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Passion For Games - November 2006

Halo 3 Playable

Next spring you will play Halo 3. To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Halo, Microsoft and Bungie announced a trio of upcoming releases, which includes a public multiplayer beta test for Halo 3 in 2007. There is a god and his name is Master Chief.

Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta
Bungie tested Halo 2 with a much ballyhooed Microsoft internal beta program. Many of the suggestions for tweaks and adjustments to Halo 2 multiplayer came from more than a thousand MS employees trying out Halo 2 on a set of private servers. For Halo 3, Bungie is expanding its testing circle significantly. Next spring, Bungie opens the Halo 3 multiplayer beta to Xbox 360 gamers, allowing fans to try out an unspecified number of maps and game modes and to help Bungie make the strongest online game possible.


"The Halo Nation has a nearly insatiable desire," said Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft Corp. "We hope a taste of advance Halo 3 gameplay satisfies some of their appetite as we count down to the game's launch later in 2007."

The release of a spring beta all but guarantees that Halo 3 will come out next fall and, more than likely, in time for the six-year anniversary of the franchise.
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Xbox 360 Attachment Rate Soars



On Tuesday, November 7, Peter Moore gave an address at the BMO Capital Markets - Interactive Entertainment Conference in New York, where he shared news about the state of the Xbox 360 in the gaming industry.

Moore opened the speech by stating that Microsoft was on track to sell 10 million units by the end of this holiday season. Moore went on to outline Microsoft's plans to create a digital marketplace through which gamers can download high definition content. This would make Microsoft's Xbox 360 the first gaming console to offer digital downloads of TV shows and movies.


According to October NPD data, the software attachment rate on the Xbox 360 is continuing its steady ascent at approximately 5.2 games per console. Furthermore, the Xbox 360 accessory attachment rate rose this month to 3.0. Finally, Microsoft officials were quick to point out the nearly 160 game titles that will be available on the Xbox 360 by the end of the holidays.
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