Halo 3 Almost Done

The word from Bungie is that they consider the final chapter in the Halo story 99.9% complete. They're now in the home stretch, with time to polish. Says Luke Smith, "That last .1% percent is pretty important, however. Right now, some testing is being done in a controlled retail environment via our Halo 3 Epsilon. You've probably seen reports online or even folks on your friends' list playing it, so here's the scoop: The Epsilon is a closed, final phase testing for Halo 3. We won't be making the Epsilon available for public consumption, so while that's immensely disappointing for folks hoping that Friends and Family invites would be extended for the Epsilon, just know that each day you wait in agony is another day closer to September 25." Wired has a huge blowout feature on the title, with lots of screenshots, discussion of how the game was made, and more.

Early Buzz

[Stanistani]

So where's my jar of honey? [wikipedia.org]

Coming to you on PC

[427_ci_505]

Coming to you on PC in December 2016...

Re:Coming to you on PC

[Anonymous Coward]

Requires a Games for Windows LIVE 3.0 Premium Edition subscription. Minimum system requirements:

733-gigaflop multicore processor, minimum of four cores required
256GB of XDR II RAM or better
Two PCI Express R2 x128 graphics cards
10GB free hard disc space
Holographic versatile disc drive for installation
Fibre-channel Internet connection required for product activation and multiplayer functionality
Microsoft Windows 8.0 Ultimate Edition with Gaming Add-On Pack

Seriously, though: Halo 2 ran perfectly on a 733MHz Celeron machine with 64 megs of RAM and a DX8-class GPU. So why can't I play H2V over 15fps on my dual-core machine with two gigs of RAM and an R400-series?

Re:Disappointed with E3 Screenshots

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow after reading your posting history Dr Kool, im AMAZED that you would think Killzone 2 trumped Halo 3. Seriously, Im just stunned! /sarcasm

Typical progress bar thinking

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

...they consider whatever 99.9% complete. "That last .1% percent is pretty important, however."

This sounds like how the typical programmer seems to think when designing progress bars. Sure, it only took 5 minutes to churn through the first 95%, but the last 5% is SO important, it's OK to wait another 10 minutes or so.

(If you've ever installed Visual Studio, you KNOW what I'm talking about!)

Only at Halo 3?

[dave-tx]

I don't see what the big deal is. Trent Reznor's already up to Halo 25 [wikipedia.org]

Re:This is news...why?

[russlar]

Personally, I plan on waiting for Halo 3 SP1.

Wait wait wait

[Tarlus]

Why are they releasing Halo 3?

I'm still waiting for the remaining half of Halo 2.