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    Halo 3: ODST

    Game » consists of 10 releases. Released Sep 22, 2009

    Taking place during the events of Halo 2, Halo 3: ODST puts players in the shoes of a silent Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (known as the Rookie) as he traverses through the Covenant-occupied metropolis of New Mombasa to find the whereabouts of his missing squadmates.

    South Korean Space Marines: Prepare to Drop

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    Edited By jeff
    This soldier is HARDER, BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER.
    This soldier is HARDER, BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER.
    Finally.
    After hearing about the US Army's Land Warrior program, which was supposed to make US soldiers mad futuristic with smart suits, HUDs, and all the other sort of stuff that seems commonplace in any modern video game, I got all excited about a war-torn future in which commanding officers sit in a bunker, staring at video feeds from everyone out in the field. Then something go bad, and the CO would hit the "INJECT FUTURE DRUGS" button to hit everyone up with some sort of accuracy improving stimulant.

    Then Peter Molyneux would show up and claim to have predicted it all with the release of Syndicate! Chaos ensues!

    But that Land Warrior program seems to have stalled after its 1994 launch. Now South Korea has a chance to make Halo real with its own high-tech combat uniform.

    Aside from a totally sweet helmet that looks like a cross between Daft Punk and Master Chief, they'll roll with a suit that will offer some form of protection from nuclear, biological, or chemical attacks. And they'll crack aliens upside the head with the butt of their XK-11, an assault rifle that'll fire 5.56mm rounds and 20mm grenades. They'll also be armed with the Bomb Squad perk via a uniform that will somehow detect mines.

    No word yet on if there will be a button on the side of the helmet that broadcasts the phrase "to give the Covenant back their bomb" as an effective response to any kind of "where are you going?" query.

    Engadget dug up this video on the XK11, in case you're interested.

      


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    #1  Edited By jeff
    This soldier is HARDER, BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER.
    This soldier is HARDER, BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER.
    Finally.
    After hearing about the US Army's Land Warrior program, which was supposed to make US soldiers mad futuristic with smart suits, HUDs, and all the other sort of stuff that seems commonplace in any modern video game, I got all excited about a war-torn future in which commanding officers sit in a bunker, staring at video feeds from everyone out in the field. Then something go bad, and the CO would hit the "INJECT FUTURE DRUGS" button to hit everyone up with some sort of accuracy improving stimulant.

    Then Peter Molyneux would show up and claim to have predicted it all with the release of Syndicate! Chaos ensues!

    But that Land Warrior program seems to have stalled after its 1994 launch. Now South Korea has a chance to make Halo real with its own high-tech combat uniform.

    Aside from a totally sweet helmet that looks like a cross between Daft Punk and Master Chief, they'll roll with a suit that will offer some form of protection from nuclear, biological, or chemical attacks. And they'll crack aliens upside the head with the butt of their XK-11, an assault rifle that'll fire 5.56mm rounds and 20mm grenades. They'll also be armed with the Bomb Squad perk via a uniform that will somehow detect mines.

    No word yet on if there will be a button on the side of the helmet that broadcasts the phrase "to give the Covenant back their bomb" as an effective response to any kind of "where are you going?" query.

    Engadget dug up this video on the XK11, in case you're interested.

      


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    #2  Edited By Womble

    I'm more worried about the Zerglings that they're creating in secret underground research labs...

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    #3  Edited By lordofultima

    Prepare for the future!

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    #4  Edited By Pazy

    So what your saying is from now on Starcraft stops being a game and the #1 South Korean Starcraft player is also going to be a general for there army?

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    #5  Edited By ZmillA

    Ah crap! the XK11?, thats like one shot center mass and your done!

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    #6  Edited By Snoopy

    Dude what the hell do we got? Don't we have like the largest defense budget in the world? I wanna see a fucking transformer bro.

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    #7  Edited By darkjester74

    Prepare for unforeseen consequences.

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    #8  Edited By DisAbiLityFisHy

    Simply kickass. Get ready to blow Zerglings up with the XK11!
    Now ReTarDedFisHy will attempt to re-create the sounds of battle:

    "POW POW! KA-PLOWY! BOOM! BLAM-O! BZZZT! BZZZZZT! BOOM! MY LEG!! PEW PEW! RA-TA-TA-TA!!"

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    #9  Edited By Rorschach

    *Ten years later, in a third world, future America* "Jesus, we really shouldn't have let those damn Koreans build the Halo suits..."

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    #10  Edited By Afroman269

    Jeff you should of had the Daft Punk song playing in the background or better yet have the guy with the talkbox on.

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    #11  Edited By lamegame621

    at least its the ...um..."good" Koreans.

