Buy Halo 3 Beta invitation, get Crackdown (for free!)

by James Ransom-Wiley on Dec 27th 2006 7:25PM

According to an ad in the latest issue of Gamepro, Microsoft will start selling Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta invitations for $60 beginning February 20 -- oh, and each golden ticket comes with a game called Crackdown.

Fine print reads: Limited time offer -- look for specially marked boxes.

[Thanks, zewone]

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Tags: Action-Sandbox, Beta, Crackdown, Halo-3, Invitation, Invite, Microsoft, Multiplayer, Realtime-Worlds, Riot-Act, Xbox-360, Xbox-Live

Reader Comments (52)

this confirms that Bungie will announce who got into the beta (by the halo 3 site) by mid February. Cause anyone that didn't will be rushing to buy crackdown.

I see what you did there.

Har har har

Oh god, and I thought micro transactions were bad. Now we have to pay for demo's or beta testing??

Guess we know what game will sell good this February =P but specially market eh? So how many you think will there be?

yea well that is enough to warrent the purchase of crackdown...

how does this work? will every game come with one? or just a few lucky copies.

HAHAHA

Why can't people just wait a few months? I don't see what the big deal is with Halo. Great game, but it's not "OH MI GAWD I JUS CUM MI P@NTZ" good.

Is it cheaper if you only want Crackdown?

"2. Oh god, and I thought micro transactions were bad. Now we have to pay for demo's or beta testing??"

Are you really this thick?

I see what you did..... So, if you get Crackdown, you get the Halo 3 beta? Good thing I pre-ordered it a while ago!

Didnt MS just get ticked at a site selling the invitations they were going to be receiving? Talk about a two way street in a way. Though granted, its like you are buying the game and have a chance at being in a beta for Halo 2. Still doesnt make it cool as all they are doing is trying to pad the numbers for the game by having a far more popular game name tied to it.

w00t!!

i have been really looking into the game lately, and i actually think it looks pretty sweet.

You preordered Crackdown?

oh damn i guess i need to preorder Crackdown.

does this mean that every copy of Crackdown will have the beta code/copy of the beta?

i called it way back when the people were selling these invites were yanked - this is a gold mine MS will not ignore.

^^lol @ preordering crackdown.
I wonder if this will apply in the UK. Anyone know when Crackdown is out in the UK?

Gee, some of you are really slow. Thanks for pointing them out James.

Lol at #2, dumbass. Its free.

This is almost a guarantee that Crackdown will be a mediocre game at best.

5. Is it cheaper if you only want Crackdown?

LOL. Halo has always been fun but I can't believe how much people buy into the hype. I personally lost interest at some point after the "Wazzaaaaahhh!" video they released, c. 1998.

I'm not joking =(

Its a new game and MS want to promote it so they are attaching a well known and loved game in the form of this beta.

Others have said this but look at the the PS2 Zone of Enders and its Metal Gear Solid 2 demo it was so sought after the game stores were selling the demo itself out of the used copies they got in the store. The game turned out to be quite fun but how many people would have passed it by had it not been for the demo. Dragon Quest for the PS2 though not a no name title, but one that had been laking the exposer it enjoyed in Japan got a little boost with a FFXII demo.

Why would you PAY to do their beta testing?

I bet this will get a nice sum on eBay though.

DQVIII did not need the FFXII demo to sell in Japan; DQ is far more popular there than FF is. The demo was just Square Enix wanting to generate interest for FF in the millions who would buy DQ.

SCREW HALO 3!! R6V IS THE BEST SHOOTER EVER, PERIOD!!

time for the ol' "buy, take out code, return" maneuver.

What a load of crap... I guess this is their way of selling a ton of Crackdown copies... probably bodes poorly for the game... This is the same crap that Konami pulled with Zone of the Enders and the MGS2 demo.

I was going to buy crackdown anyway, this is a sweet bonus.

