Spartan flies a jetpack around in 'Halo' stunt

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The marketing for Halo: Reach has run the gamut from quiet exposition to ass-kicking action. What it's been missing is a guy dressed as a Spartan flying around with a jetpack. On Monday morning, Xbox's U.K. marketing team fixed that with a stunt in London's Trafalgar Square to celebrate this week's launch of the game. The guy's awkward, double-hop landing isn't very bad-ass, but he gets points for trying. "One of the coolest new features [of the game] are the jetpacks that Noble Team Spartans are now equipped with," an Xbox rep says.

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