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Bungie "very excited" about Halo Wars News by (EuroGamer)

Bungie AI boffin Damian Isla reckons Ensemble Studios has "really understood what things Halo is known for", claiming Halo Wars will be top drawer.

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"Halo 3 - organise online games" (EuroGamer)

you can't divide by zero. Get involved with Eurogamer's community portal, including reader reviews, personal game collections, private discussion groups, Xbox Live gamertag integration and tons more.

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Halo 3 is worth the wait, worth the hype (Miami Herald)

The gamers stood in line for hours, from Los Angeles to Miami. Three years without a Halo fix and the day finally arrived. At 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, thousands of fans rushed inside stores across the nation to reach the holy grail of video games - a copy of Halo 3. Was it worth the wait?

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In-Depth: Xbox Live Community Games - Multerer Tells All (Gamasutra)

Shortly after the keynote presentation in which Boyd Multerer unveiled Microsoft's pricing scheme for its XNA Community Games initiative, Gamasutra had the chance to sit down with the Microsoft executive and discuss the thinking behind the company's strategy. In the private meeting room where the discussion took place, XNA general manager Multerer took time to demo two of his favorite games - ...

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'Battlefield' remains Xbox 360 No.1 (Digital Spy)

Battlefield: Bad Company is still number one in the Xbox 360 chart.

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'Battlefield' remains Xbox 360 No.1 (Digital Spy)

Battlefield: Bad Company is still number one in the Xbox 360 chart.

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"Halo 3 - organise online games" (EuroGamer)

Get involved with Eurogamer's community portal, including reader reviews, personal game collections, private discussion groups, Xbox Live gamertag integration and tons more.

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Halo 3 is number one on Xbox Live again News by (EuroGamer)

Halo 3 has retaken top spot on the Xbox Live most-played chart after months of dominance for Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. That's according to Major Nelson , otherwise known as Microsoft's Xbox Live authority Larry Hryb, who likes to document these things on his blog.

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XBox Delivers a Profit (PC World)

Nintendo still dominates, but Microsoft's Xbox Division posted its first-ever annual profit.

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Q&A: Microsoft Game Studio's Phil Spencer (GameSpot)

We chat to the head of Microsoft's dev studios about expanding into casual markets, the importance of third-party exclusives, working with Aussie studios, and whether the 360 needs Metal Gear Solid IV.

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"Halo 3 - organise online games" (EuroGamer)

Get involved with Eurogamer's community portal, including reader reviews, personal game collections, private discussion groups, Xbox Live gamertag integration and tons more.

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XBox Delivers a Profit (PC World)

Nintendo still dominates, but Microsoft's Xbox Division posted its first-ever annual profit.

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Bungie president "certainly didn't agree" with decision to postpone Halo E3 reveal News by (EuroGamer)

Bungie president Harold Ryan has denied "laughing" when Xbox boss Don Mattrick told him that the studio's latest Halo product would not be shown at E3.

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Halo game E3 no-show 'no laughing matter,' Bungie says (IT World)

Bungie president Harold Ryan told Eurogamer Thursday that the Halo title no-show at E3 last week was in fact "no laughing matter."

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Bungie boss "laughed" when MS pulled Halo from E3 briefing - Mattrick News by (EuroGamer)

Don Mattrick has denied that Bungie was angry about Microsoft's decision to pull the developer's new Halo game from the Xbox 360 E3 press conference. "Sure they're disappointed.

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Bungie president "certainly didn't agree" with decision to postpone Halo E3 reveal News by (EuroGamer)

Bungie president Harold Ryan has denied "laughing" when Xbox boss Don Mattrick told him that the studio's latest Halo product would not be shown at E3.

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Halo game E3 no-show 'no laughing matter,' Bungie says (IT World)

Bungie president Harold Ryan told Eurogamer Thursday that the Halo title no-show at E3 last week was in fact "no laughing matter."

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Bungie boss "laughed" when MS pulled Halo from E3 briefing - Mattrick News by (EuroGamer)

Don Mattrick has denied that Bungie was angry about Microsoft's decision to pull the developer's new Halo game from the Xbox 360 E3 press conference. "Sure they're disappointed.

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Bungie: Halo Postponement "Not A Laughing Matter" [News] (Total Video Games)

Bungie don't appear to share the same humour as Microsoft over the Halo debacle...

