Microsoft and Bungie's blockbuster sci-fi shooter series continues with this standalone expansion to Halo 3. Battle through an all-new
campaign as an ODST, short for Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, in a story line that serves as a prequel to the events chronicled in Halo 3.
Your mission is to locate the remaining members of your squad somewhere within the Covenant-besieged city of New Mombasa. A new
multiplayer mode entitled "Firefight" is introduced, where up to four players must work together to repel increasingly
challenging waves of enemies. A second disc is home to a total of 24 multiplayer maps, three of which are new, with the remainder
comprised of the "legendary," "heroic," and "mythic" Halo 3 map packs that were previously available as
downloadable content via Xbox Live. Initial runs of Halo 3: ODST also include a key to the multiplayer beta of the franchise's next
anticipated entry, Halo: Reach. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide