Crackdown needed for every playthrough of Halo 3 beta

Well, there go our hopes of playing this direct from a rental. A closer inspection of the Halo 3 beta invitation tells us that there’s no way (short of working for Bungie) to play the beta without actually owning your copy of Crackdown and using it with each playthrough.

The card that comes with Crackdown (seen on the right) says something about in the very center of the card:

You’ll find the Download Halo 3 Beta option under Downloads on the Main Menu in Crackdown, but the option is grayed out until the Halo 3 Beta becomes available.

When the Halo 3 Beta is released, the Download Halo 3 Beta option will be activated automatically, and you can choose it to connect to Xbox Live Marketplace to download the beta, free of charge, and with no codes required.

The translation of this would mean that for each time you wish to access the Halo 3 beta, you’d need to go through the Crackdown disc to get to the proper area in the Marketplace that offers it. Therefore, you’ll be unable to access the beta without always having a Crackdown disc at hand.

That being said, now would be a good time for friends to pool their resources, buy one copy of the game, and then share in the experience, trading controller use every hour or so. Whether it ends up being a friendship builder or not, all we can really say is that’s one well-played piece of protection right there.

Well, there go our hopes of playing this direct from a rental. A closer inspection of the Halo 3 beta invitation tells us that there’s no way (short of working for Bungie) to play the beta without actually owning your copy of Crackdown and using it with each playthrough.

The card that comes with Crackdown (seen on the right) says something about in the very center of the card:

You’ll find the Download Halo 3 Beta option under Downloads on the Main Menu in Crackdown, but the option is grayed out until the Halo 3 Beta becomes available.

When the Halo 3 Beta is released, the Download Halo 3 Beta option will be activated automatically, and you can choose it to connect to Xbox Live Marketplace to download the beta, free of charge, and with no codes required.

The translation of this would mean that for each time you wish to access the Halo 3 beta, you’d need to go through the Crackdown disc to get to the proper area in the Marketplace that offers it. Therefore, you’ll be unable to access the beta without always having a Crackdown disc at hand.

That being said, now would be a good time for friends to pool their resources, buy one copy of the game, and then share in the experience, trading controller use every hour or so. Whether it ends up being a friendship builder or not, all we can really say is that’s one well-played piece of protection right there.