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ok, perhaps I am getting a bit to excited over here, but Halo is one of my all time favorite first-person-shooters. I love the cooperative mode that has been featured in both 1 and 2 and now we are hearing of the ability to play online co-op! PolyVector and I have been waiting for this, the only problem is, it can be pretty much guaranteed it will only be one player to a box. Which blows for us, since we play split screen, and I am not about to grab another Xbox 360. I think i will cross my fingers anyways and hope that they will allow at least two players a box. Bungie, make my dreams come true!

Via: 1up.com

Edit: [insert string of frantic cussing and words like "awesome"]

Bungie has confirmed my dreams and I think I am gonna mess my pants!

The Tru7h About Co-Op in Halo 3

It’s time for us to sack up and tell you what’s what regarding online co-op.
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That is correct – up to four player co-op in Campaign mode on Xbox Live or System Link.

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.
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Every player will have identical abilities – only their appearance and weapon starts are different (Elites will start with Carbines versus Battle Rifles for example, depending on the mission). So there you have it. Mystery solved. Internet dramas ended. Four player online co-op it is. And a special thanks to the test, engineering, production and design teams who worked incredibly hard to make this feature happen.

Now if we only knew anyone with an Xbox 360…