Our friends at Xbox-Scene have received some new details on Halo 3 Epsilon, which was spotted on several gamercards last week. According to an anonymous tipster has informed Xbox-Scene that Halo 3 Epsilon is a downloadable version of Halo 3 with lots of gameplay options. Think of it as the Halo 3 Beta Plus. Epsilon gives you access to multiplayer fun on six maps including Snowbound, High Ground, Valhalla, Last Resort, Epitaph, and Sandtrap. In addition, players get access to custom games and the ability to fully edit game variants. Not only that, but Forge is also available, where players can edit and save map variants. Players can also enjoy four player co-op in a single level of Halo 3's campaign. Finally, the fully functional Saved Films feature is also available, allowing players to save and edit films from all available play modes including Forge.
All in all, it's sounds like a pretty sweet deal for those lucky enough to get in on it. We've been checking our inbox obsessively without any luck. We'd ask the lucky bastards playing it to tell us about it, but they're probably sworn to secrecy on pain of death.
[Thanks to everyone that sent this in]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
8-14-2007 @ 3:45PM
Nick Nelson said...
Somebody should check out why this isn't on the frontpage, it only showed up in my RSS reader.
Anyways, sounds pretty sweet, but at this point I'd rather wait for the full experience.
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8-14-2007 @ 3:48PM
Richard Mitchell said...
"Somebody should check out why this isn't on the frontpage, it only showed up in my RSS reader."
Oops, time warp. Fixed.
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8-14-2007 @ 3:51PM
DjDATZ said...
read this the day it was out...bastards that got in on the H3 epsilon action.
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8-14-2007 @ 3:56PM
AG said...
*Lucky*
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8-14-2007 @ 4:04PM
Foloe said...
Typo, our** just thought I'd let you know.
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8-14-2007 @ 4:08PM
erivera3 said...
How did these bastards get in on this?
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8-14-2007 @ 4:18PM
Magic Whiskey said...
Well, considering that folks like Major Nelson are playing it, odds are that normal muggles like us just aren't high enough up the chain to rate such Halo majesty.
As much as my internal soul is pacing back and forth, wearing a hole in the carpet that is my mind, I can continue to wait for the full retail version of Halo 3. I fear I know too much about the campaign as it is- (Richard, I too read the EGM Sept issue that's on shelves now.)
I just have to keep frosty on the weaponset, which I think I am, and I know I'll get a chance to pwn nicely.
Until 9/25, I'll continue to mutter quietly to myself 'Snowbound shotty, Snowbound shotty'...
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8-14-2007 @ 4:20PM
MYPS3KilledMy360 said...
Ummm? what happens if the people that get in dont like it for some strange reason what would they do? delay the game till 08? just asking im kinda glad to know there are devs out there that take there games and what people think about there games to heart. so instead releasing a crappy game and find out what people think after they ask what people want before the final build, its kind of like zone of the enders 2nd runner. its kinda gives you the feeling that you were apart of the development of the game making it the best they can.
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8-14-2007 @ 4:21PM
Richard Mitchell said...
"'Snowbound shotty, Snowbound shotty'..."
Snowbound shotty + shield doors + tunnels = copious death
:)
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8-14-2007 @ 4:29PM
Magic Whiskey said...
Richard, that is why you fail. :)
Once I get my shotty, I stay up topside, scout the perimeter, and flank snipers, shotgunning them at point blank range. Nothing finer!
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8-14-2007 @ 4:59PM
Richard Mitchell said...
"Once I get my shotty, I stay up topside, scout the perimeter, and flank snipers, shotgunning them at point blank range. Nothing finer!"
It's so scary up there, though! Nowhere to hide...
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8-14-2007 @ 5:46PM
Nick said...
A friend of mine is an enterprise manager at MS. He claims that this is mostly in house people, employees, friends of the dev team, along with some lucky few that got access (probably through employees). Sounds like an in house "beta" test for the final build. I doubt we will see it. But here's crossing our fingers for a demo?
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8-14-2007 @ 5:47PM
Patrick said...
i think it is another halo project project, because translated epsilon is 5 in greek, and since the three fps halos and rts make four games a new one would make number 5
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8-14-2007 @ 5:51PM
zackiyp said...
Patrick, no. Not at all.
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8-14-2007 @ 5:53PM
zackiyp said...
Patrick, No. Not at all.
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8-14-2007 @ 5:54PM
zackiyp said...
Wow, two of the same comments. I am a douche.
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8-14-2007 @ 8:49PM
DemonG said...
Yet, both should stay, just to exemplify his idiocy? Yes.
I mean... it just said that they've confirmed it as In-house final build type thing.
Speaking of which... should Halo 3 be going Gold soon?
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8-14-2007 @ 8:50PM
DemonG said...
Just updating my password keeper on my new comp...
excuse me for but a moment...
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8-14-2007 @ 8:55PM
zackiyp said...
Yes, you're right, I am an idiot because the site didn't show my original comment until I submitted it a second time.
Patrick is the idiot here. The article above says what Halo 3 Epsilon is, yet Patrick comes in here without reading it saying "I THINK ITZ A NEW PROJEKT!!"
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8-14-2007 @ 9:26PM
DeadConcious said...
Patrick, your logic is kinda off. Epsilon is a Greek letter, not number. Do you spell with numbers(not counting 1337 or binary)?
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