Editing Halo: Reach Multiplayer Trailer

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The '''''Halo: Reach'' Multiplayer Trailer''', which was released on March 3rd, [[2010]], showcased some of the new features in the then-upcoming ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta]], which was later released on May 3rd, 2010.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Reach_MPTrailer '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo: Reach Multiplayer Trailer'']</ref> 

The [[trailer]] shows many of the new [[Armor abilities]] and [[Armor customization (Halo: Reach)|Armor Permutations]]. The soundtrack ''[[Both Ways (remix)|Uphill, Both Ways]]'' plays for one minute and twenty-three seconds of the one minute and thirty-four second long trailer. 

==Transcript==
''A [[M808B Main Battle Tank|Scorpion]] with an [[Sangheili|Elite]] on its gunner seat shoots off screen. Cuts to a red [[SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan-III]] performing an [[assassination]] on a steel-colored Spartan-III. Cuts to three blue Spartans cornering a red Spartan in a room inside [[Powerhouse]]. A pair of Elites run down the steel bars, one using the [[Armor abilities]] [[Armor abilities#Evade|evade]] as he lands on the ground. Cuts again to another part in Powerhouse, two Spartans run into the center of the map. Cuts to three red Spartan killing a blue Spartan on [[Sword Base]]'s ground floor.''

''Cuts to three green Spartans, one [[Armor abilities#Sprint|sprinting]], the second one activating his [[Active Camouflage#Halo: Reach|Active Camouflage]] and the third flying up using his [[Series 8 jetpack|Jetpack]]. A word appears beside them:''

'''[[Loadout|LOADOUTS]]'''

''Cuts to the [[Heads-up display|HUD]] of a blue team Spartan playing a Team [[King of the Hill]] match in Powerhouse, defending the hill from three red Spartans. Cuts again to a red Spartan flying out from one of the rooms in Sword Base, firing his [[MA37 Individual Combat Weapon System|Assault Rifle]]. Cuts back to Powerhouse, a mixed battle between red team and blue team, many of them using the jetpack. Cuts to the HUD of a blue team Spartan killing a red Spartan during a [[Capture the Flag]] match with a [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade|Frag grenade]]. Cuts to the HUD of a [[M45 Tactical Shotgun|Shotgun]]-wielding Spartan-III during an [[Invasion]] match on [[Boneyard]], narrowly escaping from a [[Type-32 Rapid Assault Vehicle|Ghost]] using [[Armor lock|Armor Lock]], destroying the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] vehicle in the process. Cuts to the HUD of a blue team Spartan-III killing a flying red Spartan-III using his [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|M6G pistol]] in a King of the Hill match. Cuts to Sword Base again, a third person view of a Spartan player sprinting to the [[Gravity lift]], changing to his HUD as he levitates up. Cuts back to Powerhouse, a blue Spartan-III manages to kill a flying red Spartan-III with his [[M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon|Rocket Launcher]]. Cuts back to Sword Base into the HUD of a camouflaged [[Sniper Rifle System 99 Anti-Matériel|Sniper]]-wielding green Spartan, [[No-Scoping|no-scoping]] at a red Spartan-III's head.'' 

''Cuts to the showers in Powerhouse, a Spartan player performing assassination on another player. A word appears behind them:''

'''ASSASSINATION'''

''Cuts to an Elite player being assassinated by a Spartan-III player during an Invasion match. Cuts to a few red team Spartan-III players defending the blue flag from blue team in a CTF match on Powerhouse. Cuts to a chaotic battle in Sword Base, with [[Anskum-pattern plasma grenade|plasma grenade]] explosions and [[Type-31 Rifle|Needle rifle]] fires. Cuts to a Spartan-III player playing CTF in a tight corridor inside Sword Base, getting caught in explosions with his teammates. Cuts to Powerhouse, red team players are fighting enemies who are off-screen. Cuts to a Phantom landing in Boneyard. ''

''Cuts to Boneyard, a [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]], a [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]], a Ghost and two more players on foot firing at enemies off-screen. A word appears in front of them:''

'''INVASION'''

''Cuts to numerous Spartans charging towards Elites in an Invasion match on Boneyard, a few dying from plasma and [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|Needler]] fire. Switches to an overhead view, the firefight continues. Cuts to the HUD of a Spartan-III in an Invasion match wielding a [[M319 Individual Grenade Launcher|Grenade Launcher]] watching a Banshee explodes. Cuts to a zoomed-in scope of a player's HUD, [[Head Shot|head-shotting]] a Spartan-III. Cuts to the HUD of a [[Type-52 Guided Munitions Launcher/Explosive|Plasma Launcher]]-wielding Elite player, locked on a [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthog]], firing plasma grenade-like bolts at the [[Human]] vehicle. Switches to a third person view, the Warthog explodes. Cuts to two Elite players, one evading after being harmed by a grenade.''

