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Halo Reach Limited Edition Xbox 360 available for pre-order on Amazon.com

Amazon.com is among the first retailers taking pre-orders on newly announced Halo: Reach Limited Edition Xbox 360. The new Xbox 360 features the first Xbox 360 silver design, Halo: Reach design accents, 2 matching silver Halo: Reach controllers, 250GB HDD and Halo: Reach game for $399.99.

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Terarmzar5019d ago

I don't like the color of that Xbox, makes it look kinda ugly now

MRJENKINS5019d ago

@Tazz1992
i think it looks cool but thats just me..

BiggCMan5019d ago

agreed, it looks incredible to me. if anything, i dont like the matte white of the original, the black on the elite was great, then the glossy black for the S made it look even better, now this shiny silver.

Perjoss5018d ago

i hope it will be available in the UK also.

matt2475019d ago

“One thing that’s interesting that you can’t see in any photography is that the console is painted with two different shades of gray,” she said. “Depending on how you hold the console, the metallic finish, the grays kind of shift.”

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Jerk1205019d ago

Still looks better than the Ps3.

SaberEdge5019d ago

It looks great in my opinion.

Ri0tSquad5019d ago (Edited 5019d ago )

And...
Matte finish = no fingerprints

360 s is a fingerprint magnet.

Eddie201015019d ago

God Help Me, I just pre-ordered this.

SOAD5019d ago

Eddie, God sent me to help you. He said that as soon as you get this console, you must ship it to me. That is the only way we can stop the... uh, giant killer ants... just send it.

ECM0NEY5018d ago

Me too. cant wait to lick this baby!

Eddie201015018d ago

@SOAD

LOL, have a bubble.

Weaksauce11385019d ago

Totally disagree, this is pretty slick looking and almost looks like an apple product. Much better than the Halo 3 console, green and orange just didn't work for that one. This one is tempting...

Jaces5018d ago

mmm...really tempting but I just pre-ordered the Halo Reach Legendary edition.

Bahh, I hate it when they do this making me decide D:<
Hell, even if I sold my old 360 it wouldn't even be a fraction of what I would need.

I'll pass, maybe I'll get lucky at a pawn shop or on craigslist later on. =P

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Jerk1205019d ago (Edited 5019d ago )

That's MS for you. Genius tactics and still pleasing fans. Unlike Sony and/or Nintendo.

I swear, if we had a world under the control of Microsoft, it'd be heaven.

@moparful99 : You have no sense of humor.

moparful995019d ago

You really want a company that knowingly sells you faulty hardware, blames it on you, then plays the hero card by extending the warranty, sells you overpriced accesories then 5 years after launch finally releases a console that is halfway reliable and has some of the features the ps3 has had since launch to rule the world?? I swear you people make no sense.. You bash the ps3 for price but you just keep throwing more and more money at microsoft for something you should have had since day 1... I'll never get it...

aCHU5019d ago (Edited 5019d ago )

hey man your sense of humor sux ... not funny or anything,i even TRIED to find something reasonable or funny about it despite how or what you ment for it to mean,but dayumn you need to go back to the drawing board bro.
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Weaksauce11385019d ago

@moparful99

atleast they aren't chipping away features from consoles people already bought

Socrates5019d ago

moparful99,

Don't act like the PS2 didn't have hardware problems. It did. Myself and several of my friends had our PS2s die on us. Sony didn't even have the decency to fix them for free, even though it was a well documented problem that was affecting many people.

