Halo Legends, the upcoming anime shorts of the popular Xbox game, will come to North American on February 16th on DVD and Blu-ray. The standard DVD will run $19.98, the two-disk special edition for $29.98, and the Blu-Ray version for $34.99 (suggested retail prices).
The two-disk special edition and the Blu-ray version will feature:
- 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)
The Blu-ray will also include an overview of the Halo Universe titled, Halo: The Story so far.
"Halo Legends offers fans stunning, new creative visions of the popular video game's expansive universe, providing added depth and perspective to these beloved characters and thrilling environments," said Halo franchise development director Frank O'Connor. "Halo Legends is a perfect complement to the game's growing canon of ancillary entertainment options."
Halo Legends is a series of seven short films produced by five different anime studios. The five studios will be Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio4 C, and Toei Animation, and creative director for Microsoft is Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed, Appleseed Ex Machina and a Halo player himself). Armaki is directing his own short focusing on the history of the Spartans.
Halo 3 ODST has sold 2 million copies in its first 24 hours. Early this week preorders for the game stood at 1.35 million in the Americas (which was lower than Halo 3's 1.95 million), and first day sales totaled to 1.5 million in the Americas with over 500,000 worldwide. Bungie leaderboards on the first day showed 950,000 users had signed up with ODST.
ODST sales are still down 30% from the Halo 3 figures (which sold nearly 3 million its first day back 2007), which isn't bad considering a lot of protest over the full-game price of what many players considered to be an expansion for Halo 3.
Halo 3 ODST storyline fills many gaps in the storyline of the Convenant invading Earth and the events of Halo 2 & 3. ODST stands for Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. It is considered by some to be the toughest Halo game in the series.
Halo 3 ODST comes with 2 discs, one with the game, and the other with 24 multiplayer maps. Halo 3 ODST is available for the Xbox 360.
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The five studios will be Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio4 C, and Toei Animation, and creative director for Microsoft is Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed, Appleseed Ex Machina and a Halo player himself). Armaki is directing his own short focusing on the history of the Spartans.
Microsoft will be officially revealing the anime and its trailer at the San Diego Comic Con. Fans can also expect a film preview via Xbox 360 later this year.
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