Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Talk to you in 3 weeks
[UPDATE: 1:58PM EST] Bungie and/or MSFT totally botched the launch for those trying to download the Halo 3 beta via Crackdown. I was online this morning at 8am when Bungie's countdown clock hit 0 and the download never showed up. And now, 6 hours later, there is still not ETA for a fix (although Bungie and MSFT have acknowledged the problem).
I'm glad I only rented the game. I can only imagine how pissed I'd be if I shelled out $60 to get access to the beta and then get locked out on launch day.
Interestingly, both of the free options for getting into the beta are apparently working.
[UPDATE: 11:12PM EST] All problems have been resolved. I am downloading the beta as I type this. Bungie has a report on the whole mess here. The really important part is that they've extended the beta period by a full 4 days. Sweet!
[UPDATE: 1:58PM EST] Bungie and/or MSFT totally botched the launch for those trying to download the Halo 3 beta via Crackdown. I was online this morning at 8am when Bungie's countdown clock hit 0 and the download never showed up. And now, 6 hours later, there is still not ETA for a fix (although Bungie and MSFT have acknowledged the problem).
I'm glad I only rented the game. I can only imagine how pissed I'd be if I shelled out $60 to get access to the beta and then get locked out on launch day.
Interestingly, both of the free options for getting into the beta are apparently working.
[UPDATE: 11:12PM EST] All problems have been resolved. I am downloading the beta as I type this. Bungie has a report on the whole mess here. The really important part is that they've extended the beta period by a full 4 days. Sweet!
¶ 7:39 AM 
Comments:
The X-Box may have to mysteriously become unplugged after the baby comes :)
posted by 
Amy : 9:43 AM
Amy : 9:43 AM Are you using crackdown, because I tried downloading before work and it was a no go, download box still grey.
posted by Jim-GamePron : 12:30 PM
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