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Speaking over on its official website, Bungie have revealed a plethora of information concerning its current plans for the Halo franchise and beyond; the developer is working on "brand new Halo 3 multiplayer conent", as well as "three distinct projects underwa...



Ensemble Studios, makers of Halo Wars confirmed that the Covenant will be a playable side in the game. The catch is that they will not have a campaign mode and will only be usable in multiplayer. If they would also announce the Flood as a playable side, it would make the...



On July 7, also known as Bungie Day, a new frosty map called Cold Storage will be made available to download for the ridiculous sum of free. That's right. Free. Free Halo 3 Map.



Frank "Frankie" O'Connor announced today to us ever loving Bungie fans that he will be departing ways with Microsoft to work more closely on the Halo franchise with the company.



I have made a new map on standoff. it is called sky palace. You can find it on my fileshare: http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/FileShare.aspx?gamertag=n0pr0bl3m5. I don't want to give away too much info because then I would be telling you how to make it to each level of the palace.



As you may already know, the Halo 3 Heroic Map pack was released on Xbox Live yesterday, for 800 Microsoft points (£6.80 / $10). This is a quick overview of the three maps included:



As of yesterday, Halo 3 fans can, for $10, download a 3 pack of new multiplayer maps. These maps are named "Rat's Nest", "Standoff", and "Foundry". Of these, Foundry is touted to be the most customizable map ever.



The news of Bungie's split from Microsoft Games to become an independent developer, shortly after the release of Halo 3, seems like distant news at this stage. Many have been excited / fearful of what direction the developer would take following the split, but Bungie writer Frank O'Connor has confirmed that, for the forseeable future, Bungie are sticking with the Xbox 360 for it's future independent titles.



With Christmas looming ever closer, higher console sales shouldn't really come as any surprise. What may come as a surprise though, are the figures. Video Game Chat takes a closer look at how each of the Big Three are fairing for the holiday season. Our final report looks into Microsoft's successes over Black Friday.



As it would seem that Microsoft hasn't been doing enough for this holiday season with Price-drops and console packages, now for a limited time until December 21st, Holiday shoppers who purchase an Xbox 360 along with signing up an account for Xbox Live and registering with Microsoft will also recieve a free copy of Halo 3!



Thanks to the efforts of Video Game Chat forum moderator Samuel, we now have a complete, comprehensive guide to the location of all of the Gold and Silver skulls in Halo 3 on the Video Game Wiki.



My experiences of a game are best explained through the recount of actual conversations between me and my brother, and me and my friend. Occasionally me and the 360 as well.



October will be long remembered in the movie industry as the worst month for North American movie ticket sales in over eight years... and Hollywood is pointing its wrinkly old finger straight at Master Chief as the cause of it all.



In just the first seven days after its release, Halo 3 has hit the 300 million dollar mark due to game sales. That's more than some Hollywood blockbusters make during their entire run. Perhaps critics who still consider video games to be a second class entertainment medium might now reconsider their stance.



Has famed Halo series developer Bungie parted ways with Microsoft? Some say yes. If this rumor is true, and an unnamed source from the Bungie camp says it is, Bungie is no longer a part of Microsoft. For an undisclosed but rather large sum of money, Bungie shareholders are said to have purchased the studio back from Microsoft.



This will be quite possibly the shortest news story ever for VGC, but the tally is in, and Halo 3 is now proudly holds the record for highest first day gross of any entertainment release in history.



It's been a long day. Along with millions of other gamers the world over, myself and a number of the Video Game Chat staff fired up Halo 3 for the first time today, and it's safe to say that the game is everything fans were hoping it would be, and then some.



Over the years, Microsoft have been involved in two major gaming events each year, E3, and it's own anually held X0 event. Although Microsoft were out in force at E3 this year it seems Microsoft fans will be left a little dry this years, as Microsoft has decided to cancel its X0 event for 2007.



Bungie have been hinting recently for a surprise on this day (7/7/7) known as BUNGIE DAY. The day has finnaly come and It was revealed that there are now 2 new Items from Bungie on the Xbox Live Marketplace. This Includes a Theme, and a Picture Pack. Both ITEMS are free and are only available on this day.



The return of the popular First Person Shooter for Xbox will be coming to Xbox 360 this year. After the 10/10 reviews for both Halo and Halo 2, the third in the compilation is expected to reach critical sales. We join Master Chief for what has been confirmed as the Final Chapter of the series.



It's early into the year, but the winter months are already becoming bloated with high profile titles like GTA4 and MGS4 hoping to steal what precious little free time we have. Bungie have decided to break with tradtion this year though, and we may be seeing Halo 3 a lot earlier than we expected.



Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios today confirmed the first exciting details of the three editions of this year’s most anticipated video game release, “Halo® 3.” Gamers will have their choice of Standard Edition, Limited Edition and the ultimate collector’s item, the Legendary Edition.

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