Halo 3: Official

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Originally Posted by DougDaBroadcasta

The message just went down to the stores that the orders start tomorrow, 11/1, just in time to turn all those people ordering GoW into H3 orders.

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Any confirmation of this? Link or anything?

EDIT: Nevermind, I called and got it confirmed.

Preorder now and maybe they'll have your bonus when the game ships in a year!

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6161732.html

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-Early this morning, Bungie's parent company Microsoft announced that next spring, it will stage an open beta test for the multiplayer aspects of Halo 3.

-Microsoft announced today that Halo 2, the massive Xbox hit which has seen four billion Xbox Live games played to date, will also be getting a series of "all-new multiplayer maps" next spring. However, unlike previous Halo 2 downloads, the new maps will only be available to Xbox 360 owners.

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Hooray for the new Halo 2 maps, imo.

Wow, as if the beta for 3 wasn't totally awesome I was taken totally by suprise of the announcement of new maps for 2. Next spring is going to be good times indeed.

Best....news.....EVAR!

The need for the public to beta test Halo 3 only seems to prove the point that Microsoft couldn't be rushing this game any quicker. Sugar-coat that fact with "exclusive gameplay sessions before the game launches!!!" and no one cares.

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Originally Posted by Giltc'h

The need for the public to beta test Halo 3 only seems to prove the point that Microsoft couldn't be rushing this game any quicker.

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By rushing you mean it has been in development since before Halo 2 launched over 2 years ago? I wouldn't call a 3 year development cycle rushing anything, especially since they could have very easily done an internal beta test like they did with Halo 2 and gotten the product out in the same amount of time.

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Originally Posted by Giltc'h

The need for the public to beta test Halo 3 only seems to prove the point that Microsoft couldn't be rushing this game any quicker.

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Was that supposed to make sense? Because it didn't.

I think the Public beta test is to get all the online glitches fixed. I think thats a good idea EVAR! More companies as they go to online multiplayer on consoles should follow suit ... UBISOFT you listening?

Ok so the Beta is or was today, I don't have access to a 360 right now so I don't know if its ongoing or if it was a limited thing.

Also, new TV commercial has hit the web, with another one on xbox live.

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/halo3/