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"HALO 3" Beta not coming with Crackdown?

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Friday, February 16, 2007

In January I reported that Microsoft had confirmed that specially marked boxes of the game Crackdown would include Halo 3 Beta keys.  It was widely assumed that the beta would be beginning on or very near that date.

Apparently, that may not be the case.

According to 1up.com, the only date we have been given for the release of the Halo 3 beta is 'Spring', and the Halo 3 beta will not be playable when Crackdown releases on February 20th.

There is no word as to if the initial copies of Crackdown will be good for a Halo 3 beta entry whenever it is released.


KJ's Take:  Bungie is the king of delays.  That said, I expect the Halo 3 beta to launch right around the late March launch date of the PS3 in Europe.


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Comments/Responses
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jetpackjesus • Feb 16, 2007, 11:56am •
The specially marked Crackdown games come with a code that allows you to download the beta client via Live when the Beta launches. So the Crackdown thing still exists, last Bungie said about it.

ddiaz28 • Feb 16, 2007, 03:44pm •
That is correct. Bungie never said the Beta was going to be on the disc. Just the code to download it off Xbox live when it does get released, and that has always been set for the spring. There is no delay. And it has been reported that ALL copies of Crackdown will have these codes not just the initial batch. Was the point of this report to scare Halo fans? It made me nervous for about 2 seconds until I realized it got the facts all mixed up.

jetpackjesus • Feb 16, 2007, 05:18pm •
Same here, ddiaz28. I saw the headline and thought they were removing the codes from the game.

Also, Crackdown comes out on Feb. 27 or so, which is remarkably close to spring anyway so there isn't going to be a long wait. Besides, 2 rounds of people have already made it into the beta and they are waiting too. I don't understand how this story is at all surprising.

muchdrama • Feb 16, 2007, 05:39pm •
I'm not sure why you're so down on Bungie, KJ...they're only one of the most talented developers in the biz.

DarkJedi • Feb 16, 2007, 07:34pm •
Jetpack, the Crackdown release date is still listed as 2/20/07.

This isn't KJ's news so he didn't exactly write anything wrong. This is a story on EGM(Electronic Gaming Monthly) at 1up.com He's passing it along on to us.


muchdrama • Feb 17, 2007, 01:25am •
KJ's constantly ragging on Bungie for perceived flaws.

Guess what? They don't exist!

karlschneider • Feb 17, 2007, 01:47am •
To go from Halo to Halo 2, your company obviously has flaws.

kjsucks6996 • Feb 17, 2007, 09:22am •
KJ sucks.

kaybar • Feb 17, 2007, 11:49am •
hahaha, Halo was an innovative game, halo 2 was pretty shitty. Save your anticipation for Half Life 3

jezuitx • Feb 19, 2007, 03:55pm •
At no point did ANYONE say the Halo 3 beta was coming with Crackdown. They said the Beta KEY was coming with Crackdown. Jesus Christ between people not knowing how to get into the beta and people not knowing about the key you'd think this entire industry and the people who follow it were retarded.

Crackdown has a beta key...the beta will start this spring...it will be a beta and not the finished game. These are not tough topics to grasp.

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