A full 18 years after 2007's Halo 3 — the third massively popular entry in the flagship Xbox franchise — launched, a build of one of its story campaign's most famous cut levels has been found. And soon, you might actually be able to play it.
The mission in question is Forerunner City (also known as Lost City) — a scrapped urban level that eventually got merged with another cut mission, Alpine, to become the bombastic stage The Covenant that made it into the full release. A script draft from Bungie's Halo 3 design lead Rob Stokes and comments from environment artist Vic DeLeon suggest that narratively, Forerunner City would have shown players elements of Forerunner culture and daily life as they battled Covenant and Flood forces through its streets with the help of both human and alien Elite allies.
