Halo 3 Brute Documentary is Now Live

The Xbox Live Marketplace now holds the key to your Halo 3 happiness, with a video documentary covering the development of the Brutes for their key role in Halo 3.  There are two flavors available, 480p and 720p, to let you salivate over concept art and pre-alpha video clips of gameplay.

The clip is a behind the scenes discussion with Bungie animation, design and story teams, and they admit that the Brutes were paper-thin enemies in the previous installment.  Much work was done to flesh out the characters and to make them a more meaningful adversary.  Check out some exceptionally cool new armor and rank designs.

Since we are an international site, it breaks our hearts to say that the video, entitled  "Halo 3 ViDoc 'Et Tu, Brute?' Trailer", is currently not available in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Korea, Republic Of, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Sweden or Taiwan.  Yikes.

In the second Bungie “Vidoc” we take a long hard look at the ferocious new antagonist for Master Chief, the Brute. Now that a tentative alliance has formed between Humans and Elites, the fighting focus of Halo 3 switches to the monstrous Brutes. These tenacious foes have improved graphically with the advent of the Halo 3 engine and the power of the Xbox 360, but more importantly, their tactics, weapons, vehicles and AI have all followed suit, making the Brutes the worthiest opponents the Chief has ever faced. See how the designers, artists and programmers set about the herculean task of replacing a fan favorite – the mighty Elite – with an unforgettably ferocious adversary. See how Brutes behave in packs and as individuals with brilliant new animation and AI. Take a first look at the new Brute graphics, weapon and armor designs and finally, get the first ever public glimpse at Halo’s legendary Campaign.