Euro 360 site caught selling H3 beta codes

by Richard Mitchell { Dec 12th 2006 at 12:30PM }

We brought you the news before on how to get into the European Halo 3 beta, in which several sites within the XCN (Xbox Community Network) were granted codes that allowed access to the beta. These codes were to be distributed by each site, in most cases as part of a promotional contest. It seems, however, that one of these sites saw the codes as an opportunity to make some Euros, and decided to sell them instead. Britxbox is reporting that they received an email from Microsoft today, issuing a warning to all the sites in the XCN. While the site guilty of the act has not been made public, we do know that Microsoft will cut off all contact and support for any offending site.

The XCN is officially supported by Microsoft and the sites within it are promoted directly by Xbox.com. Members of the XCN are naturally disappointed that one of their own would abuse an opportunity in such a way. Britxbox is understandably concerned that such an act could damage future interactions with Microsoft altogether. Here's hoping the offending site will be punished and that will be the end of it.

[Via Hexus]

Tags: bungie, bungie studios, BungieStudios, europe, halo, halo 3, halo 3 beta, halo beta, Halo3, Halo3Beta, HaloBeta

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Lesbian Ham @ Dec 12th 2006 12:42PM

Lol, that was me. Bought a code for a fiver. Hope M$ don't void the code though... :S

KineticOnline @ Dec 12th 2006 1:41PM

They should name and shame the site, which would basically close it down.

JRock3x8 - 2o2p @ Dec 12th 2006 1:54PM

You guys clearly missed the most intriguing question : if they put up 100 of these "invitations" for sale on eBay in each of the largest markets in the country (try to analogize Europe here),

How much would they go for?

I would bet that some people would pay as much as a full retail game to play Halo3 MP early. The hype is that good.

Furthermore, Bungie/MS could donate the money to charity and it would be a feelgood event for all.

Also, do you honestly think people won't sell their codes when they get them? This could turn ugly.

Finally...some interesting news...

razer @ Dec 12th 2006 4:14PM

I love how the EU Xbox members are constantly whining and complaining about being late to get hardware/game releases and having to pay more blah blah blah.. Well as soon as you get a chance to get something with the rest of us you try and pull a fast one.. shame on you!