Two Additional Ways to Play Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta
Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios are ringing in the year with a proverbial bang, as they announced today two new ways for gamers to receive an invitation to participate in the
Halo® 3 multiplayer beta program coming this spring through Xbox Live® Marketplace.
Specifically, you will be able to receive an invitation by doing one of the following:
- Qualifying over Xbox Live and then being one of the first 13,333 Halo® 2 gamers to register for the "Rule of Three" program at Halo 3 in early February.
- Purchasing the upcoming game Crackdown™ , which hits store shelves in the U.S. on February 20.
Take home
Crackdown and score a multiplayer beta invite.
The
Halo 3 multiplayer beta, which is a pre-release version of the multiplayer experience of
Halo 3, is scheduled for availability in spring 2007 exclusively on Xbox 360™. The beta also represents an opportunity to participate in the testing and refinement of the multiplayer gameplay of
Halo 3, the most anticipated game of 2007. Through the resulting feedback, Bungie Studios will be able to further hone the end result of
Halo 3.
Rule of Three
Beginning Thursday, February 1, 2007, at 12:01 A.M. Eastern time, all you need to do is participate in at least three hours of
Halo 2 multiplayer sessions, via Xbox Live, before February 3, 2007, at 11:59 P.M. Eastern time and then be among the first 13,333 to register at
Halo 3.
The "Rule of Three" program is currently planned for gamers in the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia) age 17 years and older who have access to an Xbox 360 Pro console or an Xbox 360 Core console with hard drive, a valid Xbox Live Gold subscription and the
Halo 2 game. Gamers around the world are encouraged to visit
Halo 3 in the coming weeks for more information on the "Rule of Three" program in their region.
As well, when
Crackdown hits store shelves, take home a copy of the highly anticipated exclusive action title for Xbox 360 and look for the specially marked boxes of
Crackdown that include an invite to participate in the coveted
Halo 3 multiplayer beta program when it becomes available. When the
Halo 3 multiplayer beta surfaces in spring 2007, owners of
Crackdown with access to an Xbox 360 Pro console or an Xbox 360 Core console with hard drive and a valid Xbox Live Gold subscription simply need to load their copy of
Crackdown into Xbox 360 and use the disc as a key to download the beta from Xbox Live Marketplace and join the battle in
Halo 3 multiplayer.
Crackdown will be available in the U.S. on February 20, Asian territories on February 22, and European markets on February 23.
In December, Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios completed the first of three ways for North American gamers to participate in the
Halo 3 multiplayer beta, by registering at
Halo 3. Gamers who were selected from this initial opportunity will be contacted in January.
Crackdown
From Realtime Worlds,
Crackdown pushes the action-driving hybrid genre into the next generation with a rich and immersive 3-D playground. Level up your Agent's strength, agility, firearms, explosives, and driving skills while scaling the fully vertical world of
Crackdown. This M-rated game incorporates revolutionary co-op gameplay throughout the entire free-form campaign. Creating a volatile ****tail of judicial oppression, clean up the streets of a truly interactive world when
Crackdown hits store shelves at an estimated retail price of $59.99.
Bungie Studios
Bungie Studios was founded in 1991 with two goals: to develop games that combine brilliant technology, beautiful art, intelligent stories and deep gameplay, and then sell enough of those games to achieve its real goal of total world domination. Over the past 10 years it has produced games such as the
Marathon Trilogy and the first two
Myth games, hailed as classics by critics and gamers around the world. Bungie's
Halo franchise is an international award-winning action title that has grown into a global entertainment phenomenon, selling more than 14.7 million units worldwide, logging over 800 million hours of multiplayer action on Xbox Live and spawning action figures, books, a graphic novel, apparel, an upcoming film adaptation and more. Bungie is currently at work on
Halo 3, which represents the third chapter in this
Halo trilogy and is slated for release in 2007. More information on Bungie can be found at
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Two Additional Ways to Play Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta
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