Halo 3

By Dustin Burg Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person ShootersAs part of their Penny Arcade Expo presence, team Bungie lifted the mysterious curtain on their latest Halo 3 multiplayer map called Purple Reign Assembly, giving PAX attendees a new map to frolic about in. But knowing that it isn't a...

By bs angel You fantasize about Cortana… a LOT. (-S-) You named your cat “Halo”….6 six years ago. (calidan777) You call your pet The Arbiter. (ali233) You’ve made a Master Chief costume. (Mike) You’ve worn a Master Chief costume. (Mike) Your Xbox 360 is never off. (Shu Sam Chen)

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By bs angel You fantasize about Cortana... a LOT. (-S-) You named your cat “Halo”….6 six years ago. (calidan777) You call your pet The Arbiter. (ali233) You’ve made a Master Chief costume. (Mike) You’ve worn a Master Chief costume. (Mike) Your Xbox 360 is never off. (Shu Sam Chen)

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By narcogen You know Captain Spark. The guy who records all those audio snippets from Halo games? Yeah, that's him. He's weighed in now with a review of Halo 3's campaign. He starts by getting two beefs of his chest (the over-aggressive Arbiter and the so-called "Cortana Moments") before getting to what...

By ajmarra Halo 3 was developed by Bungie Software and published by Microsoft Game Studios and was released on September 25, 2007. Retails for $59.99 to $129.99 USD. Available only on Xbox 360. Played single-player campaign to completion twice, once on Heroic and once on Legendary. Played several hours...

By Joe Haygood Okay, Battlefield Bad company has gone through some rough patches and a bit of controversy over its ideas to make bonus weapons available via download from the marketplace.  Now, with that controversy behind the developers, DICE has focused on bringing players a well thought out single...

By Leigh Alexander It is hard to figure out what is the impact that Halo makes in the world," said Boucher-Genesse, who is originally from Quebec. He acknowledged having heard stories of people who claim Halo helped them make an easier time of life's trials and travails, but in general, despite the commercia...

By theluigiian Long story short, we both make it out of the ring before it explodes into flame but Master Chief's part of the ship is split apart like the Titanic on Christmas Eve. He is forced to begin cryogenic sleep until Cortana needs him to clean the bathroom. Which is fine with Master Chief. Because Corta...

By Halo 3 videos(noreply@blogger.com) OK, so - photos of what is possibly the best Master Chief costume ever. I've seen some great Halo costumes before, but this one takes the energy sword and slices up all the others. Imagine how sober the room got when they saw this Master Chief walk in with a nearly real needler gun that glows in th...

By Halo 3 videos(noreply@blogger.com) The first new multiplayer maps are set for release in early April and a play last week suggested that fans won't be disappointed. Newcomers may be though. Infinity Ward, the developers of the game, have argued that COD4 is a lot of players, "first time playing a multiplayer game on console or...

By Halo 3 videos(noreply@blogger.com) EASTER EGGS #7 and 8 - Red vs. Blue Then there are the Marathon symbols. Guilty Spark and the sentinels of Forge have got 'em - right in their eyes. You can also make out the icon on many of Halo 3's weapons. We think we see it on the Spartan Laser below... do you? EASTER EGGS #20 and 21 - Multiplayer Mop Up

By Gus(noreply@blogger.com) I've been trying to figure out which part of Halo 3 to review. The single-player story, which I blew through in a day, is the traditional answer. But I've never really been all that enamored with the campaigns. Never even finished the second one. But then NeoGAF user Crush posted the above pictu...

By Juxtapose(noreply@blogger.com) While Microsoft Game Studios retains the rights to the Halo franchise, I certainly hope that they enlist Bungie to continue this excellent saga, to keep the story consistent, and of the overall quality that we've come to expect from the franchise. Thank you Bungie. Thank you for making the...

By Richard Mitchell It's time for the X3F Week in Review, kiddies. This week we've got yet another new batch of our recurring features. We suggest taking a look at the latest Community Content in particular, which features a Halo 3 map that has day and night cycles. Mix that with Ghost Town and the Infection game ty...

By luke@ferrago.com (Luke Guttridge) Admit it. Last September when all the talk was of Halo 3, sales records, and gaming finally hitting the big time, the actual big time, you thought your hobby had reached its zenith and would struggle to ever regain the same 'real world' impact, the same acceptability, the same clout. You were...

By Richard Mitchell It's getting harder and harder to compile a week's worth of news into a single post. In fact, it's really pretty much impossible (or at the very least impractical). Honestly, you should just be reading the whole site religiously. That's our advice. Just look at what we've had this week: giveaw...

By Michael Zenke Filed under: Features, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, First Person Shooters, GDCThe audio track of GDC is an under-appreciated gem of the conference. Though many of the sessions are highly technical in nature -- discussing the use of software tools and compositional elem...

