One of the biggest complaints with Halo 2 was that you couldn’t look for types of games you were interested in. You could only play the types Bungie created unless you had tons of friends. They promised to remedy that by creating XBL Public, mentioned in various interviews with Bungie employees. A lot of players are very unhappy now.

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A representative from Valve Software confirmed on Wednesday night that its upcoming releases of The Orange Box for PC and Xbox 360 have gone gold and are on their way for an October 10 release date.

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On its first day of release in Japan, Halo 3 sold 45,000. For perspective, Blue Dragon (which is the highest-sold Xbox 360 title) sold 83,000 in it’s first week. Halo 3 cut into that by more than half in a day.

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….PS2 version coming Dec. 10 at $160.

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The company said that Halo 3, the third and final episode in the hugely popular franchise, netted $170 million in sales in the U.S. in its first day.

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The frequent video game critic, already facing professional misconduct charges from the Florida Bar which could see him stripped of his license to practice law, has outraged a U.S. District Court judge by including images of men having sex in a document filed with the court last week.

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Call it the Halo holiday, or the Halo bug. Some gamers are going to be a little sleepy this week at work or school, if they show up at all. With yesterday’s release of Halo 3, the highly anticipated video game for the Xbox 360 console, many gamers are taking some personal time.

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Maybe this is Peter Jackson’s secret project?

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Players of the Chinese MMORPG, King of the World, may have found themselves unable to log into their accounts this past weekend. The game
’s publisher, Aurora Technology, has apparently frozen the accounts of all male players choosing to play as a female characters.

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Scratched discs were found in Halo 3 LE. MS admits there is a problem and offers to replace the discs if you are willing to wait two weeks.

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1up is reporting that in their play-through with MGS4 that the controller shook in separate places. We did enjoy the various rumble effects employed by the new Dual Shock 3 controller, though: As explosions rattled around Snake, we could actually feel the direction from which they were coming based on what part of the controller vibrated.

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Midnight release of the massively promoted 360 shooter in San Francisco draws crowds of media, spectators, police, and gamers from various backgrounds.

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So much for building a sufficient infrastructure. It appears that several parts of Xbox Live are failing due to quantity of Halo 3 players. Right now less than 1000 players listed as being online in Halo 3. There were more online over weekend before official launch.

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Nintendo has passed Canon Inc. to become Japan’s second most valuable tradable company, just one spot behind current leader Toyota Motor Corp. Investors are betting that demand for Nintendo’s Wii and DS will remain solid throughout the holiday season. Despite offering lesser technology, the console has thus far trumped Microsoft and Sony’s efforts.

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