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PRESS RELEASE: Sumthing Else Music Works Announces Release Of The Halo 3 Original Soundtrack From The Blockbuster Xbox ... (gamesindustry.biz)

New York - October 17th, 2007 - Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, proudly presents Halo® 3 Original Soundtrack.

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Halo 3 worth the hype? (The Record)

Halo 3 is a pretty good video game. As if it mattered. The much-hyped title for Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming system is the equivalent of the review-proof movie. No matter what any critic, talking head or commentator said, the game was destined to fly off store shelves.

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Microsoft bringing original Xbox titles to Live (MCV)

Halo to lead retro gaming push on Xbox Live as part of Autumn console update

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Halo Leading Xbox Oldies Coming To Live (Spong)

Autumn update detailed

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Fall Update Announced: Download Old Xbox Games [Fall Update] (Addict 3D)

Some of the contents of Microsoft's Fall Update for the 360 are now public knowledge, courtesy of the Official Xbox Mag. Highlight? The 360 gets its very own Virtual Console, with original Xbox games to be added to the Marketplace.

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Review: TimeShift for Xbox 360 (Geek.com)

The visuals are stunning, the sound captivating, and the gameplay one-of-a-kind. And yet TimeShift seems to be an afterthought in the season of big-time first person shooters. I know there’s some point where money runs out, and Bioshock (see our review), Halo 3 (see our review), The Orange Box (see our review), and Call of Duty [...]

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Analysts: Wii To Regain Control, PS3 To Struggle In October NPD (Gamasutra)

Ahead of the release of NPD's October hardware and software sales results, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter and simExchange's Jesse Divinch have predicted the Wii will once again emerge on top of the hardware charts, and Activision will dominate software with Guitar Hero and Call of Duty. Though the September release of Halo 3 saw Xbox 360 sales push just past those of the Wii, the analysts ...

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Call of Duty 4 Might Outsell Halo 3 (Voodoo Extreme)

TeamXbox brings the word that Call of Duty 4 may outsell Halo 3 if Nollenberger Capital Partners'...

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First In-Game Halo 3 Marriage Proposal? Probably. [Xbox Love] (Addict 3D)

Nerd love is a beautiful, often creative thing. Take for example Xbox Live user Moviesign's unique marriage proposal to longtime girlfriend and fellow gamer Furtive Penguin.

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Packeteer(R) Releases New Gaming, Instant Messaging Video and P2P Classification Plug-Ins to Control Widespread ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

CUPERTINO, Calif.----Packeteer® , the global leader in WAN application delivery, today announced the release of new application classification plug-ins that enable customers to automatically identity and control online games such as Halo 3, which access Microsoft's Xbox Live network, as well as MSN Instant Messaging , Video and BitTorrent Peer-to-Peer traffic that can consume enormous amounts ...

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First In-Game Halo 3 Marriage Proposal? Probably. [Xbox Love] (Addict 3D)

Nerd love is a beautiful, often creative thing. Take for example Xbox Live user Moviesign's unique marriage proposal to longtime girlfriend and fellow gamer Furtive Penguin.

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Halo 3 hosts marriage proposal (GameSpot)

Creative use of Forge mode forges union between a pair of smitten Xbox Live subscribers.

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Xbox Live To Debut 'Live Is 5ive' Anniversary Celebrations (Gamasutra)

Xbox Live is approaching the fifth anniversary of its North American launch, which took place on November 15, 2002 on the original Xbox, and Microsoft has announced its "Xbox Live Is 5ive" celebration, a series of online, community-focused events on the Xbox 360's Live service to celebrate the date. On November 15th, the events will kick off with the "Game With Fame" competition, which offers ...

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New IP and new Halo on the way from Bungie (MCV)

Studio manager reveals next step for the 115-man studio in exclusive Develop interview

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Microsoft aims to make Xbox more family-friendly (ZDNet)

New feature lets parents set a daily or weekly limit on how many hours children can use the game console. Microsoft on Wednesday showed off a new Xbox feature that will allow parents to set the amount of time that kids can play games. The move...

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Microsoft aims to make Xbox more family-friendly (ZDNet)

New feature lets parents set a daily or weekly limit on how many hours children can use the game console. Microsoft on Wednesday showed off a new Xbox feature that will allow parents to set the amount of time that kids can play games. The move...

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Halo 3 Induces Suicide Bombing Mentality? [Stuck] (Addict 3D)

Because after all, the really elite Halo players don't want to die. If they die too often, they won't win the round, and if they don't win the round, they won't advance up the Xbox Live rankings.

