Halo 3 Demo Date Announced

CVG has word that the Halo 3 Beta is coming May 16th. "The beta will run through to June 7 at 7:59am - giving you just under a month to tone your Halo 3 fragging skills. Three maps will be available for you to stomp around in your 360 Spartan armour; Snowbound, High Ground and Valhalla ... New guns and vehicles available for sampling include the nippy Mongoose all-terrain vehicles, Brute Spiker, Spike Grenade, all-new Assault Rifle and Warthog-smashing Spartan Laser." They also point out the functionality behind the much-talked about X button: "The secret function of the little blue button is for deploying equipment and you see three different kinds in action in the latest video documentary. While the developer doesn't specify exactly which pieces of equipment are exposed in the video, we're guessing that the new bubble shield, trip mine and mobile gravity lift are all assigned to the fancy new X button functionality."

Re:Halo 3 Is No Resistance Killer - Sorry Microsof

[personman21]

Ahem, I believe they were trying to make a Halo 2 killer. It's 49.99, not $60, fool. I'm sure they would have all dedicated services like Resistance, but people actually buy the 360, unlike with the PS3. After $659+$30ish in tax, you better get free online play. No lag, ever? EVER? Sure... If anything, Resistance is a Gears of War 'killer.' That is all.

Re:Hahaha, oh wow

[drinkypoo]

is Halo really so starved for innovation and/or hype that they need to detail exactly how they're changing the control setup?

It's a first person shooter. The whole fucking genre is starved for innovation.

Even the gravity gun in HL2 is just a pissed off version of a grappling hook. The most innovative thing I've seen in FPSes since Quake 2 is Garry's Mod.