Get Your Early-Access to Halo: Reach Beta at PlanetXbox360
by Eric Bush
The Halo: Reach beta (by using a Halo 3: ODST retail disc) will be available to the public on May 3, 2010 - thankfully though we here at PlanetXbox360.com will be able to give a few lucky fans the chance to play early. As in an entire weekend early; Microsoft and Bungie have provided us with some Xbox LIVE download codes for early access to the Halo: Reach "Friends and Family" beta, which will start at 10:00 a.m. on April 29, 2010 - giving the winners a good head-start over the gaming masses. We do not know the exact number of codes we will be getting (at least 7-10), and we may get more as the day goes on, so if you want to be entered for a code leave just your e-mail address (or Xbox LIVE GamerTag) in the comments section of this article (one entry per e-mail only). Winners will be e-mailed a code later in the week, giving them early access to the Halo: Reach beta. Good luck and have fun entering below in the comments section, see you online!
Update: We will be sending the codes out over the next hour or so; if you haven't gotten one by 6:00 EST it's not coming (sorry) - thanks for playing and the response was way more than we guessed. Remember everyone can play the Halo: Reach beta next week with a copy of ODST, so don't worry too much if you didn't win!
The “Halo: Reach” multiplayer beta is poised to be the definitive Xbox LIVE event of this spring. The beta will offer millions of “Halo” fans a unique opportunity to test and help refine the biggest blockbuster game of 2010. Players can access the beta via “Halo 3: ODST.” “Halo: Reach” offers the most robust, action-packed multiplayer experience ever and promises to set a new standard for competitive gameplay, customization and community integration. Developed by acclaimed studio Bungie, “Halo: Reach” launches in the fall of 2010 exclusively on Xbox 360.
About: As the blockbuster prequel to the best-selling Xbox franchise of all time, developed exclusively for Xbox 360 by acclaimed developer Bungie, “Halo: Reach” puts you front and center in the fateful moments that forged the “Halo” legend. As part of Noble Team, a squad of heroic Spartan soldiers, you will be called upon to defend the planet Reach, humankind’s last line of defense between the terrifying Covenant and Earth. Starting on May 3, the “Halo: Reach” public multiplayer beta will give you the opportunity to drive the latest advancements in multiplayer gameplay in the blockbuster franchise that started it all on Xbox LIVE. Access to the beta will be available through the “Halo 3: ODST” game disc on Xbox LIVE.
