Xbox 360 lovers

Halo: Reach is coming on September 14, Microsoft confirmed today. The sci-fi first-person shooter is the latest entry in Bungie’s multimillion-selling Halo franchise and acts as a prequel to the other games in the series. The game will be launched simultaneously worldwide, except in Japan.

Game player who bought Halo ODST gained access to the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta, which ran for a little over two weeks. More than one million ODST players logged into the Reach beta on firstd day, with a further 1.7 million joining the action online until Thursday, when the beta was closed. The number of players who joined the beta did not match expectations. Bungie community director Brian Jarrard said, “My expectation is it could be upwards of 3 million people. I think that’s a fairly conservative estimate.”

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