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		<title>MS recruits 3 new heavyweights to their Halo crew</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edge is reporting that Microsoft has added Ryan Payton (formerly with Kojima Productions), Corrine Yu (formerly with Gearbox Software), and her husband, artist Kenneth Scott (from id Software) plus David Wu (from Pseudo Interactive), and Frank O&#8217;Connor (ex-Bungie content manager), who will be &#8220;working on upcoming and existing Halo games.&#8221;
Phil Spencer said that Bungie will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/ms-recruits-3-new-heavyweights-to-their-halo-crew/</link>
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		<title>Xbox sales poor in Japan, great in EU, Dead Space goes Gold</title>
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Sales figures for first half of 2008 in the Japanese console market have just come out, revealing a drop in sales overall of more than 20%. The Xbox makes a slimy bottom place with sales for the period a bit more than 10% of the Nintendo DS in the number 1 slot. Meanwhile, in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/xbox-sales-poor-in-japan-great-in-eu-dead-space-goes-gold/</link>
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		<title>Slim Xbox confirmed, and a new C&#038;C patch</title>
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There&#8217;ve been persistent rumors that Microsoft is going to bring out a new Slim Xbox in time for Christmas. These have been partially confirmed, according to Seriously Unreal, although it won&#8217;t be on sale until the beginning of 2009. Whether this new console will suffer from the RROD problems of its predecessors is unknown.
A new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/slim-xbox-confirmed-and-a-new-cc-patch/</link>
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		<title>New Halo collectibles just arrived</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some great new Halo 3 collectibles have just come in at Entertainment Earth last night.
Shown is the Halo 3 Series 3 Jackal Major Action Figure priced at $13.99. Other new arrivals include Halo 3 Series 3 Olive Spartan Soldier Rogue Action Figure, Halo 3 Series 3 War Chieftain Action Figure, Halo 3 Series 3 Elite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;More than 2 or 3 teams building Halo things right now&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lots of rumors flying around about the Halo franchise right now, starting with the one quoted at the top here, which came from the lips of Phil Spencer from Microsoft Game Studios.
So, what can we expect? There&#8217;s a RTS in the works from Ensemble Studios, due for release some time in the first half of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/more-than-2-or-3-teams-building-halo-things-right-now/</link>
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		<title>Sorry for being offline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This site, and many others, was subject to a DoS attack which resulted in our being offline, and eventually having to move host. Now the site has been moved over, and hopefully all the bugs have been ironed out, normal service will resume as soon as possible.

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		<title>Dead Space, COD World at War beta and discounts on XBL</title>
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It&#8217;s reported that EA keeps moving back the release date of Dead Space in Europe. First it was the end of October, then the 24th, and now the news is that it&#8217;s coming out on the 14th, although the site still says the 24th. Whatever, it still means you can get hold of a copy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/dead-space-cod-world-at-war-beta-and-discounts-on-xbl/</link>
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		<title>EA demonstrates corporate FU attitude not limited to MS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Electronic Arts provide the latest example of Big Business&#8217; ability to treat the customer like sh*t and think it&#8217;s a virtue. The game in question is one for the PC, but that doesn&#8217;t mean they might not do the same thing to you one day. 
Here&#8217;s a good scam:
1. Announce a Limited Edition product eight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/ea-demonstrates-corporate-fu-attitude-not-limited-to-ms/</link>
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		<title>Halo 3 and 4 in the news this week</title>
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Halo is definitely in the news this week, starting with Bungie desperately backpedalling to quash rumors that AI &#8216;bots were to be added to Halo 3. As this is a finished product, it seemed pretty unlikely anyway. They&#8217;re not saying anything about future incarnations, though&#8230;
Which may be just as well, since Halo 3 has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/halo-3-and-4-in-the-news-this-week/</link>
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		<title>Halo trilogy Box Set now available on special</title>
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The Halo trilogy, The Flood, First Strike and The Fall of Reach are in stock now at Amazon as a boxed set priced at $16.30 right now (usual price $23.97).
