Exclusive Halo 3 Action Figure yellow ODST

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Entertainment Earth and McFarlane Toys have joined to offer an exclusive action figure from Xbox console's Halo 3 video game.

The 6-inch scale yellow ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) is fully articulated and features authentic accessories. Read more

Posted on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Military Base for rent to play some Halo 3 for real

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The former Larson Air Force base complex in central Washington state can be rented starting at $495/month.

$495/month gets you a floor in the equipment terminal building and $1,500/month gets you a 160 feet tall missile silo with 150 ton silo doors in the ceiling. Read more

Posted on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:27:14 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Halo 3 Legendary Edition only $59.99 on Amazon Deal of the Day

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Amazon.com is always good for a great deal. Today Amazon's Deal of the Day features Halo 3 Legendary Edition for only $59.99 ($129.99).

This is the same price the normal Halo 3 game sells for.

The Halo 3 Legendary Edition arrives in a Spartan helmet case along with two bonus disks full of supplemental content and an illuminating collection of original Halo 3 storyboard art from artist Lee Wilson. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:38:29 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Halo 3 drives September U.S. Video Game Sales

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By Scott Hillis

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software jumped 75 percent in September, driven by Microsoft Corp's "Halo 3" and Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii console. Read more

Posted on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:27:16 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Halo 3 Has Huge First Week Sales

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Halo 3 had what is being called one of the largest entertainment releases in of all time. Halo 3 sold more than $300 Million in its first week of availability. This sales figures put Halo 3 as the fastest-selling video game ever.

Microsoft says reports from retailer’s worldwide show that console sales have more than doubled compared with the weekly average before the release of Halo 3. This shows us that not only are existing Xbox owners buying Halo 3, but the game is driving new hardware sales as well. Read more

Posted on Thu, 4 Oct 2007 11:01:39 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Halo 3 Complete Walkthrough Guide

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OCModShop published a complete walkthrough for Halo 3. If you do not have the time to figure out the missions yourself this is for you. Halo 3 launched last week.

Quote from the Halo 3 Guide: "You must follow your squad to meet up with Sgt. Johnson, and you don't have the luxury of an objective arrow (at the moment), but luckily your team knows the way. The Arbiter always has a blue arrow above his head, so you can easily find your bearings Read more

Posted on Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:25:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft Halo 3 1st-day Sales hit $170 million

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By Peter Henderson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's "Halo 3" video game set an opening-day U.S. sales record of $170 million, outdoing any video game or movie debut and giving the company's money-losing entertainment unit a strong boost toward profitability. Read more

Posted on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:20:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft offers to replace scratched Halo 3 Limited Edition Game Discs

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Looks like there are some unlucky Halo 3 users out there, who got a scratched Halo 3 disc from Microsoft.

The Halo 3 Limited Edition Game Disc and Essentials Disc are apparently prone to scratches by the packaging. Microsoft just issued a free replacement program for those Halo 3 discs that is running until the end of the year. Read more

Posted on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:30:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Bill Gates hands out Halo 3

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Last night across the nation Halo 3 launch events took place. Over 10,000 retailers stayed open late.

More than 1.5 million copies of Halo 3 have already sold before launch. Bill Gates handed out the first Halo 3 copy in Seattle.
Halo 3 is important enough for Microsoft to be featured today on their homepage. Read more

Posted on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft pins Game Unit Profit on Halo 3 Launch

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By Nicole Maestri and Daisuke Wakabayashi

NEW YORK/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp began selling "Halo 3" on Tuesday, hoping the acclaimed alien shooter game will widen its lead over Sony Corp in the battle for industry dominance. Read more

Posted on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:17:16 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft readies Halo 3 Video Game for Launch

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By Franklin Paul

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp geared up on Monday to launch "Halo 3," the acclaimed science-fiction video game that it hopes will widen its lead over rival Sony Corp in the battle for industry dominance. Read more

Posted on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:57:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft Halo 3 wins high Marks from Reviewers

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By Scott Hillis

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - "Halo 3," the highly anticipated video game from Microsoft Corp , won high praise on Sunday from game reviewers who gushed over the lush settings, cinematic feel and array of multiplayer features. Read more

Posted on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:24:33 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition ships Today

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The Halo 3 Xbox 360 console ships today. Besides the Halo 3 look the Halo 3 Xbox 360 also has a HDMI port.

