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Oh, Microsoft, only you can make a very exciting announcement about a new Halo game duller than watching grass grow. Microsoft has denied Bungie the possibility to reveal their latest project at E3, apparently because the Redmond giant thought it had more interesting things to show (like what? Oh , yeah, Final Fanta... |
9 October 2008
05:04 GMT |
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A new NPD study shows that more and more girls are interested in videogames and especially to online virtual worlds. The main attraction is the built in social element that they exhibit and the fact that they are easy to play.1,541 girls were questioned as part of the study and over half of them claimed that they spe... |
26 September 2008
03:05 GMT |
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Bungie has confirmed that Title Update 2, which is basically the second update to the Xbox 360 game, introduces new Achievements to Halo 3. There are also a few changes that are made to the game itself, other than adding Achievements.The people at Bungie say that they are adding better online support, with rarer occu... |
10 September 2008
21:01 GMT |
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With E3 criticized for not being the show that it should be, some videogaming industry companies are looking to other events as places where they can announce their most interesting projects. Microsoft has recently held its Gamefest 2008 conference and now it's talking about the future of the Halo franchise at C... |
28 July 2008
19:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is announcing that July 7 is to be declared "Bungie Day" in honor of the brave souls at the game developing company that have sacrificed themselves in order to bring you, faithful gamers, three full Halo games before the pain grew too strong and they had to separate themselves from Microsoft. It's not ... |
4 July 2008
02:45 GMT |
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Microsoft corporate vice president John Schappert signed an open letter targeted at gamers all over the world, describing how Microsoft supports game development on different platforms and the PC is still one of the most important markets for the company. Considering the mind set the "PC gaming is dead" which seems t... |
27 June 2008
18:16 GMT |
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What does the US Army do when it misses its early recruitment targets? It expands the target demographic so as to meet its recruitment efforts. And one of the segments that caught its attention are gamers.The Army is planning to create a pilot recruitment center billed as being inspired by the interactivity features ... |
18 June 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Forbes has decided to compile a Top Ten of the best selling videogames on the American market, so it enlisted the help of the NPD, a company that watches the videogames market and puts out monthly reports on sales figures. The results were a bit surprising and showed a relative minority of titles having a secure grip... |
9 June 2008
19:11 GMT |
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Frank O'Connor, who has served as content manager for Halo developer Bungie Studios, is saying that he is leaving the company to join Microsoft, the company that published Halo and was the owner of Bungie.As part of a Weekly Update posted on Bungie's site, O'Connor has stated his reasons for the move. ... |
21 May 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Immediately before the release of Halo 3, the (apparently) last game in Master Chief's interplanetary saga, rumors began to surface that the Halo universe would be used as support for a real time strategy title set years before the events of the original Halo, as the Covenant and the Earth forces are engaged in ... |
8 May 2008
05:55 GMT |
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Officially released in January with a price of 800 Microsoft Xbox points the map pack is now free downloadable content for the Xbox console. The main reason for this rather surprising move is that a new map pack, dubbed the Legendary Map Pack, will make its way to the Xbox 360 on April 15. The price will remain the s... |
26 March 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Michael Pachter estimates that the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto sequel will sell over 9 million copies during the fiscal year and, even more, that no less that 6 million copies will be sold during the first week - if these predictions turn to be true, we'll definitely have a record that will be hard to be... |
13 March 2008
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Halo 3 isn't the success it was billed to be. Although it won some GOTY awards, most recently from 1up, the game developed by Bungie for Microsoft is not the smash hit that it was supposed to be. FPS rival Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sold better in the holiday season and now the same CoD4 is becoming the most... |
27 February 2008
03:59 GMT |
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There were reports that hit games like Guitar Hero or Rock Band are boosting the sales of artists featured in the game, and that seems to be a natural thing, having in mind that there are indeed some great songs featured in the game. Still, I am really surprised when I hear that other games that are not especially fo... |
12 February 2008
03:38 GMT |
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As a Halo 3 gamer and an iPhone owner how would you feel about an application that shows you exactly how you and your friends are doing in the game, wherever you are, whenever you want? A few simple input commands and the iHaloStats bring up all ranks, kills, skills, medals, and even promotions, whether they're ... |
24 January 2008
10:42 GMT |
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It would be something, wouldn't it? To bring Master Chief home to meet your folks, your nerdy brother and.. the dog. This HERE funny video shows your regular American family with the daughter's boyfriend attending the family dinner. The only thing wrong with the whole scenario isn't even the fact that ... |
7 January 2008
07:52 GMT |
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Nothing can compare right now with the joy of Microsoft when the company announces the sales figures of 2007. They will also remember this holiday season, too and will probably wish to beat the records as soon as possible, because that's how the gaming industry works. And it seems it works quite well, since in t... |
