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  • Halo: Reach multi-player beta is really quite fun

    Halo: Reach multi-player beta is really quite fun

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    I spent a few hours last night playing the Halo: Reach multi-player beta. (Microsoft sent out a few early invites to writing-guys like me, but the beta opens to Halo: ODST owners today.) It's been a while since I've played a Halo game for any real amount of time. I dabbled with Halo 3's multi-player for a little while there, but that was two years ago. First impression of the Reach beta: absence makes the heart grow fonder. CrunchGear: your home for old man idioms.

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  • Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta Coming In May

    Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta Coming In May

    Posted on February 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Today, Bungie announced the info all Halo fans have been waiting to hear. The multiplayer Beta for the highly anticipated Halo: Reach will be available beginning May 3rd, 2010. For a beta invite, simply have a copy of Halo: ODST. Early reports surfaced as to what we could expect from Reach, but nothing beats actually getting [...]

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  • Wal-Mart starts video game price war, cuts prices of games by $10

    Wal-Mart starts video game price war, cuts prices of games by $10

    Posted on December 8, 2009 | No Comments
    It's so, so easy to hate on Wal-Mart, what with destroying this country's mom and pop culture, importing cheap junk from China, and freaking out whenever employees mention the word “union.” But if you're a gamer, you really ought to cast aside your prejudices, brave the crowds, and find the games you've always wanted for a good $10 less than what you'll find elsewhere. That's right: we're having ourselves a good old fashioned price war.

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  • A Worthog is standing by to repel any Covenant attack on Syndey

    A Worthog is standing by to repel any Covenant attack on Syndey

    Posted on August 6, 2009 | No Comments
    Remember that awesome real-life Warthog built for the never made Halo movie? Yeah, it was the one built upon a Nissan Patrol 4×4 and looked like it could even survive a drive up MLK Ave in Flint, MI. This weekend that very Warthog is on Cockatoo Island in Australia doing a little promo work for [...]

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  • What ‘top tier franchise’ will Microsoft roll out at Comic Con?

    What ‘top tier franchise’ will Microsoft roll out at Comic Con?

    Posted on July 16, 2009 | No Comments
    More Comic Con goodness for you. Microsoft is expected to announce a new “project from a renowned, top tier franchise.” Why, what could that be?

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  • Halo: ODST, with a nod to gamers who are parents

    Halo: ODST, with a nod to gamers who are parents

    Posted on June 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Bungie left Microsoft about 18 months ago, and what's the first game it develops? Yup, a Halo game, Halo: ODST, to be exact. I just read a quick little piece over on the Seattle Times' site that may be worth the effort, especial to those of you who are trying to figure out whether or not the game is for you.

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  • There will be a McFarlane action figure based on Halo: ODST’s Rookie

    There will be a McFarlane action figure based on Halo: ODST’s Rookie

    Posted on June 5, 2009 | No Comments
    Looks like McFarlane Toys (they're actually pretty good, right?) will release this little guy, The Rookie, alongside Halo: ODST. The six-inch wonder goes on sale in October. You'll recall that McFarlane Toys also released action figures based on Halo 3 and Halo Wars.

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  • Should we wave goodbye to buying video games at retail?

    Should we wave goodbye to buying video games at retail?

    Posted on June 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Is it to early to proclaim—loudly, as you do—the practice of buying video games at retail dead? Yes, it probably is too early; yet we continue. Microsoft's announcement today that it will make available, sometime this year, full retail games available for download via Xbox Live, may well be more important than Project Natal, or “Project Christmas” as I like to call it. (All those months spent learning Portuguese have finally paid off!) And while, yes, it make be too early to make any sort of rushed pronouncements, I'd say it's say to start thinking about the future.

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