Halo 3 - More leaked Features! - 4 player Co-op, new vehicles, weapons..!

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Crafty coders playing the Halo 3 beta have unearthed references to a
four-player co-op mode.

We're still waiting to hear from Microsoft about whether it's
legitimate, and if it will feature when the full-game launches on 26th
September.
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"Only 2 players may play splitscreen coop on the same Xbox 360 console.
The party size is too large to start the game. Up to 4 players may play
coop on Xbox Live or System Link. Loading information from Xbox Live..."
read the on-screen text for the party-menus, courtesy of teamxbox.

Their digital probing also gave them an insight to previously
unannounced weapons, vehicles, and game types. A full list of these can
be found below.
Weapons

* Assault Rifle
* Battle Rifle
* Beam Rifle
* Brute Shot
* Carbine
* Excavator
* Gravity Hammer
* Flamethrower
* Magnum
* Missile Launcher
* Needler
* Plasma Pistol
* Plasma Rifle
* Fuel Rod Cannon
* Rocket Launcher
* Shotgun
* SMG
* Sniper Rifle
* Spartan Laser
* Spiker
* Sword

Vehicles

* Mongoose
* Warthog
* Hornet
* Pelican
* Scorpion
* Ghost
* Brute Chopper
* Spectre
* Shadow
* Banshee
* Phantom
* Wraith

Game Types

* Capture the Flag: Invade your opponent's stronghold, heist their flag,
and bring it back to your base to score.
* Slayer: Kill as many of your opponents as you can. The player with the
most points wins.
* Oddball: Find the ball and hold on to it to earn time. The player with
the most time wins.
* King of the Hill: Gain control of the hill to earn time. Keep your
opponents off and earn the most time to win.
* Juggernaut: Work together to take down the Juggernaut. Beware, you
kill the Juggernaut, you become the Juggernaut, and only the Juggernaut
can win.
* Territories: Find and control the territories on the map. The more
territories you control, the faster you earn time.
* Infection: Destroy the Flood or become infected. Score points for
killing flood or big points for infecting a human. The player with the
most points wins.
* Assault: Da bomb!
* V.I.P.: Protect the V.I.P. from dying at the hands of your opponents.
If you are the V.I.P., you must stay alive or your opponents score a point.

Variations

Apparently these will be shareable with other users in a similar way to
movies.

* Team Slayer
* Team Swords
* Team Rockets
* Team Shotguns
* Team Fiesta
* Team Phantoms
* Slayer Duel
* Sword Duel
* Rifle Duel
* Rumble Slayer
* Rumble Swords
* Rumble Rockets
* Rumble Shotguns
* Oddball
* Fiesta Ball
* Team Ball King
* Phantom King
* Crazy King
* Team Crazy King
* Multi Flag CTF
* CTF Wraiths
* CTF Classic
* Shotgun CTF
* 1 Flag CTF
* 1 Flag CTF Fast
* Multi Bomb Assault
* Rapid Assault
* Neutral Bomb
* Neut. Bomb Fast
* 3 Plots Land Grab

Games menu options

A glitch also allowed beta players to see the following settings from
the game menu options:

* Damage resistance
* Shield multiplier
* Shield recharge rate
* Immune to headshots
* Grenade counts
* Infinite ammo
* Weapon pickup disabled
* Player speed (25%, 50%, 75%, 90%, 100%, 110%, 125%, 150%, 200%, 300%)
* Player gravity (50%, 100%, 200%)
* Vehicle use (passenger only)
* Motion tracker range (10m, 25m, 75m, 100m, 150m)
* Appearance: Vis effects (black glow, team glow, white glow). Active
camo (good camo that might fool and elite, poor camo that might fool a
grunt, invisible).
* Indestructible vehicles (on, off)

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