Play as Sgt. Johnson with a Halo 3: ODST pre-order @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on June 18, 2009

News: The toughest marine in the corps will be leading the Firefight.

Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson, the Halo Universe's cigar-chomping Nick Fury analogue, will play a major role in the pre-order campaign for the upcoming spin-off game, Halo 3: ODST. Those that pre-order the game from participating retailers will receive a token to unlock Sergeant Johnson in the game's cooperative multiplayer mode, Firefight.

Similar to Gears of War 2's Horde Mode and Call of Duty: World at War's Nacht der Untoten (Nazi Zombies Mode), Firefight will add some Halo flavor to the gameplay:

Firefight... allows УHaloФ fans to experience co-operative gaming in a whole new way: they will be fighting as members of an ODST squad against waves of increasingly challenging enemies across a variety of battlefields. This experience is made even more intense with the integration of УHalo 3'sФ Уskulls,Ф which progressively activate as time goes on to alter the gameplay and up the challenge. Players will battle through wave after wave in search of high scores, Achievements and bragging rights.

More screenshots of Sgt. Johnson in the Firefight mode can be found right here.

Halo 3: ODST will be released on September 22 and, in addition to a new single-player campaign and new multiplayer options, it will also include access to the Halo: Reach beta.