4 January 2008
04:22 GMT |
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Here's a question for you: what are you doing reading this piece when you should be downloading the Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack? It's already up for grabs via the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. You can download the whole pack or just one map at a time. Each map goes for 800 Microsoft Points. The three maps are: Standoff... |
12 December 2007
02:57 GMT |
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"Have you been ripped off?" is the question ClassAction Connect asks its viewers when it comes to Halo 3 and you probably have no idea what they are talking about. Well... you should know that this kind of things only seem hardcore, but sometimes aren't. The fact is that ClassAction attorneys want to sue Bungie ... |
10 December 2007
06:16 GMT |
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In "Halo 3," the third installment of the legendary epic, the war has come to a climax; the Flood continues to grow in numbers and strength, the armies of Earth are scattered and decimated, and the Covenant threatens to activate the Halo, effectively destroying all life in the galaxy. Master Chief's mission is ... |
7 December 2007
03:11 GMT |
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I don't even know what's more interesting: the fact that these two girls wanted to test if "sex sells" is really true, or the fact that people actually bid for this. Anyway, the marketing is great, you must admit it!Here are the facts: two young and sexy girls, all dressed in red latex (or something) Christ... |
30 November 2007
05:11 GMT |
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A piece up on Courthouse News Service, last week, said something about a California resident going by the name of Randy Nunez, who had filed a class action lawsuit against Bungie and Microsoft requesting unspecified damages at that time, for when he popped in the Halo 3 game disc, his Xbox 360 began to "crash," "fre... |
29 November 2007
03:17 GMT |
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According to this piece up on Courthouse News Service, California resident Randy Nunez has filed a class action lawsuit against Bungie and Microsoft "requesting (unspecified?) damages" (according to Kotaku.com), for when he popped in the Halo 3 game disc, his Xbox 360 began to "crash," "freeze" or "lock up." Here... |
23 November 2007
03:31 GMT |
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So you think you're the laughing stock of the whole gamer community still owning an original Xbox console, huh? Well... don't! As it turns out, Microsoft's thinking of you! Don't get too excited, you're not getting an Xbox 360 Elite for free or anything like that, but you might just find your... |
22 November 2007
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This is a good day to be a Halo 3 fan. Actually, today, Halo 3 fans just became aware of what's coming, so technically, this isn't 'the happiest day' for them. Not that they're not happy with just playing one of the best games in the world... Yeah, I've lost it. So here goes: three new m... |
20 November 2007
05:19 GMT |
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Is it just me or has YouTube removed its gadgets and games category? While this won't bother you much, as you can search for the latest trailers anyway, it's curios enough that when you type "videogame" in the site's search bar, the most viewed results you get are Mario soundtrack clips. You can check ... |
14 November 2007
10:27 GMT |
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Sumthing Else Music Works has a licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios. As such, the company has recently confirmed the Halo 3 Original Soundtrack. No one needs an update on just how great of a score Bungie's FPS sports, delivering one of the deepest and dramatic experiences ever encountered within t... |
13 November 2007
06:13 GMT |
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The game has finally made it officially to this part of the world as well, and since the game's presence on the market isn't hot news anymore, something had to be done to get everyone's attention. What could that 'something' be if not a Halo 3 multiplayer competition?16 Editorial staff member... |
12 November 2007
09:32 GMT |
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We all know that there are a couple of games out there that can pull out the violent side in us... However, some people's violent side comes out when they're banned from playing a certain title. This was also the case of a Halo 3 fanboy, who punched his mother and a sheriff's deputy because he wasn�... |
1 November 2007
09:25 GMT |
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The Cyberathelete Professional League's upcoming "Extreme Winter Championship" tournament in Dallas, Texas has been confirmed as the largest gaming tournament ever staged. This is solely because of the sheer size of the cash prize confirmed for the tournament: 1 million dollars. There's a catch though. As 1... |
31 October 2007
09:40 GMT |
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In the video games world, there are different categories of gamers: the dorky gamer that just loves to play games all day long; the normal gamer that loves to play games but see girls and friends over a beer and generally has a life too; and the unscrupulous gamer that is a dorky one who also hacks in consoles and ac... |
31 October 2007
06:27 GMT |
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Yes, dear Halo 3 fans, according to an Evil Avatar post today, the Bungie Weekly Update mentions two exclusive Halo 3 Recon Armor winners, and they didn't even ask for one. Well, they didn't ask for one in particular anyway. Bungie's official word on this can be found below. The company however mention... |
29 October 2007
10:23 GMT |
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Implementing a replay feature within Halo 3 is truly something that Bungie sometimes feels sorry for and this is one of those moments. According to Halo3Forum and BahamutZero's Cblog, although it isn't very hard to turn a dumpster into an aircraft, it certainly doesn't allow too much maneuverability. B... |
29 October 2007
09:19 GMT |
