--A couple of days old, but interesting to see the news covered in the mainstream press--
The game has been more than two years in development and fans pore over every snippet of information and screenshot dripped out from makers Bungie each week.
But for the next three weeks they will be able to get their hands on the online portion of the game - playing a limited number of maps with people around the world.
It is an unusual step for a console title, but reflective of just how important Halo is to Microsoft.
Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.
From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.
Interview with Stephen Russell, Actor for (Nick Valentine, Codsworth, My Handy) in Fallout 4 which is a vast open world role playing game set in the apocalyptic wastes of Boston, the Commonwealth. The career goes further with other Bethesda games from Starfield to Prey to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
I really hope they give us a mind blowing mission, as that is what brought me to the Halo franchise to start with....split screening with a friend trying to beat the game on legendary in an all day/night alien killing extravaganza. Halo 2 was a bit of a dissapointment in that area so I hope the blow my mind with 3!!!