The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
A tour of Bungie and a line of dialogue in Halo 3.
Yep – you’ll get to hang out at Bungie’s offices… and you’ll have a line of dialogue recorded and included in Halo 3. Thanks to MinkOWar for the heads-up. Update: Oops, looks like Bagre let us know first, via email – my bad!(Louis Wu 20:42:48 UTC)
Eurogamer is doing a retrospective on the top twelve exclusive franchises for the first Xbox console. Halo 1 and 2 unsurprisingly clock in at #1.
Eurogamer is doing a retrospective on the top twelve exclusive franchises for the first Xbox console. Halo 1 and 2 unsurprisingly clock in at #1.
Ars Technica notes that recent decreases in the costs of parts and manufacturing may mean Microsoft no longer has to subsidize the sales of their Xbox 360 console with profits from software: they may be making as much as $75 on each console sold, according to iSuppli.
Meanwhile, it is estimated that Sony will lose about $240 on each PlayStation 3.
No Xbox 360 price drops have been spotted just yet, but Microsoft would seem well-positioned to offer one if they so choose.
Ars Technica notes that recent decreases in the costs of parts and manufacturing may mean Microsoft no longer has to subsidize the sales of their Xbox 360 console with profits from software: they may be making as much as $75 on each console sold, according to iSuppli.
Meanwhile, it is estimated that Sony will lose about $240 on each PlayStation 3.
No Xbox 360 price drops have been spotted just yet, but Microsoft would seem well-positioned to offer one if they so choose.
Four Aleph One netmaps and a Lua CTF script for Marathon fans today over at Aleph One, courtesy of eX and W’rkcacnter.
Four Aleph One netmaps and a Lua CTF script for Marathon fans today over at Aleph One, courtesy of eX and W’rkcacnter.
One of the oft-discussed topics among those following the upcoming Halo Wars RTS game by Ensemble for the Xbox 360 console is whether or not a workable interface for a strategy game can be created for a console. Many commenters have offered that RTS games just belong on PCs to be played with mice and keyboards, mirroring the comments of many PC gamers before the release of console FPS games like GoldenEye and Halo.
What are they to say now? Now that the Command & Conquer series is also coming to the Xbox 360?
One of the oft-discussed topics among those following the upcoming Halo Wars RTS game by Ensemble for the Xbox 360 console is whether or not a workable interface for a strategy game can be created for a console. Many commenters have offered that RTS games just belong on PCs to be played with mice and keyboards, mirroring the comments of many PC gamers before the release of console FPS games like GoldenEye and Halo.
What are they to say now? Now that the Command & Conquer series is also coming to the Xbox 360?