Halo: Reach

[Failed]

gotta catch 'em all

[GamerMan316]

Halo: Reach leaked

Halo: Reach fans have been urged to "go dark" following the leak of the Xbox 360 exclusive onto the internet weeks before its official release.

Moderators of the US studio's forum issued the warning after a hacker group claimed to have obtained the game from Microsoft's own website.

"Posting to Discuss, Request, or Link To information or campaign spoilers from illegitimately obtained sources - including illegitimately obtained copies of Halo: Reach - before the game is officially released will be considered a leak and will be treated as such," moderators said on Bungie's forum.

"The moderation team is doing their best, but if you want to stay 100 per cent spoiler free, our best advice is to 'go dark' by staying off all internet gaming forums until you have played through the game!"

Halo: Reach, due out 14th September, was made available to download by reviewers from the official Xbox Live Marketplace website.

The 7GB download is priced at 99999 MS Points (£856.66).

The hackers apparently bypassed Microsoft's security and acquired the science fiction shooter.

Microsoft will no doubt be seething that the Xbox 360's biggest Christmas exclusive is playable ahead of its release despite the hackers' promise that they're "not really planning" to release the title publicly on the internet.

Somebody obviously planned to: the game is currently available on file sharing sites.

"We are aware of claims being made regarding a security exploit related to Halo: Reach and are aggressively investigating the matter," a spokesperson told IGN.

"We have no further details to share at this time."

[dfusioness]

Halo: Reach leaked

Halo: Reach fans have been urged to "go dark" following the leak of the Xbox 360 exclusive onto the internet weeks before its official release.

Moderators of the US studio's forum issued the warning after a hacker group claimed to have obtained the game from Microsoft's own website.

"Posting to Discuss, Request, or Link To information or campaign spoilers from illegitimately obtained sources - including illegitimately obtained copies of Halo: Reach - before the game is officially released will be considered a leak and will be treated as such," moderators said on Bungie's forum.

"The moderation team is doing their best, but if you want to stay 100 per cent spoiler free, our best advice is to 'go dark' by staying off all internet gaming forums until you have played through the game!"

Halo: Reach, due out 14th September, was made available to download by reviewers from the official Xbox Live Marketplace website.

The 7GB download is priced at 99999 MS Points (£856.66).

The hackers apparently bypassed Microsoft's security and acquired the science fiction shooter.

Microsoft will no doubt be seething that the Xbox 360's biggest Christmas exclusive is playable ahead of its release despite the hackers' promise that they're "not really planning" to release the title publicly on the internet.

Somebody obviously planned to: the game is currently available on file sharing sites.

"We are aware of claims being made regarding a security exploit related to Halo: Reach and are aggressively investigating the matter," a spokesperson told IGN.

"We have no further details to share at this time."

there's your problem -makin it available for download i mean who's to say tthese companys dont have hackers working for them, all it takes is a hacker to start working for them, get to review a game and "bingo" game hacked and made available to everybody

[DFUSIONITE]

Halo is poop anyway, so it doesn't matter (don't hurt me people, i only speak the truth) 

[nCogNeato]

Halo is poop anyway, so it doesn't matter (don't hurt me people, i only speak the truth)  

You're poop.   

[markav]

Halo is poop anyway, so it doesn't matter (don't hurt me people, i only speak the truth)  

You're poop.   

I'm poop too.

[nCogNeato]

lol

[GamerMan316]

The ending has now been leaked (as expected) on numerous sites.  I haven't read them, just seen the links and i'm obviously not going to post them here either, just letting folks know.   

The same thing will no doubt happen when Black Ops and Gears 3 are about to come out to, a mate of mine had finished MW2 almost 3 weeks before it's official release date but he didn't spoil the ending. 

[GamerMan316]

MS gets furious, permanently suspending Xbox LIVE accounts over Halo Reach pre-release

MS has struck back at all those who have downloaded and played the leaked version of Halo Reach. Not content with just banning respective consoles, MS is also permanently suspending the the Xbox LIVE tags of any players of the leaked Halo Reach version. A user of a Jtagged 360 has provided a full copy of the text sent out by MS titled 'Notification of Permanent Suspension: Prerelease title play" to Maxconsole, which is viewable below.

Here is the e-mail MS is sending out:

Xbox LIVE
Notification of Permanent Suspension: Prerelease title play

This email is to notify you that your Xbox LIVE account privileges have been permanently suspended due to illegitimate prerelease title play.

Your conduct was brought to the attention of the LIVE Enforcement Team through the course of our operation of the service. The LIVE Enforcement Team has reviewed the evidence regarding this conduct and determined it violates the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use and/or Code of Conduct. Because your conduct is in violation, the Xbox LIVE Enforcement Team has issued a permanent suspension.

During your suspension, you will not be able to log into Xbox LIVE. Your Xbox LIVE privileges will not be reinstated.

Customer Support is not able to modify or provide any further details about your suspension.

Microsoft expects that all customers abide by the Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct provides guidelines for appropriate behavior while using the service.

You can view the Xbox LIVE Code of Conduct from the Xbox LIVE Dashboard under Xbox LIVE Policies in Account Management, or by visiting http://www.xbox.com/live/codeofconduct.htm.You can view the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use by visiting http://www.xbox.com/live/termsofuse.htm.

Note: if you are not a user of Xbox LIVE, this suspension may have been enacted due to your activity in the Zune Social. You can view the Zune Social Code of Conduct by visiting http://www.zune.net/legal/codeOfConduct.htm. You can view the Zune Social Terms of Service by visiting http://www.zune.net/legal/termsofservice.htm.

Thank you,
LIVE Enforcement Team

[DFUSIONITE]

Good. It's bang out of order, some games companies are struggling as it is without people playing pirated games before release. If you can't afford a new release game then wait until it go's cheap pre owned - that's what i and most others do. If you simply can't wait for release to play a game then it's simple, grow up and wait like the rest of us!! With ds games it's different because they aren't worth the money, (well very few are), but 360 games usually have hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions of dollars/pounds spent on making them and hundreds upon hundreds of man hours and usually they ARE worth the money, and like i said if you can't afford them just wait until they go cheap. Hell when me and fusioness were flat broke a couple of years back we simply didn't buy any new release games and it didn't affect our lives in any negative way. I say they are lucky to just get a ban.

[GamerMan316]

I'm modding my 360 soon, can't wait.   

[DFUSIONITE]

I'm modding my 360 soon, can't wait.   

LIAR! I know you would never do that, you love your 360 too much. Some would say a little 'too much', but not me. 

[GamerMan316]

I'm modding my 360 soon, can't wait.   

LIAR! I know you would never do that, you love your 360 too much. Some would say a little 'too much', but not me. 

It's true mate & i'll prove it once it's done.

[DFUSIONITE]

if everyone modded their 360 and downloaded pirated games instead of buying them the games industry would go bust, then their would be no games to pirate. Thankfully not everyone will.

[Failed]

I like to buy games and own them and have them in my collection. I buy a lot of games new (but at cheap prices) therefore im supporting the industry w000p

...... i also run the 2nd hand games shop .... contributing to the downfall. with one hand we give and t'other take away!