Fans of the Halo Franchise got a treat this E3 when Microsoft and 343 Industries revealed Halo CE: Anniversary Edition an HD remake of the classic Xbox title.   Microsoft has since then revealed details on the goodies you will get if you pre-order the game.

Pre-Order’s will come with the following extras:

• Master Chief Avatar Armour: Heroes Never Die, and to honour the 10th anniversary of John 117, you will finally be able to transform your Xbox Live Avatar into the iconic hero by outfitting it with Master Chief’s signature MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armour.
• Grunt Funeral Skull: An exclusive, game-modifying skull that changes the rules of the game for an explosively humorous experience, Grunt Funeral sends Halo’s most lowly and lovable enemy out in a blaze of glory. And plasma. And then more glory. Once the skull has been activated, every Grunt’s methane tank will explode like a plasma grenade when killed. Watch out for the Grunt chain reaction!

343 Industries also released a new trailer that details the effects of the “Grunt Funeral Skull” which you can view after the jump.

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Head of Microsoft Game Studios Phil Spencer stated in an interview recently that the upcoming Halo Anniversary edition will be shipping with Kinect support.

“Core focus for us in our press briefing this year with Kinect actually came from two sides. As a first-party, we believe that Kinect will be important to all genres of games, be it racing games with Forza, combat games like Ryse.  Even games like Halo Anniversary has Kinect integration.”

No specifics were given as to how Kinect would be used in the title but there is speculation that it involves voice controls.  Microsoft seems intent in pushing Kinect as much as it can and Phil Spencer even went as far as to say that Kinect functionality would be coming to all Microsoft Game Studios titles.

I personally don’t want Kinect to be in any of my games so hopefully Microsoft keeps the support to optional only.

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