Halo 03 |News & General| OFFICIAL

[DrCheese]

I canceled mine when I first heard of this, but it had already been posted.

Its crazy that no QA was done on these boxes in the first place, at least there's no way they could have done anything worthwhile with them considering such a large amount are damaged. I have mine behind me but I can't play it as I have to send it back unopened :( I know its nackered as I can hear the disks smacking against the bottom when its moved.

I think most people will get it changed by the retailer or complete the game and then send it off.

At least I have my standard edition arriving tomorrow :p

[zerolimit]

I am going to play co-op =)

[slickice11]

Boo! according to my gamer tag info I'm online right now playing Halo 3, lucky roommates! I'm still stuck at work

[rajputwarrior]

lol that sucks. i love this game!

[zerolimit]

i havent had time to play as much as I would like!

[LightIdea]

In recognition of the release of Halo 3, a highly anticipated video game by Microsoft and Bungie, MIT hackers adorned the John P. Harvard statue, in Harvard Yard, with a Spartan helmet. The back of the helmet, which is worn by the protagonist of the game, Master Chief, was labeled with ?Master Chief in Training.? The statue was decorated with an assault rifle (bullet count of 2E), as well as a Beaver emblem on the right shoulder.

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V127/N41/graphics/halo3.html

[Janitor]

oh dear :(

[iconboy]

i opened mine and noticed that it had come undon in the canister, but it works fine for me... although ... does the music go in and out or kinda skip in the intro movie during the select screen for anyone else?

[Valerus]

My brother said that his discs were dislodged and smudged. :|

[RaisinCain]

Sounds like Microsoft's quality assurance personnel need restructuring. Oh wait, do they even have any? :p

[downtheory]

I love this game. Picked my pre-ordered copy up this morning, and beat it about an hour ago. Been playing co-op non-stop all day with my brother. For me this is easily the best of the Halo series. I seriously can`t wait to get online. (Y) :)

Edited September 26, 2007 by downtheory

[Valerus]

haha that's insane

[Veedems Veteran]

Sounds like Microsoft's quality assurance personnel need restructuring. Oh wait, do they even have any? :p

No kidding. They can't seem to release anything without problems.

[Tech Star]

Well I just went to Costco and they were selling the Halo 3 XBOX 360 with Limited Edition pack. I bought it. $500...I hope my disk is not scratched.

[Cormier6083]

That's hot.

[goji]

Only at MIT haha.

[NoLiMiT06]

Well I just went to Costco and they were selling the Halo 3 XBOX 360 with Limited Edition pack. I bought it. $500...I hope my disk is not scratched.

Well my disc was scratched :( GameStop just gave me a new disk from the regular edition and MS is replacing the bonus disc if it's scratched. I got mine at midnight launch and I check before I drove off and I walked back up there like "I did not pay for this!" and everyone was like what!?!? No biggy though :p

[spenser.d]

Mine was a little scratched, but it works as if it wasn't, so I'm not too worried.

-Spenser

[Impact]

Its cool, cause all of it actually looks like its part of the statue.

[Leddy]

lol wtf?

[Tech Star]

I want it in LA. :D

[TDQuiksilver]

Bummer. This shouldn't really happen. Keeps reminding me of "Cat Scratch Fever" :laugh:

[NoLiMiT06]

So let me get this straight if I do what Spartan_X said I will have the ads on my current account as well? I will be 20 in Feb. but I still dont have ads. What the hell!?!?! Please help me.

[Morpheus Phreak]

i went to marketplace, clicked the ad, and it was charging people points.

so i went to new arrivals, and went to "33 days of Halo 3" and the blue, white, and red gamer pics were FREE (it's just a white, red or blue background with "33" in it).

the theme however, is NOT free.

You have to be clicking on the wrong ad then.

I clicked on the ad right on the main XBox Live page (ad at the bottom) and I grabbed the free theme, gamer pic, etc.

I get the list but only the pic and theme would dload. the other 2 dont respond to me seleting them.

Read those last 2 very carefully.

They state that they won't be available until 9/27 & 9/28.

[DrCheese]

No kidding. They can't seem to release anything without problems.

ya its not rocket science to test out the box either, put a few disks in and have it drove around in a car, walked around with or just generally abused. Its like 3/4 hours work at most and could have been done MONTHS ago before the game went gold.

Even if its a third party doing it, its still MS's fault for not ensuring correct QA or testing the finished product themselves. They can't say they didn't know about either because unless the box's magically appeared out of nowhere in stores someone would have handled them.