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GameFest: How Halo 3's 'Lots And Lots Of Sparks' Got Made (Gamasutra)

During Microsoft's GameFest 2008 developer event in Seattle, Gamasutra attended a lecture given by Bungie lead effects artist Steve Scott. Scott's talk spoke in-depth on the intricacies of the effect artist's field - a relatively emerging profession in games - and shared some tales from the development of Bungie's Halo 3. A Discrete Creative Discipline "Effects have evolved into a discrete ...

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Bungie president "certainly didn't agree" with decision to postpone Halo E3 reveal News by (EuroGamer)

Bungie president Harold Ryan has denied "laughing" when Xbox boss Don Mattrick told him that the studio's latest Halo product would not be shown at E3.

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Bungie boss "laughed" when MS pulled Halo from E3 briefing - Mattrick News by (EuroGamer)

Don Mattrick has denied that Bungie was angry about Microsoft's decision to pull the developer's new Halo game from the Xbox 360 E3 press conference. "Sure they're disappointed.

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Bungie: Halo Postponement "Not A Laughing Matter" [News] (Total Video Games)

Bungie don't appear to share the same humour as Microsoft over the Halo debacle...

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GameFest: How Halo 3's 'Lots And Lots Of Sparks' Got Made (Gamasutra)

During Microsoft's GameFest 2008 developer event in Seattle, Gamasutra attended a lecture given by Bungie lead effects artist Steve Scott. Scott's talk spoke in-depth on the intricacies of the effect artist's field - a relatively emerging profession in games - and shared some tales from the development of Bungie's Halo 3. A Discrete Creative Discipline "Effects have evolved into a discrete ...

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Hollywood's Top Horror Directors to Bring Original Comedy Pilots to Xbox 360 This Fall (GameInfoWire)

Microsoft's "Bringing Comic-Con Home" offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Comic-Con show floor through exclusive content on Xbox LIVE, Xbox.com, MSN and Zune Marketplace.

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XIM2 brings your keyboard and mouse to the Xbox 360. But you still suck at Halo. (Engadget)

Filed under: Gaming , Peripherals Oh man, remember that one time we tried to balance the teams in your favor, so there were like eight guys on your side, and just two of us? And then we still kicked your ass at CTF? Yeah, well XIM is gonna get you nowhere. Sure, the newly refined mod can hijack the Xbox 360 controller input and allow you to use just about any USB input device with the ...

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'Battlefield' spends month at No.1 (Digital Spy)

First-person shooter Battlefield: Bad Company spends a month at number one in the Xbox 360 chart.

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Virtuoso Pack for Guitar Hero 3 on Thurs News by (EuroGamer)

Activision will release the Virtuoso Pack for Guitar Hero 3 on Xbox Live and PlayStation Store this Thursday. The pack is made up of three songs from accomplished shredders: "Surfing with the Alien" by Joe Satriani, "For the Love of God" by Steve Vai, and "Soothsayer" by Buckethead.

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E3: Halo Wars' Rouse: Age Of Mythology Console-Controller Prototype Informed Game's Genesis (Gamasutra)

Speaking with Gamasutra about its upcoming Xbox 360 RTS title Halo Wars, Ensemble Studios senior designer Justin Rouse experimented with an Xbox controller-using version of Age Of Mythology before deciding to "build this thing from the ground up" and start on Halo Wars. The Ensemble Studios team spent six months fine-tuning Halo Wars' potential control setup before approaching Microsoft and ...

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E3 2008: Halo Wars Co-Op Hands-On [Xbox 360] (GameSpot)

We teamed up with fellow journalists to take on the Covenant in Halo Wars' co-op mode.

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E3: Halo Wars' Rouse: Age Of Mythology Console-Controller Prototype Informed Game's Genesis (Gamasutra)

Speaking with Gamasutra about its upcoming Xbox 360 RTS title Halo Wars, Ensemble Studios senior designer Justin Rouse experimented with an Xbox controller-using version of Age Of Mythology before deciding to "build this thing from the ground up" and start on Halo Wars. The Ensemble Studios team spent six months fine-tuning Halo Wars' potential control setup before approaching Microsoft and ...

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E3 2008: Halo Wars Co-Op Hands-On [Xbox 360] (GameSpot)

We teamed up with fellow journalists to take on the Covenant in Halo Wars' co-op mode.

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Un nouveau Halo en développement (JeuxFrance.com)

Microsoft Games confirme le développement d'un nouvel épisode de la série Halo sur Xbox 360.

