Halo 3 Beta Preview Party 2007

The Halo 3 preview party for the beta version release was held yesterday (May 15, 2007) at Quixote Studios in Los Angeles, CA, where celebrities and select media members were able to play a few minutes of the game. Microsoft sent out a press release with a list of name-ful celebs who showed up (see the list below). The game’s multiplayer beta was released today on Xbox Live (May 16, 2007) and will be available until midnight (Pacific time) June 6, 2007.

Microsoft also announced the June 2007 release of a 30GB special edition Zune media player that will include videos, music, trailers, ads and artwork from all three Halo games. It will be available at Gamestop on June 15, 2007, and can be pre-ordered for $249.99.

Halo 3 – the actual video game – is scheduled to be released in the US. September 25, 2007, and the following day (Sept. 26, 2007) in Europe.

Here’s that celeb list:

• Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean)
• Jon Heder
• Chris Evans (Fantastic Four)
• Dane Cook
• Josh Duhamel (Las Vegas, Transformers)
• Matt Leinart
• Linkin Park (new album release 5/15)
• Aisha Tyler
• Adam Rodriguez (CSI)
• Channing Tatum (Stop Loss)
• Josh Henderson (Desperate Housewives)
• Wes Chatham (In The Valley of Elah)
• Alison Lohman
• Jonathan Sadowski (She’s The Man)
• Ryan Cabrera
• Will Estes
• Shawn Pyfrom (Desperate Housewives)
• Justin Kredible
• Jonathan Murphy (October Road)
• Jonathan Bennett
• Ryan Dusick
• Brandon Quinn
• A.J. McLean
• Andrew Keegan
• BD Freeman
• Evan Ross
• Battle Alaska
• John Salley
• Jeremy Renner
• Stephan Bender
• John Hensley (Nip/Tuck)
• Chace Crawford
• Brody Jenner
• Paris Hilton
• Nicky Hilton
• Jesse Metcalfe
• Eliza Dushku
• Brad Penny
• Tatyana Ali
• David Moscow (Honey)

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