Beta Release Date Revealed!

Dalto11 · Post by **Dalto11** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:00 am

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx ... docRelease

The Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta will go live on May 16th at 12:00 AM PDT and run through June 6 th at 11:59 PM PDT

the new vidoc is also up

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:41 am

Woop.

ninja modder · Post by **ninja modder** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:46 am

damn......thought it would be sooner.....

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:26 am

Just over a month away, not too bad.

It's a shame it's running for a shorter amount of time, then I had originally anticipated. It's like less then a month.

Oh well, at least I won't have to stay up late to play it on the 16th, I'll have to wake up early instead.

1nevitablEnd · Post by **1nevitablEnd** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:28 am

yeah well at least they are giving me time to fix my xbox so i can play gears :p

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:08 pm

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx ... &cid=12364

halohax · Post by **halohax** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:24 pm

those lucky SOBs.

Darco · Post by **Darco** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:38 pm

just wondering about the beta, i know you have to have xbox live to get it. but does anybody know if you're gonna be able to play it on split screen? like say if my friends come over and we hook up four controllers, are we gonna be able to play each other and not have to play on live? sorry if this question is retarded, but i really want to know.

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:41 pm

It was said somewhere that it's Matchmaking only, so I doubt it.

Remember, the aim of this beta is to test the network stuff... not really so you can just enjoy the game early.

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:42 pm

Darco wrote:just wondering about the beta, i know you have to have xbox live to get it. but does anybody know if you're gonna be able to play it on split screen? like say if my friends come over and we hook up four controllers, are we gonna be able to play each other and not have to play on live? sorry if this question is retarded, but i really want to know.

Last I heard was that it's going to be solely a matchmaking test...this most likely means either:

A) No custom games.
B) No guests (big maybe, although it's still possible).

Haxxzor1 · Post by **Haxxzor1** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:31 pm

iGeo wrote:It was said somewhere that it's Matchmaking only, so I doubt it.

Remember, the aim of this beta is to test the network stuff... not really so you can just enjoy the game early.

Yeah, but what about the Network are they looking for? Bugs? Tech Problems?
And they answer a lot of Questions onBungie.net

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:37 pm

They haven't said. It doesn't really matter, to be honest.