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Bungie making new Halo title News by (EuroGamer)

Xbox 360 boss Don Mattrick has confirmed that Bungie is making a new Halo game. Speaking in an interview with MTV Multiplayer , Mattrick explained it was held back from the Microsoft E3 conference because the briefing was already "loaded" with content.

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Microsoft, Bungie Explain Halo's No Show (DesignTechnica)

Microsoft admits to nixing the planned announcement of a new Halo game to save time in their E3 press conference.

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E3 2008: Halo Wars Co-Op Hands-On [Xbox 360] (GameSpot)

We teamed up with fellow journalists to take on the Covenant in Halo Wars' co-op mode.

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E3: Halo Wars' Rouse: Age Of Mythology Console-Controller Prototype Informed Game's Genesis (Gamasutra)

Speaking with Gamasutra about its upcoming Xbox 360 RTS title Halo Wars, Ensemble Studios senior designer Justin Rouse experimented with an Xbox controller-using version of Age Of Mythology before deciding to "build this thing from the ground up" and start on Halo Wars. The Ensemble Studios team spent six months fine-tuning Halo Wars' potential control setup before approaching Microsoft and ...

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Un nouveau Halo en développement (JeuxFrance.com)

Microsoft Games confirme le développement d'un nouvel épisode de la série Halo sur Xbox 360.

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Bungie making new Halo title News by (EuroGamer)

Xbox 360 boss Don Mattrick has confirmed that Bungie is making a new Halo game. Speaking in an interview with MTV Multiplayer , Mattrick explained it was held back from the Microsoft E3 conference because the briefing was already "loaded" with content.

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Was leak on new "Halo" a Microsoft slip-up? (Seattle Times)

Excerpts from the blog Apparently Microsoft wasn't ready to put its Xbox cash cow out to pasture — a new version of the blockbuster...

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E3 2008: Halo Wars Co-Op Hands-On [Xbox 360] (GameSpot)

We teamed up with fellow journalists to take on the Covenant in Halo Wars' co-op mode.

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Bungie making new Halo title News by (EuroGamer)

Xbox 360 boss Don Mattrick has confirmed that Bungie is making a new Halo game. Speaking in an interview with MTV Multiplayer , Mattrick explained it was held back from the Microsoft E3 conference because the briefing was already "loaded" with content.

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Halo Wars en images (JeuxFrance.com)

Microsoft Games nous dévoile de nouvelles images d'Halo Wars sur Xbox 360.

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Game News: Final Fantsy XIII, Gears of War 2 and More Coming to Xbox 360 (PDA Buyer's Guide)

Microsoft today unveiled a long list of first party titles and second and third party game titles along with Xbox Live arcade games. There are some heavy hitters here including Gears of War II, Final Fantasy XIII, Halo Wars ...

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Halo Wars revient en vidéo (JeuxFrance.com)

Voici une nouvelle vidéo du prochain Halo Wars qui verra le jour sur Xbox 360.

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Halo Wars revient en vidéo (JeuxFrance.com)

Voici une nouvelle vidéo du prochain Halo Wars qui verra le jour sur Xbox 360.

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Microsoft Unveils 60 GB Xbox 360, Axes 20 GB Model (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

InformationWeek - The 60 GB version of the Xbox 360 will hit stores in the U.S. and Canada starting in early August.

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Halo Wars marches to next year News by (EuroGamer)

Microsoft has said Halo Wars will be released during the first half of 2009. The Ensemble Studios-developed real-time strategy title was a notable absentee from the Redmond giant's E3 2008 press briefing last night , but an updated fact sheet on the game indicates that we'll see the 360 exclusive on store shelves before next summer.

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Halo Wars Screenshots & Trailer (Voodoo Extreme)

Playable at E3, though unmentioned in the Microsoft press conference: “Halo Wars” is a...

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Microsoft gets game face on for Xbox 360 (San Diego Union-Tribune)

LOS ANGELES – Microsoft, whose technology allows millions of video game players to talk smack on its Xbox Live service, had some trash talk yesterday for Sony, whose Play-Station 2 system strongly outsold Microsoft's original Xbox.

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Halo Wars Xbox 360 Screenshots (GameInfoWire)

3 Xbox 360 Screenshots posted, from Ensemble Studios

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Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 price, releases new model (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Microsoft Corp cut on Sunday the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model game console with a 20 gigabyte hard drive to $299 from $349.

