Halo 2 Poised to Ring Up $80M in Sales
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Video game is creating the kind of buzz usually reserved for a Hollywood opening of, say, "The Incredibles." -The Washington Post
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Microsoft Corp. finally came through with Halo 2 and ended the waiting period of millions of gamers worldwide today by announcing Halo 2 in the market.
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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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NEW YORK/SEATTLE  - Microsoft Corp  began  selling "Halo 3" on Tuesday, hoping the acclaimed alien shooter  game will widen its lead over Sony Corp  in the battle  for industry dominance.
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Advance copies of the aliens-versus-space marines video game "Halo 2" have already fetched as much as &#36;265 on Internet auction site eBay, days before the official launch.
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ATLANTA - For many video game addicts, the buzz on the sequel to &quot;Halo&quot; is louder than a machine gun rat-a-tatting in their ears.
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The anticipated release of Halo 2 is the latest and perhaps the best indication of how the blockbuster mentality of Hollywood has pervaded the videogame industry.
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Halo 3, undoubtedly the most anticipated title for the Xbox 360 -- and perhaps of all time -- will be finally available tonight. More than 10,000 stores will be opening their doors at midnight to sell the game, which is expected to break all sales records and become the biggest interactive entertainment launch in history.
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Video game sales soared to a record $18.2 billion last year, but the days of strong growth are on pause as players await a new generation of consoles.
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Two years of hype for Microsoft video-game sequel Halo 2 began to pay off yesterday as fans snapped up millions of copies of the alien-blasting game for the Xbox console.
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The gaming world braced Monday for the release of &quot;Halo 3,&quot; expected to be a blockbuster for Microsoft and its struggling XBox 360 game console.
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Microsoft Corp  began its  midnight sales of "Halo 3," the acclaimed alien shooter game  that it hopes will widen its lead over Sony Corp  in  the battle for industry dominance.
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Halo 2, the stunning Xbox video game nearly three years in the making, goes on sale at midnight tonight, with Microsoft pulling out the stops to herald its launch as a pop culture event.
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First-day sales of Microsoft Corp.'s  new video game "Halo 2" will reach &#36;100 million, a senior Microsoft games executive said on Tuesday.
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Halo 3, one of the most heavily marketed games in history, goes on sale at midnight in the US.
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This year s German Games Convention in Leipzig has offered up a peek at the upcoming blockbuster hit, Halo 2. Hundreds of people got to wait in line for eight stations where the game was running.
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Microsoft&#39;s eagerly anticipated video game, Halo 2, will go on sale at midnight tonight, with the first copy to be distributed at the Toys &#39;R&#39; Us flagship store in Times Square, New York City.