get back together.
 

- Health Bar is back along with energy shield.
 

- Single shot rifle like the Halo 2 E3 demo is in the game, named the Designated Marksman Rifle (DRM).
 

- Sniper, AR and Magnum make a return. Gun sounds are more realistic.
 

- Needler Rifle is in the game, a mid-range headshot capable weapon.
 

- Spike Grenades and Flame Grenades are out. Only frags and plasma remain.
 

- Helicopter Transport is called the Falcon.
 

- Civillian vehicles are now drivable.
 

- Fully stealthy gameplay is now possible.
 

- Assassinations are possible with a knife by holding down the melee button.
 

- Sprinting is now possible through an equipment like mechanic.
 

- Spirits, the Covenant drop ship in CE, return in Reach, alongside Phantoms.
 

- Grunts look a lot more menacing.
 

- Motion Tracker seems compressed, like an oval rather than the Halo 3 circle.
 

- Hud is yellow rather than blue.
 

- Marines look vaguely like Halo 1 marines.
 

- Phantoms now have a flashlight, like the one seen in the ODST announcement trailer.
 

- Elites seem taller, and are no longer hunched.
 

- All features from Halo 3 (Forge, Theatre, Co-op) make a comeback along with several new ones.
 

- We will be shown what Reach looks like before it is destroyed. We will see the levels of destruction progress as we get further through the game, implying the game takes place over a longish period of time.
 
 

Halo Legends is due to be released in the US on February 9, followed by the UK on February 15 in three different forms: a single DVD for $19.98, the two-disk special edition for $29.98, and the Blu-Ray version for $34.99. The two disk version and the Blu-Ray version do have extra content not found in the single DVD version. What are the extras? Take a look:

- The Making of Halo Legends: An introduction to Halo Legends followed by a making-of segment for each episode.
 

- Halo: Gaming Evolved: Explaining the Halo phenomenon from its inception as an Xbox video game to a present day entertainment franchise.
 

- Audio Commentary with directors Frank O’Connor and Joseph Chou.
 

- Widescreen (1.78:1).
 

- Exclusive for the Blu-Ray version: An overview of the Halo Universe called ‘Halo: The Story so Far’.

Three versions with different prices is a good thing. But if you are a big fan, you must get the definitive version, the Blu-Ray one.

The only thing that PS3 owners should be so much sure about is that GOWIII will be a bloody fantastic game and that it will raise the bar for its competitors on every aspect, GOWIII will undoubtedly show a different face than the one we saw on the last E3 trailer and it will be on a much more improved level by the upcoming March.

The other thing that I’m really not sure about is “Why PS3 owners are so much sure that the game will be a sales monster!” and PS3 owners count on GOW3 as the game that can be multi-million (consoles) seller!

Ok, No one can urges the fact that GOWIII will be the final installment of the multi-million unit-selling trilogy, but in the same time a quick check to the previous sales chart for the original GOW and GOWII can tell us so much about the real situation.

GOW II sold over 2.5 million copies even it was an option for more than 120,000,000 PS2 owners at that time, I know some people will say that the game had 17+ ESRB, but that can’t be the real reason, let’s say 50,000,000 of the PS2 owners were 17 or above, so I think it’s still not that great record for such a game,and keeping in mind that the upcoming GOWIII will have even less than 20% of its prequels consoles installed base or let’s say “possible buyers” the game may even struggle to match its prequels records.

GOWIII will be a fantastic game for sure and undoubtedly it will do just fine in the market but let’s be real and far from any fanboisem which causing “Gamers Blindness” illness for some of us, GOWIII will never be a match for top sellers like GTA or HALO series, even though if you asked me I know the game will be more than a match for them technically.