&#39;Halo 2&#39; debuts to crowds
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(November 10, 2004) - They stood out in the cold, in the snow, in the middle of the night like concert junkies waiting for tickets to see their favorite band.
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Thousands of fans wait for hours to pick up the first copies of Microsoft's long-awaited Xbox game sequel.
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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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Hoping to make entertainment history, Microsoft plans to release the latest video game in its hit Halo franchise on Tuesday.
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In my own case, the event is the release of Halo 2 shortly after midnight this morning. It&#39;s the sequel to my favorite video game Halo: Combat Evolved, one of the best games ever made for
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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 in the battle  for industry dominance.
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While hordes wait for midnight madness events in cities around the U.S., even the invite-only crowd for a 'Halo 3' pre-launch party at Microsoft had to wait to get in.
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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.
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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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Halo 2, one of the most anticipated video games of the year, got an early release date, but not the way fans or its publisher, Microsoft, had hoped.
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Microsoft&#39;s eagerly anticipated video game, Halo 2, will go on sale at midnight tonight, with the first copy to be distributed at the Toys &#39;R&#39; Us flagship store in Times Square, New York City.
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(National) Nov. 9, 2004 - &quot;Halo 2,&quot; the Microsoft Xbox game released on Tuesday, has been promoted like a box office blockbuster.
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Halo 2, the sequel to Microsoft Corp.&#39;s MSFT.O best-selling game for its Xbox video console, has leaked onto the Internet nearly four weeks before its planned sale, the world&#39;s largest software maker said on Friday.
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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;.
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The gaming world braced Monday for the launch of &quot;Halo 3,&quot; expected to help Microsoft and its XBox 360 console in its battle against Nintendo&#39;s Wii and Sony&#39;s Playstation 3.
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Where have all the gamers gone? Despite the sort of marketing hype usually extended only to film releases and console-style early opening hours, the Halo 3 UK launch was notable for the absence of gamers and large piles of unsold copies.â¦
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The gaming world braced Monday for the release of &quot;Halo 3,&quot; expected to be a blockbuster for Microsoft and its struggling XBox 360 game console.