Thursday, December 20, 2007

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Halo 3 Purchased by 52% of all Xbox 360 Owners (PC World)

As of November, 4.1 million Americans have bought Halo 3 -- more than half of the current 7.9 million Xbox 360 owners in the United States.

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Review: Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack for Xbox 360 (Geek.com)

If you’ve been playing Halo 3 since it came out back in September, then you’ve probably mastered all the maps; you’ve learned the chokeholds, weapon locations, and strategies to get it all done in record time. But there are now about 5 million people with Halo 3, and while they’re getting used to everything you [...]

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'Halo 3,' 'Pac-Man' And More Have Our 10 Great Gaming Moments Of 2007, In GameFile (MTV Music Television)

"Halo 3," "Pac-Man Championship Edition," "BioShock" and more include our 10 great gaming moments of 2007, in GameFile.

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Microsoft Xbox 360 expected to dominate video game sales over holiday season (CPILive.net)

With a great line-up of games like ‘Halo 3’, ‘Mass Effect’, ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 08’, ‘BioShock’, ‘Viva Piñata’, and ‘Project Gotham Racing 4’, Microsoft Xbox 360 is expected to dominate the video game sales with generous offers for all gaming enthusiasts to benefit from the holiday season.

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Adam had a relatively easy job compiling a collection of the best games on the PlayStation Network (Games Asylum)

- the service has only been around for a year and new releases have been sporadic at best. Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade though has been around for nearly twice as long with new releases appearing every Wednesday like clockwork.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

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Halo 3 Purchased by 52% of all Xbox 360 Owners (PC World)

As of November, 4.1 million Americans have bought Halo 3 -- more than half of the current 7.9 million Xbox 360 owners in the United States.

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'Halo 3,' 'Pac-Man' And More Have Our 10 Great Gaming Moments Of 2007, In GameFile (MTV Music Television)

"Halo 3," "Pac-Man Championship Edition," "BioShock" and more include our 10 great gaming moments of 2007, in GameFile.

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Microsoft Xbox 360 expected to dominate video game sales over holiday season (CPILive.net)

With a great line-up of games like ‘Halo 3’, ‘Mass Effect’, ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 08’, ‘BioShock’, ‘Viva Piñata’, and ‘Project Gotham Racing 4’, Microsoft Xbox 360 is expected to dominate the video game sales with generous offers for all gaming enthusiasts to benefit from the holiday season.

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Xbox 360's "Assassin's Creed" tops the Rogers Video game rental list (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)

TORONTO - The most popular game rentals (all platforms) according to Rogers Video for the period ending Dec. 16.

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Review: 'Call of Duty,' 'Unreal' a blast (AP via Yahoo! News)

This has been a banner year for the first-person shooter on consoles. We've seen some brilliant shooters ("BioShock," "Metroid Prime 3: Corruption"), some terrible ones ("Hour of Victory") and plenty more that fell somewhere in between (yes, "Halo 3").

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

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'Halo 3,' 'Pac-Man' And More Have Our 10 Great Gaming Moments Of 2007, In GameFile (MTV Music Television)

"Halo 3," "Pac-Man Championship Edition," "BioShock" and more include our 10 great gaming moments of 2007, in GameFile.

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Microsoft Xbox 360 expected to dominate video game sales over holiday season (CPILive.net)

With a great line-up of games like ‘Halo 3’, ‘Mass Effect’, ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 08’, ‘BioShock’, ‘Viva Piñata’, and ‘Project Gotham Racing 4’, Microsoft Xbox 360 is expected to dominate the video game sales with generous offers for all gaming enthusiasts to benefit from the holiday season.

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Xbox 360's "Assassin's Creed" tops the Rogers Video game rental list (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)

TORONTO - The most popular game rentals (all platforms) according to Rogers Video for the period ending Dec. 16.

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Xbox Favourite To Win Console War (DVD-Recordable)

Retailers think the Xbox 360 is most likely to win the next generation console war, but they're still annoyed by the ongoing Wii shortage, according to a survey.

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Over Half Of US 360 Owners Own Halo 3 [Halo 3] (Addict 3D)

Using some simple math (ie looking at that figure compared to global 360 sales), we figured the game had a healthy attach rate.

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Monday, December 17, 2007

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Microsoft Xbox 360 expected to dominate video game sales over holiday season (CPILive.net)

With a great line-up of games like ‘Halo 3’, ‘Mass Effect’, ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 08’, ‘BioShock’, ‘Viva Piñata’, and ‘Project Gotham Racing 4’, Microsoft Xbox 360 is expected to dominate the video game sales with generous offers for all gaming enthusiasts to benefit from the holiday season.

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Xbox Favourite To Win Console War (DVD-Recordable)

Retailers think the Xbox 360 is most likely to win the next generation console war, but they're still annoyed by the ongoing Wii shortage, according to a survey.

