According to Bungie, over one billion 'Halo 3' online matches have been played since the sci-fi shooter's September 2007 release to Xbox 360. The landmark one-billionth game occurred Saturday night at precisely 6:36 PST. The four-player game of Infection on Foundry lasted just 3 minutes and 19 seconds. To put the enormity of this achievement [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 3, 2009
No matter how often I play Halo 3, at least once a session I forget that you have to push the d-pad to talk to your team, and end up blabbing to myself while my teammates ask if I’m still there. In this week’s Bungie update, that shouldn’t be a problem any longer as they’re upping [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 25, 2008
On Facebook, Xbox LIVE’s Major Nelson changed his status to “Halo 3 Recon is no more…” Curious (and a little confused), I followed the link he posted to accompany it which led to his very brief new blog post. Looks like it is no more -– because it’s now Halo 3: ODST. According to Bungie’s post [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 20, 2008
One of the best new features of the New Xbox Experience is the ability to install games to the 360’s hard drive. While doing so still requires use of the game disc to verify you own it, load times are decreased, and there’s no airplane-like noise coming from your 360 as you play. Unfortunately, the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 29, 2008
While plenty of classic analog games have seen digital adaptations over the years, it's not unprecedented for the transition to occur in the other direction. From Everquest pen-and-paper RPGs, to Street Fighter CCGs, to board games based on World of Warcraft, Doom, and even Pac-Man, tabletop gaming is no stranger to video game franchises realized [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
It doesn't take a very complex message to excite Halo fans -- a simple direction to KEEP IT CLEAN or an apologetic PARDON OUR DUST can suffice. But when you give those fans an entire cryptic teaser trailer full of codes, hidden messages and no doubt a good number of red herrings, they're liable to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 17, 2008
While we in the gaming community often bemoan the proliferation of sequels and franchises from companies seeking to make a quick, uncreative buck, there is something to be said for the finely tuned game experience that can emerge from a sequel to a beloved game. If you would dispute this point, you could look toward [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 19, 2008
We really, really hope Smash Bros. Brawl gives us some reliable matchmaking by the time we finish procrastinating our tax returns, but if not, we can always fall back on Halo 3; the latter game is getting a nice shot in the arm this April 15th with three new maps.
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