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Xbox 360 Hack: You don't need the Xbox HDMI cables to have digital audio!
755 votes | submitted 2007-10-01 01:21:25 by cledford | 123 commentsIf you?re like me, you ordered the Xbox 360 Premium instead of the 360 Elite because you wanted to save money. However, if you want HDMI going to your TV and Digital Optical to your surround sound, Microsoft has engineered the Premium in a way that requires you to purchase their HDMI cable with audio adapter for $49.99. No longer.
Samurai Sword in Halo 3
1902 votes | submitted 2007-09-30 21:27:37 by travis134 | 192 commentsSeveral people down at the High Impact Halo Forums have noticed that there is a player online who has a samurai sword attached to his back as if it were a secondary...
Cave Men In Halo 3.....!?[PICS]
2241 votes | submitted 2007-09-30 06:04:14 by monkeycatdx | 159 commentsThere is a family of Cave Men w/t a Teddy Bear In Halo 3. It's Funny and weird, but they don't really do any thing, although you can punch them and shoot them and make them bleed.
Bungie Confirms: Halo 3 Doesn't Run Natively in HD
1477 votes | submitted 2007-09-29 18:24:48 by xp0rk917 | 429 commentsThe latest Bungie Weekly Update has Luke Smith confessing that in fact, Halo 3 doesn't run natively at 720p like all other Xbox 360 games...
65nm Xbox 360s starting to trickle out?
901 votes | submitted 2007-09-29 02:39:04 by tjfloyd24517 | 185 commentsWe've been waiting and waiting, and after months of speculation, a hardware revision, a couple limited editions, and even a new SKU, it looks like Microsoft is finally shipping "Falcon"-equipped Xbox 360s with 65nm CPUs. According to the eagle-eyed posters in the official Xbox forums, Halo edition 360s from lot #734 appear to be the first machines
IWHBYD Skull Found! Halo 3!
1571 votes | submitted 2007-09-29 00:54:53 by designerdave | 145 commentsThe IWHBYD Skull has been found! After countless hours from the Halo3Planet Community, we finally present you with the location of the final skull, the IWHBYD Skull!
Halo 3 not HD: runs at 640p, pixel counters claim
1392 votes | submitted 2007-09-28 17:44:53 by bllambert | 470 commentsHalo 3 has quickly come under fire for disc-read errors and scratched discs, but now some tech heads on the Beyond 3D forums have found what they believe to be evidence that the most hyped game of Microsoft's 'all games in HD' console only runs natively at a paltry 640p -- not 720p, not HD -- and then upscales.
Halo 3 Sells 45,000 in Japan
810 votes | submitted 2007-09-28 13:29:53 by maximuspaynicus | 229 commentsOn its first day of release in Japan, Halo 3 sold 45,000. For perspective, Blue Dragon (which is the highest-sold Xbox 360 title) sold 83,000 in it's first week. Halo 3 cut into that by more than half in a day.
Uproar over Halo 3 missing promised feature (game browser)
1149 votes | submitted 2007-09-28 06:45:28 by telengard | 333 commentsOne of the biggest complaints with Halo 2 was that you couldn't look for types of games you were interested in. You could only play the types Bungie created unless you had tons of friends. They promised to remedy that by creating XBL Public, mentioned in various interviews with Bungie employees. A lot of players are very unhappy now.
Halo 3 map "canvases" released, making it easier to create new gametypes
779 votes | submitted 2007-09-27 19:40:12 by sienar | 44 commentsAn enterprising member of the Bungie.net community has released downloads for blank map slates, allowing easier use of the Forge to mod your game types and map variants.
Halo 3 Skull Locations
1296 votes | submitted 2007-09-26 20:03:03 by joser916 | 116 commentsA description on how to easily find all of the hidden gold & silver skulls in halo 3, enjoy.....
1.2 million Halo 3 players have already killed 402 million baddies online
1310 votes | submitted 2007-09-26 17:22:16 by elithrar | 169 commentsBungie's numbers also show that 4,669,304 online matches have been played in the last 24 hours, with 402,988,939 kills in the campaign.
(PIC) global Halo 3 usage map - live (as in right now) data
2669 votes | submitted 2007-09-26 17:21:09 by m3mn0n | 370 commentsAs of submit time there is 94K online and 1.2 million online in the last 24 hours. Pretty cool, huh?
The Ultimate Halo 3 Package on Ebay
674 votes | submitted 2007-09-26 12:12:52 by banzaiaap | 86 commentsThis package is AWESOME! Contains: * The ONLY Xbox 360 Limited Edition Halo 3 console that has been personally signed by Bill Gates. * The ONLY Limited Edition Halo 3 Zune 30 GB media player personally signed by J Allard.plus more!
Xbox Live collapses under weight of Halo 3
2104 votes | submitted 2007-09-26 04:14:20 by hoyty | 299 commentsSo much for building a sufficient infrastructure. It appears that several parts of Xbox Live are failing due to quantity of Halo 3 players. Right now less than 1000 players listed as being online in Halo 3. There were more online over weekend before official launch.
Guide to unlock all the armor in Halo 3!
1266 votes | submitted 2007-09-26 01:18:39 by videogamedigger | 88 commentsCheck out this guide which shows how to get all the armor in Halo 3.
MIT Halo Prank: John P. Harvard goes Halo [PIC]
3850 votes | submitted 2007-09-25 19:06:20 by coldshiver | 97 commentsMIT students marked today's release of Halo 3 with something special