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Game on: New Halo release set for record books

Microsoft is poised to re-enter the record books when it launches Halo: Reach on Tuesday.

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awiseman5400d ago

Is this even news? Halo Reach has already set records as it passed the 2 mil mark in preorders its on track with mw2 and its only an exclusive. Tip of the hat to Bungie.

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WildArmed5400d ago

No doubt it'll be one of the biggest launches this year.

The front page of n4g is going to be full of sale numbers come this Tuesday for a couple of weeks lol

Agent-865400d ago (Edited 5400d ago )

Quote from article: "Guinness World Records has already recognised the Halo trilogy – the prequel to Reach – as the biggest video game franchise to date". These kind of statements are so full of hyperbole. I checked out the Guinness website and this was decided by voting, not actual sales. Why did Guinness use voting when you'd think sales wouldn't be that hard to tally up? Guinness is usually more reliable than that and use actual figures to back up their claims (voting systems are so easy to manipulate with multiple votes and other methods). And, based on sales, Mario is the best selling franchise of all time (Halo is at 36).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

horndog5400d ago

this game will sell very well because it's the last installment of an epic series known as Halo. It will break records regardless of a 20$ gift card. What is a 20$ gift card compared to 35million potential ps3 buyers that the CoD series gets?? Give credit where it's due and and stop trying to spin shit around.

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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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thorstein671d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED671d 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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shinoff2183907d 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.

robtion906d ago

Agree Fallout should be on there.

MadLad906d ago

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

Crows90906d ago

Hollow knight surpasses these.

shinoff2183906d ago

In lore? I must be missing something

Crows90906d ago (Edited 906d 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.

DarXyde906d 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

Crows90906d 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.

DarXyde905d 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.

TheColbertinator906d ago

Suikoden and Legend of Heroes also have massive lore setups.

agent13906d 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

shinoff2183906d 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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SullysCigar992d ago

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

just_looken991d 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.

SullysCigar991d ago

Par for the course with 343.

Profchaos990d 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_ESP991d ago

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

just_looken991d 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.

badz149991d ago

more like the bunch at 343i are simply mentally challenged

ACEMANWISE991d 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.

zidane1341991d 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.

Crows90991d 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.

Profchaos990d 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

Crows90990d 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.

CobraKai990d 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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