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Halo 5

Microsoft’s Halo 5 racks up $400M in first week, becomes biggest Halo launch ever

Halo 5: Guardians seems to have lived up to all the hype, tallying $400 million in first-week sales and becoming… Read More

Photos: Master Chief, 343 Industries head Bonnie Ross help celebrate Halo 5 launch in Seattle

A new era of Halo officially kicked off on Monday night. From Seattle to New York City to Hong Kong to… Read More

Halo 5 review: Multiplayer restrictions aside, this is another epic game from Microsoft

Halo fans will not be disappointed with the latest installment in the epic franchise — that is, unless, you are expecting… Read More

The business of Halo: Why the Halo 5 launch matters so much to Xbox

Xbox chief Phil Spencer really wasn’t overstating anything when he told a GeekWire Summit audience this month that “Halo is Xbox.” “It’s… Read More

Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admits he’s not a big Halo player, but he’s excited about future of gaming

Steve Ballmer isn’t really into Halo, but he’s still excited about Microsoft’s impact on the future of gaming. Just days before… Read More

Watch: Microsoft debuts Halo 5 launch trailer two weeks before release date

If you want to get excited for the newest Halo installment, the trailer above should do the job. Microsoft today… Read More

Microsoft just threw a secret geek party in New York, and we were there to crash it

NEW YORK — Microsoft just threw an epic geek party in New York City to celebrate its latest hardware launch.… Read More

Watch the action-packed Halo 5 opening cinematic

With Halo 5 is less than two months from its highly-anticipated debut, Xbox today released the game’s opening cinematic. The 3-minute,… Read More

Podcast

Amazon’s secret drone site, Halo’s new rating, Avalara’s big move, and Sesame Street on HBO

This week on the GeekWire radio show: Behind the scenes of our search for Amazon’s secret drone site. Sesame Street… Read More

Halo 5 gets ‘Teen’ rating for first time in series history

Each traditional game in the Halo series over the past several years has received a “Mature” rating from the ESRB.… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘Halo 5’ Limited Collector’s Edition will sell for nearly $250

How much of a “Halo” fan are you? Here’s a good litmus test. Microsoft is launching pre-orders for “Halo 5: Guardians”… Read More

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