Closing once and for all the rumours that Halo 3 might not include online cooperative play through the game's storyline campaign, Bungie have now spilled all the details in a news post on their
official site. The article confirms that Halo 3 will indeed support 4 player online cooperative and it looks like they're making the extra effort make it fit better into the game's narrative by giving each play control of a unique character.
Split-screen co-op is as ever, limited to two players per screen – but they can if they wish join two other friends online or via System Link.
For fictional reasons, we decided to avoid Halo’s slightly surreal compromise of two identical Master Chiefs and rather, use this opportunity to expand the Halo universe just a little bit. Player one will control the Master Chief, player two will control the Arbiter and players three and four will get the chance to control two brand new Elite characters.
The article even includes bio's for the newcommers, Sangheili's N’tho ‘Sraom and Usze ‘Taham. Bring on September 25.
