‘Halo 3’ now available for free on Xbox 360

Those with a Gold account and an Xbox 360 can download Bungie’s first Xbox 360 title, Halo 3, for no charge.

[PoSTedUP]

yeah because Nobody has played this game yet. MS are trolling 360 owners lol. jk, free is free i suppose.

[Shadonic]

Still it is halo 3 and it is a great game.

[PoSTedUP]

nah i know. and much better game than rainbow6vegas.

[InMyOpinion]

They could have at least went with Halo Reach.

As a 360 owner paying for Gold this feels kinda like a sick joke to me.

[lastofgen]

Well, the game has sold around 12-13 million units, more or less and there are approximately 80 million xbox 360 owners.
That's still around ~67 million people who have not yet played the game.

[PoSTedUP]

thanks for the math lesson, teach'.

[aviator189]

Hopefully, we see a good spike in numbers in mp with this free give-away. There are some modes that I want to play but takes forever to find matches sometimes.

[Muffins1223]

Irony is even when they get the game they will get the message:"Need DLC to play all the gamemodes but two(lone wolf and team slayer) in halo 3"

Trolling at its finest

[Pancit_Canton]

80% of those 80 millions are multiple Xbox 360 owners due to RROD fiasco.

[AlexanderNevermind]

Wasn't going to comment until; I read that the game only has two modes without DLC.

Honestly they are trolling their consumers with this. 6 yr old game with two modes.

Halo 4 is $10.00 at the moment which would put the value of this at Free to $2.00 Max.

This is sort of sad.

[grifter024]

Muffins1223-

Actually if you don't have the DLC you will just not play the map, it won't be playable for you and won't be a choice.

This is on halo 2-Reach..I think 4 is the one you have to actually have the DLC to play. So people can still play all playlists.

[CRAIG667]

Nope, a massive percentage of people bought the game 2nd hand, FAR more than 13 million people have played it... just saying.

I am so looking forward to playing this again especially against average players, it was pretty much only the super hardcore left so was no fun for a player lie me who is average at best in FPS.

[robleroy]

there is a thing called "used"...
people could sell a game they own to other gamers...
I've tried selling my halo3 game for 3 bucks (all in)
Nobody was interested in the netherlands...
but hey!..Maybe in the states some still are!!

[Aleithian]

Woo. Have fun.

[Ninjamonkey82]

Why not Halo4

[90Supra]

It's coming...

2017...

[badz149]

no it's not! this free games campaign last until the release of the Xbone. after that no more!

even if they decide to do this kind of campaign again when the Xbox TWO comes in later, you'll get Ryse, an Xbone game, not a 360 game.

[KONAAs]

The game was released on September 25, 2007, WOW 6 years after poor 360 owners,.... but for us in PS+ Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance February 19, 2013 Hitman: absolution, what a difference in game seletions

[_QQ_]

and to people that played all 3 when they came out its just a ripoff pay 2 play online for both ps4/xboxone.

[KONAAs]

but you see, thats why u need to be smart, since i got ps+ i only get the game i really want the rest i wait, like hitman absolution, metalgear, saintrow 3rd, lbp2 lbpk, spacemarines 40,000, speco ops the line, hell last game i bought was The Last of Us and before that was BF3

[BX81]

Yeah, Rising and Hitman suck ballz. You see? It's all about what you like. That doesn't mean your taste is the best kid'o.

[grifter024]

KonAAs- you are actually bragging about Hitman: Absolution? Wow that's pretty hilarious. I do agree that they are using old games, but they didn't have this service till a few months ago.

I mean if you want to be that way I can just say Party chat...what a difference!

[KONAAs]

i never cared for party chat, or x game chat because that ruins team based games instead of talkign to your team u lose focuse, and ps3 has chat option to talk to up to 6 freidns on video or was it 4? anyways u can never used it i play games on the ps3 if i wana chat i got my phone or laptop

[akurtz]

playstation plus got SofC last month and ICO, thats an 8 year old game but boy was IT FUN!
some games are exceptions, Halo 3 was a classic

[chito1016d]

I just ordered halo 4 from bestbuy for 10 bucks so I won't be needing this

[aviator189]

Not even for the campaign?

[Double_O_Revan]

Did you pay the same campaign I did?

[Kurt Russell]

Halo 3 campaign was great fun!

[DonkeyWalrus]

But Halo 3 is vastly superior to Halo 4... waste of $10 I'd say, and I spent $100 on the limited edition, went to the midnight launch, beat the entire campaign in one sitting, etc. Huge disappointment.

[Allsystemgamer]

Uh halo 3 was the shortest halo game. Halo 4 was awesome. Don't know what game you played

[DonkeyWalrus]

@Allsystemgamer

Halo 4 is absolute garbage compared to Halo 3. You clearly never played Halo 3 competitively. Halo 3 held the number 1 spot on Xbox Live long after it's release. Halo 4 hasn't even been out a year and it can't even stay in the top 10.

