Listen up Halo fans – Microsoft has announced that a Halo 3 beta will be available during the spring time of 2007 via the Xbox Live network. You can be sure this announcement was timed to coincide and dull down the  news and hoopla around the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii launches for this week. Of course.. it was also the five year anniversary yesterday to the original Halo so let’s give Microsoft and Bungie sooome credit here. As for the beta, Bungie has confirmed that the beta release will allow fans the opportunity to play the multiplayer features of Halo 3 on the Live network. Of course – you’ll need an Xbox 360 for this.

Other Halo tid bits. There will be a Halo 3 TV commercial set to air on Monday Night Football on December 4th. There will also be new multiplayer maps for Halo 2 coming out sometime next spring. It’ll only be available on Xbox 360 and of coruse for those with hard drives only.

[Check it out via Crave]

Technorati Tags: , , ,