Early Halo 3 players possibly banned -- be careful

[fortunzfavor]

Microsoft threatens Halo 3 gamers with LIVE ban

MS confirms to Pro-G that accounts will be frozen even if you avoid online play until after official street date.
Play this and get banned from Xbox LIVE

When contacted by Pro-G a Microsoft rep confirmed rumours that gamers who play Halo 3 early will have their LIVE accounts banned. Simply not connecting to the internet doesn't appear to be a solution either. The rep also confirmed that Microsoft is able to ban accounts based on information collected by the console which shows when the game was played. This news is sure to come as a shock to some gamers who have already started playing the final chapter in the blockbuster Halo trilogy.

This appears to suggest that games who play Halo 3 before the official street date will only avoid a ban if they never access Xbox LIVE. Microsoft is preparing an official statement on the Halo 3 banning scandal. We'll give you more on this breaking news story as we get it.

Wait for the official statement and see what they say, but until then, exercise extreme caution.

[Don_Rico]

Ouch Scott.

[Kona Palangi]

Hahaha

[Kona Palangi]

Courtesy of Wicked

[ElderScroller27]

I think i'll draft an Email to microsoft to tell them about this guy i saw on my friendslist on Live named Scotracer who was playing Halo 3......

[fortunzfavor]

Update 2

"We can confirm that Microsoft is not taking any action (such as banning Xbox Live accounts) against gamers who are playing Halo 3 before the official street date. Any rumours or speculation to the contrary are false," reads the statement issued by Microsoft this evening.

Update 1

MS confirms to Pro-G that consumers will not be banned for playing Halo 3 before official release.
Playing this will no longer get you banned from Xbox LIVE

Microsoft has backtracked on its original threat to ban the LIVE accounts of gamers who have purchased Halo 3 early following high street retailer Argos' admin error.

Earlier today, a Microsoft rep told Pro-G that gamers who played Halo 3 early would have their LIVE accounts banned. The rep also confirmed that Microsoft was able to ban accounts based on information collected by the console which showed when the game was played.

However, Pro-G has since been contacted by another MS rep, who said the ban only applies to Microsoft employees.

What this means for those of you lucky enough to have taken advantage of the Argos error is that you can start playing the game, if you already weren't, free from retribution.

A full statement from Microsoft on the Halo 3 banning scandal is expected soon.

Sounds nice.

[Kona Palangi]

That's bunk ****

[Game Over]

That's what you get for breaking the rules. You do the crime you do the time.

[IIJoshIII]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA ****in OWNED EZPK. LMAO.
Only question is, is it even possible to know if someone is playing it if they are not plugged in to Live?

Nazi's, If you pay 60euro for a game in a shop and they sell it to you, then under EU law you can do what you want with it, MS can kiss my gritz.