{"id":688,"date":"2022-01-15T15:20:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T15:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gamers-outlet.net\/?p=688"},"modified":"2022-01-15T15:20:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T15:20:16","slug":"halo-3-servers-finally-shut-down-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamers-outlet.net\/blog\/halo-3-servers-finally-shut-down-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo 3 Servers Finally Shut Down&#8230; RIP!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sad news for gamers this week! Microsoft and 343 Industries have shut down the Halo Xbox 360 matchmaking servers. The games include Halo 3, Halo 4 and Halo: Reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The internet mourns the end of such an era &#8211; the age of Halo. The perfect escape with friends &#8211; many many happy memories made! The image below shows the date as December 2021, as that was the original date planned for the servers to shut down, but it was delayed by a couple of weeks and shut down a couple of days ago, instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.gamers-outlet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Halo-Xbox-360-Servers-Shut-Down-1024x622.jpeg\" alt=\"Halo Xbox 360 Servers Shut Down\" class=\"wp-image-691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gamers-outlet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Halo-Xbox-360-Servers-Shut-Down-1024x622.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gamers-outlet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Halo-Xbox-360-Servers-Shut-Down-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.gamers-outlet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Halo-Xbox-360-Servers-Shut-Down-768x466.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.gamers-outlet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Halo-Xbox-360-Servers-Shut-Down.jpeg 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Halo Xbox 360 Servers Shut Down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s one silver lining though &#8211; you can play these games online via the Master Chief Collection (MCC) on Steam for example. Although there&#8217;s a few functionalities missing, such as fileshare and player customization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tributes for the game started pouring in from all across the world for the game and people took to Twitter, Reddit and YouTube to share their final moments in the game; or simply talk about their happy memories with Halo. Here&#8217;s a few of our favorite memes and videos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The original <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Halo3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Halo3<\/a> servers shut down today. Godspeed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/biATS95wd3\">pic.twitter.com\/biATS95wd3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Evan \ud83e\uddec (@evaneutron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evaneutron\/status\/1481252042777800710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">September 25, 2007 &#8211; <br>Halo 3 was released. Millions of people were online. The population map was lit up showing the locations of everyone playing.<br><br>January 13, 2022 &#8211; <br>The Halo 3 Xbox 360 servers have been brought offline. The population map is finally dark.<br><br>End of an era. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/scBRAyvgJ1\">pic.twitter.com\/scBRAyvgJ1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jack \u201cCouRage\u201d Dunlop (@CouRageJD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CouRageJD\/status\/1481641382536044547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Last Game Ever Of Halo 3 On Xbox 360\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qXlQbj0PgDo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now there&#8217;s nothing&#8230;. but darkness. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But hey, we got some SWEEEET discounts on our main site! Make sure you check it out and get something worth your buck! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamers-outlet.net\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamers-outlet.net\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for going through, have a great weekend gamers! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sad news for gamers this week! Microsoft and 343 Industries have shut down the Halo Xbox 360 matchmaking servers. The games include Halo 3, Halo 4 and Halo: Reach. 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