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June 1st, 2007

Halo 3 Feedback - Jeremy Wright

My b5media CEO, Jeremy Wright, has gotten the beta invite for Halo3 and has given his initial thoughts on his blog.
1. It’s still Halo, which is good. You hop in in seconds and you’re basiclaly set.
Visit his post for the other 4 comments he made. I’m not too happy with the last one.
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May 30th, 2007

Forza 2 Motorsport

Are you a racing fan? Do you own an Xbox 360?
Combine your two passions into one with the newest Forza 2 Motorsport game, which is now available at Best Buy. Buy it now and get a $10 gift card free to Best Buy. I’m not sure about you, but that kind of deal means $10 […]

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May 24th, 2007

More Halo 3 Screen Shots

 After looking through the Bungie Studios website after my last post, I’ve just got to share some of these amazing screen shots from Halo 3.

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May 24th, 2007

Halo 3 Release Expected to Set Records

 
Photo Credit: Bungie Studios website
Do you know what September 25th is? You don’t? Then you’re probably not a huge Halo fan.
September 25th is the date that the next game in the Halo series, Halo 3, will be released to the public. Expectations are that records for entertainment sales will be shattered.
In a year when Hollywood […]

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May 9th, 2007

Xbox 360 Spring Update Launches

Microsoft has announced the release of their spring updates for the Xbox 360 console and Live service. Saying it’s just for Xbox 360 though would be not quite accurate.
With their latest release, anyone with a Windows Vista PC can sign onto Live and play the same games you’ve been falling in love with through the […]

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April 24th, 2007

New Maps for Halo 2

I just received an e-mail with some great news. There are two new, revamped maps available for Halo 2 on Xbox and Xbox 360.

Reincarnated as Tombstone, navigate the ancient battlegrounds of Hang ‘Em High (the Halo: Combat Evolved classic), modernized for a newly dedicated Halo militia.
Welcome to Desolation. Originally known as the death match centric […]

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April 5th, 2007

What’s the deal with the Xbox 360 Elite

Microsoft will be releasing a new “Elite” version of the Xbox 360 this month. Here’s the brief specs:

120GB HD
3 core processors
DVD upconverting player
HDMI out
Black color
Black controller
get the full specs on the Xbox site

All of this can be yours for around $480 depending on your sources. By comparison, that’s a 100GB hard drive upgrade, HDMI native […]

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March 29th, 2007

Gears of War Global Tournament

Gears of War is a game I’ve drooled about while looking at the back of the case in my local Best Buy. The graphics and game play seem intense. For some reason, my brother-in-law let me know that he purchased the game, but has yet to schedule a time to come over and play it […]

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March 16th, 2007

New Xbox Game - Bullet Witch

She’s not quite Lara Croft, but pleasant to look at.

Is carrying some serious fire power 

Which is going to be needed for ugly guys like that! 

And BIG guys like that!
Get more information on the Bullet Witch website from Atari
 
 
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February 28th, 2007

More Xbox 360 Platinum Hits Choices Available

For those of you like me that guy your Xbox 360 a little late, you can appreciate taking advantage of all those people that got them early and bought a ton of games. Enough games to turn many of the titles into Xbox 360 Platinum hits. Microsoft has just announced some new members to the […]

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