August 20th 2009 11:01 am PT

Awwwh, come to the UK please. :<

No love for the Mile High City. :’(

Guess I’ll have to wait for the official launch date like everyone else. Oh well.

Might have to hit up the one in Fairless Hills Towne Center, PA. About 1.5 hour drive, but could be worth it. What times are these events taking place? All day or just in the evening?

No Colorado I see, well that kinda blows.

No Florida, I guess they are scared of a potential hurricane

You would think that NC would be on the list…

Thanks for coming to Minnesota.

Wow, Owings Mills, like a whole week before release? I don’t understand why Annapolis (The state capital) can’t get more awesome promotional events.

None in Georgia, oh well.

WHy do some states get multiple visits and some states get none? Unfairness!

OMG no way. North Olmstead, OH!!!!! that is only a 5 minute drive to there.

Hmmmm, I’ll be in TX next month. I winder if I can get a rental car to drive down to Dallas.

This rig is going to be sweet. Check out the teaser vid: http://twitvid.com/1D641

Interesting, nothing in the midwest, not even IL

no parkersburg, WV

o boooooo

I’m in pittsburgh pa, so I could go if I wanted (work schedule permitting), but meh. The halo series started going downhill with Halo 2. Halo 1 was the only good halo game.

I gotta say, I’ve noticed with this as well as the Zune HD tour, you have a tendancy to come no where near my state (Missouri). Chicago doesn’t count. oh well, I guess that’s what I get for living in fly over country.

Too much love for the USA.

San Jose (Antioch, CA)Center At Slatten Ranch 8/26
Sorry I’m that person but Antioch is about 70 miles North of San Jose

Oh guess there is IL… may have to make a road trip if there is anything else going on that weekend out there. Would like to see some NE/IA love for something Xbox related occasionally though.

Great to see it’s coming to my town.

Major Nelson, can you update the post with links to maps of the locations? I am not getting good answers online for where the location is.

Thanks!

Wow, actually coming to Tomball, TX. Thats awesome. I’ll be there!

Blighty really should get some love from Microsoft…but I suppose the EU would end up getting into a fit because they didn’t give Sony a fighting chance or some rubbish…

Damn them all…damn them all to hell!!

Finally, an Xbox event in Austin. Thanks Major, I’ll be checking this out next month.

I’ll be there in Redmond! But, I can’t find what time it starting! The Gamestop site is NOT helpful, doesn’t seem to have the tour info.

Oh, nevermind, it would help to read carefully. 12 noon.

Hey! I live in North Babylon (the LAST one!)
I should wear my armor!!!
LOL

Living in Jersey sucks… nothing ever happens near where I live.

I’ll see you there Tabicat…can’t miss one of the only MS events in Central Texas!

Buffalo would’ve been a better choice than Detroit

Wow, that’s weird. I’m half an hour away from Nashville, but the Gamestop they’re hitting is 2 miles from my house.

What about ireland

Yay! The Portland one is mere 5 min away from my office… I think I may have a very looooong lunch break that day…

I live in London. Come do a “UK” gaming display. Especially London! ^_^ Why, “USA” every time. “UK” has great places too you know.

Of course, no one ever gives us Canadians love

In gamestop ODST the game is set to come in 22 November why?

The event in Redmond starts at 12n. Not sure about the other ones. It may be worth it to call the store they day before to ask.

of course your not coming to Alaska… come on its the prettiest part of the year, you would really enjoy yourselves.

No Love for New Mexico. This sucks. only the most major towns are being hit.

I’ll be there 9/13

I actually expected it to be outside the US.

PA, Maryland, New York, but no Jersey?!? No pre-drop goodness for me!

Good thing I moved away from NJ and moved to TN last year! Murfreesboro is 10 miles away from my house!!!

Sweet!

College Central Shopping Center Here I come

Obviously this is a marketing thing done with GameStop who mostly operate in the US (although I saw one in Munich).

Wait, why is this set up in a “tour” format rather than just a one day event (say Saturday) that would be more convenient to those of us who have extra-virtual obligations during the week?

Hey Major,
Will the times that the truck will be at certain Gamestops be posted?

Thanks!

According to a guy I spoke to at Gamestop, it’s going to Gamestops that were big sellers of Halo 3. That’s what he said, and yet his Gamestop is NOT the one for the DC area. Oh well, at least it’s not too far from where I’ll be that day. I’ll be there get my free goodies on the 17th.

Aww, show Atlanta some love.