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Microsoft cuts 20GB Xbox 360 to $299.99, launches 60GB model (Ars Technica)

Microsoft has announced a price drop for the 20GB Xbox 360, bringing the unit to within spitting distance of the Wii at $299.99. The company also introduced a new 60GB SKU for the 20GB's former cost of $349.99. Read More...

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Baisse de prix et nouvelle Xbox 360 confirmée (JeuxFrance.com)

Microsoft Games annonce aujourd'hui que la Xbox 360 version 20Go sur le marché américain devrait voir son prix baisser de 50$ pour un total de 299$.

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Microsoft phases out 20 GB Xbox 360, intros 60 GB version (TG Daily)

As expected, Microsoft dropped the price of its 20 GB Xbox 360 Pro (Premium) game console by $50 to $299.99. However, the price drop isn’t permanent as it is designed to quickly clear the inventory of these models to make room for a new 60 GB version. As soon as the 20 GB consoles are gone, you will be paying just as much as you would have before.

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"Halo 3 - organise online games" (EuroGamer)

ItsMondayandBungiedayandmyinternetsareback!!!! fishy, dont betray the chief. now im back you will feel the Halo love again. Get involved with Eurogamer's community portal, including reader reviews, personal game collections, private discussion groups, Xbox Live gamertag integration and tons more.

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Canada's top video gamers coming to Amp Your Game (Winnipeg Free Press)

Crack your knuckles, limber up your wrists and boot up that Xbox. The godfather of Halo will be soon be here and he wants to see who's got game in Winnipeg. Canada's top video gamer, Nelson Triana, arrives in the city this week with his Major League Gaming team North of 49. If you make the grade, you might get to join their elite video gaming squad.

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"Halo 3 - organise online games" (EuroGamer)

Get involved with Eurogamer's community portal, including reader reviews, personal game collections, private discussion groups, Xbox Live gamertag integration and tons more.

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Analyst demands more than a price cut for the 360 (Ferrago)

Signal Hill analyst Todd Greenwald believes that Microsoft's plans to cut the price of the Xbox 360, expected to be revealed at E3 next week, may not be enough in the face of stiff competition from the Wii and PS3, reports Next-Gen .

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Don't just play the games, play the video game industry (USA Today)

A: Blockbuster games like Grand Theft Auto and Halo are a big reminder of just how popular video games have become.

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"Halo 3 - organise online games" (EuroGamer)

ItsMondayandBungiedayandmyinternetsareback!!!! fishy, dont betray the chief. now im back you will feel the Halo love again. Get involved with Eurogamer's community portal, including reader reviews, personal game collections, private discussion groups, Xbox Live gamertag integration and tons more.

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Canada's top video gamers coming to Amp Your Game (Winnipeg Free Press)

Crack your knuckles, limber up your wrists and boot up that Xbox. The godfather of Halo will be soon be here and he wants to see who's got game in Winnipeg. Canada's top video gamer, Nelson Triana, arrives in the city this week with his Major League Gaming team North of 49. If you make the grade, you might get to join their elite video gaming squad.

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"Halo 3 - organise online games" (EuroGamer)

Get involved with Eurogamer's community portal, including reader reviews, personal game collections, private discussion groups, Xbox Live gamertag integration and tons more.

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Don't just play the games, play the video game industry (USA Today)

A: Blockbuster games like Grand Theft Auto and Halo are a big reminder of just how popular video games have become.

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Halo 3 goodies for Bungie Day (Ferrago)

Today is Bungie Day at, well, Bungie, the formerly Microsoft-owned Halo creator offering Halo 3 goodies in celebration of the studio's existence.

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"Halo 3 - organise online games" (EuroGamer)

ItsMondayandBungiedayandmyinternetsareback!!!! fishy, dont betray the chief. now im back you will feel the Halo love again. Get involved with Eurogamer's community portal, including reader reviews, personal game collections, private discussion groups, Xbox Live gamertag integration and tons more.

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"Halo 3 - organise online games" (EuroGamer)

Get involved with Eurogamer's community portal, including reader reviews, personal game collections, private discussion groups, Xbox Live gamertag integration and tons more.

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Halo 3 goodies for Bungie Day (Ferrago)

Today is Bungie Day at, well, Bungie, the formerly Microsoft-owned Halo creator offering Halo 3 goodies in celebration of the studio's existence.

