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From Game Informer magazine comes more details about Halo 3: Recon, the upcoming expansion to the popular Xbox 360 shooter from Bungie.

The game will have players control The Rookie, a silent character part of a five-man ODST team dropped down to New Mombasa during the events of Halo 2. They are then split up and it’s the players job to hunt down the four others in an open world.

This is where things get interesting – when you reach one teammate’s last known location using the PDA, you are presented with a crime scene that triggers a “Lost” style flashback scene where you take control of the missing squadmate for a more traditional, linear Halo level.

Each of these levels will last about 30 minutes, keeping in line with Bungie’s expected three to five-hour gameplay in the expansion.

It is due out later next year exclusively on Xbox 360.