Early this morning Microsoft finally released the beta version of Halo Waypoint, the new content and community hub for the popular series, onto Xbox LIVE for the fall 2009 system update preview program members. If that wasn't enough, you can now score unique Avatar Awards as well.
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Oct 30, 2009

Halo Waypoint: Hands On (ResumePlay)

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360 - Halo 3 - Halo Waypoint: Hands On (ResumePlay)

ResumePlay Writes: Halo Waypoint was announced as being a one stop shop for all things Halo. Well today Microsoft made Waypoint available to users who are in the early preview of the new Dashboard update. Click the jump for our hands on!
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Oct 28, 2009

Contributors and Cover Art for Halo: Evolutions Revealed

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360 - Halo 3 - Contributors and Cover Art for Halo: Evolutions Revealed

Tor Books has released the contributor list and cover art for Halo short story collection, Halo: Evolutions.
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Oct 28, 2009

Xbox LIVE Activity for week of Oct. 19th

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360 - Halo 3 - Xbox LIVE Activity for week of Oct. 19th

Major Nelson writes:

"Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on UU's)

1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty 4
3 Call of Duty: WaW
4 Halo 3: ODST
5 Gears of War 2
6 FIFA 10
7 Madden NFL 10
8 GTA IV
9 Borderlands
10 Left 4 Dead"
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Oct 24, 2009

Bungie Weekly Update: 10/23/09

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360 - Halo 3 - Bungie Weekly Update: 10/23/09

Bungie writes:

"Hello and welcome the Bungie Weekly Update. It's a pleasure to have you with us today. Your safety and comfort are our primary concern, so please pay close attention to the following important information.

Marcus fired off another Halo: Reach progress report earlier this week. His communique contained exactly five hundred and fifty eight words that charted the team's recent forward progress and then got down and dirty, digging into all the gory details. Fresh off the completion of a significant development milestone, the team just added tons of new awesome into the Halo: Reach mix."
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Oct 21, 2009

LIVE Activity for week of Oct. 12th

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360 - Halo 3 - LIVE Activity for week of Oct. 12th

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Indie Games, full versions purchased during the week.

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on UU's):
1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty 4
3 Call of Duty: WaW
4 Halo 3: ODST
5 Gears of War 2
6 Madden NFL 10 (Download the demo)
7 GTA IV (Purchase the full game)
8 FIFA 10 (Download the demo)
9 Left 4 Dead
10 SOUTH PARK LET'S GO TOWER DEFENSE PLAY! (Download the demo)

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased):
1 Hasbro Family Game Night
2 SOUTH PARK LET'S GO TOWER DEFENSE PLAY!
3 Trials HD
4 Zombie Apocalypse
5 Battlefield 1943
6 Castle Crashers
7 Shadow Complex
8 Magic: The Gathering
9 Marvel vs. Capcom 2
10 Axel & Pixel
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Oct 21, 2009

Halo Waypoint confirmed for NNXE preview program

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360 - Halo 3 - Halo Waypoint confirmed for NNXE preview program

Microsoft's resident blogger Major Nelson confirmed today that the much anticipated Halo Waypoint, set to officially launch on November 5th, will be included in the upcoming Xbox LIVE update preview program.
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Oct 20, 2009

Post-NPD: Microsoft Details Halo 3: ODST Play Hours, Third Party Sales Lead

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360 - Halo 3 - Post-NPD: Microsoft Details Halo 3: ODST Play Hours, Third Party Sales Lead

As ever, Microsoft has released a response to the NPD sales results -- revealing some interesting statistics about Halo 3 gameplay and boasting of third-party Xbox 360 sales of $154 million for the month of September.

Selling 1.5 million copies, Halo 3: ODST was the best-selling game of the overall NPD for September 2009; Xbox 360 claimed five of the top 10 titles.

According to Microsoft, since ODST's release, over five million unique players have racked up playtime with the two Halo 3 titles since the September 2007 launch of Halo 3. Including the original and ODST, gamers have totaled over 116 million hours of play.
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Oct 19, 2009

Halo Waypoint detailed, captured on video

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360 - Halo 3 - Halo Waypoint detailed, captured on video

With the Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard update preview kicking off today, Microsoft dropped some more details on Halo Waypoint, the Dashboard playpen for the Master Chief enthusiasts among you. The preview video – found after the break – walks you through some of the destination's functionality, notably the "career system" which will track "in-game accomplishments across multiple Halo games." Unsurprisingly, that career will be limited to the Xbox 360-released Halo games: Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo 3: ODST, and "all Game Add-on content for those titles."

Halo Waypoint is being developed collaboratively by Microsoft's internal Halo studio, 343 Industries, and Certain Affinity, the Austin-based developer (with some former Bungie staffers) behind Age of Booty. Waypoint will be available November 5 for both Xbox Live Gold and Silver members; however, come November 26 those Silver members will have to pony up for Live if they want to keep their Waypoint access. That's a solid three weeks to determine if the exclusive Waypoint offerings – like the Nov. 7. preview of the "Halo Legends" anime anthology – are worth it.
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Oct 17, 2009

Bungie Weekly Update: 10.16.09

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360 - Halo 3 - Bungie Weekly Update: 10.16.09

It's been all business around these parts this week with the overwhelming majority of the Bungie collective doing work toward the completion of an important Halo: Reach milestone...
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