Halo 3 ODST Preview Event

[DirtyP2002]

Some questions:

• The gameplay at E3 looked "darker" than the previous Halo games, is the whole atmosphere a little bit darker or was it just that one scene?
• What do they think will be their hardest competition this holiday season? (Probably MW2) Do they see it as a problem to have two highly anticipated FPS coming out at the same time?
• Since Bungie is independent now, what has changed for them? I mean, they are still working on Halo with ODST / Reach and DLCs on the way. How is their relationship with MS now?
• How long did they work on ODST? It is true, that this was just a small team working on it?
• New weapons - how many? New vehicles - how many?
• Are those Firefight-maps different from the regular maps? Or do you play firefight on the same maps you play your matchmaking on?
• Do they support avatar-award-achievements-stuff (you better look this up :D)? So will you get access to some avatar-clothes as an achievement? MS announced this feature at e3.
• In which way will bungie.net support Halo ODST? Are there any new things planned?