Gaming Mysteries - Halo Beta

Halo Beta is the third video in Yuri's Gaming Mysteries segment.

Information on the Beta
In the early beta stages of Halo, it wasn't an FPS. It was actually a real-time strategy game. At this point, Halo was going to be released on both the Mac and Windows simultaneously.

The game soon after evolved into a Third Person shooter - as shown on the E3 2000 trailer, where it was very well-received. There were also a number of weapons which didn't make it into the final version of the game, and possibly unused enemy types.

In June of 2000, Microsoft purchased Bungie studios, and made Halo an Xbox exclusive game. Thus Bungie retooled the game once more, turning it into its current form as a First Person Shooter. It was also allegedly supposed to have an Online Multiplayer component, but this was scrapped because Xbox Live had not been finished as of Halo's release.