Halo 2 Rakes in $100 Million
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First-day sales of Microsoft&#39;s new video game Halo 2 will reach $100 million, a senior Microsoft games executive said Tuesday.
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About three weeks ahead of its release date, a copy of the much anticipated Xbox game Halo 2 has been leaked onto the Internet. The leak, reportedly a European French-language version, came just days after
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Microsoft Corp  on Wednesday said its "Halo 3" video game had $170 million in sales on its first day, easily surpassing its predecessor, 2004's "Halo 2," which racked up $125 million in the first day.
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While Halo 2 is already a huge hit for Xbox out of the box, parent company Microsoft hopes the ripple effect of Halo 2 lasts well into its next generation of gaming hardware.
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Microsoft Corp's  "Halo 3" video game set an opening-day U.S. sales record of $170 million, outdoing any video game or movie debut and giving the company's money-losing entertainment unit a strong boost toward profitability.
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"Halo 2" proves heaven-sent as Microsoft racks up big-time sales and game fans burn the midnight oil.
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Microsoft beat even its own heady expectations for the hotly anticipated Xbox game &quot;Halo 2,&quot; selling more than $125 million of the product its first day in stores.
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The sequel to the best-selling Xbox game, Halo, is finished, say its makers.
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The countdown to midnight madness is over and Halo enthusiasts have begun a mad rush to be among the first to get their copies of Halo 2. Halo 2 is the widely anticipated sequel to Halo, the top selling Xbox title of all time. In Halo 2, the Covenant, the plot thickens when an invasive alien race bent on the destruction of mankind sets its sights on Earth. All that stands between Earthlings and total annihilation is a genetically altered "super solider" called Master Chief. Halo 2 is available from most retail outlets.
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Bungie Studios has commenced the final countdown to Halo 2. Halo 2, a wildly popular Xbox title, has been turned over for release to certification (RTC). Barring any last minute showstoppers, the game is scheduled to hit the shelves November 9 -- just in time for the holidays. In Halo 2, the Covenant -- an invasive alien race bent on the destruction of mankind -- has set its sights on Earth. All that stands between the citizens of Earth and total annihilation is a genetically altered "super solider" named Master Chief. Halo 2 is available via preorder from most retail outlets.
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TORONTO (CP) - Halo 2 has been Nathan Walpole&#39;s life for more than two years. He helped create the video game, spending 20-hour days in the Bungie Studios office in Redmond, Wash.
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Halo 3, one of the most heavily marketed games in history, goes on sale at thousands of stores in the US.
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It takes a special kind of person to stay up all night and stand in a line nearly 250 people long just to buy a video game -- but for rabid fans of the first "Halo" on the Xbox video game console, it was well worth the wait to buy the new "Halo 2."
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The video game Halo 2 is expected to gross $75 million US in sales over the next 24 hours, with a &quot;midnight madness&quot; release similar to the opening of a blockbuster film.
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LOS ANGELES: It takes a special kind of person to stay up all night and stand in a line nearly 250 people long just to buy a video game - but for rabid fans of the first Halo on the Xbox video game console, it was well worth the wait to buy the new Halo
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"Halo" is crucial to the success of Microsoft's Xbox video game business, which has lost billions of dollars since it was started in 2001.
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&quot;Halo 2&quot; is unquestionably the most eagerly anticipated video game of 2004. But that may be a bit of an understatement. Its predecessor became a religion, a staple to what seems like 99 percent of dorm room gamers.