I'll never understand people like you who worship Sony and completely overlook anything negative, yet hypocritically hate MS for the same things or similar things Sony has done.

moparful995019d ago (Edited 5019d ago )

Did I say anything about the ps2? Nope sure didnt. Yea there were issues with the lasers in ps2 burning up but it was no where near as frequent as the 360's issues.. It wasn't decency on microsofts part.. They knew that if they didnt act they would lose customers.. I myself had my first ps2 for 4 years before having laser issues but it never stopped working. My "problem" with microsoft is they KNEW that the rrod issue existed even before launch but because they only cared about beating sony to market so they could bolster their market share so they sold faulty systems. Then they turned around and blamed the consumers for the issues stating ventilation problems, all of a sudden they extend the warranty and they're heroe's? Thats my problem. Dont you dare sit here and question my character because I'm not sugar coating the truth.. I refuse to support a company that blatantly spits in its customers faces repeatedly as microsoft does.. Period. If you cant respect that then its on you.
EDIT: @weaksauce Funny you say that because the ps3 still has more hardware features then the 360 5 years in..

ECM0NEY5018d ago

If you have cross game chat since launch day raise your hand!!!!

TheAntiFanboy5018d ago (Edited 5018d ago )

@Sleipnir: If you think flamebait is funny, you've got a really bad understanding of what makes a good sense of humor. Either that or you're just an idiot.

@moarful99: You say that like it goes only one way. Newsflash, back when the PS3 came out, the 360 did a lot of things the PS3 didn't too. They're pretty damn evenly matched now, but you have to be joking yourself if you think you can make the claim that the PS3 was superior at launch.

This thread is fanboy heaven. Let the morons bathe in their stupidity.

moparful995018d ago

@assclown: Are you seriously bragging about cross game chat? Congratulations on an utterly mediocre feature..

@TheAntiFanboy: Please do tell me all of those things that the 360 did that ps3 did not... There's nothing in the way of hardware features, matter of fact the ps3 was better then in that regard. Built in wifi, universal hardrives on all models, 4 usb ports, media card slots, hdmi(which 360 didnt have), optical output, can use an OS, built in web browser, free online play, bluetooth, blu-ray etc.. I didnt say that the ps3 was superior but from a hardware standpoint it was and continues to be superior now that you mentiont.. Only advantage the 360 had was the 1 year head start which helped the games catalog be more robust and xbox live was better then but now the disparity between xbox live and psn is so close that its all up to preference...

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Jdash245019d ago

Not bad but I think they could have done much more with the design. I am a fan of the silver though

dtrain215019d ago

Damn already bought the black slim, but might have to get this for my room and the other in the living room

TheAntiFanboy5018d ago (Edited 5018d ago )

I'm kind of glad I held back. This would so totally be mine, but my biggest beef is that it comes with the game. I already preordered the game, wtf am I gonna do with a second copy?

N4BmpS5019d ago

I like it but I also loved the design of the PS3 Heavyweight.

SaberEdge5019d ago

Yeah, I like the PS3 fat that I have better than the slim models. I like the glossy black finish with the chrome/silver accents. I have never understood people complaining about fingerprints on glossy black finishes. I just don't understand that. I have my PS3 sitting there and I wipe the dust off of it occasionally, but other than that it just sits there and I have no reason to touch it except right where the buttons are.

Anyway, I love the piano black finish of the new 360 S and this silver version also looks really cool to me.

DARK WITNESS5019d ago

@ SaberEdge

Totally agree. I have a ps3 fat, my belief is that the same people who complain about the finger prints are prob the same people who moan about 360's scratching disc's when it's moved. I mean sure I acknowledge it does that and it's not great, but why would anyone be moving their 360's while they are playing a game in it.

both my ps3 and 360 sit under my tv, i give them a bit of a dusting once in a while and sometimes run an air duster over the vents but thats it.

I have not bought a 360s yet, this may be my ticket.

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6 Friendliest Characters in Games

GF365: "Oftentimes, video games have characters who are antagonistic and really not very pleasant. Here are some of the friendliest characters in games where you might not otherwise expect to find them."

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thorstein239d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED239d ago

You can probably add Karlach to this from BG3

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10 Best Lore-Rich Video Games

Talented writers can build worlds that are as wondrous as real-life. Here are the best lore-rich video games for you to get immersed in.