It may be a decent game to someone who hasn't played past Halo games, but it is a terrible Halo game. It can hardly even be considered a Halo game really when you look at all the things 343 put into the game. They completely diverted from the core arena-style gameplay that defines Halo and instead went with unbalanced BS casual FPS garbage. Personal Ordnance, Perosnal Loadouts, Perks, Sprint, Flinch, Armor Abilities, etc = NOT Halo.

[The_Truth_24_7]

Lol.

[Zack_attack]

It's a free game to enjoy, and there is still a sony troll thats gotta bring it down. Just stop.

[KONAAs]

if u mean me im not, free is free but if u get a free lobster to a free cheesburger ur gona prefer the lobster

[Zack_attack]

Considering Halo 3 got reviews of 9.5s and 10s from quite a few places, while hitman and metalgear rising had mediocre 7-8.5s, you can keep your free cheeseburgers and go on your way.

[FlameHawk]

^mad.

[Willio]

@Konna - HILARIOUS

[TheDevKit]

You give Sony fans a bad name.

[Idba]

Which is better, BF3, SR3,FC3 and AC3 or Halo 3?

btw these are just some of the games the past months

[Dread]

yeah but they are not yours to keep

Is that not a significant difference?

halo3 is free

and all those other games on ps plus are RENTALS!

[Idba]

@Dread You keep them as long as you're subscibed to PS+ plus. Also, id rather have a unlimited rental time than a 6 years old game for free.

[godofboobees]

God I miss playing halo....2
LAN parties, mixed with booze and blunts. Good times!

[aviator189]

If only we get a halo 2 anniversary that features the original halo 2 mp re-made in full hd glory. Oh man, I'd buy such a game in a heartbeat.

[ambientFLIER]

Ditto. Lockout with swords, shotties and stickies is heaven.

[RenegadeRocks]

Wow ! As if there someone with a X360 who hasn't yet played it :P !

[PS4isKing_82]

Wow that's Amazing!!!!!!! A 6 year old game that I've played over and over is now free on xbl gold???????? Yay go Microsoft!!!!

[BABY-JEDI]

Free great games, what more can a gamer ask for?

[MasterCornholio]

That the games be a little more recent?

Like Far Cry 3 for example or Halo 4.

P.S I only mentioned far cry 3 because I got it free with plus and it's an amazing game.

Nexus 7 2013

[Dread]

no you got a rental becasue far cry 3 is not your to keep.

Big difference

[Mikeyy]

Dread. Who's to say after the ps3 retires we dont get a patch taking away the PS+ requirement?

Besides with ps4 coming out I'll be having plus active for many many more years to come. There's no downside to plus, just great games.

[BABY-JEDI]

I know you can't please everyone, especially all the time. But I do feel its great for all the Xbox gamers who do not have the game.
; )

[akurtz]

too bad i cancelled my gold like a week ago and my 360 is in its original arcade box. PS+ is whats dating my wallet right now

[Idba]

To me PS+ is married to my bank account xD

[MajorGecko]

you need all the dlc to play 80% of the playlists you can basicly only play team slayer rumble pit and social team slayer without all the dlc

[RedSoakedSponge]

who gives a shit though? if you really wanted to play this you could probably pick it up secondhand for next to nothing.

microsoft are being such cheapskates with these free games. they really need to up their game if they want to compete with the stellar offering of PS Plus.

[Mikeyy]

Hey your supposed to be grateful its "free" and not a rental

/sarcasm

Aren't you grateful?

[RedSoakedSponge]

hahaha!

oh im sooooo grateful /s

tbh i think them giving these old games away for free is doing their image more harm than good. its just proving to everyone how much of a tight arse they are lol.

[QuantumWake]

A lot of pros have pretty much dropped Halo 4 and are now making a transition to COD. Most of them stream Halo 3 and play 8s and let me tell you it brought a tear to my eye. It's sad how competitive Halo has ended up and now we even have an upcoming event (AGL 10 I believe) hosting a Halo 3 tournament.

Halo 4 is just in a sad state in terms of matchmaking. Anyways, I'm glad MS finally released Halo 3 for free so now me and my buddies can play some real Halo and remember all the good times we had when it first came out! Let's get it! :D

[SuperWeeb]

People are arguing about quality, though PS+ has given me Far Cry 3 and Uncharted 3, both of which received amazing to near perfect ratings, AND are only 1-2 years old.
Halo 3 may have received great ratings, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a six year old game, that I can pick up for pennies preowned.
Gold offers AC2, PS+ offers a selection of games, including AC3.

My 360 hasn't had Gold for two years, and from someone who owns practically every console, it's the worst value you'll find in a subscription package. And the Xbox One is making that even worse value.

[Dread]

PS plus did ot give you anything but a rental

[DestinyHeroDoomlord]

Alot of bro'mance going around I see...