Have you ever wondered how long exactly the Halo: Reach beta, which is set to drop on May 3rd, will last? Well, recent reports are saying that the beta will only be playable for 17 days. That’s right, just 17 days. However, Bungie will not let those 17 days run stale recently announcing that they will be unlocking various game modes throughout the beta.
And, thanks to TVGB, we have the full breakdown for you:
May 3 – Arena mode (4v4 ranked Team Slayer games), “Free-for-All” and “Grab Bag” playlists,” which include a mix of classic and brand new game types.”
Yesterday the 60 second Halo: Reach short was made available but if you wanted to get a glimpse of the full, 2.5 minute long video you had to be an Xbox Live Gold Member. Luckily, someone has taken the liberty to record the full short and paste it on the internet for our viewing pleasure.
The Halo: Reach beta’s May 3rd release date is quickly approaching. I know I have my Halo 3: ODST disc ready to go, do you?
Just in case you weren’t satisfied with the 35 minute Halo: Reach video we recently showed you, Bungie has been nice enough to release an official fact sheet that organizes everything we know about the game into an easy to read fashion.
And, thanks to Electronic Theatre, we have the whole fact sheet for you.
Considering all of the hype surrounding Bungie‘s latest title, Halo: Reach, a Collector’s Edition of sorts was going to be announed sooner or later. And now it has; the Special Edition and Legendary Edition.
The Special Edition, priced at $79.99 will come packaged in an ONI Black Box and include special Elite armor and an ‘artifact bag’ which contains reportedly contains some special Halo documents. The Legendary Edition, on the other hand, will run you $150 and include a McFarlane Toys manufactured statue of Noble Team, UNSC packaging, everything from the Special Edition and a flaming helmet for your Spartan Armor.
I don’t know about you guys, but that flaming helmet has my name on it. But $150? I don’t think so.
On May 3rd, the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta will be released which is huge news for Halo fans everywhere. Bungie is feeling pretty good about the beta, saying that it will reach at least 3 million people when it drops.
Bungie’s community manager Brian Jarrad has said “My expectation is it could be upwards of 3 million people,” then going on to say that it is “a fairly conservative estimate.” This means we’ll probably be seeing a lot more than 3 million people playing the beta.
Will you guys be playing Halo: Reach come May 3rd? Let us know in the comments. Perhaps we’ll have some sort of Halo: Reach DigitalBattle meet up. What do you guys think?
We just told you about the Halo movie but perhaps you want to hear something that is actually coming soon? Well, IGN has just put up a feature that showcases the 4 maps that are to appear in the Halo: Reach beta which is launching on May 3rd. These maps are entitled Sword Base and Power House, which will be great for Slayer, Headhunter, Overlook, which will utilize the Generator Defense/NT 1 gametype and finally Boneyard which is a “great landscape custom built for Invasion”.
So there you have it folks, they even have some pictures of the maps that you can check out here.
After Halo 3 everyone thought that Bungie wouldn’t be making a 4th game and then came Reach. Now, Bungie has been quoted to saying that Reach would actually be their last Halo game, but it seems that has now been taken back, somewhat.
Bungie’s Brian Jarrad, said the following:
“You know, it might be premature to say we’ll never ever, ever make a Halo game again. We sort of have a little special place for Halo in our hearts. But for the foreseeable future, this [Halo Reach] is it.”
Now that Bungie has broken free from Microsoft, anyone Microsoft deems worth can get their hands on Halo. But honestly what is a Halo game without Bungie?
In addition to announcing the continuation to the Halo series, Halo: Reach, Bungie also released a teaser trailer for the game that didn’t emerge on the internet until now.
Additionally, Microsoft announced that if you purchase Halo 3: ODST later this year you will be invited to test out a Halo: Reach multiplayer beta, much like the Halo 3 beta included with Crackdown prior to its release.
Anyways, watch the trailer and gawk over Halo‘s return.