The Halo 3 Xbox 360 package contains a Halo 3 Green Wireless Controller, Halo 3 20GB Hard Drive, Halo 3 Wired Headset, Component HD AV Cable, Ethernet Network Cable and Play & Charge Kit.

Amazon.com sells the Halo 3 Xbox 360 for $399.99. Read more

Posted on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Halo 3 fastest-selling pre-ordered Video Game

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Microsoft announces that you guys have pre-ordered Halo3 over 1 million times.

Microsoft unveiled the first details of upcoming Halo 3marketing Blitz with major consumer brands Mountain Dew, 7-Eleven, Pontiac, Comcast and Burger King Corp.

Halo 3 is available in three versions: Standard Edition, Limited Edition and the ultra-collectible Legendary Edition. The Legendary Edition is expected to be sold out by the official Halo 3 release date 25th of September. Read more

Posted on Thu, 9 Aug 2007 00:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Replica Halo 3 Plasma Rifle and Plasma Pistol Toys

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If you are a big fan of Halo 3 looking for something to do when you pry you pasty white rear away from your video game and get out doors, playing more Halo sounds pretty cool.

Halo and outdoors might not seem to go together at first glance, but if the Halo guns are real and you wear your bike helmet and pretend it’s a Spartan helmet you get the picture. These Halo 3 guns are from Jasman toys and are sort of like the laser tag guns of my youth. Read more

Posted on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

E3: Microsoft announces Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console

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Microsoft announces at the E3 Summit 2007 a Halo 3 themed Xbox 360 console.

Microsoft already sells the Halo 3 Zune Player, so it is no surprise that they also offer a Halo 3 themed Xbox 360 console for hardcore Halo fans.

The Halo 3 console features an exclusive Spartan green and gold paint job and comes bundled with a matching Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, 20GB Hard Drive, Headset, Play & Charge Kit, and exclusive Halo 3 Gamer Pics and Theme (available via Xbox LIVE download). Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:40:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Halo 3 Zune Ships

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The Halo 3 Zune player is shipping and has arrived at the first customers.

As reported the Halo 3 themed Zune player only is available from Gamestop for $249.99. Right now you get as bonus offer a 14 day Zune pass.

ZuneSphere published unboxing pictures of their freshly received Halo 3 Zune player. Read more

Posted on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U Gadget Flyer: RAZR2 : BlueQ : HALO 3 : Faster MacBooks

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This week we started a new topic called Future Products, where we present products that are rumored bu lack official announcements from the manufacturers. The first products in this topic are the iPhone nano, Sanyo PLV-Z6 and Nokia 8600.

If you are have a future product tip, please email me.

See the top technology stories of the past week below. To receive the I4U Gadget Flyer subscribe here. Read more

Posted on Sun, 20 May 2007 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Halo 3 Zune available for Pre-Order

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The Halo 3 Zune player is now available for pre-order exclusive on Gamestop.

Microsoft will ship the Halo 3 Zune on June 15th. This might get you over the summer and shorten the wait until Halo 3 ships on September 25th. You also could just buy Crackdown to get access to the Halo 3 beta that launches today on Xbox Live.

The custom designed Halo 3 Zune mp3 player comes preloaded with a collection of music, videos and artwork. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 May 2007 07:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Halo 3 for Xbox 360 Release Date Announced

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Microsoft announces release date for the highly anticipated Halo 3 multiplayer first person shooter for the Xbox 360 and it is earlier than expected.

Release date for Halo 3 was anticipated to be in November. Microsoft drops the bomb now with a release date of Halo 3 already on September 25th. Europe will get Halo 3 one day later on September 26th. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 May 2007 00:30:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft Expects Record Sales of Halo 3

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This is Halo 3 Saturday on I4U News. This is our third story (Halo 3 Beta game footage, Zune Halo 3 Edition) about Halo 3 today. This is no surprise as Bungie is getting ready for the Beta trial of Halo 3 in about 3 days and has thrown a couple preview events.

Reuters reports today that Shane Kim, head of Microsoft Game Studios says that MS expects record sales of Halo 3. The company hopes to beat the already impressive sales success of Halo 2. Read more

Posted on Sat, 12 May 2007 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr