Halo 4 Will Not Have a Beta Stage

The development team currently working on Halo 4 has made it clear that it has no plans of implementing a multiplayer beta stage for the game, mostly because it would divert significant resources from the development of the core game.

The developers at 343 Industries stated, “While we are testing Halo 4 code, gameplay, and systems at significant scale to get excellent data, input, and feedback, we are focused on polishing and shipping our experience for the duration of the year, and splitting resources to manage and build a beta is not on our schedule.”

Halo 4 will see main character Master Chief return as the protagonist and will feature him and his Artificial Intelligence companion Cortana fighting a yet unknown threat and the developers are using a new graphics engine and a new set of gameplay mechanics.

The game will be released exclusively on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft at some point during the fall.