Halo 3 Player Gets Wholesome Message from Rival After Servers Go Down
For Halo 3 fans, this month brought mixed emotions as the curtain was closed on the legacy Halo 3 servers. As the online services came to a halt, Halo players found comfort reflecting on nostalgic memories of past games, friends, and rivals. One Halo fan shared a heartwarming message they received from a fellow player, capturing the tone of the end of an era for Halo fans.
Halo 3 was released to critical acclaim in late 2007 by Microsoft Game Studios, the final installment in the original trilogy developed by Bungie. The campaign mode could be played cooperatively with three other players via Xbox Live. It also included game modes like ‘capture the flag’, which could be played in groups of sixteen. Such was the excitement for Halo 3, Bill Gates famously signed and sold the first physical copy of the game at a Best Buy store in Washington. It has subsequently been listed as one of the greatest games of all time by fans and critics alike.
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Posting to the /r/halo/ community on Reddit, user TheYoungCalves shared a message sent to their father, who had been playing with the gametag Golden Ox. It came from a rival in Halo 3 after the game's servers shut down. The player went on to apologize for “any beef” they had, and thanked him for being their last rival in the game. Golden Ox had been playing the Xbox 360 version of Halo 3 for 14 years.
In December, 323 Industries announced they would shutdown legacy Xbox 360 servers for older Halo games, bringing an end to the 14 years of full online services for the game. The decision was a practical one, with the original Xbox 360 released 17 years ago, and the final model almost
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