Halo 5: Guardians will have a “real beta”, with 343 Industries closely monitoring everything players do.
Speaking to Eurogamer, 343 Industries’ Bonnie Ross said the test is not just a showcase, but an important part of the development process.
“Very deliberately we’re doing it a year out to give us the development time to make sure we can take the feedback,” she said.
“It will be an interactive three week beta, meaning we will have multiple different ways for people playing to give us feedback so we can hone the multiplayer experience.”
Halo boss Frank O’Connor agreed, saying the beta will give all Halo fans a chance to let 343 Industries know what they think about the new game’s direction.
“We’ll be adding a lot of new things in Halo 5, but we want to talk to classic Halo fans about what makes a great Halo experience, and we think we’re going to get a lot of good data from them,” he said.
“It’s a real beta. Sometimes a beta is maybe a good way to test performance on your network. We’ll be looking at every single aspect of how people play this, and we have a lot of time to actually take meaningful feedback.
“We’re trying to mine it for all the data we can get. Not just network data or performance data. It’s like, how are people playing? How are they adapting to the new features? How are they dealing with new weapons? There will be a huge amount of data for us to look at.”
