Guitar Hero On Tour publisher April-June earnings top $654 million as profits double; former Vivendi properties take in around $347 million; World of Warcraft now boasts 10.9 million subscribers.
Vegechan created a Halo tribute trailer using music from 300 and footage from many sources, including Halo game trailers, cutscenes, and more. Has a nicely epic feel to it.(Louis Wu 23:41:33 UTC)
The Escapist’s latest episode of Kung Fu Grip is entitled ‘Star Wars: A New Halo’, and looks at how the Republic might have fared had the Stormtroopers been replaced with Spartans. Stop-motion theater at its finest! Thanks, Speedhuntr.(Louis Wu 23:37:40 UTC)
Video Games Live just posted a press release - their album debuted at #10 on the Billboard Charts. Wow! Congrats to Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall, and the entire VGL team! If you buy a copy, you’ll hear the Slovak Symphony Orchestra playing the Halo Suite, and a bunch of other great music. Update: Jim wrote to us with a clarification. The album debuted at #10 on the Classical Crossover chart - on the general Billboard Top 200, they’re a no-show. Gotta work on that Press Release wording, I think…(Louis Wu 21:56:31 UTC)
A few hours ago, the latest Double XP weekend went live - this week, it’s Team Melee. What’s Team Melee? It’s a playlist loaded with Gravity Hammers and Swords! Three teams of three meet to beat the crap out of each other. AdjustantReflex gave us the heads-up.(Louis Wu 21:51:37 UTC)
According to an article in Eurogamer, Bungie is “very excited” about Halo Wars - they talked to Damian Isla, AI Programming Lead for Halo 2 and Halo 3. Positive news, for fans worried that Ensemble might be taking liberties! Thanks, gunluva. While you’re at Eurogamer, check out this little piece as well - Isla discusses the problems AI programmers face in making the next great video game.(Louis Wu 21:49:10 UTC)
Variety article says Double Fine may set up “unique” agreement to get Jack Black-starring game on shelves.
Atari shooter and Dragon Ball Z push its corporate parent’s sales up 80 percent to $140.5 million.
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UK retail giant’s flagship store playing tournament host to Namco’s latest fighter on launch day.