By narcogen Tribute and Wake Me When You Need Me are where Bungie gets to eat its emotional cake and have it, too. Tribute brings the UNSC martial themes and the Arbiter's themes together as Lord Hood honors the fallen-- including the Master Chief-- and the Elites return home.

By 7th Columnist What Halo 2 Did Put simply, in Halo 2, whoever threw the first melee won. Sounds perfect, right? Not quite. The Halo 3 "Fix" The Fatal Flaw The Nitty Gritty YMMV, etc. The moral: when in doubt, check the host's film, because latency still matters. Just a whole lot less than Halo 2.

By Townsperson A So I finally picked up my copy of Halo 3. I'm going to be honest - for a good while I enjoyed the game on Live (although the campaign was a piece of shit relative to the previous two). However, I only really enjoyed the aspects of the game that were remnants of the second title. All the new weapons are...

By bs angel Now in the Halo world (and all other games in the #4 category), whether you agree with me or not, the hardcore pro gamers are the ones that the folks at Bungie need to take care of the most. Yes that’s right, the pro gamers and avid multiplayers are your golden goose Bungie. We’re the ones who keep...

By James Share This If you’ve been playing Halo 3 since it came out back in September, then you’ve probably mastered all the maps; you’ve learned the chokeholds, weapon locations, and strategies to get it all done in record time. But there are now about 5 million people with Halo 3, and while they’re...

By Richard Mitchell We're closing in on the end of the year, but that doesn't mean the Xbox 360 is slowing down. This week we've got the latest in Halo 3 (as usual), an exclusive interview with CrunchTime Games head James Goddard, and a hands-on with Xbox Live Arcade's first real dungeon crawler Arkadian Warrio...

By Richard Mitchell We're closing in on the end of the year, but that doesn't mean the Xbox 360 is slowing down. This week we've got the latest in Halo 3 (as usual), an exclusive interview with CrunchTime Games head James Goddard, and a hands-on with Xbox Live Arcade's first real dungeon crawler Arkadian Warrio...

By Anonymous HALO sales never peaked on release, like the games it leant it's name to. In fact they got off modest ground. The sales of HALO 1 swelled, and they swelled on the basis of word of mouth. Both single and multiplayer aspects contributed, but... To underestimate the impact that it's supremely regard...

By narcogen Back onto the jumping I fail to see how the technique of leaping around people to evade and attack them is a point of contention though. Especially if the jump were made reasonable. HALO 3 is an odd beast. It goes from one acknowledgement of momentum to the other. Weight and momentum were account...

By ShadowOfTheVoid Regardless of whether they connect at random (like in Halo 2) or are guaranteed to hit (like in Halo 3), the very concept of the melee lunge is flawed. The best we could hope for in Halo 3 is that Bungie ditches the "who has more health" system and makes it to where if both players are weak enough t...

By narcogen This is the argument over Halo 2 all over again. When it was made over Halo 2, I suggested that while many things might be changed, that some of the essential parts of Halo 2's design that many fans of Halo 1 so objected to would very likely remain, because despite strenuous statements to the co...

By narcogen Halo 1 and Halo 2/3 play very differently. Halo 2 and 3 are obviously different from each other, but they play more similarly with each other than with Halo 1. Because different people will prefer different styles of play, there are strong contingents of players out there that love Halo 3 muc...

By Anonymous You call it good design? So was HALO 2 1.0 good design too? With it's 6 hit beat-downs? Is there anything Bungie does that you don't semantically excuse? Which beat down is best? HALO 1? HALO 2 ver 1.0? 1.2? HALO 3? Oh, there's a way to explain the genius of them all right? Not. To reiterate: The dens...

By bs angel Top 10 Posts : Top 10 Things Female Gamers Hear on Xbox LiveBlack Friday Video Game DealsI Spy Something OrangeBoosting to 5 Star DouchebaggeryTop 10 Romantic Halo 3 Lines Useful for Forge ProposalsThe Coolest Kid at School on Halo-weenTwo Custom Halo 3-Themed Xbox 360 Faceplates for S...

By narcogen Such as? I hardly think it's a perfect game. In fact, I've been accused of both nitpicking Halo 3 to death and being a Halo 3 apologist just in the few weeks since release. I just haven't begun my Halo 3 Impressions series yet to detail them because I need to "live with" the game for a bit longer, fi...

By Compton Oh how fun it is to delve into the age old "If Halo 1 would only have my children debate". As much as it usually bothers me to see this kind of argument I found myself looking at it from a different perspective. What if by advocating how amazing Halo 1 is over the other iterations people were actual...

