Summer of Halo 3 Winners are Team Schwartenegger!
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The SUMMER OF HALO 3 Winners are announced – and it is Team Schwartenegger! Trey S. and Rod S. had the best winning percentage (90%) over their 10 games. Teams had to play a minimum of 10 games together and they had the best record! Next time, we’ll have fewer teams and more games per team – maybe we’ll make it a minimum of 20 games or make it a $1.00 to register your team name for the tournament…anyway, Trey S. and Rod S., get in here and claim your prizes – a GIANT HALO Master Chief Figure or a $30 Big Robot Game Cafe gift card.
We Have HALO 3-ODST!
Halo 3: ODST is a prologue to the events in Halo 3 and will focus on the legendary ODSTs or “Orbital Drop Shock Troopers” as they drop into the ruined city of New Mombasa, looking for clues behind the Covenant’s catastrophic attack on the city.
Halo 3: ODST is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft. It was released on the Xbox 360 video game console exclusively on September 22, 2009, being nearly two years after the initial release of Halo 3. Players assume the roles of elite human United Nations Space Command soldiers known as Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODSTs) during the events of Halo 2 and Halo 3. After the alliance of alien races known as the Covenant attack Earth, the player explores the ruined city of New Mombasa to discover what happened to their missing teammates, separated from each other as they entered the city.
Bungie initially conceived ODST as a small side project to produce in the lull between Halo 3‘s completion and Halo: Reach. Instead of featuring recognizable characters such as the Master Chief from previous games, the developers focused on the ODSTs. Story director Joseph Staten penned a detective story utilizing film noir settings, design, and characters. Composer Martin O’Donnell abandoned his previous Halo themes to create a quieter, jazz-influenced sound. During development, the game grew in scope to that of a full-sized game.[1]
HALO TOURNAMENT STANDINGS!!!
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Hey, the FREE HALO 3 TOURNAMENT is still going – we play FREE HALO on Thursday and Saturday nights. You any good? Show up! The top five teams are:
1. Schwartenegger-90% Trey S/Rod S
2. Scope Dome-86% Mikey M./Nathan B.
3. The Hills-80% Wayne H/Justin G
4. Awesome Sauce-73% Jarad M./Ethan Z.
5. Charlie Foxtrot-73% Rod S/Caleb M
We track WIN PERCENTAGE to determine the winner – last day of the competition will be August 29. Winning team gets a 12-inch Master Chief collectible figure or $30 Big Robot Gift Certificate PER PLAYER! Click HERE TO SEE THE FULL STANDINGS.
HEY BUDDY FREE HALO!
We’re doing Free Halo! on Thursday and Saturday nights for the next few weeks! Check out the LATEST STANDINGS!!! Thursday night was great and Saturday will be even better!!!
Big Robot is kicking off the SUMMER with HALO 3 GAME NIGHTS!
Big Robot is kicking off the SUMMER with HALO 3 GAME NIGHTS!
LOCAL LEAGUE 5/21 to 6/20
• FREE!!!
• Thursday Nights, 7 to 9pm and Saturday nights, 9 to midnight
• 10 nights of competition
• 2 vs. 2 teams with team names
• Overall win percentage tracked
• Top 5 teams get FREE ENTRY in NATIONAL COMPETITION
• Leads into NATIONAL LEAGUE to start June 25.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 6/25 to 8/27
• $5 per team for WHOLE SEASON
• Thursday Nights, 7 to 10pm
• 10 weeks of competition
• Rankings – for every match played, teams earn points.
• Playoffs, cash prizes, fun!
• Team rankings online (iGames.org)
• The points are used to rank teams for the Playoffs.
To Participate:
• Sign up at the Big Robot Front Counter – you need 2 players and a team name. PLAYERS CANNOT CHANGE TEAMS!
• We’ll track wins/losses and post results on bigrobotgamecafe.com. Minimum of 10 games played per team to qualify for prizes.
• First come, first served – every team gets a match before any team plays another one
• Top five LOCAL teams will win free entry into NATIONAL LEAGUE
• All players must register through iGames to play in the National League – go to bigrobotgamecafe.com and follow the link. CHOOSE Big Robot as your gaming location!
SPRING BREAK kicks off TONIGHT!
Kick off your SPRING BREAK TONIGHT and party all night at Big Robot! Our March Lock-in starts at 11pm Saturday night and is open to the public. $20 gets you in! If you leave you DON’T get back in! Play all the games, stay up all night, and have a blast! FYI – bad behavior will get you kicked out with NO REFUND!
Guitar Hero III the First Game to $1 Billion In Sales
From Slashdot:
The Opposable Thumbs blog reports that Guitar Hero III has reached a financial milestone, becoming the first individual video game to reach $1 billion in total sales. The number is even higher if you consider the rest of the franchise. In addition to helping drive the video game industry during tough economic times much like the Wii, it’s helping other industries as well: “… aside from the fact that Guitar Hero: Aerosmith had sold three times as many copies as the band’s last album during their respective first weeks, musicians whose music is featured in the game has seen a rise in music sales to the tune of 15-843 percent.” And CVG notes, “… two-thirds of non-musicians exposed to music games plan to start playing a real instrument in the next couple of years.” Also, Rock Band creator Harmonix may be looking into a partnership with the record labels to sell music for use outside of the games.
Rock Band Execs to Get $300 Million Bonus
Based on the explosive sales of the popular video game Rock Band, Viacom (VIA) has agreed to pay the game developers an astounding $300 million in bonuses. The payment would be made as part of Viacom’s 2006 acquisition of Harmonix – the company behind the game. Finally, a corporate bonus we can all get behind.
Rock Band expands on Guitar Hero’s original model of players rocking out on guitar controllers in sync to popular music. This version allows up to 4 simultaneous players — or bandmates — to play lead and bass guitars, drums, and vocals. The simple yet addictive gameplay is responsible for 7 million sales in 13 countries, 26 million song downloads and countless domestic disturbance calls from neighbors. It’s also one of very few titles to span the PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii platforms. For exceeding performance targets last quarter, Harmonix founders Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy received $150 million – and now stand to gain an additional $150 million in 2009.
News and Updates
Filed under: Big Robot News, Console Gaming, Magic/Card Gaming, PC Gaming
New Games for in-store play: Warhammer – Age of Reckoning (PCs 9 and 10), Rock Band 2 (Xbox 360)
New Games in Stock for Sale: Fable 2
New Products: We now carry an extensive selection of Monsterpocalypse Starters and Boosters. We also have the entire Magic the Gathering: Shards of Alara release set.
Sale: A large selection of older Xbox games are $3.99 each or 3 for $10. Manga is half price, as are our selection of paperbacks. On sale until they’re all gone!
Events: Don’t miss out on our HALLOWEEN ALL-NIGHTER! Play all night October 25th for $25 ($20 before Saturday). Get in here and play all the latest games free from 11pm to 8am!
New Games – Spore, Force Unleashed and Soul Caliber IV!
Filed under: Big Robot News, Console Gaming, PC Gaming, Star Wars
NEW GAMES! We just got SPORE (on computers 5 and 6) on PC and the following games for Xbox 360: Star Wars The Force Unleashed and Soul Caliber IV. And we’re having a Star Wars Force Unleashed celebration on Saturday from 4-6 with COSTUMED Star Wars folks. See you then!