Company shoots down speculation that Halo 3, or any other entries in the series, is coming to PC. Full Story

Bungie reveals players spent 235,182 years playing Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo: Reach since 2004; series now entirely in hands of Microsoft. Full Story

EA confirms personal info, passwords for 18,000 Neverwinter Nights message board accounts stolen in "highly sophisticated and unlawful cyberattack." Full Story

Saber Interactive reportedly readying heavily made-over remake of classic shooter with new art assets. Full Story

GDC Online 2010: Writer-design director Joseph Staten on what he has learned from 10 years in the sci-fi shooter universe, how the studio walked away, and what he wants to accomplish with the upcoming Bungie-Activision project. Full Story

Robot Entertainment announces new projects in the works--one to be published by former corporate masters. Full Story

Suburban Seattle shop will remain independent, develop wholly owned new IP exclusively for Call of Duty publisher through 2020 on "all platforms" Microsoft retains Halo ownership; Sony says PS3 edition will be "Halo on steroids." Full Story

Blu-ray, DVD, OnDemand, and downloadable arrivals for animated anthology based on Bungie's sci-fi shooter series pushed back a week. Full Story

343 Industries' Frank O'Connor says Microsoft has multimedia plan for sci-fi franchise that "goes out at least six years"; Halo 3 not the end of Master Chief/Cortana storyline. Full Story

Developer says Halo: Reach will likely be its sci-fi series swan song; senior designer Lars Bakken thinks new publishing agreement will be closed "sometime soon." Full Story

Microsoft working with Ghost in the Shell, Dragon Ball studios on collection of short films; 343 Industries revealed to be Halo publishing brand; teaser trailer inside. Full Story

Third independent studio emerges in wake of Microsoft's closure of Halo Wars developer; first game to be a futuristic online game. Full Story

Cult World of Warcraft show The Guild to be distributed via Xbox Live; more Red vs Blue also promised. Full Story

PSPs teaching Hilton hoteliers? Silent Hill artists training Special Forces with RPGs? Grand Theft Auto designers helping police and paramedics? It's all in a day's work for CEO Jerry Heneghan's cutting-edge company. Full Story

EA CEO tells analysts that Pandemic's WWII stealth actioner and BioWare's fantasy RPG won't make the 2008 calendar year. Full Story

[UPDATE] Author-inspired techno-military media empire--including book, film, and game rights--purchased by Rainbow Six publisher; CEO Yves Guillemot says Ubi looking at massively multiplayer project. Full Story

Smackdown maker scoops up Rise of Nations developer for estimated $20-$40M, touts its forthcoming PS3/360/PC RPG--but no RTSes; future console projects hinted at. Full Story

Industry watchers unveil expectations of BioShock sales, downloadable GTAIV content release date, and new installments of Max Payne and Red Dead Revolver. Full Story

Firaxis cofounder and legendary game designer reminisces about the evolution of the storied PC series--and whether it will come to portables and next-gen consoles. Full Story

[UPDATE] Xbox.com announces that South African special-effects tech and acclaimed short-maker Neill Blomkamp will helm the eagerly anticipated blockbuster film now due in 2008. Full Story

Peter Jackson tells Dark Horizons that he hasn't chosen a filmmaker to help adapt the popular shooter. Full Story

Variety reports that Microsoft has begun the process of bringing its best-selling game franchise to the big screen. Full Story