Microsoft readies "Halo 3" for launch
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Video game aficionados lined up before dawn on Monday for the midnight release of "Halo 3," the acclaimed alien shooter game that Microsoft Corp hopes will widen its lead over Sony Corp in the battle for industry dominance.
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Microsoft isn't the only company soaking up the gravy from this week's release of "Halo 2", the smash successor to the company's breakthrough shooting game for its Xbox console. [Missing Links]
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Microsoft hopes that the new version of Halo, which is exclusive to the Xbox 360, will persuade more consumers to choose its game machine over others.
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Halo 2, Microsoft&#39;s most prized Xbox asset and its biggest hope for success this Christmas, has been leaked onto the Internet just days after developer Bungie officially completed work on the game and announced that it had shipped it off to manufacturing
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At Microsoft's Silicon Valley campus, hundreds of players lined up to play Halo 3 hours before it officially launches.
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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.  released on  Friday the final test version of its upcoming Windows operating  system and said the launch for the highly-anticipated upgrade  is running on schedule.
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The Internet leak of Halo 2, the latest installment of Microsoft&#39;s best-selling Xbox video game, is not expected to affect its release, planned for November 9th.
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Sales of exclusive Xbox 360 video game &quot;Halo 3&quot; rocketed to 170 million dollars on opening day, marking an historic debut that outdid the final Harry Potter novel and the film &quot;Spiderman 3.&quot;
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Microsoft continues to prepare for the third-quarter launch of itsÂ Dynamics Live CRM serviceÂ with Tuesday's announcement of initial pricing and product information.
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Microsoft Corp  geared up on  Monday for the midnight release of &quot;Halo 3,&quot; the acclaimed  alien shooter game that it hopes will widen its lead over Sony  Corp (6758.T) in the battle for industry dominance.
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Even if you don&#39;t play video games, chances are you&#39;ve heard about &quot;Halo 2.&quot;. Microsoft Corp. made sure of that with a massive PR blitz, boldly proclaiming &quot;there hasn&#39;t been this much anticipation
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Over the next three days, in eight languages and 27 countries, Microsoft Corp.  will release its most important program of 2004 -- not a new version of Windows or Office, but an epic tale of a super-soldier defending the Earth from a mysterious alien force.
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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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New 3D menu system will take advantage of forthcoming game service.
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To Microsoft and its Xbox, "Halo 3" is more than just a game.
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Called Wingnut Interactive, the New Zealand-based game shop will join in Microsoft's "Halo" efforts.