Halo 3 Beta Via Crackdown Not For Core Owners

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:30:30 MST

Sorry, Core Pack Xbox 360 owners, but you really should have known better. Those of you sporting an Xbox 360 sans hard drive are going to be, unsurprisingly, shut out of the Halo 3 beta if you purchase your copy of Crackdown hoping to secure a spot. We're basing that on the new boxart for the North American release of Crackdown, courtesy of this week's Bungie update.

Sure, you can go out and buy that hard drive now, but for those of you leaning toward purchasing the oft-slighted "'tard pack" to get your Halo 3 fix, just don't do it.

Some brief clarification on just how this works was also given:

Basically, if you buy a specially marked copy of Crackdown for Xbox 360, in the US (details for other regions will be decided by those territories) then you will receive some kind of code allowing you to play in the Halo 3 Beta.

Got it! But why Crackdown? You'll have to head to Bungie for the answer. Michael McWhertor

Bungie Weekly Update

$100 Xbox 360 Confirmed (Definitely)

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:20:51 MST

It's official. The Xbox 360 will be a cheap-ass $100 tomorrow, Thanksgiving day, at 11 AM PST (2 PM EST, other times in unimportant time zones) at Amazon.com.

If you're stewing (like me) at not being able to find a Wii or PlayStation 3, ready to settle for with a "chill" white Xbox 360, you better have fast fingers. These are going to go quick. There are only a thousand of them and millions are aware of the deal.

Keep in mind this is for the Xbox 360 Core system, which comes sans hard drive, with wired controllers and a shameful matte white loading tray. Michael McWhertor

Xbox 360 Core System [Amazon]
$100 Xbox 360 Confirmed (Pretty Much) [Kotaku]

Kotaku: tard pack

Halo 3 Beta Via Crackdown Not For Core Owners

$100 Xbox 360 Confirmed (Definitely)