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GoW2 is set to be launched on November 7th.

This game is set for launch in October 2008.

Summary: 1) only SD videos will be offered 2) LIVE Party viewers must be Netflix subscribers 3) Netflix servers will handle the streaming 4) No downloading; just streaming 5) Not avialable for Silver memberships 6) Free for XBL Gold subscriptions Here’s the official press release which misses some of the details above: An exciting new…

A new trailer for Halo Wars has been released. More assets are found at http://halowars.com and the XBOX Live Marketplace. We still have no release date for this game and it’s looking more and more like a 2009 launch.

This is an older trailer, but you can expect the same kind of graphics to be found on the XBOX 360 version.

Microsoft has revealed the set list for Rock Band 2 (due out in mid September). All songs are master tracks; not covers. This is going to rock: AC/DC – “Let There Be Rock” AFI – “Girl’s Gone Grey” Alanis Morissette – “You Oughta Know” Alice in Chains – “Man in the Box” Allman Brothers -…

Microsoft has increased the storage capacity for it’s Premium system SKU bundling a 60 GB hard drive instead of a 20 GB hard drive. The Premium system is still $350 even with the added hard drive space. The 20 GB SKU dropped in price to $300; a $50 savings. Buy a 20GB system from Target…

Amazon is running a Goldbox special. For the next 120 minutes, Grand Theft Auto IV will be on sale for $45. If you are interested, go here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/

Today is 7/7. In honor of Bungie Day a free Halo 3 map is being released. It’s a remake of Chill Out from Halo 1. Also today, the Legendary Map Park has been reduced to 600 points. Look for an announcement about a Halo 3 XBL meetup taking place one night soon.

Bungie previewed an unreleased Halo 3 map in San Diego this weekend at an MLG event. It’s named Cold Storage and is a remake of Chill Out from Halo 3. This will certainly get the attention of old school Halo fanboys who have long been crying out for smaller slayer maps. Chill Out is certainly…

Grand Theft Auto IV has sold $500M worth of games in its first week of release. For comparison, GTA IV sold more copies in one day (3,600,000) than HALO 3 sold in its first week (3,300,000). That figures to a $500M first week for GTA IV compared to HALO 3’s $300M. The numbers are staggering…

Move over Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3.  Grand Theft Auto IV is now the #1 game on XBOX Live (thanks Major Nelson).  For the first time, Halo moves to #3 (the lowest a Halo title has ever been). CoD4 and Halo 3 have been and will remain at the top of the XBOX…

The Team Fortress 2: Gold Rush Update is now available, free to owners of Team Fortress 2 via Steam. The Gold Rush Update introduces the new Gold Rush map and Payload gameplay style, the first set of unlockable weapons, and a new set of achievements for the Medic. In other TF2 news, a worldwide Team…

Gears associate producer Tanya Jessen told Shacknews.com that there are no plans for a GoW2 demo. She says that such a fast release of a sequel that this caliber means that they won’t have time for the demo. Will this end up hurting GoW2 sales? Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3 both had successful…

It’s out. The new downable content for Halo 3 costs 800 MS points and comes with 3 new maps, a legendary theme, and gamerpic. The Legendary Map Pack blends old and new. Ghost Town’s asymmetrical mix of confined spaces and long lines of fire makes for frenetic games. Avalanche re-imagines the original Halo classic, Sidewinder,…

A foreign distributer has leaked the trailer to the upcoming animated film from George Lucas. The video was removed from YouTube, but I found it on a back channel: http://tubemall.net/undeletube.php?v=ePdRjB-JkOE Looks great if you ask me.

RvB is making a new machinima series based in Halo 3’s Valhalla.  Unlike the Blood Gulch Chronicles, this new series appears to be dramatic.  See the promo video: http://www.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=653

In the latest Bungie Weekly Update they revealed a new camera feature called Forge Filters.  This filters allow mapmakers assign image filters to certain areas of the map.  These filters can be experienced by gamers in real-time during multiplayer.  This means that you can venture to a certain part of the map and all of…

Comcast is launching an “extreme high-speed” internet package in Minneapolis. Speeds will be 50Mbps down and capped at 5Mbps up. It will cost $150. 8Mbps/1Mbps customers will see their new upload capacity bumped up to 2Mbps. Comcast is beginning to roll out its DOCSIS 3.0 standard which will allow for, among other things, faster internet…