MS offers Halo 3 reassurance

By Tom Bramwell Published 26 January, 2007

Says entire first shipment of Crackdown features invites.

Microsoft has reassured gamers worried about not finding a Halo 3 beta invitation in their copy of Crackdown.

"The initial shipment of Crackdown at retail will include access to the Halo 3 beta," a spokesperson wrote on Gamerscoreblog. "The 'initial shipment' is pretty huge, so there will be enough to go around."

And yes, that does include UK versions of the game.

It all reminds us a bit of Zone of the Enders 2, really: truckloads of gamers chomping at the bit to get their hands on one game so they can gain demo access to something else. Let's hope Real Time Worlds' effort can keep people satisfied as well as offering them a way in to another Master Chief runaround.

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Comments (20) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • BadBoyBonner #1 5 years ago

    The demo was very good.

  • Scurrminator #2 5 years ago

    that's zone of the enders 1 actually, fire this reporter and give me the job

  • Kazzahdrane #3 5 years ago

    I was talking about this at work with my collegues, our sales of Crackdown are going to be so skewed no one will know if it's actually a popular game. I've not had a chance to play the demo yet so can't comment, but I've heard it's better than most people expected.

    Still, RTW will have a big hit on their hands and they'll have to hope that they actually made a good game.

  • Stu #4 5 years ago

    Can I have a job too, while you're at it.

  • peteb #5 5 years ago

    me too, i make a great tea!

  • MrFlintBlackman #6 5 years ago

    Ha ha! stupied!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Don't make a cheap shot at the game if your going to fuck it up!

  • asphaltcowboy #7 5 years ago

    Well, I'm actually more interested in Crackdown than Halo 3 - the demo is awesome!

  • BraveArse #8 5 years ago

    it's a great demo - imo RTW have nowt to worry about.

  • sanctusmortis #9 5 years ago

    Well, I'm more interested in the game than the invite, so maybe just maybe I'll let someone have my key when I get it...

  • alpha-0ne #10 5 years ago

    "I was talking about this at work with my collegues, our sales of Crackdown are going to be so skewed no one will know if it's actually a popular game. I've not had a chance to play the demo yet so can't comment, but I've heard it's better than most people expected. "

    I dont get you a sale is a sale, think back to zone of enders 2???, it had a demo for MGS on it..

    Anyway the demo of crackdown proves its definitely worth a purchase anyway

  • Rambaldi #11 5 years ago

    I just hope they keep a quota of places for us Europeans

    /pictures hordes of sweaty americans getting there a day early and drinking all the beer

  • in5ane #12 5 years ago

    I'm really disappointed how many people will be in the beta to be honest. I secured my beta access a while back, but with tens of thousands being given away in competitions in addition to the Crackdown deal, it'll be as busy as any other Live game. And that's not a bad thing because I'm being elitist, but because some of my best online experiences have been with beta tests with only a few thousand involved (e.g. SOCOM, Moto GP)

    It's also a shame that Crackdown will be remembered as the Halo 3 beta game, as it's good enough to be a million seller all on it's own, especially at this time of year.

  • jackstar #13 5 years ago

    Well, I'm more interested in the game than the invite, so maybe just maybe I'll let someone have my key when I get it...

    Dont..say..the..key..word. remember vanguard!

  • bioreit #14 5 years ago

    Plyaying the demo all last night - managed to get full levels (hopefully can get higher in the full retail) on four of the abilities.

    Have to say, it's a bonza game. If you played a big green character and didn't have the guns, it would be a smashing Hullk game (which is A Good Thing).

    The fact you have guns and grenades and can drive cars just makes it infinitely more enjoyable.

    And I can see the Live co-op making this game last way longer than any GTA game, to be honest - I've always been a fan of any game that lets me create my own kind of games with my mates, long after we've completed them.

    City-scape races has me salivating...

  • MEGAJIMZ #15 5 years ago

    uh oh! Tom!!! the people are after your job ;)

  • mcmonkeyplc #16 5 years ago

    at the moment

    Crackdown>Halo 3

    Yes I said that.

  • mcmonkeyplc #17 5 years ago

    "I'm really disappointed how many people will be in the beta to be honest. I secured my beta access a while back, but with tens of thousands being given away in competitions in addition to the Crackdown deal, it'll be as busy as any other Live game. And that's not a bad thing because I'm being elitist, but because some of my best online experiences have been with beta tests with only a few thousand involved (e.g. SOCOM, Moto GP)

    It's also a shame that Crackdown will be remembered as the Halo 3 beta game, as it's good enough to be a million seller all on it's own, especially at this time of year."

    Halo 3 needs stress testing like no other console game in existance. Better they use the results of this beta to fix any problems caused by the probably huge uptake of online play than them having to fix the full version.

  • Xerx3s #18 5 years ago

    Crackdown>Halo 3

    You used to be such a good troll. Even rotj can do better than this. :(

  • davisorle #19 5 years ago

    Post deleted at 20:44:35 16-04-2012

  • SomaticSense #20 5 years ago

    I'll be fucking pissed off if I can't find a copy of this because of the bloody Halo 3 beta.

    Give me Halo 3 when the game is finished and released, but at least let me get a copy of Crackdown - a game I actually want believe it or not - without having it sold out because of greedy fuckers wanting to play a demo who are not actually interested in the game they bought. If this is sold out because a bunch of people have bought it without wanting it, I'll be FUMING.