High Street retailer Gamestation is supporting the launch of Halo 3 next week by opening over 190 stores at midnight.
And the company's leading stores in Edinburgh and Birmingham will allow consumers who have pre-ordered the game to play head-to-head against one another via Xbox Live link-up.
"This game will be huge and Gamestation's midnight openings are not to be missed," commented Colin Betteridge, area manager of Gamestation.
"Our customers will have the chance to be amongst the first to get their hands on this final chapter of the Halo story."
The majority of Gamestation stores will be opening shortly before midnight on Tuesday, ahead of the official launch on Wednesday September 26.
Microsoft is offering three versions of Halo 3 for sale. The standard edition, the Halo 3 Collector's Edition and the Halo 3 Legendary Edition.