ive just pre-ordered my copy of crackdown and assured the beta code..yay ^^ but hell a lot of people have a hell of a lot of problem..listen peeps, crackdown is but one way of getting a code, but dont be that desperate to play a beta of halo 3 to make you spend so much money. just hope for the best with the comps and so on..so person complaining about bungie not giving a -blam!-..they have given us plenty of diffrent ways to get into the beta testing so what the feck are ya on about well maybe not tonnes but still hope for the best..and you forget if the game is crap which i do hope it isnt then after the beta ..sell it and get pretty much ya money back..thats if you can do that in the US??..stop taking something so little and pointless to heart and either hope whatever way you choose to get into beta works out if not, await the full game and have it all as a suprise..who cares if its a marketing ploy..its still a choice if you get it or not. wrong of MS but meh there a company like everything else..if you havnt noticed everything tries to add something to anything to improve sales its all with marketing...such as a buy one get one free offer. well ive finished my rambling, and look forward to the beta and then the full version and kick ass!! update- woops forgot to mention..halo 3 looks like its really coming on, seeing (bad photos) photos of the US army playing the halo 3 beta on oxm..wonder if the UK army played it too? [Edited on 1/7/2007]