Halo 3 Dated as Teaser Stumbles
Wait for the demo to arrive by circling your calendar.
It's a big day for Halo fans as Microsoft has not only pushed out a multiplayer demo for eagerly awaited series finale Halo 3 but it has given the game a final release date too.
Halo 3 will be out for Xbox 360 on 26 September (25 September in the US) in what Microsoft vice president Peter Moore says will be "the biggest entertainment event of the year".
The game has a pedigree that suggests it could meet those expectations. The previous instalment made $125 million on its first day when it arrived for the Xbox in 2004, though Microsoft could count on a much bigger installed base of systems that time.
There's an early treat for those interested in seeing how the game will turn out. Microsoft on Wednesday put up a demo for the multiplayer portions of Halo 3.
The demo is open to owners of specially marked copies of Crackdown and others who made it into the beta test through any of a number of events held over the past few months.
As of press time, many Crackdown owners were having trouble downloading the demo. Bungie's Frank O'Connor said that Microsoft was working on the problem.
You can find out much more about the Halo 3 multiplayer beta in our extensive hands-on impressions of the game.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo
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