Come and get it: Halo 3 Public Beta Guide

I can't play this, can I? (I don't have a 360, but assuming I just got one today or something)

@ 1 :If you got a Xbox 360 and a copy Crackdown then yes.

You know, i figured the amount of Halo hype would be completely intolerable

but for some reason it doesn't seem half as bad as i thought it would

Oh well, i'll be happy as long as they try to make it less Halo 2 and more Halo 1

Joystiq, would it be possible to get more Halo coverage? This penny-ante shit is maddening.

FWIW; I started playing it last night. I have to admit, after a few minutes of playing it with the new controller set up, it works well. It rekindled the want to play Halo in me for the last Halo 2 multiplayer matches I played in, oh about a year ago, sucked. Hopefully with this testing, they can weed out the cheaters. Graphically, it looks great, I'm not sure why people are up on that. The only thing I would assume they could work on is the character models, they are the same. But then again, this is part 3 of the game, what more can you really change.

setting my alarm for 5:00 AM now.

They must have issued another patch because all of my saved films still work fine - including one from 4 days ago.

@Jolo99

"@ 1 :If you got a Xbox 360 and a copy Crackdown then yes."

He'll also need a Gold account. The Beta is worthless without it.

at what time exactly is it avialable to download?

How is it that some people have been playing this for days now?

@Sesur
You are correct, he will also need a Gold Account. If you buy a new Xbox 360 you get a month of gold free and the beta is only 3 weeks so you should be fine.

@10

Press invites and Friends and Family invites for some members of Halo and Bungie community sites. Usually there's been about 500-1500 players on at a time for the last few days, and probably less than 10 thousand total.

At what time is the Beta going to be downloadable tomorrow? I can't seem to find that information...

I have Crackdown but is it sappose to come with a code or do you just download it from the marketplace?