Sound Byte Radio Episode 12: The Rest of 2012's Finest Music
GameSpot's music podcast is back after a long break. This month, we feature the rest of 2012's game music absent from our previous video feature.
GameSpot's music podcast is back after a long break. This month, we feature the rest of 2012's game music absent from our previous video feature.
Tom Mc Shea and Chris Watters debate the merits of pursuing realistic visuals at increasingly high costs.
VP Phil Harrison reveals publisher moving away from packaged goods and towards becoming "operator of connected devices"; London studio established to develop "new IP and business models."
Franchise director Frank O'Connor says 343 Industries "made a lot of mistakes" with Halo 4, but overall the game "wasn't half bad."
Chris Watters looks back at the first five episodes of Spartan Ops and highlights what went right, and what went wrong.
Crimson Map Pack out now free for War Games Map Pass owners, $10 otherwise; Extraction mode now also available.
NPD data reveals sales figures for latest Call of Duty; Halo 4 sells 3.2 million, Assassin's Creed III shifts 2.9 million.
Magazine heralds ArenaNet's online role-playing game top title of year followed by Xenoblade Chronicles, Xcom: Enemy Unknown, and Dishonored.
Microsoft's sci-fi shooter franchise reaches new sales milestone; Halo 4 contributes roughly 4 million copies; free-to-enter tournament begins December 17.
GameSpot's annual awards and people's choice award voting are coming soon.
Crimson Map Pack brings three multiplayer environments to sci-fi shooter, new 5 vs. 5 objective-based gametype; free with War Games pass, $10 otherwise.
Microsoft Vancouver renamed Black Tusk Studios, seeking to double staff by year's end for "next big entertainment franchise."
Microsoft reveals US sales of latest console exceed forecasts; Halo 4 sales "impressive"; Xbox Live Gold subs jump by more than 50 percent.
Xbox 360 dashboard image reveals Crimson pack arriving December 10, followed by Majestic expansion Feb. 29, and Castle add-on April 1.
Kevin VanOrd gets lazy--er, efficient--in this greatest-hits episode of everyone's favorite podcast. And by "everyone," we mean, "Steve from Bowling Green."
Job ads for software engineers at 343 Industries seek staffers with MMO know-how to build technology services for Master Chief saga.
Latest Call Of Duty pushes Halo 4 from the top of the UK chart; Xbox 360 version takes 60 percent of sales.
Microsoft reveals 1.12 million finished campaign in first five days, with just 6 percent finishing on Legendary.
343 Industries seeking senior game designer to lead creative vision for mystery projects, as well as "other AAA Halo experiences."
Microsoft's new shooter tallies more unique users than Modern Warfare 3, Minecraft, and FIFA 13 to take top spot in debut week.
Halo 4 minted $220 million in day-one global sales, besting Halo: Reach and Halo 3, but breaking down the data shows Master Chief may be losing his edge.
Only weeks after Windows 8, Surface products launch, Steven Sinofsky departs technology giant for reasons unknown.
Microsoft's new sci-fi shooter mints $20 million more than Halo: Reach on launch day, is on pace to hit $300 million in first-week global sales.
Chris Watters analyzes the storytelling techniques that distinguish the Halo 4 campaign from its predecessors.
First-week sales of Microsoft's new sci-fi shooter not enough to beat out 2007's Halo 3 or 2010's Halo: Reach.
Retailer's director of digital content reveals in-store add-on purchases have reached 10 million; sales associates key to driving sales.
Xbox Live Rewards members can score free points for logging at least 35 hours of online play, or by spending at least $18.75 on Halo items by November 30.
Austin, Texas-based Certain Affinity president, product development exec talk pressure-packed task of contributing to one of this fall's biggest blockbusters.
Microsoft rep says new sci-fi shooter designed specifically for Xbox 360, no plans to port game to computer platform.
Executive producer Kiki Wolfkill says company will explore bringing Master Chief outside of FPS genre if the experience fits.
Ex-corporate communications and public affairs executive Frank Christopher Olivera pleads guilty to defrauding game retailer from 2009 to 2011.
What games are out in Australia this week? Will you be assuming the role of Master Chief or Commander Shepard? The choice is yours!
Microsoft partners with American Express for promotion that pays cardmembers for syncing their account with Xbox Live, accomplishing in-game tasks, and finishing campaign.
Neil Davidge's composition for upcoming sci-fi shooter sells just under 9,000 copies in first week, surpassing Guitar Hero III.
Microsoft's upcoming shooter comes packed with two weeks of Xbox Live Gold, 343 Industries developer reveals.
We speak to 343 Industries head Bonnie Ross and Halo 4 executive producer Kiki Wolfkill about the challenges of taking on one of the industry's biggest franchises.
Microsoft parses statistics for its sci-fi shooter on eve of Halo 4 launch next week; more than 5 billion hours played on Xbox Live.
343 Industries head Bonnie Ross and Halo 4 executive producer Kiki Wolfkill say sexist behavior on Xbox Live is unacceptable; also say developers have a responsibility to wipe out sexism ...
Check out the coverage of Halo 4 at MLG Dallas where top players will be competing in a pre-release tournament.
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