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Some gamers have been reporting spotty performance from the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta that launched this morning, whether it's slow download times for the beta itself, slow matchmaking, or inaccessible playlists. So far, it looks like the problem was caused by too many gamers overloading the system at once, and not by a bug or error.
"The Halo: Reach server unavailable at this time. Please try again later" is the message received by some unlucky gamers who are unable to get Reach to play for them.
Bungie issued a statement on their website earlier, posting:
Yup, the backend servers are getting hammered.
We're aware and working to resolve slow matchmaking times and inaccessible playlists. As soon as we're back up and running at full capacity, we'll make some noise. Stay tuned for more information and thanks for your patience.
Even if you're locked out of the game itself, you can reportedly still use the new menus, and customize your Spartan's armor and emblem. So look at it as a chance to look your very best before you start fragging.
Here at G4, we had some small hiccups earlier today, around when East Coast schools let out, but we've been "checking in" on Reach throughout the day, and it seems to be running OK now.How's it going from your end? Are you able to get into the Beta? Is it playing smoothly for you?
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subx1
http://haloreachnews.net reported on the errors as well
BuffaloSoldier
I played a lot last night and had no issues. This game is insanely great.
InHumanMarine
People like T_Rexx and ABXpuppet apparently did not get a proper education due to their lack of understanding of the word "Beta". People love to hate on Halo because they love it in reality.
elbarto74
the DL took a long time, I have Comcast, but got on played a few games then servers crashed. I waited a few minutes then backed out to the home screen and was able to get back on with no issues. Then played a few hours before having too go to work. no worries.
BGenious
It took quite a while to download the game. Once that was done, I was able to play 2 Capture The Flag games and that was it. I tried to play something different and that is when it stated that the servers were unavailable. I am mad because I had just changed the sensitivity settings and I was ready to try them out. Ah well, let's see how tonight goes. I still want to play a match with vehicles...let me get my hands on a Scorpion or Wraith...
ABXPuPpeT
bwahahahahahaaaaa xD halo what? enjoy your fail beta
lucidity
^^^ Someone forgot when MW2 PS3 servers went down ^^^
Someone just read the title and doesn't realize the problems are fixed.
T_Rexx
Good lord !!! The great Halo having issues??
Call activision! The worst is yet to come with this game and it's only the beta.
kujel
I downloaded it in about 30 minutes but had a little trouble for a few hours with server access and not loading play list data.
Now in the evening it got a lot better and I just spent about 8 hours beta testing. Long story short it really awesome so far, covenant weapons are more fun then UNSC weapons and they are also harder to find (many people use the covenant weapons more), my three favorite modes (so far) Headhunter, Covie Slayer, Team Slayer Pro, the two maps (available now) are really well laid out with plenty of caches littered around them. Really fine work Bungie but I would like more Covenant weapon loadouts (no focus rifle or plasma launcher) and choice in playing Covenant.
King_Aaron_Moses
Ah this game is so awesome i got all my friends together and we played with a full party
Covy Slayer hurray. Covy Assassinations sweet
Kev0n05
Ok, so it only took me 2.5 hours to download (started at 2:20pm EST). I got in, set up my person, played 4 games (1 being swat...sway now sucks btw). Then the servers failed and I didn't get to play again till 7:30ish. Played 1 game, it crashed again! Waited 30 minutes and got to play 4 games straight before I figured out THIS GAME SUCKS! The alien weps are waaaaaaaaaaaaaay over powered, the human wep SUCK THE BIG ONE! They def need to balance that out! The spawn system is just like the one of MW2...IT ALSO SUCKS THE BIG ONE! This game needs a lot of work!
Tim_1138
OMG HATE BUNGIE I WANT MY ZERO DOLLARS BACK
miahdavis
The download only took like 35 minutes. Played several matches last night. I actually lost count. Everything ran smooth and it was a blast. I only had a couple of times where I was "waiting for servers" but, they normally didn't last for more than a few minutes.
MasterSamChief
I was only able to get into about 4 games yesterday.... and my emblem and colors were only visible on my player sometimes.... and I'm not able to play with friends at all... other than that it was awesome!!!! I will log on here in a few to see how it's workin today....
Christ0bell
its fine now. not impressed though
kyuubi08
well it 1 it is a beta, and 2 u have to think how many people are attempting to download it
nativebadguy
Took 2 and half hours to download. Played it for about an hour, worked good.
Aerindel_Prime
Its been working pretty good all night for me.
Jeespot
hahaha thats awesome. For a Beta, not even released yet, "SERVER OVERLOAD!! EXPLOSION IMMINENT!!" Bungie, i don't think "too many people want to play" is gonna be a good explanation to Microsoft. I know you guys will fix it, glad to hear everything is running well...
TX-MoFo
I like turtles!
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