A Halo 3 branded Zune
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Halo 3, the third game in the best-selling Xbox game franchise Halo, is a highly anticipated first-person shooter video game under development by Bungie Studios for the Xbox 360 and is expected to "set a new high water mark" for next-generation games.[3] An official announcement on the developers' website states that Halo 3 will end the current story arc of the Halo trilogy. A public beta test of the multi-player component of the game began on May 16, 2007[4] and is scheduled to end on June 10, 2007. The final version of the game is due to be released on September 25, 2007[1] in the United States, and on September 26 in Europe.