Microsoft launches "Halo 3"
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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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VANCOUVER - A new computer game launched by Microsoft on Tuesday is graphic, violent - and wildly popular. Halo 2 is a console game where Master Chief, &quot;a genetically enhanced super-soldier,&quot; battles to
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Microsoft Corp  geared up on  Monday to launch &quot;Halo 3,&quot; the acclaimed science-fiction video  game that it hopes will widen its lead over rival Sony Corp  (6758.T) in the battle for industry dominance.
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Microsoft Corp  has  cemented its reputation among hardcore gamers with the launch  of alien shoot-out "Halo 3," but it is still struggling to  attract the mass market audience that has flocked to Nintendo  Co Ltd's  Wii console.
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Microsoft is hoping "Halo 3" will boost Xbox sales enough to knock Sony's PS3 down for good.
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Bundle not too spartan Amid the increasing interest in the Xbox 360 Elite UK launch tomorrow, pricing details and technical specifications for the Halo 3 special edition console - first seen back in July - have finally been released.â¦
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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 2" for the Xbox shoots first, but for PC gamers, "Half-Life 2" is locked and loaded.
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Microsoft&#39;s Halo 2 video game launched in stores across Canada at midnight this morning, its accompanying media frenzy and record-breaking sales confirming blockbuster games are becoming as profitable -- and as culturally important -- as first-run movies.
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Microsoft sees strong quarterly profits, following demand for its Halo 3 video game and computers using Windows.
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Microsoft officially launches a set of tools that it hopes will become a kind of YouTube for videogames.
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Halo 2 has been released in the US, with fans queuing to get their hands on the Xbox title.
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Perhaps Microsoft was hoping for all eyes to be on the much-ballyhooed launch Tuesday of its "Halo 2" video game, but the company's efforts to clean up its lawsuit headaches can't be overshadowed by virtual gunslinging.  -washingtonpost.com
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The CE and tech media is billing Halo 3 as the "PS3 killer." While that may not be too far from the truth, it may also be a bit premature. Either way, time is running out.
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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. "In my group of fr...
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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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The video game &quot;Halo 2&quot; is considered a &quot;killer app&quot; for Microsoft&#39;s Xbox game console -- a piece of software popular enough to drive big sales of the underlying hardware.