MS names Halo 3 day

Halo 3 will go on sale in the US on 25 September, Microsoft proclaimed last night, two months ahead of the US holiday buying season, when it hopes to sell a lot more Xbox 360 consoles on the back of the game. European buyers will have to wait 24 hours for the game - it'll hit these shore on 26 September. Tasters are already …

[Ash]

US Prices...

Will $ = £ on this title too?

I sure as hell won't buy a 360 regardless, but it wouldn't surprise me.

[Anonymous Coward]

In a few hours?

Unless you have your invite via crackdown, right?

[Mark Gillespie]

Yawn factor 9

From what I have seen, it's an incremental update to Halo 2, and I've frankly seen it all done before..

I won't be staying out to buy this. Then again, I wouldn't touch a Xbox360 with a barge pole either...

[Luca]

Halo 2 and 3

Regardless of people with preconceived notions like Mark Gillespie, I

ll probably end up buying a 360 because of Halo3.

Meanwhile my major disappointment goes to Halo2 PC, which only runs on Vista and I'm not installing Vista on any of my computers. Their loss.

[Matthew Sinclair]

Ah yes.... the sunset...beauty ain't it?

Ah yes.... Halo 3..... halo... the series.... truely a great game....but once it passes... it will be like a sunset.... no more catchy titles.... why bother with the xbox at that point?

Oh wait.. did I just say that outloud? Seriously... the last comment by Luca sums it up... I hear that statement all over the place... the only reason anyone will buy an Xbox is for Halo. M$ better find a solution to that problem.. or they will get stomped by someone else... if not already. I'm not sure if I want to spend the few hundred for one single game.... I'll hold out for a PC version.... : O P

[Rob]

Mad for it

I think having played Marathon, Marathon 2, Halo and Halo2, plus read all four novels, I've clearly lost my mind.

Evidence: As with the original Marathon series, I played through Halo on a Mac, and then again on an intel-Mac when the port was released.

Evidence: When I realized that Halo2 would be Vista-only, I bought a final generation factory-sealed xbox from eBay and played it on that instead.

Evidence: I've already started planning where to put the replica Spartan-II helmet in the lounge.

I'm normally very rational about such obvious hype. What's going on?!

Please help.

[Anonymous Coward]

Beta Extended

Turns out my crackdown comment was a little harsh.

As a "sorry" they have extended the trial by 4 days.