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Halo

‘Halo: Spartan Assault’ for Windows 8, Windows Phone out today for $6.99

A touch-enabled version of Halo officially arrived on the Windows platform today with “Halo: Spartan Assault” exclusively for Windows 8… Read More

Halo meets touch screens with ‘Spartan Assault’ for Windows 8, Windows Phone

Halo has been a huge boon to Microsoft’s Xbox franchise over the years. Can it help bring new fans to… Read More

Game of the Year? Vote here in the GeekWire Awards

The Seattle region may be known for operating systems, airplanes and coffee, but video games play a huge role in… Read More

Bored this weekend? Xbox Live Gold is free for everyone

If you’ve wanted to experience the benefits of Xbox Live’s Gold service but didn’t want to dent your wallet, Microsoft… Read More

Photos: Checking out Master Chief’s home at 343 Industries

Welcome to the home of Master Chief. Across the 520 bridge in Kirkland is 343 Industries, the Microsoft-owned company now… Read More

Xbox Live servers down, Halo gamers angry

It’s Friday afternoon and sometimes there’s nothing better to do than ending your week with some Halo. Unfortunately for gamers… Read More

New era for Bungie: First glimpse of Destiny, the next big thing from Halo’s creator

It would be hard for Bungie to top the success that Halo brought to the Bellevue-based video game company, but… Read More

Video games analyst: “Consumers are starved for new titles”

Game developers, take notice. Right now might be a perfect time to unveil that new game you’ve been working on… Read More

New Microsoft game studio in Vancouver wants to build the next Halo

Microsoft is officially opening a new game studio in Canada and expectations are off the charts. Located in downtown Vancouver, B.C., Black Tusk… Read More

The best Halo ever? Halo 4 breaks record, brings in $220 million on first day

It was a record-setting launch day for Microsoft, as the company announced today that Halo 4 brought in $220 million… Read More

PHOTOS: Master Chief, Cortana and hundreds of fans celebrate Halo 4 launch

Signing autographs in one corner of a bustling University Village Microsoft Store was Steve Downes, the all-too-familar voice of Master… Read More

Master Chief returns: Halo 4 launches at midnight in 10,000 stores worldwide

Dear bosses of employees who love Halo: Tomorrow might not be the most productive day of the year. Halo 4… Read More

Halo’s success by the numbers: 46 million games, $3 billion in revenue

You already knew that Halo was a popular series and here are the numbers to prove it. Just days before… Read More

Microsoft debuts trailer for live-action Halo 4 series

Gearing up for the release of Halo 4 this fall, Microsoft has released the official trailer for “Halo 4: Forward… Read More

Video of the Week: BBC mistakes ‘Halo’ logo for UN emblem

Microsoft’s Xbox team is busy gearing up for the big E3 video game convention next week, but they must have… Read More

Microsoft gears up for live-action ‘Halo’ web series

It’s not a movie, yet, but Microsoft is planning to launch a new web series based on its blockbuster Halo… Read More

Hail to the Master Chief? Halo 4 launching on election day

Microsoft announced plans this week to launch Halo 4 on Nov. 6, kicking off a new era for the blockbuster… Read More

Conan O’Brien visits Microsoft, tries out for Halo 4 role

Microsoft yesterday announced a Nov. 6 release date for “Halo 4,” the next installment in the blockbuster video-game series for… Read More

Bungie closes its Halo database with an epic infographic

Just how big are the Halo video games? Well, we’ve spent a combined 235,182 years playing them online — enough time… Read More

Weird: Microsoft is now the owner of ‘clicktohump.com’

Sorry, but this was too strange to ignore: Domain name watchdog Fusible.com reports that Microsoft has obtained the sites “clicktohump.com” and… Read More

‘Top Gear’ reviews Halo Warthog

For your Friday afternoon entertainment, here’s a fun video that emerged this week featuring Jeremy Clarkson of the popular BBC… Read More

PAX: Master Chief, explosions and other Halo 4 highlights

Halo fans were lined up around the corner for a panel this morning on Halo 4 at Penny Arcade Expo,… Read More

Bungie Aerospace’s first project is an iPad game, will get PAX preview this weekend

Bungie Aerospace, a new effort by the creators of the blockbuster “Halo” franchise to partner with independent game developers, will… Read More

Go to college, buy a Windows PC and get a free Xbox 360?

Amazon.com isn’t the only tech giant wooing college students this summer. Microsoft too is offering a special deal, giving away… Read More

Getting games from good to great with Bungie’s Rick Lico

It’s an overcast summer’s evening in Seattle’s University District, and in the warehouse-like space in the back of an arts supply… Read More

Microsoft says Halo 4 signals a new trilogy for Xbox 360

Microsoft this morning confirmed plans to extend the blockbuster Halo franchise for Xbox 360 with a new game, Halo 4,… Read More

Halo 4 in development, and other E3 leaks from Microsoft’s own site

Halo 4 is “on the way.” That’s the (inadvertently) official word from Microsoft this morning. The company isn’t taking the stage… Read More

Video: ‘Halo’ Spartan blows up mini-fridge to pitch Windows

Microsoft’s Windows team seems to have figured out a thing or two about marketing to college students. Not only is… Read More

How to woo students to Windows PCs: Give them a free Xbox 360?

This will either be considered a stroke of marketing genius, or a blight on the educational system as we know… Read More

Nerd Notes: Marvel joins Netflix, holy helmets and Cusack strikes back

Neil Cameron makes the alphabet awesome yet again. This time it’s Japanese themed and proceeds go to tsunami relief efforts.American… Read More

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