Halo: Reach Release Date is September 14th, 2010
Game developer Bungie announced yesterday that the next installment of the Halo series will debut on Sept 14. The series which is a big hit has sold 34 million units since the first Halo was launched in 2001.
Meanwhile the multiplayer beta version of Halo:Reach has already drawn a record 2.7 million players in the past couple of weeks. This is one of the exclusive games that is coming this year for Microsoft’s Xbox 360.
Halo: Reach is a prequel in chronology to the Halo games and doesn’t include the main character of Master Chief. The destruction of the planet Reach which was chronicled in the first novel is where the game takes place.
The multiplayer beta version had some superb additions like jet packs while characters include the members of Noble Team, a team of Spartan warriors fighting the invasion of the Covenant alien alliance.
“‘Halo: Reach’ is the culmination of a decade of ‘Halo,’ a franchise that has become a global entertainment and pop-culture touchstone,” said Phil Spencer, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios at Microsoft.
As per Spencer, Halo: Reach will make 2010 the biggest year in the history of Xbox with highest expected sales. Players have completed more than 13 million online games during the beta test.
The cost of the standard edition will be $59. The limited edition will sell for $79 while the legendary edition will sell for $ 149. After the end of the series, the company will work on a game set in a new universe for Activision Blizzard while Microsoft will continue to produce more Halo games different games developers.
