Halo 3 MP testing under way

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted May 22, 2006 5:02 pm PT

Bungie.net posting confirms that multiplayer action on the recently announced Xbox 360 shooter is already getting a daily run-through.

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MP testing of the Master Chief's next adventure is already happening.

The biggest news out of Microsoft's E3 press conference earlier this month was that Halo 3 was indeed in development and on its way for a 2007 release. But given that Halo 2 was subjected to a number of delays before launching a year after it was originally supposed to, some skepticism of the release date was understandable.

That skepticism might be tempered a bit by a recent posting on Bungie.net. In the post, Bungie.net "content monkey" Frankie says that the game is already far enough along that its multiplayer mode is undergoing daily playtests from the development team.

"Lars, one of the new[er] multiplayer designers, has a regular multiplayer test in session now--that happens every day--and with surprisingly polished-looking graphics, although I'm told a lot of the textures and decorator objects are just placeholders at the moment," Frankie writes. "Could have fooled me."

The post also mentions that the team is trying to make sure the game looks great even on standard-definition TV sets, but notes that there's still a "crazy rush" to claim the HD monitors for the multiplayer tests.

281 Comments

  • halorocks1234

    Posted Feb 9, 2007 4:08 am PT

    i cant wait for crackdown to come out, since it has halo 3 beta invitation.

  • Italiandude117

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 3:22 pm PT

    Bungie slow down and take the time to make it perfect!

  • stat30fbliss

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 1:50 am PT

    Yeah, the halo 2 delay was excrutiating. I woke up the realease day at like 9:30 to buy it, and beat it that day. Im pretty confident that it'll be dealyed. Theres quite a reputation of long dealays they have to live up to.

    And no, Halo 2 was not a flop. I dont think it had the replay value of halo 1, but it also wasn't a whole lot different. But the last thing I wanted it to do was end. When the closing video of going back to earth came on, and the game ended, I was pissed.

  • FlashNovice

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 6:24 am PT

    Yeah, makeyourself181 is right, Halo 2 isn't a flop, but the SP is not as good as the MP...

  • makeyourself181

    Posted Aug 21, 2006 12:02 pm PT

    Yeah. Huge flop. 100,000 people a day still play Halo 2 on Live.

    Now tell me, how does that even come CLOSE to resembling a flop. Get a clue.

  • Sandro909

    Posted Aug 9, 2006 10:17 am PT

    It better not flop as hard as Halo 2 did. -_-

  • geeeeze

    Posted Jul 23, 2006 3:40 pm PT

    Halo is the mother of all shoooters.

  • Aqous

    Posted Jul 6, 2006 10:54 am PT

    This game is gonna kick so much A**. Since I just got an Xbox 360 I cant wait for this game to come out next year....

  • trevorj

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 6:16 pm PT

    (SIC)niss! NOW PS3 will so suck! This is like the Nuclear bomb of games. everything will change about xbox and ps3 and Wii (gay name). Every one will now realize xbox and halo is awsum. Hope bungie won't make a horrible campaign again. Please bungie, don't make Arbiter playable! and no more flood, please! hate those guys...

  • gameplayer2105

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 2:28 pm PT

    i have a feeling it will be delayed, but only like a few months. this is my reason to pick up a 360.

  • faldo674

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 11:51 am PT

    "The cell processor has eight cores, too, so that beats the 360 as well, at least for multitasking. Sony will start releasing decent games............ eventually."

    nope. the ps3 has a 3.2 GHz processor with 7 single-threaded synergistic processing units cores

    360 however has something like a 3.2 GHz PowerPC processor with 3 dual-threaded processor cores

    on paper the ps3 is more powerful at dedicated tasks like playing game, but the 360 is better at multitasking (things like streaming music while playing games)

    another point is the fact that the 360 has more than enough power for next gen games. and the ps3 has just gone over the bar for no forseeable reason. ps 3 is going to make one hell of a financial loss per console percentage. blue ray is unnecessary aswell since games would never take up 40gb of space. and before you say updates you have xbox live for that.

    just trust me, being a computer technition. it looks better on paper but it is unnecessary to have because it will never be fully utilised. a waste of money if you will.

  • faldo674

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 11:38 am PT

    some guy said about mario 3 being the best.....
    that allways happens. sonic 1 was ok 2 was more of the same and 3 rocked. even in some movies like starwars (episode 1,2 and 3) it follows the same trend

    as long as bungie keep their distance from the makers of the matrix trilogy then all will be fine.

    they wont mass beta test halo 3, if you followed the release of their other games they are more secretive than (insert euthamism here)

    would be cool but i would prefer to just have the whole game in 1 go. seems more special that you havent played the game before.

  • Triforceone

    Posted May 30, 2006 7:53 pm PT

    To me alteast halo 2's multiplayer was worth the $60 I payed for the special addition.

  • 10ke

    Posted May 30, 2006 10:58 am PT

    For the good of all F.P.S lovers in the world. Bungie PLEASE take your time with this game. As the {Former} 228 ranker in H2. im begging you.

  • akaLogik

    Posted May 29, 2006 7:18 am PT

    i bet the single player might have other things included besides just striaght up shooting enemies... itll probably be more emmersive as far as maybe some puzzles or even be able to press up against a wall?? maybe some stealth?? they did say that this wasnt really halo 3 but a kinda halo chapters kinda deal... like a spin off
    either way itll be interesting to see what they do different.. i dont think its gonna be a halo 2 with prettier graphics.. i think itll have some kind of new and interesting twist to it...

  • humptygrumpty

    Posted May 29, 2006 1:41 am PT

    dont mind if its delayed, hopefully bungie can use the time to get the most out of the 360 and make this game amazing

  • sidney_765

    Posted May 28, 2006 7:32 pm PT

    wow, the day of its realease may be far away yet, but that day will come someday, and ill be waitin

  • O13LIVION

    Posted May 28, 2006 9:55 am PT

    Bungie... Just take your good sweet time. If your going to make this game, make it right. Make it better than Halo and Halo 2 combined.

  • homiebo

    Posted May 27, 2006 8:05 pm PT

    halo 3 awesome

  • F-Ree_DOM

    Posted May 27, 2006 7:06 pm PT

    We should be able to fly Pelicans... as long as there's a reason to. Take your time Bungie. We're vewy vewy patient...

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