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'''''Halo 3 Epsilon'''''<ref>http:// | '''''Halo 3 Epsilon'''''<ref>http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=12208127</ref> was an internal-only ''[[Halo 3]]'' build. It was released to [[Microsoft]] employees as of August 10, [[2007]], and featured [[Campaign]] (both single-player and cooperative gameplay) on the level [[Tsavo Highway]], as well as [[Forge]] and [[multiplayer]] on six maps: ''[[Epitaph]]'', ''[[High Ground]]'', ''[[Last Resort]]'', ''[[Sandtrap]]'', ''[[Snowbound]]'', and ''[[Valhalla]]''.<ref>Bungie Podcast, 8-10-07</ref><ref>http://www.gamingtalkhq.com/</ref> | ||
''Halo 3 Epsilon'' was confirmed to some degree later on August 10<sup>th</sup>, 2007 by Bungie Studios on a Bungie Podcast. Microsoft employees, Xbox.com representatives, and the Bungie Studios staff played it, and Bungie employees used this build to finish the final details of the game. It was over on the 29th of August, 2007, when ''Halo 3'' went gold. | ''Halo 3 Epsilon'' was confirmed to some degree later on August 10<sup>th</sup>, 2007 by Bungie Studios on a Bungie Podcast. Microsoft employees, Xbox.com representatives, and the Bungie Studios staff played it, and Bungie employees used this build to finish the final details of the game. It was over on the 29th of August, 2007, when ''Halo 3'' went gold. | ||
''Epsilon'' had several features not seen in the game, such as being able to spawn [[Shade]] turrets and [[ | ''Epsilon'' had several features not seen in the game, such as being able to spawn [[Shade]] turrets and [[Deployable lookout tower|Deployable Lookout Towers]] in Forge. This can be seen in older ''Halo 3'' leaked footage, and the two aforementioned items have been modded into some multiplayer maps, all of them part of the ''Epsilon'' set. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*An anonymous US gamer using the gamertag "Scar" managed to [[Cheating|unwittingly download]] ''Halo 3 Epsilon''. He played the game with his console connected to [[Xbox LIVE|Xbox Live]], and quickly came to the attention of Microsoft. | *An anonymous US gamer using the gamertag "Scar" managed to [[Cheating|unwittingly download]] ''Halo 3 Epsilon''. He played the game with his console connected to [[Xbox LIVE|Xbox Live]], and quickly came to the attention of Microsoft. On September 2007, his gamertag and console account were banned until December 31, 9999. | ||
*In the ''Halo 3 Epsilon'' version of Tsavo Highway, Sergeant Stacker's radio com emits no static. This may be because it wasn't added in until later, or it was a glitch Bungie was still attempting to fix. | *In the ''Halo 3 Epsilon'' version of Tsavo Highway, Sergeant Stacker's radio com emits no static. This may be because it wasn't added in until later, or it was a glitch Bungie was still attempting to fix. | ||
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