''Cuts to Sword Base, a player dies and falls on one of the bridge, flaming skulls falling around him. A word appears under the transparent bridge:''

'''[[Headhunter (game variant)|HEADHUNTER]]'''

''Cuts to the HUD of a [[M392 Designated Marksman Rifle|DMR]]-wielding Spartan-III player, headshotting another player, resulting in drops of flaming skulls from the dead body. Cuts to overhead view of a Headhunter match on Powerhouse, one player killed with a M6G pistol and a flaming skull falls out. Cuts to a room in Powerhouse, a player gets killed, and three flaming skulls fall outs. ''

''Cuts to three blue Spartan-IIIs running into a room inside Powerhouse, explosions engulfs them and words in front of them:''

'''ACTIVE ROSTER'''

''Cuts to four red Spartan-IIIs running out from a corner of a building, firing their weapon. Cuts to a Sniper-wielding player walking on one of the bridges in Sword Base, killing another player who is in the corridor. Cuts to another room in Sword Base, a red team player stands beside a blue flag. Cuts to the HUD of a Grenade Launcher-wielding player ambushing an unaware [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|Gravity Hammer]]-wielding player who just enters the building. Cuts to the exterior of Powerhouse, a flying red team Spartan-III fires his Assault Rifle. Switches to his HUD, and he kills a blue Spartan-III player.''

''Cuts to the building in [[Overlook]], a Spartan team and Elite team clashing in front of it. Words appear on the building:''

'''SPARTANS VS. ELITES '''

''Cuts to a Warthog in Boneyard, the Spartan on the [[M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun]] fires at two Elite players. Cuts to Overlook, an Elite destroys a Generator using its Rocket Launcher in [[Generator Defense]], killing the Spartan-IIIs guarding it. Cuts to a Banshee flying overhead in Boneyard. Cuts to the ground, a Scorpion explodes under the fire of a [[Class-2 Projectile cannon|Fuel Rod Cannon]].'' 

''Cuts to the area "Control Center" in Sword Base, a battle between two red team player and two blue team players. Zooms into the computers, words can be seen:''

'''[[Matchmaking#Halo: Reach|THE ARENA]]'''

''Cuts to the HUD of a player in [[Team Slayer]] on Powerhouse, killing another player with a head shot using his M6G pistol. Cuts to the roof of a room in Powerhouse, a red Spartan-III player fires his [[Type-52 Special Applications Rifle|Focus rifle]] at an enemy at the far end of the map. Cuts to the HUD of the scope of a M6G pistol, the player kills another player with a headshot. Cuts to a red team player killing a blue team player who just killed another red team player with a melee in Sword Base. Cuts to Sword Base, to the HUD of a blue team Spartan-III jumping down from a bridge, killing a red team player in the fall with his DMR. Cuts to Powerhouse, a red team player beats down a blue player with his Gravity Hammer. Cuts to the HUD of blue team player killing a red team player with a headshot using his M6G on Powerhouse. Cuts to the HUD of a flying blue team player killing another flying red team player using his [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|Energy Sword]]. Cuts to a team of Spartan-IIIs charging at a group of Elites, backed up by their Scorpion and Warthog behind them. ''

''Cuts to Spartan lands on the steel bar in Powerhouse and throws a grenade. The explosion covers a date for a moment, then view zooms in to the date after the explosion:''

'''MAY 3, 2010'''

''Screen cuts to black.''

'''HALO: REACH MULTIPLAYER BETA'''

'''INVITATION INCLUDED WITH [[Halo 3: ODST|HALO 3: ODST]]'''

''Video ends in the [[Xbox 360]] logo being shown on the screen.''

==Trivia==
Even though the trailer promotes the Beta, the code at the right lower corner reads "Reach_Alpha", indicating the trailer is recorded using the ''Halo: Reach'' Alpha version. This is also apparent in the shown user interface graphics, which differ from the ones in Beta and released version.

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