Microsoft Will Give A Free Custom Xbox 360 for Xbox Live Veterans

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Microsoft is going to reward veterans of their Xbox Live service with a free custom designed Xbox 360.

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Celebrating "a decade long of entertainment", the Xbox features a unique color theme and style. The iconic green and orange trim, "Decade of Entertainment" on the side of the gaming console including a special design. Veterans also receive a custom made controller and also an "XBL10" emblem on the disc tray.

So for those who have already been playing on Microsoft’s Xbox Live gaming service for around 10 years, you might be eligible to be given a customized Xbox 360. more.

Halo 4 makes $220 million in 24 hours

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Microsoft’s latest sci-fi shooter mints $ 20 million much more than Halo: Reach on release day. The game is on pace hitting $ 300 million in first-week global sales.

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Microsoft reported today that their latest sci-fi shooter struck $220 million upon its very first day and it is on pace hitting $ 300 million in first-week global sales.

Microsoft states that Halo 4's debut stands out as the "biggest entertainment launch of the year"

Halo 4 blasted previous 2010′s Bungie Studios-developed Halo: Reach, that delivered $ 200 million upon its first day (in the US and Europe). In addition, Halo 4′s launch day sales tend to be much better than 2007′s Halo 3, which took in $ 170 million in 1 day (in the US alone). Overall combined Halo series life-to-date sales now stand at about $ 3. 38 billion, Microsoft stated.

Microsoft stated that, In netting $220 million in day-one sales, Halo 4 surpassed the first-day United States box office tallies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and The Avengers.

Microsoft also stated that Halo 4 also smashed the franchise record for the majority of players at launch. Within the game's first 5 days, over 4 million players spent time in the game, logging some 31. 4 million hours. This approach pushes the overall amount of gameplay hours across all Halo games to "well beyond" 5 billion.

Moreover, Microsoft's Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Web series has got driven 46 million total views to date, Microsoft said. According to the company, 39 million of these views originated via Machinima's YouTube channel alone. more.