Xbox Live down - Halo 3 beta coming up? *UPDATE*

Posted Mar 27, 2007 at 4:26PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Bungie Studios, Major Nelson, Microsoft, SYNC, Twitter

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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!

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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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# 3 people are online in halo 2 right now — Guest 2007-03-27 14:23

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.

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# i really care — Guest 2007-03-27 14:38

cause u know, i give a *****

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# Doubt it... — Shatterdome 2007-03-27 14:46

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...

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# . — Guest 2007-03-27 15:16

but live has been up for an hour now.

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# plz plz — Guest 2007-03-27 15:26

oohhhh i so hope this is the beta.. that would be the *****ttt!!

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# dummies — Guest 2007-03-27 18:08

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

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# duuuhhhhh — Guest 2007-03-28 03:16

you guys are gay

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# ***** ya — Guest 2007-03-28 03:19

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

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# the true reason why they shut down servers — Guest 2007-03-28 03:56

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

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# gsd — Guest 2007-03-28 04:27

its probably those new Halo 2 maps they said 360 owners would be getting remember?

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# TRUE THAT — Guest 2007-03-28 05:35

if anthing it going to be that

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# Coolest man alive — Guest 2007-03-28 16:46

awesome

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# you *****er — Guest 2007-03-28 16:48

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.

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# `231232132 — Guest 2007-03-29 09:30

It's a good game but not the best game ever made.

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