Just lurking on GAF and I came across this picture in the ODST thread.  Seems like a pretty legitimate shot of what is ostensibly the new BR in Halo: Reach.  This could also be totally unrelated to Halo I suppose.  Just thought I'd post it to see what you guys think.  

That looks pretty legit Halo to me. Looks like a Beam Rifle up there in the corner of the HUD.
 Of course, I'm not gonna do a super in depth pixel counting analysis like some people here might, so I could be wrong.

what does BR stand for?

neogaf has a bunch of pics now... and then it clicked. I would bet you anything that this was jeff's secret assignment last week, there was probably some press event to show it for the first time, and thats where these pics came from

" neogaf has a bunch of pics now... and then it clicked. I would bet you anything that this was jeff's secret assignment last week, there was probably some press event to show it for the first time, and thats where these pics came from "

Don't know for sure but it looks like the same engine. :(

Is that health I see? And also it makes sense for that to be a different battle rifle because it was only a prototype during the whole reach thing

More pics I found:

OMG OMG OMG Fucking awesome 
@ParanoidFreak:
 Is that third one a needler on steroids?

Oh how far will they go to milk this franchise to death?

" Oh how far will they go to milk this franchise to death? "

" @MAN_FLANNEL: 
It may be a Carbine.
Here is the needler:

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" Oh how far will they go to milk this franchise to death? "

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" Oh how far will they go to milk this franchise to death? "

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 So like, if this is a prequel to Halo... why are we getting these guns that seem way better and more advanced then the guns in the other Halo games?

Am I making any sense here? It seems strange to get super needler carbines and battle rifles with ammo readouts in a game that takes place before the games with the inferior guns.

What the hell is Tom Morello doing at a Halo press event?

That looks so cool cant wait!

" A squad next to the radar? "

" @Pie said:

" A squad next to the radar? "

It looks like it, seems like the health system will be similar to Halo 1 also. "

"  So like, if this is a prequel to Halo... why are we getting these guns that seem way better and more advanced then the guns in the other Halo games? Am I making any sense here? It seems strange to get super needler carbines and battle rifles with ammo readouts in a game that takes place before the games with the inferior guns. "

Holy shit this looks awesome. It doesn't look as campy as the Halo trilogy. The guns actually look menacing and seem like they would fuck you up. 
 
The new engine looks great to just comparing the new lazer to the first one show just how much the graphics have improved.

The first needler kind of thing looks insane!

another thing im thinking is, the VGAs are soon I believe, and they always have "WORLD EXCLUSIVE" trailers there... if they are indeed showing the game to select press, they might have a trailer for the VGAs too

I was really hoping for Reach to be some kind of new thing, not this "new" halo 3
I'm really bummed out, hope this will change for the better though.

Wow, me likey.  Guess it's time for me to start getting hyped.

"  So like, if this is a prequel to Halo... why are we getting these guns that seem way better and more advanced then the guns in the other Halo games? Am I making any sense here? It seems strange to get super needler carbines and battle rifles with ammo readouts in a game that takes place before the games with the inferior guns. "

damn i was too late :P. Squad thing sounds interesting, although what i don't get is that i thought reach was glassed, at least that's what halo 2 and the trailer say.

wait, isnt this the guy from Audioslave?

" @OmegaPirate said:

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" Oh how far will they go to milk this franchise to death? "

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oh yes, soon to be four games in 9 years, with one expansion and one rts offshoot is milking.  "

" @MAN_FLANNEL said:

" @OmegaPirate said:

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" Oh how far will they go to milk this franchise to death? "

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oh yes, soon to be four games in 9 years, with one expansion and one rts offshoot is milking.  "

Don't question stupidity, it's pointless. "

For every hater there's about 20 people enjoying halo. It's really just whining internet geeks

Why does this hella realistic, like those ODST ads?  Not very true to the normal halo art style.

I'm cautiously optimistic after seeing these screens that Bungie will stop their trend of making each new Halo game worse than the previous one.

It looks like Halo 3 with a redesigned HUD. I'll bet you anything that's what it'll turn out to be.

They would fucking make it an FPS.  Given the story, I think it would've been nicer in third-person. 
 
Nonetheless, I'm excited solely because it focuses around Reach.

" It looks like Halo 3 with a redesigned HUD. I'll bet you anything that's what it'll turn out to be. "

" They would fucking make it an FPS.  Given the story, I think it would've been nicer in third-person.  Nonetheless, I'm excited solely because it focuses around Reach. "

" @crunchUK said:

For every hater there's about 20 people enjoying halo. It's really just whining internet geeks

Actually the ratio is probably more like 1 hater for every 10,000 fans. "

" @natetodamax said:

" It looks like Halo 3 with a redesigned HUD. I'll bet you anything that's what it'll turn out to be. "

Awesome, I'm sold. More Halo? Don't mind if I do. "

" @Hitchenson said:

" @MAN_FLANNEL said:

" @OmegaPirate said:

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" Oh how far will they go to milk this franchise to death? "

"

oh yes, soon to be four games in 9 years, with one expansion and one rts offshoot is milking.  "

Don't question stupidity, it's pointless. "

For every hater there's about 20 people enjoying halo. It's really just whining internet geeks  "