Microsoft Announces Two Additional Paths of Entry to Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta

[dmiller68]

Originally Posted by Nolimit4show

I want to get Crackdown baddly now, I was gonna wait for a while but Microsoft had to go and do this!
I was gonna give a list of games i wanted to some Engineer who works for microsoft cause he gets 30% off of games and accesories, but he goes twice a year to the microsoft store, cause he only gets 1000 credits to spend, Febuary was the month but Probably after Feb. 20th. now i gotta pay full price!

June is the renew date and all games are $25, the accessories vary the HD addon is only 5% off. I'm a MS Alumni, I get 600 credits...

[D_Litch]

Originally Posted by GoatMother

Crackdown looks fun to me.

Me too. I'm a sucker for online, jump-in co-op.

[dmiller68]

Originally Posted by Nolimit4show

I want to get Crackdown baddly now, I was gonna wait for a while but Microsoft had to go and do this!
I was gonna give a list of games i wanted to some Engineer who works for microsoft cause he gets 30% off of games and accesories, but he goes twice a year to the microsoft store, cause he only gets 1000 credits to spend, Febuary was the month but Probably after Feb. 20th. now i gotta pay full price!

June is the renew date and all games are $25. I'm a MS Alumni, I get 600 credits...

Also remember the MS store only has MS published games.

[AlphaQ GehaD]

When you Say MS Published you mean they won't have all Xbox 360 games?

Grand theft Auto, Crackdown, Lost Planet, Forza Motor Sport, Fight Night, Huxley?

so no matter what all games are $25 plus tax?

Alson 5% off is lmao, yes something is better than nothing but still lame.

[dmiller68]

No they do not have all...

In your list:
Forza Motor Sport

Current Titles:
GOW
Viva Pinata
Ninety Nine Nights
Kameo
PGR3
Perfect Dark
Live Arcade Unplugged

That's it no more...

[Wondermonkey]

From Bungie...

"if you signed up for the beta after seeing the Halo 3 commercial last month, you can expect to hear between January 22nd to 26th."

[Jon Liu]

Hmmmm... I wonder if I made it or not!!!! I hope I do because this beta could change my mind into actually getting Halo 3. That's if I don't suck too badly at it, of course.

[KEEZY]

Yes. If I got into the Beta, I would be a beacon of light to all of the doubters of the Halo game. I will speak out in the streets, and plead to my foolish brothers to repent and pre-order Halo 3. The Beta will set you free.

[D_Litch]

I'm buying H3 for the SP.............Seriously.

[KEEZY]

It appears that the actual game disc will have the code on it to get the Beta.

From Halo3.com:

Crackdown
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.

While I'm feelin curzy... how do you interpret this?

The Rule of Three Program
The "Rule of Three" program is currently planned for gamers (17 years and older) in the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia) and Canada who have access to an Xbox 360 Pro console or an Xbox 360 Core console with hard drive, a valid Xbox Live Gold subscription and the Halo 2 game.

It is a two-step process:
1. Participate in at least three hours of Halo 2 multiplayer sessions on your Xbox 360 console via Xbox Live during the three (3) day period beginning February 1st at 12:01 am EST and ending February 3rd at 11:59 pm EST.
2. After the three day window is over, head back over to www.halo3.com on February 5th and register.

If you are one of the FIRST 13,333 to do this (and meet the above requirements) you will receive an invite notification in February to participate in the Halo 3 Beta.

To me it sounds like you can't register until February 5th, so the logjam will be trying to register at 12:01 on Feb. 5th, not racing to register once you have completed 3 hours of Halo 2 matchmaking. At least that gives you a chance to catch your breath during those 3 days.