By Jessica Mintz
Associated Press

SEATTLE, Washington–Within hours after die-hard fans finally got their hands on a copy of Halo 3, blogs brimmed with reports that special limited edition packaging is scratching the video game disks.

Microsoft Corp., which owns the studio that makes Halo 3, responded quickly on its Xbox website with details for a replacement program. Customers can fill out a form and send in their scratched limited edition disks for a free exchange through the end of December.

A Microsoft spokesman and a member of the company’s outside PR firm did not immediately respond to calls and e-mail from The Associated Press requesting more information.

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I REALLY want this game — my daughter Sam, who’s five years and nine months old, also finds it cute

Check out this trailer of MySims for the Nintendo Wii provided by Electronic Arts Limited (UK).

And here are five screenshots.

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HERE’S an amusing video of members of the Bungie team driving a real Warthog, which will be used for the “Halo” movie. They were in New Zealand to help Peter Jackson.

And here’s a pic of the Warthog that Weta built posted on the Bungie site.

All I can say is: I want a Warthog — now! How much would it take to buy one, heh

By Alex Villafania, hackenslash Reporter
INQUIRER.net

YOU may know her from the shampoo commercial and the February 2007 cover of FHM Philippines.

Gaby dela Merced is one of the few Filipinas in the professional racing league Asian Formula 3. And it was by her admission that long before she started racing, she was a video game sim addict, both in the arcades and on consoles.

“My brothers were racing game addicts, like Gran Turismo so it was then that I got really hooked into it. I caught on with the games so I tried out the real thing,” Dela Merced said.

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ARE you looking forward to seeing “Resident Evil: Extinction“?

Me, I’m just so happy Ali Larter of “Heroes” is here, playing Claire Redfield.

Here’s a sneak peek courtesy of American Superstar TV.

And here’s Milla Jovovich discussing the movie.