The series has 114 reviews, averaging at 4.5 stars, which is pretty good. According to Chris Lee Mullins, &#8220;Eric Nylund does a great job of injecting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/halo-trilogy-box-set-now-available-on-special/</link>
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		<title>Xbox Controller tweak; Price drop rumors go into overdrive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is releasing a new Xbox controller that eliminates the bugs that make the D-pad on the standard model pretty much useless in some games. 
That&#8217;s the good news. The bad news is that it&#8217;s a limited edition, and will only be shipped as part of a bundle, and won&#8217;t be available in the US. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/xbox-controller-tweak-price-drop-rumors-go-into-overdrive/</link>
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		<title>Master Chief Boxer Shorts - the final insult?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is this the final insult?
I dunno, YMMV but to my view, this latest offering from Amazon is a bit much&#8230; Master Chief boxer shorts anyone?
The Halo name has been taken and used in so many ways by so many people, I guess this is just one more&#8230; And you may even WANT a pair of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/master-chief-boxer-shorts-the-final-insult/</link>
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		<title>Xbox Live gets more content now - and more later</title>
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Yesterday Warner Brothers announced a deal which means that the music videos available for download on Xbox Live (which currently only contains items from the Sony catalog) will be increased, at the same price of $1.99 each, starting this week. 
Cute is What We Aim For, Death Cab For Cutie, Flo Rida, Matchbox Twenty, Panic! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/xbox-live-gets-more-content-now-and-more-later/</link>
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		<title>Halo&#8230; the story continues (video)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out the video below for a real teaser from Bungie games. Are they working on the next Halo? You decide.
The video (which is the &#8220;acceptance speech&#8221; for Bungie&#8217;s latest award, from Edge) adds more fuel to Damian Isla&#8217;s interview reported here on the 6th where he said that the Bungie team were working on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/halo-the-story-continues-video/</link>
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		<title>Late news. Limited edition Master Chief Statue (arrived 6th)</title>
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		<title>Gears of War 2 neutered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sacrilege! They&#8217;re replacing the blood and gore in Gears of War 2 with sparks&#8230;
Ok, you can stop panicking, it&#8217;s only an option, in the parental controls. How long it will take before someone finds a way round it I don&#8217;t know - probably not that long, but you have to give them credit for trying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/gears-of-war-2-neutered/</link>
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		<title>Bungie and the future of Halo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great t shirt! (US only ):)
 Bungie is settling into life without Microsoft with excitement (and a little &#8220;healthy&#8221; terror), according to Damian Isla, Bungie&#8217;s lead AI programmer. In an interview with James Lee, he discussed the view from the Bungie studio as &#8220;a really interesting learning experience&#8221;, now support, HR and PR are entirely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/bungie-and-the-future-of-halo/</link>
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		<title>60gb Xbox 360 now on Amazon (US only)</title>
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The new 60gb Xbox 360 is now available on Amazon. Price in the US is $349.99, here&#8217;s the link: Xbox 360 Console Inc 60GB Hard Drive (US).
Looks as if UK buyers will have to wait a little longer.  

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		<title>Crazy Japanese Halo figure set out now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve got a taste for all things Halo and/or you just have a weird sense of aesthetics, this set of 4 extremely stylized block-figures depicting Master Chief and a white, gold and silver Spartan is now available for $19.99 for all four, which isn&#8217;t a bad price imho.
According to the blurb, there&#8217;s also a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3rdhalo.com/crazy-japanese-halo-figure-set-out-now/</link>
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		<title>Free Xbox 360 Elite with Dell laptop</title>
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Dell computers have got together with Microsoft to bundle a new Xbox 360 Elite with their XPS 1730 laptop. Great offer, especially if you&#8217;re after a new Xbox, but know that you really need to get a laptop.
Ok, the laptop concerned is a gaming laptop, with 7200 RPM, 400 GB hard drive along with Intel® [...]]]></description>
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