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One Man's Halo Dream Becomes A Reality (GameInfoWire)

Halo: RECUT film competition winner packs his bags for a thrilling journey to Tinseltown

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11:37 (BST), 07/07/2008 Halo: RECUT Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS – Microsoft® today announced the winner of ... (gamesindustry.biz)

– Microsoft® today announced the winner of its unique competition, “Halo: RECUT,” which saw budding film directors from across Europe create works inspired by the unseen adventures of Master Chief, the hero of the Halo® franchise. The prize?

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"Halo 3 - organise online games" (EuroGamer)

ItsMondayandBungiedayandmyinternetsareback!!!! fishy, dont betray the chief. now im back you will feel the Halo love again. Get involved with Eurogamer's community portal, including reader reviews, personal game collections, private discussion groups, Xbox Live gamertag integration and tons more.

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Halo 3 goodies for Bungie Day (Ferrago)

Today is Bungie Day at, well, Bungie, the formerly Microsoft-owned Halo creator offering Halo 3 goodies in celebration of the studio's existence.

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11:37 (BST), 07/07/2008 Halo: RECUT Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS – Microsoft® today announced the winner of ... (gamesindustry.biz)

– Microsoft® today announced the winner of its unique competition, “Halo: RECUT,” which saw budding film directors from across Europe create works inspired by the unseen adventures of Master Chief, the hero of the Halo® franchise. The prize?

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One Man's Halo Dream Becomes A Reality (GameInfoWire)

Halo: RECUT film competition winner packs his bags for a thrilling journey to Tinseltown

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In-Depth: Greenberg Talks The State Of Xbox 360 (Gamasutra)

The console market is more complex than ever before - with machines becoming full multimedia delivery devices, and emerging markets and demographics bringing new types of games and gamers. Microsoft hasn't been shy about its ambitions to capitalize on all of those areas. Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft's director of product management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, recently sat down with Gamasutra to ...

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Halo Wars Xbox 360 Screenshots (GameInfoWire)

9 Xbox 360 Screenshots posted, from Ensemble Studios

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Xbox 360 Price Cut Coming, Report Says (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

InformationWeek - Microsoft is looking to maintain recent Xbox sales' momentum in the face of stiff competition from Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii unit.

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Une nouvelle Xbox 360 sous peu ? (JeuxFrance.com)

Une nouvelle Xbox 360 annoncée sous peu ?

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Predators Use XBox to Target Kids (ABC News)

Sexual predators are using gaming consoles to find victims online.

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Report: Microsoft Plans to Cut Xbox 360 Price (PC Magazine)

Microsoft plans to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model by $50, to $299 in the next few weeks, the Hollywood Reporter reported citing anonymous sources.

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Xbox 360 Price Cut Coming, Report Says (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

InformationWeek - Microsoft is looking to maintain recent Xbox sales' momentum in the face of stiff competition from Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii unit.

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Une nouvelle Xbox 360 sous peu ? (JeuxFrance.com)

Une nouvelle Xbox 360 annoncée sous peu ?

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Report: Microsoft Plans to Cut Xbox 360 Price (PC Magazine)

Microsoft plans to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model by $50, to $299 in the next few weeks, the Hollywood Reporter reported citing anonymous sources.

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Microsoft may be preparing an Xbox 360 price cut (BetaNews)

This afternoon, Microsoft is saying very little about a report in the Hollywood Reporter last Friday that it's planning to cut Xbox 360 prices this month, other than to say, "Stay tuned."

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"Halo 3 - organise online games" (EuroGamer)

Come on BGIE, don't fail me now...please... Get involved with Eurogamer's community portal, including reader reviews, personal game collections, private discussion groups, Xbox Live gamertag integration and tons more.

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Report: Microsoft Plans to Cut Xbox 360 Price (PC Magazine)

Microsoft plans to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model by $50, to $299 in the next few weeks, the Hollywood Reporter reported citing anonymous sources.

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Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 price to $299 (Express India)

Microsoft Corp plans to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model by $50, to $299 in the next few weeks.

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Microsoft to keep staggering PC and Xbox 360 releases News by (EuroGamer)

Microsoft Game Studios has said it will keep staggering PC and Xbox 360 releases so that desktop users have a reason to keep buying console titles.

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Microsoft to cut price of Xbox 360? (Stuff)

Microsoft plans to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model by US$50, to US$299 in the next few weeks, the Hollywood Reporter reported citing anonymous sources.

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Microsoft slashing price of Xbox 360 model (The Hollywood Reporter)

Microsoft will cut the price of its most popular Xbox 360 model, the 20GB Pro, by $50 to $299.

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