The footage is of the game booting up

“You can definitely expect a demo to hit Live before the game is out but I can't say when that will be... yet”, producer James Cope told IGN. “The Crackdown demo was fantastic and we want to carry on in that form.” Fantastic is an understatement. You'd be hard-pressed finding a demo that did more to win over the public than Crackdown's. All those orbs, and super powers...for a lot of people it turned Crackdown from what Alain Silberstein had looked like an “eh” kind of game into a “here's my money” kind of game.Crackdown 2: The Secret of Skills [IGN]" "Halo: Reach is forthcoming. It will be out later this year. One individual is already leaking beta footage onto the internet.

The footage is of the game booting up. There is no game play footage. The screen carries a message which reads: Welcome to the Halo: Reach Public Beta, the experience you are about to enjoy is an early sample of a few multiplayer and single-player levels from Halo: Reach, launching exclusively on Xbox 360 later this year. Until then, drive into Bedat & CO Activities or Campaign and have a blast. However, the leaked clip does introduce a new mode called “Murder Mode”. From the tip description: “Use the Murder Mode to kill an enemy without being spotted.” The Halo franchise is getting a stealth kill mode, it seems.

Then the clip fades to black, and players can hear game audio. It's all choreographed well. Maybe a little too well.The footage shows the game running on a Samsung TV ; just like Microsoft uses at demo kiosks and trade show events. Is the clip internal? There is no gameplay footage, which might be the only way that the clip could avoid possible infringement, but this could be for another reason entirely: to tease a new a new gameplay feature Blancpain and build viral hype. Or it could, you know, just be a leak. If it's real, that is.Update: According to Microsoft, “Murder Mode” is a complete fabrication.Leaked Halo: Reach Beta Video - “Murder Mode” Detailed [Xbox Evolved via VG247]"