How to play Halo Reach Beta is the question on the forefront of numerous gamers minds today. Monday, May 3 was the beginning of wide Halo Reach Beta testing - and Halo Reach Beta is relatively easy to get and to play. The bad news is that, like all other beta tests, Halo Reach Beta is not an all-access game. So if you would like to play the Master Chief in Bungie's latest offering, how do you go about it?

How to get Halo Reach Beta

If you're not already playing Halo Reach Beta but you would like to get to the game, take a deep breath. The first step is borrowing money - you'll need an XBox with XBox live. You will even need an original copy of Halo ODST. You can get a "real" copy of the Halo Reach Beta with the Halo ODST package. A Halo Reach Beta download might be available, but those are definitely not legal copies.

Halo Reach Beta - how to play

The Halo Reach Beta game, once you've it, is fairly easy to play. The Halo Reach Beta was at first closed to everyone that didn't have a code. To pre-access the Halo Reach Beta servers, you would need a code from Bungie, Microsoft, or one of the numerous other web sites offering them. The Halo Reach Beta video game has already been pre-reviewed and pre-videoed in numerous places.

Improvements on gaming in Halo Reach Beta

In general, the user interface that Halo Reach Beta uses is very closely related to the previous Halo games. One of the biggest changes to the Halo series is the option of choosing an extra "power" for your character - 3 classes, each with a different skill. There are other changes to the Halo Reach system, but because this is a beta test, things may change before Halo Reach goes into wide release.

See Halo Reach Beta videos

Just because Halo Reach Beta has only officially been out for a couple of hours does not mean there aren't good videos of Halo Reach Beta games. Here are some of the Halo Reach Beta videos that have been featured by Bungie.

Top 10 Halo Reach Beta kills - Contains animated violence, be warned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VJHP7KgL0U&feature=player_embedded

Sources for the article

Crunch Gear

Bungie.net