IGN.com has provided a handy little recreation of Microsoft's official information sheet for Halo 3 Recon, and it includes confirmation of four-player co-op within the standalone campaign.

Also confirmed is the trademark plethora of Bungie features, including Campaign Scoring, detailed stats, replay saves, screenshots, and Forge options for the new multiplayer maps. (Who just mentioned multiplayer on Co-optimus? Not me...)

UPDATE: Most of the same information is available here at Xbox.com, but we'll give IGN credit, since that's where I found it.

You can view the entire fact sheet after the "Read More" link.

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The fabled Halo 3 "expansion" has now been announced as Halo 3 Recon, a complete standalone prologue campaign featuring ODST Marines. So far, no details have been provided, other than that the game will be available for retail in Fall 2009.

As Nick "bapenguin" mentioned in the latest Co-opticast, Bungie has a special place in their heart for cooperative gameplay.  They do not disappoint with confirmed 4 player co-op for the upcoming title.

Consider the Halo 3 racing game ("Halo Kart") rumor debunked, and we'll be sure to splash a new post when the official fact sheet comes down.

In the meantime, check out the official intro here or see the awesome NEW trailer after the "Read More" link.

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Beyond Co-Op is where we talk about other news around the industry that isn’t necessarily tied to co-operative gaming. Each week will see the subjects of the column listed on the front page with more in-depth discussion after the break. If you have any suggestions, please contact us at tips@co-optimus.com with a subject related to “Beyond Co-Op”.

The stories for this week:

- Warhammer Online Comes Out

- Burnout Paradise Sees Bikes Added

- LittleBigPlanet Goes Gold, Out Oct. 21st

- LEGO Batman/Brothers in Arms Out This Week

- Bungie’s ARG Starting Over Again?

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