Microsoft Owns Up To Halo 3 Disc Scratching
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Microsoft confirmed blog reports Wednesday that the special limited edition packaging on some Halo 3 games was scratching the disc and has offered to replace them at no charge.
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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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To Microsoft and its Xbox, "Halo 3" is more than just a game.
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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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Hot money hole Microsoft is taking a $1bn hit to fix Xbox 360s, conceding residual hardware faults in its games console are causing users frustration and an "unacceptable number of repairs."â¦
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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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According to reports, copies of the eagerly awaited Halo 2 Xbox game made an impromptu debut last night on Usenet groups and pirate sites.
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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's &lt;MSFT.O&gt; "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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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
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SEATTLE - Within hours after fans got their hands on Halo 3, blogs brimmed with reports that special limited-edition packaging is scratching the video game discs.
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Nearly three years have passed since Microsoft Corp. released the last full version of Windows, the Redmond company&#39;s most important and profitable product.
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Microsoft confirms that a pirated copy of Halo 2 for Xbox in the PAL video format and French language started circulating on the Internet this week over newsgroups and piracy sites.
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Just days after Microsoft Corp. took a more than US$1 billion earnings charge to fix hardware problems in Xbox 360 consoles, a class-action suit says that the consoles also damage game discs.
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Microsoft denies accusations that Xbox 360 owners in Great Britain are treated unfairly when their consoles need repair. In Game|Life.
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Blog: At this year's E3, Microsoft will once again be providing E3 updates via their "Bringing it Home" campaign.