Posted Apr 10th 2007 6:25PM by TMZ Staff
Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios today announced that the most anticipated video game beta ever, "Halo 3" will be hitting Xbox Live on May 16 at 5:00 AM PDT and end on June 6 at 11:59 PM PDT.
Xbox 360 gamers who have secured their admission to the beta, either through the "Rule of Three" promotion or by purchasing specially marked copies of "Crackdown," will be able to play online with their Xbox Live Gold account.
This gives one full month of Red Bull-fueled, multi-player action on three new maps, with new and improved weapons and everyone's favorite new vehicle, the Mongoose. You can sleep when you're dead.
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Tags: beta, bungie, gadget, halo 3, Halo3, master chief, MasterChief, microsoft, technology, video games, VideoGames, xbox 360, Xbox360
Posted Oct 20th 2006 12:15PM by TMZ Staff
Looks like super marine Master Chief will have to eliminate a homicidal alien race without some very powerful allies. The Peter Jackson produced film "Halo" based on the wildly popular Microsoft video game, hit a huge roadblock this morning as Universal and Fox studios both announced that they have officially backed out of the film.
The studios demanded that executive producers, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with Microsoft each reduce their profit participation in the film which included a $5 million upfront payday, obviously their demands were not met.
Some insiders are speculating that the pull-out had to due with budget problems as rumors swirl that the film, originally budgeted for $135 million, had already busted the cap by a whopping $65 million,
Others feel that handing a huge franchise like "Halo" to first time director Neil Blomkamp made the studios way too nervous about the film.
But, fear not Halo-heads -- the project isn't dead yet. Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop is continuing to work on the film while Microsoft locks down another partner.
The copy editor apologizes for offending serious fanboys. He's more of a Tecmo Bowl fan.
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Tags: budget, bungie, fox, halo, master chief, MasterChief, microsoft, neil blomkamp, NeilBlomkamp, peter jackson, PeterJackson, pull out, PullOut, studio, universal