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shinoff2183475d ago

How'd fallout not make the list. Atleast over cyberpunk, tales , and halo. Fallout been around since what 96 98 and has 5 6 games into it. It's full of lore when you play it. I'd even add star ocean to a point.

robtion474d ago

Agree Fallout should be on there.

MadLad474d ago

And somehow Planescape Torment doesn't even make the list.

Crows90474d ago

Hollow knight surpasses these.

shinoff2183474d ago

In lore? I must be missing something

Crows90474d ago (Edited 474d ago )

Yes in lore. Easily missed... absolutely. Never played a game that had me loving the world and lore behind it as much as that one. Most of course wouldn't be able to experience it since it is a more difficult game.

DarXyde473d ago

I can't speak for all titles on this list, but by the time you get to Dark Souls III, the lore is a bloody tapestry of intricacy

Crows90473d ago

Played them all. Im not saying the games on the list dont have good lore...I just think hollow knight had more lore that is hidden but present and more easily explored and accessed. The souls games have tremendous lore but theyre mostly hidden and stay that way unless you look for it and research it. The lore is not very accessible.

DarXyde473d ago

Crows90,

I think that's a somewhat fair assessment. For me, the Souls games are less upfront about the lore, but it does invite your fascination through NPCs, items, locations, bosses, etc. There's this kind of natural progression where the picture becomes just clear enough by doing the essential tasks, but it really makes you want to explore every inch of the world.

TheColbertinator473d ago

Suikoden and Legend of Heroes also have massive lore setups.

agent13473d ago

narration is more important than lore i'd rather watch the story and characters in a more cinematic way instead of searching for notes and stuff that's why i love sony exclusive games like uncharted and gow and hate from software games

shinoff2183473d ago

The article was top ten lore in video games. I think they did a bad job picking games out. I know what you mean though. I just like a variety of games and genres.

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Halo’s best Bungie campaign has its worst feature fixed after 12 years

Halo’s best ever campaign mode developed by Bungie has had its most annoying feature fixed after more than a decade, making the sci-fi FPS game better than ever

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SullysCigar559d ago

Awesome news - so can we look forward to playing Halo: Infinite with no online issues circa 2033?

just_looken559d ago

"You can download the improved Reach AI mod at Mod DB" This was a mod 343 did nothing so the online will be fixed in our dreams.

SullysCigar558d ago

Par for the course with 343.

Profchaos558d ago

They did say they had a 10 year plan for infinite we just all assumed it would be DLC could of been a 10 year netcode rollout.

But seriously this is a mod the community won't be able to modify infinite in the same way

Cikatriz_ESP559d ago

Combat Evolved was the best campaign, and it's not even close.

just_looken559d ago

You should have tried this version of reach when it first came out remastered for a year there was no sound because 343 could not locate the sound files.

It was a special challenge.

badz149558d ago

more like the bunch at 343i are simply mentally challenged

ACEMANWISE559d ago

Well I guess 12 years is faster than most fixes. I guess this is a cheap way to "remaster" something nowadays.....by just fixing something that used to always be broken.

zidane1341558d ago

Did you even read the article? This is a mod to improve AI from back almost 2 gens ago. Nobody is claiming this is remastering anything. Yeesh.

Crows90558d ago

Halo is dead. Microsoft has other shooter franchises it cares more about now. 343 are no longer Xbox golden studio. They are likely to shift things around or even close it all together and give the IP to someone else.

343i decided to pummel the IP into the ground...and when they see it didn't quite look like Glenn's face they decided to just keep on pummeling. Not sure if Glenn is the IP or the fanbase in this case though.

Profchaos558d ago

343 were never the golden studio they were a hastily thrown together b team when bungie said we want to do something else cya

Crows90558d ago

Well ...I didn't want to say it but I agree. Makes you wonder why Microsoft gave them the IP and didn't keep Bungie or any of the talent they acquired from any studio.

CobraKai558d ago

“ Halo Infinite, Halo 3, or Halo: Combat Evolved. It’s hard to say which of the sci-fi FPS games offers the best experience all round.”
He lost me with Halo Infinite.

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