Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta coming this Spring
With current killer app Gears of War not even out worldwide yet, Microsoft is paying its studios well to keep attention going their way this month it seems. Possibly stealing quite some thunder from their competitor’s new console releases, Bungie has announced an open beta for Halo 3 this spring, and 360-exclusive downloadable content for its ever popular predecessor Halo 2.
Select Xbox Live, game away…
Celebrating the Halo franchise’s 5th birthday, TeamXbox got the exclusive until a mere few minutes ago on the press release:
On the fifth anniversary of the release of the landmark Xbox® video game “Halo®,” Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios today celebrated the milestone by announcing an exclusive hands-on experience with “Halo 3,” one of the industry’s most anticipated sequels. The Xbox Live® multiplayer public beta, which is a pre-release version of the multiplayer experience of “Halo 3,” is scheduled for availability in spring 2007 exclusively on the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system.
In addition, Microsoft and Bungie confirmed today that consumers will be able to experience the “Halo” universe this holiday season through a one-time airing of a stirring, 60-second “Halo 3” teaser ad. And finally it was announced that the new, premium downloadable content for “Halo 2,” exclusive to Xbox 360, is scheduled for release in spring 2007.
The Halo 3 teaser will be broadcast on December 4, one time only, on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football.” The following exclusive new screenshot was also released:
Halo fans in the world rejoice, and keep honing those Halo 2 skills for this public beta, no payment mentioned thank god but who knows what might happen. Now open your bets on whether the start of this beta will by any chance coincide with the European release of a certain other console.
this is it..after 5years we hear this..it was suppose to be a huge thing..bungie bullshitted us all
I think many people will disagree with you on that
Haha this is about as big as it gets for Halo fans I’d reckon.
this is lame.
i say this might suk to gears of war and assassins creed(no offense halo fans) but u kno there always a slight chance…haven’t seen a gameplay picture yet from microsoft so if they don’t come up with sumthing im sticken whith these 2 sick ass games
dude you know what this is the best game to ever come out like wtf man
That’s nice.. a press release on its birthday !
No really, it would have been nicer if the beta was released instead of getting some info.
Seeing as GoW was just released, and it’s yet to be released in parts of the world (where’s my copy darn it .. pc world uk hurry up lazy @sses !), that might not be the best idea..
yes im a halo fan too but just to announce it..cmoon thats not good enough for 5 YEARS!
least they could put something in marketplace and not just say that WAIT FOR YEAR etc..
its good news but cmoon..think..5years and we get this??
It’s the fifth birthday of the game, not the fifth birthday of the announcement for this announcement. Bungie said Friday that they were going to announce something BIG today and they did, it’s not like they’ve been hyping this announcement since 2001.
People just aren’t grateful these days.
i think it’s a pretty cool announcement - sure, it would have been nice if something was released on marketplace, but the day is still young
I was looking forward to the new maps for Halo 2 until I read the word “premimum content” - I don’t play Halo 2 enough to warrent that
sorry i mean’t new content for Halo 2 - not new maps (even though thats prob what it is)
5th BDAY!.. i was at least expecting a new gamer pic or theme for 10000 mps!!!!!!!!!!….
Cool. I hope more studios do this with up-coming games. Maybe now when it’s officially realeased it won’t have to have a patch to fix multiplayer
yay! H3 demo for all, w00t!
It better have bots.
It will not have bots.
i’d love to see enemy off the single player missions, grunts, elites etc, etc, loaded onto the mP maps for practice…
not MC bots running around.. but practice, or GRAW style co-op on the MP maps would be sweet!!!!!!!!
bots are gay it will ruen the game
So, what they are saying is they are releasing a demo. Why bull it up so much, it’s going to be a demo, nothing more nothing less. Wow, I seem to be somewhat underawed after playing Halo 2 single player. You remember the one. Where you are tied to a piece of string and led all the way to the end. Similar to all those old (and now on cod3) channeled games. Still, at least COD 3 is also bringing back the old button bashing nonsense from eighties gaming.
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It won’t just be any demo though, it’ll be a BUGGY demo! W00T!!!
(that, and any feedback about it will actually be considered, whereas other demos are just demos of finished products)
Button Bashing!… = Wii controller madness!…
think why its in there in the first place! cross-platform game!
I am so excited.
Hmmmm, when mates have birthdays, you usually give them stuff, they dont usually give you much, perhaps a piece of cake and some free beer.
Should’nt we be giving things to master chief? or have i gotten the whole present giving aspect of birthdays horribly wrong my entire life.
LMAO… Good point. On the other hand, it would not have killed them to make a gamer pic with masterchief wearing a party hat or something…. or blowing out a candle…you know.
Or even better - Mister Chief.
That.. would be good. I’d buy it straight off
I don’t even like Halo 2 but I’m excited for the beta.
YEAHHH!!!
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
halo is so overrated.
This would be big news if the beta started next week. It not starting until the spring is not big news.
Also, I haven’t played Halo 2 multiplayer in months. I don’t care about new maps and I doubt it will get me back into the game.
Lastly, announcing a a trailer next month. Also not big news.
by the way, you know that picture of the halo 3 UI is a fake right?
cant wait for the maps. will probably get me involved for a little while anyway. But right now im back to being top 50 in assassination GoW.
i dont think many of appreciate the sheer amount of work that goes into a game like Halo 3, stop whining and deal with the teaser trailer. anything else is surely a bonus…
on the pic of the halo3 menu, what is classic mode?
that picture is a fake, don’t make inquiries about content that doesn’t really exist.
You guys know the teaser ad - I bet that that will reveal the release date - “Finish The Date A Year From Today” - This due to the fact that December 4th 2007 falls on a tuesday, the day most games in America are released
Dec 4th can’t possibly fall on a tuesday if it’s going to be on MONDAY NIGHT football in America.
They wouldn’t want to release the beta demo now. They don’t have all the graphics and gameplay worked out enough to impress everybody as much as they would want to. If people got to play it now, it could change there mind about halo 3. They believe that hopefully by march, they will have some of their multiplayer maps fully next-gen halo material.
whats the chances this beta is gonna cost?
99.9% likely. it’s Halo.
what is the classic mode?
yer good question wat is classic mode and dose any 1 have any insite or information about the existance of ‘HALO’the movie
i just cant wait for it to come out
the beta was KICK ASS…. which somewhat means the game will be even more kick ass….. i mean, come on, it’s feckin HALO
wassup your right the beta did kick some ass also it fucking comes out tommarrow bitches!!!!
OMG I CANT BELIEVE IT HALO 3 IS OUT!!! TOO Bad i don’t have an XbOx360…
): ): 
i know i hate that i dont have a 360 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my neighbor has it so it’s ok
WTF This Story Is almost F@##$% a year old. stop commenting in it.
i got halo 3 on midnight on the 25 it is so cool soon i will have unlocked all the things with my gp