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  • Halo Infinite – The Return of Master Chief to Fight Again!! A Celebration of 20 years of Xbox and the legacy of Halo

    by Zachary Filstrup

    Halo Infinite is the latest entry in the Halo franchise from 343 Industries. Halo holds a special place in my heart as it was the game like many gamers that sold me on the original Xbox. The Xbox when it launched was the newcomer into the console space amongst Sony and Nintendo. It was challenging and entering a multi-billion dollar industry with titans such as Crash Bandicoot, Mario, Sonic, and many other mascots and icons in the gaming industry that had established a presence in the fray.

     

    Microsoft was a newcomer in the console and games industry. Halo instantly became the killer app/launch title that made the Xbox what it is today. It revolutionized online gaming building upon the roots of the Sega Dreamcast, the FPS genre in consoles which was predominately owned in the PC space for years with Doom, Quake, and other heavy hitters.

    Posted in #20YearAnniversary, #collector, #gamer, #gamingontiktok, #Halo, #HaloInfinite, #lifeleveler, #newreleases, #SeriesX, #streamer, #Xbox

  • Some Bonus Levels!! More Game Stores in Spain and Europe

    by Zachary Filstrup
    During my journey through Spain in Madrid and Barcelona I also came across a couple more stores I wanted to review and highlight. The first is GAME which was the last store I visited in Barcelona before heading back to the United States. It was basically Europe's version of GameStop. The layout, display of games, toys, and even pre-orders from employees lol was encouraged.. It was a solid layout but overall if you have a GameStop in your area then you aren't missing much. They have a great variety of modern games on PS5/Xbox Series X and what you would expect. As for retro and old school the only games I saw of noteworthy would be the PS3 and I believe some Wii games. The employees were nice but definitely felt more corporate like shopping in a GameStop not a terrible thing but nothing glowing and radiant to say.
    Posted in #CEX, #GAME, #gamehunting, #gamer, #gamingontiktok, #lifeleveler, #Lisbon, #Portugal, #PS4, #PS5, #retro, #Seminous, #Spain, #streamer, #Switch, #Wii