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All Future Halo Games Will Have Betas, Says 343 Industries

Beta to be safe than sorry.

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By Alex Osborn
Updated: May 2, 2017 3:15 pm
Posted: Jun 11, 2015 12:24 am
In the wake of Halo: The Master Chief Collection's troubled launch, 343 Industries has confirmed it will have a beta for all future Halo games.

"There is so much we learned with the Halo 5 beta. There is actually stuff we took from our Master Chief Collection -- learnings that we were able to put into the [Halo 5: Guardians] beta," studio head Bonnie Ross told Game Informer.
"Going forward, you will never see a Halo game coming out without a beta. [Master Chief Collection] was obviously painful for our fans and for us. But it won't happen again," Ross added.

343 Industries is going to great lengths to ensure Halo 5: Guardians is successful, especially in the multiplayer space. In fact, the studio revealed just yesterday that all of the game's post-launch multiplayer maps will be free.

For more on Halo 5, be sure to stay tuned to IGN in the coming days, as Microsoft is sure to share more about Guardians during its E3 media briefing next week.
Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

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