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GamerMetrics: Halo 'Cannibalized' Stranglehold, Xbox 360 Software Sales (Gamasutra)

IGN GamerMetrics analyst Nick Williams recently took a look back at the predictions GamerMetrics made for Xbox 360 titles based on analysis of four primary factors -- awareness, engagement, purchase intent and game quality -- ahead of each title's launch with the aim of predicting the success of upcoming games. The chart below highlights GamerMetrics' performance record for these past ...

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Halo 3 Map Packs Now Available For Download (InformationWeek)

The Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack is available through the Xbox Live marketplace and will cost users 800 "Microsoft points" or about $10.00.

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First Halo 3 Downloadable Content Arrives as Heroic Map Pack Hits Xbox 360 (XBOX365)

The international award-winning “Halo 3” gets even better as the “Halo 3” Heroic Map Pack launches today on Xbox 360’s Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

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Friday, December 14, 2007

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GamerMetrics: Halo 'Cannibalized' Stranglehold, Xbox 360 Software Sales (Gamasutra)

IGN GamerMetrics analyst Nick Williams recently took a look back at the predictions GamerMetrics made for Xbox 360 titles based on analysis of four primary factors -- awareness, engagement, purchase intent and game quality -- ahead of each title's launch with the aim of predicting the success of upcoming games. The chart below highlights GamerMetrics' performance record for these past ...

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Halo 3 Map Packs Now Available For Download (InformationWeek)

The Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack is available through the Xbox Live marketplace and will cost users 800 "Microsoft points" or about $10.00.

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First Halo 3 Downloadable Content Arrives as Heroic Map Pack Hits Xbox 360 (XBOX365)

The international award-winning “Halo 3” gets even better as the “Halo 3” Heroic Map Pack launches today on Xbox 360’s Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

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Blog: Mass Effect, Xbox Xmas (The New Zealand Herald)

Xbox 360 owners are drowning in a sea of choices this Christmas. By now gamers are likely to have played Bungie's Halo 3 out a number of times and been spooked by the immersive Bioshock from development house Bioware.

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First "Halo 3" Downloadable Content Arrives as Heroic Map Pack Hits Xbox 360 (GameInfoWire)

Award-winning multiplayer experience evolves with three new maps now available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

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First Halo 3 Downloadable Content Arrives as Heroic Map Pack Hits Xbox 360 (XBOX365)

The international award-winning “Halo 3” gets even better as the “Halo 3” Heroic Map Pack launches today on Xbox 360’s Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

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Halo 3 Map Packs Now Available For Download (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

The Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack is available through the Xbox Live marketplace and will cost users 800 "Microsoft points" or about $10.00.

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Blog: Mass Effect, Xbox Xmas (The New Zealand Herald)

Xbox 360 owners are drowning in a sea of choices this Christmas. By now gamers are likely to have played Bungie's Halo 3 out a number of times and been spooked by the immersive Bioshock from development house Bioware.

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First "Halo 3" Downloadable Content Arrives as Heroic Map Pack Hits Xbox 360 (GameInfoWire)

Award-winning multiplayer experience evolves with three new maps now available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace

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Mass Effect Sells A Million, Halo 3 Sells Five (Slashdot)

Sales news is starting to trickle out for some of the big Fall games, with the Xbox 360 so far looking very strong. BioWare's Mass Effect has sold a million copies, while Bungie's blockbuster Halo 3 has already sold over five million copies since its September 25th release date. That last figure comes from a GameDaily interview with Xbox Marketing VP Jeff Bell. Aside from noting this week's ...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

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First Halo 3 Downloadable Content Arrives as Heroic Map Pack Hits Xbox 360 (XBOX365)

The international award-winning “Halo 3” gets even better as the “Halo 3” Heroic Map Pack launches today on Xbox 360’s Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

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Mass Effect Sells A Million, Halo 3 Sells Five (Slashdot)

Sales news is starting to trickle out for some of the big Fall games, with the Xbox 360 so far looking very strong. BioWare's Mass Effect has sold a million copies, while Bungie's blockbuster Halo 3 has already sold over five million copies since its September 25th release date. That last figure comes from a GameDaily interview with Xbox VP Jeff Bell. Aside from noting this week's release of ...

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First "Halo 3" Downloadable Content Arrives as Heroic Map Pack Hits Xbox 360 (GameInfoWire)

Award-winning multiplayer experience evolves with three new maps now available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace

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New Halo 3 maps available NOW! (Games Radar)

The Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack has been released on Xbox Live Marketplace, adding three new multiplayer maps which Microsoft says each present a "totally different play style."

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Halo 3 map pack released ( News ) (EuroGamer)

The Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack has gone up on Xbox Live Marketplace, offering three brand new battlegrounds for 800 Microsoft Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.30).

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