Halo 4 Update: No Beta Planned

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;halo-4-update-beta-planned&sol;halo-4-logo-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-9597"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9597" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;03&sol;06224531&sol;Halo-4-logo-2-300x169&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The following statement was made by Microsoft&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p><strong>&&num;8220&semi;We plan to test both gameplay and code features rigorously and at a meaningful scale throughout the course of 2012 to ensure a great experience at launch&comma; but we have no plans for a public multiplayer beta for Halo 4&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>343 Industries has revealed that there will be no multiplayer beta for <em>Halo 4<&sol;em>&period;  This is due&comma; according to a FAQ on the game&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;halo&period;xbox&period;com&sol;blogs&sol;Headlines&sol;post&sol;2012&sol;03&sol;08&sol;The-Halo-Bulletin-30712&period;aspx" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">official site<&sol;a>&comma; that the development team would have to split to plan the public beta test and they don&&num;8217&semi;t plan to do so&comma; i&period;e&period; no beta&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The post read&comma; &&num;8220&semi;While we are testing Halo 4 code&comma; gameplay&comma; and systems at significant scale to get excellent data&comma; input&comma; and feedback&comma; we are focused on polishing and shipping our experience for the duration of the year&comma; and splitting resources to manage and build a beta is not on our schedule&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s known that a<em> Halo 3<&sol;em> beta was given out in copies of <em>Crackdown<&sol;em> and a <em>Halo Reach<&sol;em> beta was open to owners of <em>Halo ODST<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Halo 4<&sol;em> is currently in development&period; Check back in to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Bagogames<&sol;a> for news updates and info on all the latest games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;xbox360&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;122&sol;1220366p1&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">&lbrack;via IGN&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;