Bungie mystery project: Halo prequel, Forerunner, or next-gen Marathon?
Halo-heads had a steaming cauldron of piping-hot speculation poured into their laps this week, courtesy of a trifecta of wild rumors.
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Halo 360 faceplate on the way?
Online retailers list a Halo-themed faceplate for $20; blue covering features Master Chief, little else.
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Halo comic goes monthly
After launch of graphic novel, Marvel announces plans to revisit the Master Chief on a regular basis, starting in 2007.
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Microsoft to ship 13-15 million 360s by June 2007
CFO Chris Liddell says software giant will try to triple its next-gen hardware installed base by the end of its fiscal year next June.
Burton's <i>Grim Fandango</i> and Denzel in <i>Halo</i>?
Two film sites--one obscure, one reputable--spark a flurry of rumors about a pair of game-to-film adaptations.
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NCAA demo, movies rush Xbox Marketplace
Xbox 360 owners can now check out a demo for NCAA Football 07 and new trailers for Mass Effect, Halo 3.
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Halo 3 campaign in testing
Bungie says it is testing the single-player portion of its FPS; reveals new info on weapons, comic, game modes, documentary, matchmaking playlists, and more.
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Halo 3 documentary now playing
Making-of short now available; includes interviews, footage of orchestra, never-before-seen camera angles on E3 2006 trailer.
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Halo 3 doc coming
Bungie.net confirms short film focusing on the E3 2006 trailer of its anticipated shooter; doc will feature new "angles" on trailer.
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First official Halo 3 merch arrives
Gamers can declare their intention to "Finish the Fight" with new apparel at Bungie store.
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Halo 3 MP testing under way
Bungie.net posting confirms that multiplayer action on the recently announced Xbox 360 shooter is already getting a daily run-through.
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Xbox Live downloads hit milestone
Microsoft's online gaming service breaks 24 million downloads mark, more than a fifth came during last week's E3 free trial.
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E3 06: Halo 3 announced, plot details revealed
[UPDATE]: We got a close-up look at the Halo 3 trailer--which is reportedly rendered in real-time--with Bungie representatives; its setting is a Covenant-occupied Earth.
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E3 06: Halo 3, GTA IV headline Microsoft E3 conference
Bill Gates and Peter Moore introduce Live Anywhere, HD-DVD add-on, "Xbox Vision" camera, and expanded lineup for Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox 360, Windows Vista.
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E3 06: Analysts offer E3 preview
Michael Wallace and Stephen Tam with UBS Securities give investors a heads-up on what they expect from next week's big show.
100GB HDD, $100 price drop lead Xbox 360 rumor avalanche
Spanish site Meristation.com dumps a vat of scuttlebutt onto the fires of speculation surrounding Microsoft's next-gen plans.
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Peter Moore: Microsoft's man with the plan
In San Francisco for an Editors' Day, the Microsoft games boss stops by for some time under the lights and in front of the camera.
Halo 3 not called "Halo 3"?
Xbox.com forum post claims to have advance knowledge of Bungie's new game, which will feature four-person co-op, free-roaming gameplay--and the Master Chief.
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Tomorrow's games, designed by players as they play
User-generated content is back in vogue as games go "open source;" J Allard and Will Wright get behind personalization of games at SoCal conference.
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Q&A: Microsoft's Bryan Lee does a 360
One-time Xbox CFO sets the record straight on shipments of his company's next-gen console, dodges questions about Halo 3, and sizes up the competition.
Rumor: 2006 NOT the year of Halo 3?
The next edition of Halo, once thought to be released as early as this spring, may be pushed back to 2007 says a GameStop company e-mail.
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Gates: Halo 3 not countering PS3 launch
Microsoft chairman says "super great" shooter won't release until Bungie's say-so, Sony will have own supply woes for PS3 launch.
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Rumor: Halo 3 now playable?
News out of the Northwest says that Bungie's next project is "surprisingly polished and playable."
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Del Toro torn over Halo movie
Director confirms he's in talks to direct but said he'd prefer making Hellboy 2.
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No <i>Halo</i> director chosen yet
Peter Jackson tells Dark Horizons that he hasn't chosen a filmmaker to help adapt the popular shooter.
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Rumor: <i>Hellboy</i> director to helm <i>Halo</i>?
The IESB movie-news service reports Peter Jackson has asked Guillermo del Toro to adapt the wildly popular Xbox game.
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Rumor: Bungie developing a pirate game?
Job listing on Bungie's Web site leads to scuttlebutt about a buccaneer adventure preceding Halo 3 in the development pipeline.
Rumor: Halo movie script a "tour de force"
Usually trustworthy script-review site Latinoreview.com likens the screenplay for the much-anticipated game adaptation to a sci-fi Saving Private Ryan.
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Rumor Control: World of Warcraft 360 and Vice City Stories
[UPDATE] This week: Hex168.com--Conspiracy site? Halo 3 announcement? Lame contest promotion?
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Peter Jackson executive-producing Halo movie
Director's Oscar-winning Weta Digital and Weta Workshop effects houses will create the big-screen version of the Master Chief and Covenant.
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Bach: Halo 3 ships when it's ready
Halo 3's date still unknown. Prez of Microsoft's Entertainment division says 360 launch lineup will be best ever; exclusive content will push new Xbox past PS3.
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Rumor Control: Halo 3 @ X05 & Thompson's anti-game law
Revolution specs revealed (again), Tourist Trophy PSP, and Jessica Alba.
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Rumor Control: Annual Xbox 360 price cuts and Peter Jackson's Halo
This week: Konami buys Capcom, the stillborn Metallica game, and Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks roughs up the PSP.
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Rumor Control: PS3 keyboard support and Xbox 360 = 11/4
This week: The PS3 GPU snafu, PGR3 misses the 360 launch, and Halo 3's surprise holiday release.
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Universal, Fox close to Halo movie deal
Variety reports the two studios want to jointly shoulder burden of bringing the Master Chief to the big screen, but some sticking points remain.
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Microsoft hawking Halo script for $10m
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.
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GameStop taking Halo 3 preorders
The retailer predicts that Master Chief will fight again in June 2006 on the Xbox 360; also lists 360 versions of DOA VBall 2, Theseis, Metronome, and [eM].
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Halo 3 parrying PlayStation 3 launch
Time quotes Bill Gates saying that Sony's next-gen console will "walk into" the Xbox 360 follow-up to the best-selling sci-fi shooter.
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Microsoft confirms Perfect Dark Zero, others for Xbox 360
Microsoft's head of Xbox marketing says the new console will launch with around 25 games, including Rare's N64 follow-up, Kameo, and Project Gotham Racing 3.
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Next-gen Halo, Fable, and Project Gotham confirmed
Microsoft's Shane Kim says gamers can "safely assume" three flagship franchises will arrive on the next-generation console; Jade Empire and Forza Motorsport hinted at.
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