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The release of what Microsoft referred to as a global entertainment phenomenon has managed to explode sales of its Xbox 360 consoles. The combined market performances of Halo 3 and Nintendo's Wii console have contributed to a 75% jump in sales of video gaming hardware and software in the U.S. According to market... |
19 October 2007
12:21 GMT |
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What? The 80GB PS3. Had it been the 40GB PS3 that was doing well for Sony we'd not be so surprised; but for the 80GB SKU that everyone's been running away from, because of its high price, to be up 960% in sales on Amazon.com's rank is very strange. Scary even for competitors Microsoft and Nintendo. Oth... |
19 October 2007
06:45 GMT |
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Halo 3 is a huge media phenomenon, not just your average gaming hysteria... Its huge sales, that brought Microsoft and Bungie $170 million on the first day had a negative impact on all launches in that period, including those of movies and music albums. One of the victims of Bungie's blockbuster was "The Hearbr... |
16 October 2007
10:42 GMT |
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Following the confirmation of Microsoft and Bungie splitting up, Wired News had a little chat with Bungie content manager Frank O'Connor, who revealed that not only is everything A OK, but they're planning to go forward and expand the developing staff. More than that, O'Connor also touches a more sensi... |
10 October 2007
05:20 GMT |
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A couple of notes before this interview gets down; I'm Re (Reviewer), while Master Chief is MC (not a master of ceremony anyway). I may have talked to the fellow, I may have talked to the actor voicing him or... I may just be Cortana in a human shape. Who knows? Care to see what Master Chief has to say? Read on... |
9 October 2007
06:49 GMT |
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For those of you hoping to see Master Chief on the big screen sometime in the near future (meaning a year or so), wait no more, and not because it's coming out faster than expected, but because it's not coming out at all. Palgn.com.au is reporting that "the film is entirely dead," quoting the director appoi... |
8 October 2007
09:36 GMT |
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It seems that people can sell anything on eBaby, including themselves, but not only as human beings, but also as "lifelong gamer friends" or a trustworthy Halo 3 co-ops. The auction was started by nismofrontier07 and the gamer promises that he's all sugar and honey, being a "great friend to chat with and play w... |
5 October 2007
06:35 GMT |
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Microsoft has officially labeled Halo 3 as a global entertainment phenomenon announcing that it has sold no less than $300 million worth of the title worldwide, in just the first week of sales. Exclusively available for the Xbox 360 platform, Halo 3 has become the fastest-selling video game in history, although the R... |
4 October 2007
11:50 GMT |
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Halo 3 sold copies worth $170 million in its launch day in the US, surpassing most of the recent titles and even some blockbuster movies, like Spider-Man 3. That's not all, as the Xbox 360 console sold twice as good, since Bungie's hit came out. However Halo 3's sales have not yet beaten Grand Theft A... |
4 October 2007
04:46 GMT |
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We've got it! That's why Duke Nukem Forever takes forever to be released! The title's main character was out playing Master Chief till now, so he didn't have enough time to be cast in the Duke's latest adventure. Joke aside, this crazy (but somewhat plausible) idea can be found by checking o... |
3 October 2007
03:52 GMT |
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The Wii is a very popular platform, we can all agree on that. Ever since its release in 2006, Nintendo has been constantly struggling to keep up with the demand, trying to fill the retailers' shelves as fast as they could. The thing is, even though the company is doing its best in keeping shelves filled with pla... |
3 October 2007
03:08 GMT |
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You're probably wondering what's the deal with those Dead or Alive girls from the article's title... Well, as you might already know Dead or Alive 4 features the famous Master Chief as one of the characters. We would have expected Bungie to include some DOA girls as a tribute, too, but the producers s... |
2 October 2007
04:29 GMT |
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Goozex (online video game trading site) has revealed to the press today that it will be giving away limited edition Halo 3 Xbox 360 Elite consoles to four lucky Facebook members, in light of the company's just launched Video Game Community Facebook application. Hm... Xbox 360 Elite console? Halo 3 themed too? No... |
1 October 2007
09:01 GMT |
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In an interview with a well-known gaming site, Valve's Gabe Newell, founder of the company behind Half Life, has confirmed that the popular first-person shooter is anything but your typical video game franchise. According to the man, 'there's a lot of Half-Life left at Valve', so gamers won't... |
1 October 2007
05:24 GMT |
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Just a few days ago, Bungie was answering 'Halo 3 is Halo 2 in HD' accusations letting the game's cinematic designer do the commenting. He reckoned that the gameplay experience is all that matters in the end, not saying much about the game's "true" HD capabilities. Recently though, Bungie has clea... |
1 October 2007
04:15 GMT |
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It was inevitable for Halo 3, Bungie's "over hyped" title of the year, to be criticized for being nothing more than its predecessor in HD. Fans of the first-person shooter surely agree that even if Halo 3 was Halo 2 in HD, that's still not bad, as they just need good visuals for a great gameplay experience ... |
28 September 2007
04:31 GMT |
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Everyone's talking about Halo 3 nowadays, from gaming sites to gadget and mobile phone portals... Gaming journalists must be sick and tired of this uber hype that's been going on for the past months. MSNBC has asked users to mention a list of Top 5 over hyped titles, in an editorial and Halo 3's obvio... |
28 September 2007
03:24 GMT |
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