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Wed
Mar
25

Microsoft Confirms Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack Releases April 9th



Halo 3 Mythic Map

Halo 3 Mythic Map

After last week’s Bungie weekly update, ending with “PS: 04/09/2009″, we were wondering if April 9th would be the date Bungie has chosen to release their latest Hlao 3 update – the Mythic Map pack. Well, even if Bungie is content to tease us with dates thrown in to only be caught by the observant, Microsoft comes right out and says it. According to Microsoft directly, the Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack is officially coming out on Thursday, April 9th 2009.

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Sun
Mar
22

Sad News: Wii Fit Officially Overthrows Halo 3 in Sales



Master Chief

Master Chief

Yesterday it was confirmed that the glorified-scale-with-graphics-game – Wii Fit that the fitness title’s lifetime sales has now topped Halo 3’s lifetime sales. As of the end of February 2009, Wii Fit has sold 6 million copies in the U.S. while Xbox 360’s most popular First Person Shooter has moved only 5.9 million copies since its debut.

The other part about it is the $90 Wii Fit launched in the U.S. on May 21 of l2008, while Halo 3 hit the Xbox 360 on Sept. 25 of 2007. read more »

Fri
Mar
20

Halo Wars Sells A Million Copies In Only 3 Weeks



Ensemble Studios Halo Wars Box Art

Microsoft’s latest plunge into the Halo universe has already surpassed the 1 million copy sold mark, making Halo Wars the best-selling real-time strategy game on a current-generation console.

Nearly 3 weeks after the game’s initial launch in Asia, Halo Wars has sold more than one million copies worldwide, which Microsoft says makes it the best-selling real-time strategy title on the current crop of consoles. Naturally, real-time strategy titles don’t historically do too well on consoles in the first place, but still, a million copies is a rather impressive number.

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