Honestly, am I the only one who actually wants to play Crackdown. As far as graphics, it may not be the flashiest game out there, but it doesn't look bad, and the comic-like appearence certainly seems to fit, from what I've heard of the story. And, as for the gameplay, well, it's sandbox, so I'm there anyways...I just can't believe people are so hard on this game. I mean, really, what is so wrong with it, I'm not sure?

Man, people are morons. How can they not get that...

We are making fun of the fact that people will spend $60 on this game, not because they want to play Crackdown but because they want to play Halo 3.

Actually, I think a number of us are making fun of the way the story is written, as if you would spend all that money on the game SIMPLY for the opportunity to play the beta version of Halo.

Remember when Wing Commander was at the movie theaters and people bought tickets just to see the Star Wars trailer before the movie, then left? Kinda the same thing.

Every game has it's supporters and non supporters. I'm sure there's a number of people out there who couldn't care less about Halo, but are probably interested in Crackdown.

LOL @ #22

I plan on doing the same. I'll be buying mine from Sam's Club.

Ah, I assumed it was sort of tongue-in-cheek, but there just seemed to be a lot of resentment towards the actually game. Personally, I could care less about Halo 3 - I mean, the first one was decent and all, but I didn't even bother to pick up the third, so it is doubtful this one will make its way into my library.

If I'm not picked anyways, I'll be first in line for Crackdown.

Open, remove invitation, reseal, return. If I'm feeling moral I'll sell it opened on eBay or to GameStop.

I would pay $60 for halo 3 multi... if I were rich and got crackdown, well yes indeed.

It reminds me a lot of the ZOE game that came in my MGS2 Demo disk I paid $49 for in 2000.

ok how stupid can you guys be read the damn thing really really hard it says they are giving it away with crackdown if you can get the right specially marked box dumbasses.

Crackdown really doesn't need a promotion like this. I was going to buy this game anyway.

I see what you did there....

I'm another that wants to get Crackdown, the movies that I saw of the game seemed pretty cool. It appears that its more like Mercenaries than GTA which I dont mind.

I was gonna buy Crackdown anyways. Just because they put a Halo 3 beta offer in doesn't make me want the game any more. Crackdown itself looks freakin' awesome and this Halo 3 beta is just icing on the cake.

Wow, do people not read this crap?

First off, you are NOT buying the demo. This is exactly like Xbox 1 games with free 2-month LIVE codes. However, instead of an online service, you are getting the chance to Beta test.

I myself wanted Crackdown before I heard about this. I now have the motivation to pick it up on launch.

M$ knows what they are doing. Some of you may bitch and moan, but at the end of the day, Crackdown WILL sell quite well now.

How come everyone's so sure this is even real? Could easily be a photoshoped fake, look at the texture around the text. It does say "limited time offer - look for specially marked boxes" on the bottom.

All preordered copies are guaranteed to have the Halo 3 Beta. Atleast thats what Gamestop and/or EB said. It will probably only have 1 level, limited weapons and game types. Don't get too excited.

i think im just going to borrow my friends or rent it at blockbuster 60 bucks ... seriously

Listen up ladies, nobody cares about "Crackdown". Sounds like a noob game anyway. We're basically all here because of the header of H3. Don't pay pay 60 bucks for the shit, copy the beta version off of my webpage. Email me for the link, it's free.

crack down is a very fun game i download the demo of it.

i have never played crackdown before but it sounds like a preaty good game. the grafics look 4x as good as halos and not to mention nba jam the first 1 k
but were all here for one reason and 1 reason only
halo
personly i think 2 is better than 1 but 3 is better than all combined.
i get this magizene every month from gamepro
this months had a 2 page story on halo 3
it told me about the new wepons and a new veical
it had the sparton laser,the brute spiker,and the brute spike gernade
the new 4 weeled mabob was a mongoos it caries only 2 people. the driver and the passenger.
there might be a new control option a sprint
i just hope bungie come through with the last halo

you all are turds!

right you idiots..first you need the DISK of CRACKDOWN to play HALO 3 BETA. second of all...its only an effin fps!! times change..things move on. it has to be something pretty special to make a mark in todays gaming world. you all have just been roped in and taken aboard bungies hype bandwagon. bunch of sheep.

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