By Sal Cangeloso Recent News October 23- Bungie to hand out justice to Halo 3 cheatersOctober 16- Halo 3 Blamed for Poor October Box OfficeOctober 5- Halo Pulls in $300 million After First WeekSeptember 28- Halo Rakes in Crazy MoneySeptember 25- Analysts predict 4.2 million Halo 3 sales by month’s endSep...

By Brian Crecente You've seen the raw numbers, now read the Microsoft spin on them, Nintendo and Sony coming soon. There is no arguing that September was an amazing month for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft. The went from second to first place, pushed by the astounding sales of Halo 3. Here are some of their bullet poi...

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The Halo 3 multiplayer is what makes this game worth $60. Otherwise you might go through the campaign a few times on your own and then sell it on ebay. Halo 3's multiplayer game, however, will keep it on our shelves until the next generation of consoles - perhaps longer if Halo 2 is any indicatio...

By Posted by forahobby The acclaimed “Forza Motorsport 2” (Microsoft Game Studios) and “Marvel Ultimate Alliance” (Activision) will both be included for the recently reduced prices of $349.99 (U.S.) for Xbox 360 and $449.99 (U.S.) for Xbox 360 Elite. Both bundles will be available retail-wide by the end of October.

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By Maggie Greene It's nothing that hasn't been noted in a million blog posts over the years, but in an op-ed piece in the New York Times, Daniel Radosh is saying it again. Too much emphasis on graphics, not enough emphasis on narrative - and sometimes those purty cut scenes can be a hindrance to a satisfying ga...

By Rio S. In the spirit of its upcoming third year on newsstands, Xbox 360: The Official Xbox Magazine or OXM will be sporting a new look for its latest issue. The said issue just so happened to contain the mag's Halo 3 review, and if the cover isn't enough, it also comes with a double sided poster.

By Isaac C. Of course there's always online multiplayer games but that's not the same as actually having a person who's playing right beside you. There's some satisfaction in gloating when your opponent's sitting next to you. The need to point and say "ha-ha" aside, it's still pretty wicked on online...

By Brian Ashcraft All considered, campaign, presentation, the replay mode, online/multiplayer/co-op modes, I'd give the game a solid 9.5/10 Single Player: I hate when people refer Halo multiplayer as FAST PACED. Unreal Tournament is fast paced, Halo 3 feels like Doom. God, I hate Halo!

By Mark Wilson Eurogamer IGN Let's get the Arbiter clear. He's the bad ass "Chief" of the Elites. He should be able to handle his own. In the campaign, the Arbiter and Master Chief are BFF. If you play alone, the AI takes control of the Arbiter and allows him to tag along. Enjoy watching your supposed equal gettin...

By Flynn De Marco Games Radar has posted an interesting interview with Editor-in-Chief of Official Xbox Magazine, Francesca Reyes who apparently has gone to Bungie and played through and beaten the entire of Halo 3. When asked about the experience, Reyes who lives in San Francisco, had this to say: ...I thou...

By Richard Mitchell Halo 3 has gone gold Some scary Halo 3 marketing in Korea GRAW 2 Throwback Pack 1 and 2 now free XBLA: Puzzle Fighter and Streets of Rage 2 (Puzzle Fighter review), Fatal Fury and Cyberball this week Work at Valve? No BioShock for you! Castle Crashers multiplayer mode footage

By astrotriforce more…) It is no secret that Halo has been Microsoft’s savior. Some have speculated that without Halo, there would be no Xbox 360, and that the Xbox would’ve went the way of the Sega Dreamcast. Of course no one can say for sure, but there is no denying that Halo was THE killer-app for the original...

If the words Master Chief elicit looks of pure joy and awe, as well as a 30-minute conversation with a gamer, it’s a good bet that gamer has spent the last 12 days playing the "Halo 3 Beta." Released to a relatively small segment of the gaming public on May 16, Halo 3’s public beta test showcases...

By James Just like in Halo 2, there's a matchmaking system, and just like Halo 2, the system improves with each gaming session. It was kind of funny how fast I leveled up; it's possible many of those who bought Crackdown for the Beta, never played Halo before. Snowbound

By Andrew Linder As for the Beta, my initial impressions are good. The download is 911MB, and took roughly 10 minutes on my cable modem. Matchmaking has been quite fast considering there are only 2500 or so people playing right now. The new weapons are a blast, with the Spartan Laser being one of the most fun, al...

By Mark Wilson We've all heard about Realtime Worlds' latest Halo 3 demo GTA-clone (can we all stop using this phrase already) Crackdown for Xbox 360. You play a supercop who can use "any means necessary" to take back a city dominated by a geopolitically diverse selection of gangs.

By Mike Fahey On this, the five year anniversary of the release of the original Halo, Bungie has unleashed a storm of Halo news in honor of the newly christened Halo Day! The biggest news by far has to be the announcement of a Halo 3 public multiplayer demo hitting Xbox Live this spring, which will give mil...