Fans Throng for First Crack at New Game 'Halo 2'
556744
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."
755910
Halo 2 has the feel of an instant classic, with addictive gameplay and impressive graphics.
564325
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.
617485
Roughly a month before its November 9 release, a pirated version of Halo 2 began to be widely circulated around the Web. Now, it seems the game is once again falling into gamers&#39; hands earlier than Microsoft and Bungie had planned.
598229
While the rest of the Puget Sound area relished a gorgeous summer, Microsoft&#39;s Bungie Studios team spent nearly every waking hour putting the finishing touches on the video game &quot;Halo 2.&quot;.
74001
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.
177982
You&#39;ve read the ads, heard the buzz and seen the long lineups on the news, but does Halo 2 live up to the hype? Yes. Played from an immersive first-person perspective, the original Halo: Combat Evolved was
295380
It builds on Halo 2 in ways you'd expect, but new modes and options also send the series in exciting new directions.
42534
With just minutes to go until the official launch of Halo 3, those playing at the pre-launch event in Silicon Valley were in high spirits.
76990
It's the hottest ticket in town, as dedicated fans flock to retailers to grab copies of Microsoft's new video game. The opening-day sales figures catapult the sequel to the top of the entertainment heap.
32347
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]
602767
&quot;Halo 3,&quot; the highly anticipated  video game from Microsoft Corp , won high praise on  Sunday from game reviewers who gushed over the lush settings,  cinematic feel and array of multiplayer features.
157628
The first Halo game sold quite a few Xboxes (we know a few Xbox owners who don&#39;t appear to play any other titles on their consoles), and Halo 2 has already clocked $125 million in sales -- on its first day in stores.
26807
First-day sales of Microsoft&#39;s new video game Halo 2 will reach $100 million, a senior Microsoft games executive said Tuesday.
724101
Microsoft Corp. said sales of its Halo 2 video game, the sequel to the best-selling title for its Xbox video-game machine, topped 2.4 million in North America, generating $125 million on its first day.
332268
There&#39;s a new media king, only he isn&#39;t on the radio or in the movies. His name? Master Chief. His role: Interstellar soldier and star of &quot;Halo 2,&quot; one of the most anticipated video games ever.
561740
Gabe: Well tomorrow is the 25th and many of you will probably start celebrating tonight. I'd like to believe the midnight parties and festivities are related to my Birthday tomorrow but it's more likely your all excited about Halo 3. I had the chance to play through the entire single player campaign with Tycho and Robert and I can say you probably will not be disappointed. I never really got into the Halo story. I thought it was because there just wasn't much story there to get into. I got this link last week though and I realised that there's actually a really cool story, the problem is the games do a terrible job of telling it. I recommend reading this thread before you tackle Halo 3. It lays out the history of the Halo universe really well. Like any sequel it helps to have played the previous games but in this case I don't even think that's enough. The story in Halo 3 simply doesn't make a lick of fucking sense on it's own and they make zero effort to help players that might be new to the series. I don't mean there isn't a movie at the beginning that's like "previously on teh Haloz!" I mean they just assume you know everything in that thread forwards and back. Honestly though it's Halo. You can play through the thing, shoot a bunch of guys skip all the cut scenes and have a damn good time. It's just sort of sad that there's such a rich universe there that the games aren't conveying.I've got some stuff to say about the Halo 3 advertising as well but I don't want to spoil anything. We can talk about it later this week once you've all had a chance to play it.I wrapped up our eight page Assassin's Creed comic last week. Those of you who purchase the Limited Edition of the game will get a bunch of cool stuff including a copy of our comic. It's a little prequel story that provides some background info on the main character. I think it turned out pretty good and I'm excited for you guys to see it. The game ships in November but I'll go ahead and post the cover now so you can see my take on Altair.  -Gabe out