Most
Anticipated
Title of
2007
Released to
Manufacturing,
Begins Final
March to
Xbox 360
The wait is
almost over.
“Halo 3,”
the final
chapter in
the
groundbreaking
“Halo”
trilogy and
the most
anticipated
game release
of 2007, has
been
released to
manufacturing.
Three years
in the
making by
renowned
developer
Bungie
Studios,
“Halo 3” is
now finished
and will
begin its
journey to
store
shelves
around the
world in
less than
four weeks.
“Halo 3,”
which has
already set
new records
as the
fastest
preordered
game in
history, has
exceeded one
million
presales in
North
America
alone. The
title is set
to shatter
day-one
entertainment
sales
records when
it is
released
worldwide
beginning
Tuesday,
Sept. 25.
“This is a
huge
milestone
for us and a
big cause
for
celebration
at Bungie
and
Microsoft
Game
Studios,”
said Harold
Ryan, Studio
Head at
Bungie
Studios.
“This is the
game we’ve
always
wanted to
make and
certainly
the best
game our
studio has
developed.
We can’t
wait for
gamers to
get their
hands on it
on Sept.
25.”
Created by
legendary
developer
Bungie
Studios and
exclusive to
the Xbox
360™ video
game and
entertainment
system,
“Halo 3”
will set a
new standard
for
interactive
storytelling
and social
gaming by
engaging
consumers
worldwide in
Master
Chief’s epic
battle to
save
humankind.
In November
2004, the
world’s view
of video
games
changed
forever with
the release
of “Halo 2,”
which
generated a
record-setting
$125 million
(U.S.) in
sales within
the first 24
hours and
changed the
way people
think about
interactive
entertainment.
Three years
later, it
remains the
most-played
game on
Microsoft’s
Xbox LIVEŽ
online
gaming and
entertainment
network,
with nearly
1 billion
hours of
online
gaming
logged to
date.