Video Game 'Halo 2' to Make Killing for Microsoft
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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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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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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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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 clocked $125 million in sales on its first day in stores.
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The countdown to midnight madness is over and Halo enthusiasts have begun a mad rush to be among the first to get their copies of Halo 2. Halo 2 is the widely anticipated sequel to Halo, the top selling Xbox title of all time. In Halo 2, the Covenant, the plot thickens when an invasive alien race bent on the destruction of mankind sets its sights on Earth. All that stands between Earthlings and total annihilation is a genetically altered "super solider" called Master Chief. Halo 2 is available from most retail outlets.
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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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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 2 has been released in the US, with fans queuing to get their hands on the Xbox title.
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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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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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World&#39;s largest software maker&#39;s best-selling game for Xbox video console -- Halo 2-- has leaked onto the Internet nearly four weeks before its planned sale date.
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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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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."
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With Halo 2 racking up record sales and eager fans rushing to Microsoft&#39;s Xbox Live online gaming service to compete with other gamers from around the world, it should be an exciting time for Xbox enthusiasts.
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Microsoft hopes the launch Tuesday of its much-anticipated &quot;Halo 3&quot; game will turn into another blockbuster that will fend off challenges from Nintendo&#39;s Wii and Sony&#39;s Playstation 3.
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With Halo 3 being released tomorrow, some are wondering what the future of the video game console war looks like.  Don Reisinger thinks the Xbox 360 will take the day.
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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.