Movies share spotlight with games at Video Software Dealers Association awards in Vegas.
Third-annual video game awards show adds another Game of the Year award to Bungie's stash.
"Banhammer" nails down Halo 2 abusers and hackers; fourth auto-update available now and required for online play.
Five new multiplayer maps available for download for $11.99; complete set of nine new battlefields now in retail for $19.99.
GameRiot and the CPL announce Halo 2 tournament in Texas from July 6-10.
Competition for slots in national championship heats up across the country; matches lead to NYC finals in September.
This year's event takes place July 27, show airs August 9; fans vote for the winners.
King Tuur of the Netherlands beats 50,000 others for title of Halo 2 world champion.
Variety reports the two studios want to jointly shoulder burden of bringing the Master Chief to the big screen, but some sticking points remain.
Remember how there are five more maps coming? Put down your controller and check out new video, screens, and impressions of those same five.
Variety reports the software giant wants a movie version of its sci-fi shooter fast-tracked, but its steep demands are causing studios to pass.
Second round of downloadable multiplayer maps and full retail version delayed one week to July 5.
Texas event will let pro gamers compete for $200,000 in prizes and a chance to join the world tour.
US regional competition rumbles in early May; winners receive Halo gear, electronics, and cash.
Master Chief has new multiplayer stomping grounds for fragging; two battlefields free, two more for $5.99.
First set of new Halo 2 battlegrounds available over Xbox Live April 25; remaining five maps will be released June 28.
Bungie is making sweeping changes to Halo 2 in the form of new multiplayer maps and significant balance updates. We get a feel for the changes in one carnage-filled afternoon.
Auto-update balances weapons and fixes cheats and bugs; automatic update available for download April 18.
Map pack will feature nine new multiplayer battlegrounds; Live users will get first shot at four maps beginning in April; retail version hits shelves June 28.
Halo maker relocating to Kirkland, Washington; Master Chief now neighbors with Google.
Product page on EBgames.com briefly lists a $19.99, nine-level multiplayer add-on as coming May 24; Bungie says announcement due by week's end; Microsoft stays mum.
Korean-language version of the official Xbox site lists a "Halo 2 X-Pack (Expansion Pack)" in the works.
Gabe gets goofy as Valve's shooter takes four categories; Katamari Damacy still the fans' fave.
[UPDATE] This week: Take-Two takes the NBA, the Xbox cord cover-up, and Metal Gear Solid 4 on the PlayStation 3.
Assemblyman Leland Yee plans to bring back a failed proposal that would punish vendors who put violent games in kids' hands.
City by the Bay is the next stop for console gaming league; competitive games include Halo 2, Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter.
Variety reports that Microsoft has begun the process of bringing its best-selling game franchise to the big screen.
San Andreas, Need for Speed Underground 2, Halo 2, Half-Life 2, and World of Warcraft ring in the new year on top of the charts.
During Q2 earnings call, execs raise expectations; new numbers point to 21 million consoles sold and 1.6 million Xbox Live subscribers by June 2005.
Games picked for global competition; two new franchises join World Cyber Games this year in Singapore.
This week: More Nintendo Revolution murmurs, next-generation Burnout and Need for Speed, and new Halo 2 maps coming next month (or not).
Bungie's megahit surpasses prequel as Xbox's best-seller; Xbox Live reaches 1.4 million users.
Industry standard's annual tally for console software and hardware sales sees a less than 1 percent decline compared with 2003. San Andreas declared the year's top game.
The Microsoft-owned developer shoots down rumors that it is readying a portable version of its shooter as the handheld's launch lineup is revealed.
Xbox software boss Cameron Ferroni claims "leadership position" against Sony in the console wars and discusses Xbox Xenon plans.
The man-centric cable network's second annual game awards was a lot heavier on celebrity and game savvy that its predecessor.
Absent sales from the killer titles published by Microsoft and Rockstar, November sales would have dropped more than 20 percent. With the two, revenues rose 11 percent.
Microsoft releases numbers on Bungie's shooter; franchise now tops 11 million units sold.
Bungie lives up to its promises of regular updates, adding Team Slayer and Rumble Training to matchmaking.
Christmas comes early for GameStop after Wall Street firm upgrades company's investment rating from "hold" to "buy."
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