Chatting on the ever-intriguing NeoGAF forums, game developer Luke Smith has spoken to assure fans that the firm's new 'Recon' outing, announced at the Tokyo Game Show, won't see Halo going stealthy in the traditional sense.

"The word ’stealth’ here isn’t really a great word," he conceded (the official press release noted Recon would "employ more elements of and cunning than ever before"). "This isn’t a stealth game like a game."

He continued: "This is a Bungie-made Halo game where you will play as an ODST, which of course, is different (and no, I’m not talking about how it’s different) than playing as a Spartan super soldier.

"This isn’t Halo Cell, Ghost Recon: Halo, Republic Commandalo or whatever."

More Halo 3 Recon very soon.

By Luke Guttridge

  • Halo 3 Recon
  • Platform: Xbox 360
  • Publisher: Bungie
  • Developer: Microsoft
  • Release Date: Autumn 2009