'Halo 3' captures $300M in first week (USA Today)
Gamers around the globe dropped nearly $300 million on Halo 3 in the week since the first-person shooter for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console debuted, the company said Thursday.
More...Sandvine Identifies Surge in Xbox Live Bandwidth Following Halo 3 Release (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
WATERLOO, ONTARIO-- - Sandvine, a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for DSL, FTTH, cable, and wireless carriers, announced that its Network Demographics solution identified a surge in Xbox Live online gaming traffic following the release of Microsoft's Halo 3 last week.
More...Creators of 'Halo' video games leaving Microsoft (Los Angeles Times)
The team wants more creative freedom and the potentially bigger paychecks of striking out on their own, analysts say. The creative team behind one of the all-time top video game franchises, the "Halo" series, said Friday that it is splitting from parent Microsoft Corp. and could develop titles for consoles that compete with Microsoft's Xbox.
More...Microsoft 'Halo' creators to be separate company (ZDNet)
Software giant will retain stake in Bungie, which could also make titles for game consoles other than the Xbox 360. Microsoft said on Friday that Bungie, the crown jewel of its video game unit behind its hit Halo franchise, will become an independent company. Microsoft said it will...
More...Microsoft says "Halo" 1st-week sales were $300 mln (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Microsoft Corp said on Thursday that its "Halo 3" video game racked up worldwide sales of $300 million in its first week, making it one of the year's best sellers and helping to more than double sales of its Xbox 360 console.
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