Bungie touts online numbers of its Xbox shooter; figure signifies total gaming sessions, not players.
Post on developer's official site addresses cross-platform play, DirectX requirements, big change to clan system for Xbox version of game.
Halo 2, Project Gotham Racing 2, Fable, and others form initial slate of £9.99 titles for Microsoft's original console.
Gartner Group says Microsoft's track record with new operating systems means Vista won't make Q1 2007 date; Vista-only games such as Halo 2 would be pushed back as well.
Best of Blood Gulch Chronicles, creators Rooster Teeth to appear at SF Film Festival this month.
Professional gaming league will be shown on USA Network, Boost Mobile; Boost, Scion sign on as major sponsors.
Two years after Microsoft launched its XNA initiative in San Jose, the company is back, talking about progress made in making game development easier.
Microsoft's new operating system won't launch widely until January, although some "volume-licensing customers" will still get it this year.
FBR predicts US launch of Sony's console will reinvigorate game stocks, but Xbox 360's head start will make it market leader through 2010.
Second volume of sci-fi shooter's score set to be released next month by Sumthing Else Music Works.
All-new stories of Bungie's sci-fi universe set to land in graphic novel form; Moebius, Simon Bisley, among the artists lending their talents to the book.
As Microsoft drags out its teaser campaign, the Associated Press confirms suspicions the device is merely an "ultra-mobile PC" with limited game and entertainment functionality.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer uncovers footage of what looks like Halo running on a portable mini PC; details may be revealed as soon as Thursday.
Master Chief and fellow Space Marines say, "Hasta la Vista"; Microsoft Game Studios to develop Halo 2 for PC and its next-gen operating system.
Xbox-centric studio wants PC game, graphics, and audio programmers--will they help port Halo 2?
[UPDATE] Next-gen console sells out in half an hour at event location--full premiere party coverage with photos inside.
Director confirms he's in talks to direct but said he'd prefer making Hellboy 2.
[UPDATE] New, briefly withdrawn patch supports most current-gen Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, and Rainbow Six games.
Peter Jackson tells Dark Horizons that he hasn't chosen a filmmaker to help adapt the popular shooter.
The IESB movie-news service reports Peter Jackson has asked Guillermo del Toro to adapt the wildly popular Xbox game.
Executives Dave Sirulnick, Alex Porter, and Carol Eng talk about the youth network's weeklong attempt to win over gamers.
Gamers across the pond will be able to play 156 Xbox games on their 360s, all titles pulled from North American compatibility list.
700 of the globe's best gamers meet for competition in Singapore. Total purse tops $435,000.
List of playable Xbox games for the Xbox 360 in Japan tops out at a dozen versus 200-plus in North America; more promised in future.
Microsoft confirms that its next-gen console will play many games for its current-gen console, including Halo, Ninja Gaiden, KOTOR, Fable, GTA, and more.
Bungie's shooters will run at 720p, widescreen on Microsoft's new console, no assembly (or hard drive) required.
Usually trustworthy script-review site Latinoreview.com likens the screenplay for the much-anticipated game adaptation to a sci-fi Saving Private Ryan.
Golden Joysticks handed out in London; San Andreas steals 5, Resident Evil takes 4. PSP and Nintendo also recognized.
Collaboration between Tecmo and Bungie yields an unlockable Mistress Chief; Halo-themed battleground also included.
Director's Oscar-winning Weta Digital and Weta Workshop effects houses will create the big-screen version of the Master Chief and Covenant.
Bungie confirms Halo character will be unlockable in Tecmo's Dead or Alive 4 for Xbox 360. Character's identity not immediately identified, but Bungie leaves clues.
This week: Konami buys Capcom, the stillborn Metallica game, and Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks roughs up the PSP.
Metal case turns into legal case as Scandinavian company sues software giant for Halo 2 packaging.
Hands-on demos of Xbox games hit 25 college campuses over two months of touring.
Subscriptions via dashboard priced, confirmed; long-term prices stay steady, one-month subscriptions rise.
"Fight the Flood" T-shirts on sale now; all proceeds go to help victims of Hurricane Katrina; SOE also asks for EQII players to donate.
Final battlegrounds from the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack are now available on Xbox Live; matchmaking playlist updates next week.
Microsoft offers gamers a bundle of Bungie with new compilation of signature Xbox shooter series.
A three-ring circus of Halo games may be in the works; unconfirmed comp will include Halo, Halo 2, and map pack for $60.
Microsoft and movie magnates Fox and Universal reconfirm 2007 target date; film based on Xbox's biggest seller set for that summer.
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