I’m not surprised to not see St. Louis on the list. I thought we were on the map and have also proved our gaming prowess to the gaming community. I guess not. :\

what does San Jose (Antioch, CA) mean? i’m not driving to Antioch

Awesome news! I live about 2 min away from the Gamestop in Hillsboro OR.

Well that sucks…no tour for NC >.< I guess it’s to be expected since it’s very boring where I live…nothing ever going on.

the missus and I are gonna make the drive up to the Southlake, TX Gamestop to experience this.

desi k, you should know that the ODST truck is making a stop in Chicago at The Brickyard Shopping Center on 9/11/09.

Umm, Antioch is no where near San Jose.

Awesome Can’t wait till it comes to L.A!

lol Basically the list is filled with little to unknown locations. What happen to the FL stops? What about Orlando and other FL cities?

Thank the LORD! Finally they are coming to Memphis. I’m taking off work Sept 7th =) I’ll see you guys there Bungie! I’m heading to best buy tomorrow to pick up a Youtube Video Camera. I Can Haz Recon? =)

“Basically the list is filled with little to unknown locations. What happen to the FL stops? What about Orlando and other FL cities?”

…unknown cities like Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Memphis, Nashville, Indianapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore, and NY?

Most of those cities are the largest/ most populated in their state, almost all have professional sports teams, and if you were to chart the cities with the dates on a US map you might realize why they aren’t going to the lower East Coast/ FL…it IS a bus (a BUS…the main reason it’s not driving to the UK or anywhere else in Europe! Canada, well, there is no excuse, as plenty of roads go there!), so it’s probably taking a path someone figured was most efficient (hits the most target cities on the best route). I can assure you that MN and MS have nothing to do with the bus tour, it’s stops, or anything at all to do with this promotion.

P.S. Everyone in Europe actually had the FIRST shot at the Firefight mode, as it was set up for the public at the big game conference that was going on this week in Germany. Might not have been as convenient, but it was there first!

sweet the detroit stop is 6 miles from me!

Nothing for FL.. BOOOO!

Very weird how Gamestop relates San Francisco to Union City when they’re more than a bridge apart, and San Jose with Antioch, when Union City is actually closer to San Jose then Antioch. Way to mislead people there.

No Maine, I see how it is.

@KP ScuzzyBunny

Look at the list and see what the cities in parentese are. Listing actual smaller, unknown cities next to big name cities. So basically, the stop list is filled with unknown cities.

Would be alot better news if it was somewhere other than a gamestop, the biggest name in ripping people off with thier prices of used games

oooo soo gay… why not come to Corpus Christi, TX its just 3 hrs away from Houston..

anyway will just have to get the game now

Find it interesting how they don’t have an stop in Atlanta even though we have Dragoncon and a few other awesome events through out the year, but whatever we’re always getting skipped in several of these pre release events that is except for the Zune HD preview.

Hmmm…. On of the biggest vacation spots – Orlando, FL (Kissimmee, Ocoee, and not one location listed. My personal interest is not high on this subject, but video games in general get more hype via word of mouth. Although this is a ‘mature-violent’ or ‘teen-violent’ game, has anyone tried to setup/license a demo to Disney Quest Orlando on an event such as this? ANY game on their 1.5 STORY-SIZED SCREEN would be awesome. “The Get Tanned and Fragged Event” or a “Sun and Fun for the King of Iron Fist” Just wondering.

Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen any video game-related event come anywhere near Shelby Township, MI until now! Hopefully I can get a ride home from college that weekend… can’t wait!

Damn, no NJ … I guess New York would be it but it’s still way too far away. Ahhh boo!

Well, talked w/ the manager at the NY one today.
Let’s just say that there will be a Spartan at that one…

I was in Redmond, the game was fantastic, Major should be releasing a Major’s minute soon featuring it.

Just got back from the Portland stop. There was a 2 hour delay due to power issues. The wait wasn’t too bad because the crowd was cool to hang with. The organizers were clueless on how to run this event. The game is gonna be a blast. They gave a 10 minutes of fire fight mode. Yeah, it’s like Halo horde mode. Can’t wait till 9/22.

Yes! One in Shelby Township!!! Only an hour away from me!

I played it at Gamescom in Cologne and it’s very cool

North Olmstead mall! Thats like 2 minutes away! OMG yes, I love you Bungie!

This is awesome but what sucks is that you need to be 17+ to play. I’m only 15 and North Babylon is only 15 min away. Huge bummer for me, have fun to everyone who can go =]!