Xbox Live down - Halo 3 beta coming up? *UPDATE* |
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UPDATE: Major Nelson informs that Xbox Live is now back online. He mentioned that some "may see a little weirdness as all the different parts of the service sync up". But he assures that that will go away shortly and your gaming will be back to normal.
And about that rumored Halo 3 multiplayer beta, no folks, the Major did not give out any Halo 3-related announcement. Keep checking us up for updates though!
Could the reason why Xbox Live decided to take a break about now is because the Halo 3 multiplayer beta is knocking at the door? We tried checking the Xbox.com link mentioned in the Bungie forums. Right now, even Xbox.com is under maintenance. But the forum post mentions that the downtime is for maintenance only, not an update.
The theory being brought up by said Bungie forum member is that Microsoft wouldn't want something as big (estimated at over 1GB) and as hot as the Halo 3 beta to clog up the XBL pipes, so they're probably tricking out the service to ensure smooth delivery and running of the beta (and of course, all without stepping on the toes of anyone trying to download "Good Times With Weapons" or something...).
Or maybe they're just cleaning out the pipes, who knows? Diggsters are skeptical of the theory. The only confirmation we'll get of this theory is when XBL goes back up, and all those lucky (deleted) who got Beta keys let out a collective whoop of joy (or die from it, in which case, can we have your key?).
Guess what: just recently, at Twitter, Major Nelson says he's got a surprise waiting for us today. Curiouser and curiouser.
On the other hand, Bungie themselves aren't saying anything, other than (a) XBL is down, and (b) "when service is restored, Xbox Live will be better and more stable than ever before." Useful for the Halo 3 beta, no doubt, but again Bungie makes no specific commitments.
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hey i dont know if this would mean anything, but if you go to bungie.net it says 3 people are online in Halo 2 right now on the home page near the top right and xbox live is still down.
cause u know, i give a *****
Live has gone down a couple times for "maintenance" over the last 6 months or so....
although, one time was for the crackdown beta....
Meh, who knows, I sure would love it, as it's my b-day today, and I would like to kick some ass in halo again...
but live has been up for an hour now.
oohhhh i so hope this is the beta.. that would be the *****ttt!!
xbox live has had this day in with scheduled maintenance for quite some time now, it was for 14 hours. Now you guys are just adding hype and speculation to maintenance....
Grow up please
you guys are gay
hey halo 3 is the worst game ever, no one will compare it to the best game of F.E.A.R. so suck it
because of the massive booging down of the servers because of oblivions shivering isles and Halo 3 beta coming up so they wanted to do an update on servers so there wont be no slow down or lag in your games like there was when the video camera came out
its probably those new Halo 2 maps they said 360 owners would be getting remember?
if anthing it going to be that
awesome
what the hell do you mean, this is the best damn game to ever be made *****, ill kick your ass if you make another *****ty comment about the game.
It's a good game but not the best game ever made.