TECHNOBABBLE; VIDEO GAME REVIEW; SPACE ACE; The Master Chief returns for a final thrilling adventure in the year's most anticipated video game, "Halo 3.".(SOURCE)(TECHNOBABBLE)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: September 25, 2007| Author: Salas, Randy A. | Copyright information

Byline: Randy A. Salas; Staff Writer

Bigger. Badder. Better.

That's your three-word review for "Halo 3," which came out today at midnight.

No game could live up to the unprecedented hype heaped upon Microsoft's latest entry in its popular video-game series - this one marking the debut of the first-person shooter on the Xbox 360 - but "Halo 3" comes admirably close.

The legendary armored hero Spartan-117, a-k-a the Master Chief, returns ...

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