Halo 5’s Open Beta Starts Now

<p>It may have seemed like only yesterday that there was a Halo game released – actually&comma; it was just last month&period; Starting today &lpar;or at the time of this writing&rpar;&comma; owners of <em>Halo&colon; The Master Chief Collection<&sol;em> can experience the series future&comma; and for some&comma; sooner than expected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Halo developer <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;343-industries-thanks-halo-players-free-gear&sol;">343 Industries<&sol;a> has announced on Twitter that <em>Halo 5&colon; Guardians<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi; open multiplayer beta is now officially open for business upon inquiry&period; The beta&comma; which runs from now &&num;8217&semi;til<strong> Jan&period; 18th<&sol;strong>&comma; will include a substantial build of the game&&num;8217&semi;s forthcoming online multiplayer and go live at 9AM Pacific Time and 12 Noon Eastern Time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">&commat;gameelite46 Halo 5&colon; Guardians MP Beta will go live at 9AM PST&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Halo &lpar;&commat;Halo&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Halo&sol;status&sol;549448936541278208&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">December 29&comma; 2014<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though <em>Halo 5<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s beta doesn&&num;8217&semi;t officially become available until later today&comma; some fans on Reddit have allegedly discovered a workaround that lets you get in right now&period; By accessing the Halo Channel&comma; watching&sol;fast-forwarding all the <em>Halo&colon; Nightfall<&sol;em> episodes&comma; and selecting the <em>Nightfall<&sol;em> armor reward for <em>Halo 5<&sol;em>&comma; which will then reportedly take you to a download store where <em>Halo 5<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s beta is ready and waiting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For those of you more interested in turning the pages of Master Chief&&num;8217&semi;s past&comma; we thought that<em> The<&sol;em> <em>Master Chief Collection<&sol;em> was the game that <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;hail-chief-halo-master-chief-collection-review&sol;">every Halo fan needs to own<&sol;a> – which is to say we thought it was rather good&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Halo&sol;status&sol;549448936541278208">Halo on Twitter<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;