Is Halo 3 Being Played Right Now on XBL? (1up)

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On the heels of this morning's announcement of the first way to get in Halo 3's beta, it looks like some folks might already be playing something Halo-related on Xbox Live. Several Xbox Live users, including some Microsoft employees were spotted on Xbox Live playing a new game -- Pimps at Sea (Alpha).

For those familiar with Bungie's shenanigans, Pimps at Sea is the oft-used moniker for different projects the company has worked on -- and was also the subject of an April Fools' joke a few years back.

When the users in question were asked about Pimps at Sea, they simply replied "What's a pimp?" Considering the (Alpha) tag after the title, it seems highly probable that this is the first phase of testing for Halo 3's multiplayer. And by highly probable, we mean totally 100% true. We didn't even need to pay Encyclopedia Brown a quarter to sit down and solve this mystery. When's our turn to play?

Sometime next year.