Gadgets and Video Games

After Peter Jackson told us last week , “That Halo project isn’t happening,” with regards to his not quite a game, not quite a movie, erm, thing , Halo Chronicles , we were still waiting for confirmation from Microsoft that the entire project is officially kaputz. And, well, we still don’t know that. Speaking with Peter Jackson’s manager, Ken Kamins, the Company Town blog further confirmed that on his side of the Pacific, the collaboration between Jackson and Microsoft (at the least) is over. “They were scaling back everything, including the number of Halo games, and it just made sense at that point,” Kamins said, allegedly referencing the January layoffs at Microsoft

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Halo Chronicles reconfirmed as canceled, Microsoft still not speaking

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Click image to fire a volley of screens at your eyeballs Eidos just fired off a press release, scoring a direct hit on our inbox, informing that Battlestations: Pacific will receive two resupply convoys in the form of the Mustang Pack and the Carrier Battle Map Pack. The first pack is available for download today and offers six new units (including the P-51 Mustang bomber, US Navy Alaska Class battleship, and Japanese Yamato Class battleship), along with 18 different pieces of nose art to be used online or off, and will set players back a cool 160 ($2).

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Man your download stations for Battlestations: Pacific DLC

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