Golly gee willikers, it looks like the Bungie team has finally posted an update on this whole Crackdown slash Halo 3 beta fiasco. According to SketchFactor, Microsoft has pinpointed the download problem, implemented a fix, and is doing some final testing as you read this blog. So, with any luck, the Halo 3 beta will be available for Crackdown downloaders in roughly 3-6 hours which is only like ... 15 or so hours later than expected. But don't worry, Bungie cares about your feelings and apologizes for the minor (some say major) inconvenience, because they really do feel bad. Keep your eyes peeled and your Crackdown disc at arm's length, we're in for one long night of extremely slow downloading.[Thanks, to everyone who sent this in]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
5-16-2007 @ 8:14PM
Roy Warner said...
YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!! I'm excited now! Now if I win the Poker tourney I'm in tonight will be perfect!
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5-16-2007 @ 8:14PM
spamsphen said...
I want it now!!! :)
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5-16-2007 @ 8:16PM
Drunkenshaolin said...
lets hope this stop the babys from crying now...My god ive never read on the halo3 beta forums show much shit...just wish all there gamer tags got took down and band already...lol
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5-16-2007 @ 8:23PM
robk said...
ok so it should be up between now and 11! hells yes
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5-16-2007 @ 8:24PM
robk said...
just kidding, between 11 pm and 1 am....oh well, im gon be tired in school tomorrow
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5-16-2007 @ 8:31PM
Scott said...
I can do nothing but point and laugh at the people who took off from work for this.
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5-16-2007 @ 8:33PM
kingofwale said...
PS3 owner here.
I was invited to a Beta party (well, just my girlfriend's friend hosting it for people to come and play the game) last night.
we were pretty disappointed. but let's hope they deliver tonight, because making people stay up 2 nights in a row is JUST WRONG.
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5-16-2007 @ 8:38PM
Jonah Falcon said...
I'll play tomorrow. No reason I *need* to play "RIGHT NOW!!!"
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5-16-2007 @ 8:49PM
Next-Gen-Gamer said...
17. @13
what make you think I stayed up or night?
or bought a crackdown in order to play Halo 3 Beta?
Or even have an xbox 360?
Idiot.
Posted at 7:46PM on May 16th 2007 by kingofwale
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Don't let him fool you. He's just here to troll, just like he does everywhere else. One minute he doesn't know shit about the Wii, and the next minute he's played it for hours on end. One minute he despises Halo, and the next minute he's going to a party for the beta.
Just rip on Bungie like you want to, and leave.
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5-16-2007 @ 8:50PM
Drunkenshaolin said...
@7 no one made anyone stay up all night, it was there own doing..
they can go to sleep anytime they want.
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5-16-2007 @ 8:50PM
Krazy Koala said...
I'm glad this thing happened because it made it easier to decide to watch the Senators game instead, Halo 3 will still be Halo 3 tomorrow.
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5-16-2007 @ 8:56PM
kingofwale said...
>Just rip on Bungie like you want to, and leave.
Did you read my post? yeah, it was ALL about ripping Bungie.
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5-16-2007 @ 9:03PM
Arno said...
@7, so you did stay up all night. Fuckin' tard...
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5-16-2007 @ 9:09PM
kingofwale said...
>13. @7, so you did stay up all night. Fuckin' tard...
yeah, because we didn't get Halo 3, we stayed up all night playing "spin the bottle" you idiot
we went HOME, of course and went to bed, like any logical and normal person would do.
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5-16-2007 @ 9:14PM
Newshot Studio said...
Can we at least get a one day extension?
Maybe two extra days. The second to compensate with the anger that I am feeling right now.
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5-16-2007 @ 9:17PM
DaveTehWave said...
I think they did it on purpose to prevent the servers from melting from all the DL.
Then again, there are gonna be a *lot* of Crackdown DLs hitting once the fix does hit.
Since I'm currently @ work, I hope it's ready to go by the time I get home @ Midnight EDT.
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5-16-2007 @ 9:35PM
Witbyt said...
I just got the update when I loaded up the disc, but when I got to the menu, it was still greyed out.....WTF?!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!
btw...thank you still bungie for letting us (soon) beta test!
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5-16-2007 @ 9:49PM
kingofwale said...
>btw...thank you still bungie for letting us (soon) beta test!
I think we should give Bungie the benefit of he doubt and wait until 12:01 AM EST. if they STILL couldn't do it, then let hell break loose.
I can imagine (and hope) they are working their butts off on this right now.
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5-16-2007 @ 10:06PM
jruphoff said...
I just got the update and am now downloading the beta game.....just a few min left!!!!!!!
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5-16-2007 @ 10:11PM
v01 said...
nothing here yet
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