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    #12  Edited By citizenkane

    What are you talking about?  The Land Warrior program along with the rest of the components of the U.S. Army's FCS project is alive and well!

    Future Force Warrior
    Future Force Warrior












































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    #13  Edited By Death_Burnout

    Oooooo!

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    #14  Edited By IncredibleBulk92

    Would you like to know more?

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    #15  Edited By Lunarbunny

    Glad I'm not the only person who thought Daft Punk when I saw that black & white picture.

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    #17  Edited By Bennyishere

    I heard this game has kick-ass graphics.

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    #18  Edited By AlexMarra

    Time to kick North Korea's ass with style!

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    Yeah awesome looking soldier there, maybe i'll live long enough to see Master Chief and the spartan project in reality.

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    #21  Edited By CleverLoginName

    I demand my active camo suit.

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    #22  Edited By Snail

    It's really happening.. Oh Lordy...

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    #23  Edited By unangbangkay
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    #24  Edited By Fakenham

    If Korea is doing Halo suits, then surely the US will have to up the ante with some Crysis suits. You know what I'm talking about, super-speed and super-strength so you can just run up to the Korean hiding behind a rock waiting for his armor to recharge and just pick him up and knock him on his ass.

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    #25  Edited By dagas

    The more advanced tech they create the harder it's going to be when we have to rise up against the alien/machines/dictators or whatever overlords we'll have in the future because we all know that we are going to have to fight with stone age weapons and the overlords will have all the high tech stuff. That's how it always is in movies. As long as we manage to steal the X-wing design specs we should be fine, if the overlords create the death star with a weak spot of course.

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    #26  Edited By Phoenix87

    south korea, Combat Evolved

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    #27  Edited By jangofett88

    The Real World: Crysis

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    #28  Edited By Jayzilla

    i find it creepy that real warfare is becoming like video games. is someone going to turn me into a mutant now to fight the commies that exist in a parallel universe?

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    #29  Edited By toowalrus

    Too many pockets, and the helmet is too old-school spaceman like. The gun is cool though

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    #30  Edited By dsplayer1010

    Should we be concerned?

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    #31  Edited By MrKlorox

    That video was MUCH more interesting in that Soccer riot. And I'm not even into guns.

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    #32  Edited By killdave

    *the phrase "to give the Covenant back their bomb" as an effective response to any kind of "where are you going?" query.*

    HAHA !! That had me smiling / smirking for a good few minutes. Funny times :p

    Also I hear North Korea have started testing the GoW Lancers ??

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    #33  Edited By Grim_Reaper

    I'd prefer the lancer from gears 2 easily over this weapon, oh and about the helmet... I'll quote B. Carmine- "You should wear a helmet, it filters out the dust so you don't have to breath it"
    Dom- "Yeah, but then you can't see snipers as well".  Delta Squad-the baddest MOFO's in gaming history. ( P.S. i got 2 words for Augustus Cole-Public Relations, i love his speech on the intercom at the Locust underground stronghold.)

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    #34  Edited By Destroyeron

    Our suits are sexier.

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    #35  Edited By Milkman

    War...has changed.

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    Just in time for the imminent Protoss and Zerg invasions! Next we need some spankin' Battlecruisers.

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    #37  Edited By ahoodedfigure

    I wonder if these defense industry videos actually show the use of a weapon, or if they're just sort of fun to watch for the potential buyers.

    "Man, this is why I got into this business.  Look at that sweet barrel and stock design!"

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    Eh, our stuff is neater.

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    #39  Edited By BR4DL3I9H

    I'll start worrying as soon as someone actually creates 'Bears-with-parachutes' launching cannons...

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    #40  Edited By The_Icon

    US should counter it with NANO suits!

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    #41  Edited By killdave

    Yes because South Korea aren't already in a major defence treaty with the US and don't owe their existance to the West (US/UK allies etc)
    ...

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    interesting stuff jeff.  i see you and kojima have the same taste.

    i remember seeing a picture of shinkawa wearing a Crye Precision battle shirt on kojima's blog.  and GRAW 1 had all the ghosts outfitted w/ Crye Precision gear.

    good source material for all the devs, modders, and monty oums of the world out there.

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    #43  Edited By irishjohn

    The seemingly inexplicable dropping of rifles is hilarious.

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    #44  Edited By Highlander

    those weapons weigh too much to be used by general infantry

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    #45  Edited By Wright

    high tech rifle drops.

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    #46  Edited By Media_Master

    techy gun

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    #47  Edited By Det1

    I like how south korea will never get to use any of this stuff on anybody. ever.

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    #48  Edited By FCKSNAP
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    #49  Edited By daniel_beck_90

    wow , future is on ............ Video games rule

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