Crackdown Is The ‘Key’ To Getting In The Halo 3 Beta
The Halo 3 site updated what the link between Crackdown and the Halo 3 beta will be. You see kids, the Crackdown disc will actually be a “key” to be able to download the Halo 3. Here’s the official word from Bungie:
When Crackdown hits store shelves (Feb 20 - North America, Feb 22 - Asian territories, Feb 24 - European markets), and you still haven’t secured a place in the Halo 3 multiplayer public beta you can still get in via specially marked boxes of Crackdown. These boxes of Crackdown include an invite to participate in the coveted Halo 3 multiplayer beta program when it becomes available. When the Halo 3 multiplayer beta surfaces in spring 2007, those owners of Crackdown that have access to an Xbox 360 Pro console or an Xbox 360 Core console with hard drive and a valid Xbox Live Gold subscription simply need to load their copy of Crackdown into Xbox 360 and use the disc as a key to download the beta from Xbox Live Marketplace and join the battle in Halo 3 multiplayer.
So for those you who were thinking about buying a copy of Crackdown, taking the Halo 3 beta invite, and then returning the game, it looks like you’ll be stuck with your game until March. None of you are going to do that because Crackdown is going to be the shiznit.
Microsoft, Xbox 360, Crackdown, Halo 3, beta, invitation
January 22nd, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Crap there goes my plan.
This game better be good or I’m blaming you, BB.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:33 pm
No problem Chad, if it turns out to be crap, then I’ll direct you to the crackdown forums where you can tell the developers how you think. BTW: Tomorrow the demo goes up on Marketplace, so I suggest you try it there and see if you like it or not.
January 23rd, 2007 at 6:46 am
Im about to turn on my 360 to download the demo.
My plan so far with this Beta is, wait for email invite this week, if not:
Play 3 hours of halo 2 for that rules of 3 thing, wait for invite, if not:
Buy Crackdown and sell on eBay (unless this demo is that good…but like I said.. about to download it now, I hope it impresses.. im so lazy when it comes to ebaying stuff)
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:00 am
Gotta admit it’s a clever way to leverage the popularity of one property to push another…
January 24th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
God, the demo to this game sucked. I knew I wouldn’t like it… it’s just a dumb GTA clone with some other junk added so its not a direct rip off.
January 24th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Paul:
I played single-player and co-op and I could tell you the demo is a lot more fun if you play the game with a friend. At first, we were kicking the crap out of the bad guys, but then, we started goofing off, throwing dead bodies at each other, creating 15 car pile-ups and then throwing grenades into the pile. This game is what you make it… if you are just going to run around and complete the “missions”, then it could get boring real quick. But if you are with someone else, it could be a lot of fun.