Halo 3 torrent floods the net

JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO five lucky folk in Stavanger, Norway, were able to buy the much-prophesied game of the year "Halo 3". Now the unavoidable is happening, Halo 3 has hit the ‘Net in a less-than-official guise, six days before the official launch date in the States - seven days for us €urotrash. 'Tis surely the meaning of life, is it not?

If you happen to own an Xbox 360 from the States and have a Halo addiction or simply turn a blind eye to Microsoft making truckloads of dosh, you might - or might not - have noticed that Halo 3 is torrenting around in that place we call the Interweb. It's the NTSC version, it seems, you lucky American rogues - and just 7.3GB of it broken down into 154 RAR files.

According to the users' comments it's the real thing - I just can't be bothered to break the law right now - but you would need a modded Xbox 360 to run the game.

Anyway, don't worry about this being the last installment of the Halo Trilogy, it's not. Let's face it, like the age-old tradition of not copy-protecting Windows CDs, this torrent can end up being a pretty decent viral marketing tool for the Vole. Halo doesn't end here you've got the upcoming Halo Wars; Halo the Movie, produced by none other than kiwi Peter Jackson); Marvel's™ Halo™ comic™ books™, and surely many many more things to satisfy your Halo addiction.

On the other hand this torrent is signed by a chappie named “Assclown” (raise eyebrow now). Ironically the Urban Dictionary defines this term as “A person who by ignorance or stupidity takes up unnecessary amounts of your time.” - I think violating the law (in most countries - I'm almost sure this is a non-issue in Russia) over the course of several hours (if not dozens of), through the download of pirated software which requires tracker registration at the source, qualifies, but who am I to deny you your destiny? µ