MS PR says limited beta

We’re still waiting for confirmation from Bungie on some of the more controversial pieces of this… but a Microsoft press release sent out this morning suggests that the Halo 3 beta next spring will be limited to North America, and that it will NOT be all-inclusive.

Beginning Monday, Dec. 4, by visiting http://www.halo3.com, gamers in North America will be able to register for the opportunity to be one of the select members to join the unprecedented “Halo 3” public beta program, scheduled to kick off in spring 2007.

Astute readers will have noticed that that Halo3.com url redirects to Bungie.net right now – it remains to be seen if there’ll be a special portal next Monday. Thanks to Sep7imus, who found this at Kotaku, and BOLL, who found it at Destructoid. Update: the full press release can be read here, on Gamerscoreblog – thanks, chargeorge.(Louis Wu 19:05:30 UTC)