It has begun. While yet to swing wide, the gates are open. The first wave has dropped, and maneuvers have commensed. The Halo: Reach Beta is live, and so is Tied the Leader.
Any good war needs combat correspondents embedded with the fighting forces that clash on the battlefield. There would be no war stories without brave souls on the field to collect the finer moments that erupt from the fog. The Battle of The Beta shall be no different.

Reporting from Tied the Leader’s advanced recon unit is Hoovaloov, our own combat correspondent. You are invited to ride along as we storm environments unknown. This is your invitation to be embedded with the Gunslingers.
Our Live Feed begins Thursday, April 29th. At High Noon [central time] the Gunslingers will get some. Check Justin TV for status updates on next playtimes and chat functionality. Or, if you don’t want to miss a single frag on the go, download their iPhone application and look up our tiedtheleader channel.
Welcome to Noble Team, everyone. See you soon.


Thanks for streaming the beta, May 3rd can come soon enough!
SO funny to sign on and see your own name pop up on Hoov’s screen.
Get them guys.
Thx DeeJ,
I so freaking jealous right now, i can’t wait until Monday. This looks wicked awesome!
live action, very cool! Save a few kills for me and I’ll see you guys at the office on Monday!
Awesome stuff guys. I tried to ask this question on the stream but it kept getting pushed off by chat insanity:
Hoov, do you know if it’s possible for Elites to customise their armour piecemeal like in Halo 3? All I heard so far as that armour for elites is in “Sets”, and I’m worried that I won’t be able to wear my favourite helmet, shoulders and chest piece together.
These new weapons are pretty awesome.
PG Chaz, Hoov will be back in a few and I’ll ask him, but so far we can only customize the Spartans in the main menu – but maybe in the final build?
Very cool guys! I’m getting extremely jealous! Thanks for letting us have some free beta halo.