Custom Matches In Halo 3?

It's true, it's true!

Of course, the easiest way to get into a custom game would to be invited into one by friends, but if you're a lonely fellow, here's the instructions:

• First, get six to eight other players in a game with you in the pre-matchmaking phase.
• After you've assembled this group, have a separate player matchmaking by themselves send the party leader an invite.
• The party leader needs to bring the party to the new game, but one person will get kicked.
• The person who was booted will now send invites to those who weren't booted -- it is possible you'll have to repeat these first couple of steps because you need two people in the custom game lobby.
• Now you should have a party of two and a party of six in two separate lobbies -- the party of six invites the party of two into their game.
• Someone in the party of two should lag out into a custom game that actually works.

Yeah, it sounds like a lot of hard work, but just check out some of the cool stuff you can do once you've got it figured out!

Thanks to 1up.com for providing a step by step guide to unlocking custom matches. I can't wait to test out the magnum and the energy sword. The pistol can be dual wielded and takes 4-5 head shots to kill an enemy while the energy sword has been severely nerfed. No longer is the lock on mechanism instantaneous. It takes a couple seconds to lock on and like the energy sword from the Halo 2 campaign, the sword only has enough energy for a few swings until it is useless. Will be interesting to see how well these weapons play on the new maps. Off to the beta!