Halo 3 will Be Tested By Xbox Gamers

PS3 thunder-stealing is well underway as Microsoft and Bungie throw up some Halo 3 surprises to distract the console hordes. That’s on top of Zune finally hitting the stores Stateside. Coincidence?

Anyway, Xbox 360 gamers are going to get their grubby little mitts all over Halo 3 before it launches in a giant beta test of the multiplayer side of the console’s most successful game franchise. So far, 14.5m copies of Halo and Halo 2 have shipped while 800m hours of online fragging has been clocked up.

New multiplayer maps for Halo 2 will also be available for download next month but, get this, only for Xbox 360 owners.