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Halo 3 worth the hype? (The Record)

Halo 3 is a pretty good video game. As if it mattered. The much-hyped title for Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming system is the equivalent of the review-proof movie. No matter what any critic, talking head or commentator said, the game was destined to fly off store shelves.

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Microsoft works family angle in new Xbox ads (USA Today)

Microsoft's new Xbox ads reach out to an audience beyond the stereotypical young male "gamer."

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Xbox invites everyone to weekend of free gaming at Xtival '07 (Pocket-lint via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Free LIVE Gold for all Xbox 360 owners

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Halo 3 worth the hype? (The Record)

Halo 3 is a pretty good video game. As if it mattered. The much-hyped title for Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming system is the equivalent of the review-proof movie. No matter what any critic, talking head or commentator said, the game was destined to fly off store shelves.

More...

Halo 3 Induces Suicide Bombing Mentality? [Stuck] (Addict 3D)

Because after all, the really elite Halo players don't want to die. If they die too often, they won't win the round, and if they don't win the round, they won't advance up the Xbox Live rankings.

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Microsoft works family angle in new Xbox ads (USA Today)

Microsoft's new Xbox ads reach out to an audience beyond the stereotypical young male "gamer."

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Xbox invites everyone to weekend of free gaming at Xtival '07 (Pocket-lint via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Free LIVE Gold for all Xbox 360 owners

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Players vie to be Halo 3 champ (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)

The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 9 in Columbus will host an Xbox 360 tournament from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday in the old Parisian store at Peachtree Mall.

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Halo 3 worth the hype? (The Record)

Halo 3 is a pretty good video game. As if it mattered. The much-hyped title for Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming system is the equivalent of the review-proof movie. No matter what any critic, talking head or commentator said, the game was destined to fly off store shelves.

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Microsoft works family angle in new Xbox ads (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)

Microsoft's new Xbox ads reach out to an audience beyond the stereotypical young male "gamer."

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PRESS RELEASE: MatchBox360 XL – £1000 Halo 3 FFA sponsored by XLEAGUE.TV (gamesindustry.biz)

MatchBox360 are pleased to announce that XLEAGUE.TV will be the official sponsors of the Halo 3 FFA at the forthcoming MatchBox360 XL eSports tournament on 17-18th November at the Birmingham NEC Toute Suite.

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Suicide Bombing Makes Sick Sense in 'Halo 3' (Wired News)

Humiliated and hopelessly outgunned, a revenge-seeking gamer adopts the tactics of a suicide bomber. Who knew a videogame could put you inside a terrorist's head? Commentary by Clive Thompson.

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Xbox 360 Review: Halo 3 (Blogcritics.org)

Just how good is the "final" chapter in Bungie's epic sci-fi shooter? The Halo franchise is the fattest cash cow Microsoft has for its Xbox 360. With over 11.5 million copies of the first and second Halo games sold worldwide, Master Chief is the closest thing to a mascot the Xbox has. Needless to say, with a console that is struggling to keep up in sales numbers with Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft ...

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Xbox 360 Review: Halo 3 (Blogcritics.org)

Just how good is the "final" chapter in Bungie's epic sci-fi shooter? The Halo franchise is the fattest cash cow Microsoft has for its Xbox 360. With over 11.5 million copies of the first and second Halo games sold worldwide, Master Chief is the closest thing to a mascot the Xbox has. Needless to say, with a console that is struggling to keep up in sales numbers with Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft ...

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Xbox's Grange heads to Activision (MCV)

Microsoft's UK head of Xbox PR to join rival publishing outfit as European PR director

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Xbox Marks the Spot: Microsoft Bets Big on Halo 3 (14 WFIE Evansville)

No doubt, Microsoft has a huge hit on its hands with Halo3. But the company's marketing strategy is as much about selling its Xbox 360 game console as it is to promote the sale of video games.

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Microsoft Spins Off Bungie Studios, Creator of 'Halo 3' (Canadian Business)

Jessica Mintz October 5, 2007 - 4:16 p.m. SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. has spun off Bungie Studios, creator of the blockbuster "Halo" video game trilogy, but said Friday it will maintain close ties with the company and own a minority stake in it.

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MTS Allstream brings PC/Xbox High Speed Internet Offer to Manitobans just in time for Christmas (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)

MTS Allstream Inc. is making it a whole lot easier for Manitobans to get their Christmas shopping done with the PC/Xbox High Speed Internet offer, which lets eligible MTS High Speed Internet customers purchase an Xbox 360 Elite gaming system, a Compaq Presario desktop computer or an HP Pavilion notebook computer, and have it delivered to their door and conveniently charged to their monthly MTS ...

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