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Halo Wars and Halo 3: ODST round out GamePro's February issue.

If you're reading this, we've officially made it to 2009. And you know what that means -- more Halo games!

The February 2009 issue of GamePro is coming soon, and it is devoted to all things Halo and Xbox 360. Our cover story on Halo Wars contains exciting new details on The Flood, your nemesis in the campaign mode (hint: it's a character you may remember from Halo 2), and tons of all-new info and HD screenshots from one of the best-looking Xbox 360 games yet.

But that's not all -- we've also got an exclusive two-page interview with Bungie on their ambitious plans for Halo 3: ODST, the standalone Halo 3 expansion due out this fall. A massive Xbox 360 2009 game roundup, new iPhone game roundups, a massive review section, and an assortment of hot Q&As round out this slick collector's issue. Here's a peek at the cover:

And so the media build up begins.

Yep. They get their stuff out there and well advertised way in advance. Killzone 2 comes out in a little over a month, and yet I still have not seen any TV commercials or movie previews.

Someone we'd recognize from Halo 2?

The characters that come to mind for me are:

-Tartarus
-2401 Penitant Tangent
-Gravemind
-Arbiter before he was Arbiter?

If they were talking about Gravemind, they'd probably say 'familiar from Halo 3', since he played a more prominent role there. So as long as the enemy is 'evil' instead of just being a robot, I'd say it's a pretty safe bet it's either Tartarus or Arbiter.