Epsilon Builds

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The Epsilon builds of Halo 3 are near-final builds recovered from development hardware. They are so close together that their contents are near identical.

Originally, these builds were tested on retail Xbox Live by Microsoft employees, Xbox.com staff, and Bungie developers, with ingame status visible to the public. A modder caught playing these builds on retail Xbox Live was banned by Microsoft until December 31st, 9999.

August 2, 2007#

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

August 10, 2007#

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

Campaign is not available in this build, though the map file for Tsavo Highway is present in the files.

The following multiplayer maps are playable:

Epitaph
High Ground
Last Resort
Narrows
Sandtrap
Snowbound
Valhalla

This build reports itself as retail Halo 3, and can detect (but not load) DLC maps from the final game.

August 20, 2007#

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

This build reports itself as 'Halo 3 Epsilon', and has 'BETA BUILD' with the current profile and timestamp on the screen at all times. This build was built on the same day as Halo 3's final build, likely being an earlier compile.

Epitaph is not included in this build.