Welcome, friends and family!

As some of you have already noticed, some members of the Podtacular community are now getting a chance to play the Halo 3 beta early, thanks to Bungie’s Friends and Family program. If you haven’t already, be sure to check your inbox over at Bungie.net to see if you’re invited.

Some of these people were invited directly from Bungie, while others were chosen at random, so chances of people getting in were already pretty slim, but don’t let that get you down. As long as you’ve been invited through one of the other three methods, you’ll still get your chance to put Halo 3 to the test on Wednesday May 16th. There are some people who won’t even get into that, and moreover, there are people who don’t even have a 360, so consider yourself lucky! :)

Be sure to also check out the new Halo 3 Beta Test forum and keep a sharp eye out for a special early podcast with our first impressions of the beta and what you can expect from it!