Brutes playable in Halo 3?

Source: The blogs of two Belgian Xbox Ambassadors, PlatoniX (English translation) and YLA G.

The official story: Microsoft rep: "Microsoft does not comment on rumors or speculation." [UPDATE] Bungie has debunked the rumor in the studios' Weekly Update. There is, however, a documentary coming "sometime next week" that will reveal some elements of the single-player campaign.

What we heard: One of the big surprises in 2004's blockbuster Halo 2 was the ability to play as a member of an alien race. Gamers suited up as the Arbiter--one of the Covenant's Elites bestowed with a special title--in the single-player campaign and could skin themselves as Elites in the multiplayer portion.

Now word is spreading that another alien race will be playable in the upcoming Halo 3, due for release sometime next year. The race in question is the Brutes (the character on the right in the image), the gorilla-like berserkers who became the bodyguards of the Prophets.

According to a post on a few blogs out of Europe, a new Halo 3 video will be headed to Xbox Live Marketplace on December 20 showing Brutes as playable characters. The alleged seven-minute video will also feature two and a half minutes of gameplay, which would make it the first time the public has gotten a look at the game in action.

These blogs belong to members of Belgium's Xbox Elite Team, a group of Xbox 360 gamers who are regional ambassadors for the system. Xbox Ambassadors are sanctioned by Microsoft but aren't actually employed by the company. Typically, Ambassadors are active community members willing to go the extra mile to help out others.

Both PlatoniX and YLA G, the owners of the two blogs, are listed as Xbox Ambassadors on Xbox.com, but this doesn't mean they are directly tied to Microsoft or have any insider information. The two also don't cite their source for the Halo 3 details.

There are no doubt going to be some surprises in Halo 3, but Bungie managed to keep the ability to play as the Arbiter secret until the game came out. Why would it choose to spill the beans early this time around?

Bogus or not bogus?: Based on the fact that no source is named, we have to say bogus for now, but we won't really find out until next week.

Posted by TimSpot,

Being a brute would be awsome ! You could have a little sqaud follow you around like on Halo 2 !

and go berzerk!

Thats pretty awesome. But they don't have any shields.

maybe in halo3 they might have shields remeber this is a sequal almost any thing can probaly change form better to greater lol

I doubt they will have shields.

i wonder could the brutes travel in a heard together in missions.The big thing is are they playable in xbox live .that will cause major dmg lol

On 20-Dec-2006 The_Fury4 said:

Thats pretty awesome. But they don't have any shields.

They don't need shields because I remember from Halo 2 where a brute didn't die from a fatal attack.

true.but could they pick up active camos and overshields?

They probably could pick up active camo, but as for overshield I wouldn't think so because they don't have a shield generator in the first place.

yea, why didnt i think of that lol

Brutes look like they have armor on already anyway.

go on you tube it talks about the armour and ranks brutes have.


regular brutes just have head gear.

captains have a larger head gear.

and the best ones have head gear and pads around the shoulders

Now I saw the Documentary, they have armor.

They will be harder to kill.

I highly doubt that you will be a brute lol... In halo 2, you are trying to vanquish the brutes...

You also got to be the bad guys on Halo 2 ...

you will get to be a brute if you wacth the documentary it will show you every thing.

On 20-Dec-2006 The_Fury4 said:

Thats pretty awesome. But they don't have any shields.

They dont need shields. They can take as much damage as someone with shileds before they die..

Maybe, if we do get to play as these, instead of a shield bar it would just be a health bar.

You don't get to be a brute, they have been confirmed as non-playable

Can you verify that ?

Send us a link or something.