“After a three-year wait and the birth of a brand new console generation, Halo 3 is set to hit stores on September 25. Halo 3 marks the final part of a long-standing tradition for Microsoft’s gaming platform. What started as an unassuming title for Macs has gone on to spawn not only one of the most successful franchises in all of gaming, but a generation of gamers raised by the unassuming but ever-vigilant John 117, Master Chief. Halo is Microsoft’s Mario: an icon of and a benchmark for the system itself. It has become Microsoft’s image in the gaming industry.”Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Halo 3 Balances Hot New Guns, Old-School Cool @ Wired
- The Wait for Halo 3 is Over @ OCModShop
- Halo 3: Hail to the Chief (Part One) @ GameHelper
- Bungie Announces Halo 3: Fraternity Edition @ BBSpot
- Five PC Gaming Myths Debunked @ ExtremeTech
- BioShock Performance @ DH
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption @ Strategy Informer
- Bioshock Gameplay Review (PC) @ Bjorn3d
- World In Conflict (PC) @ GH
- World in Conflict (PC) graphics card performance @ Guru of 3D
- Unreal Battlefield: Enemy Territory Quake Wars Performance @ X-bit Labs
- Worms: Open Warfare 2 @ Strategy Informer
- The Core of Crysis @ Gamehelper
- Viva Pinata Xbox 360 @ GamePyre
- Rhianna Pratchett talks Heavenly Sword, Sony, and Andy Serkis @ Ars Technica
- TimeShift @ Strategy Informer
- Tabula Rasa hands-on PC @ TweakTown
- Tabula Rasa – You ask the questions @ GH
- Gaming Heaven CRYSIS Interview: Crytek CEO Cevat Yeril
- A note from Cevat about Crysis’s release date (Demo delayed … game too.)
That game, with that guy in armour came out early this morning

Love the series or hate it, you will be seeing a lot of press about the final installment of the game that made the Xbox what it is today. Halo 3 is out, though you may have trouble finding it on the shelves, as Microsoft’s hype machine worked perfectly again, and people lined up for hours to get the game at it’s midnight release. Ars Technica can give you a look at what this new sequel offers to dedicated Halo fans, without giving away the plot or any secrets while they are at it.