<p dir&equals;"ltr">With this week’s release of Titanfall on the Xbox One&comma; Microsoft establishes a strong new franchise to pioneer the way for their next-gen software&period;  While PC-users will also have a chance to play Titanfall&comma; Sony and Nintendo users will have to enviously look on while playing Donkey Kong Country&colon; Tropical Freeze or awaiting the release of the highly-anticipated Infamous&colon; Second Son&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135805 " id&equals;"quads-ad135805" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">This isn’t the first time Microsoft has scored a big exclusive&period;  Here’s a list of the best exclusives for the Microsoft consoles&period;  Franchises are ranked on numbers of titles&comma; quality of titles&comma; exclusivity of the franchise&comma; and association with the Xbox brand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>10&period; Alan Wake<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;alan-wake-08&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54581" alt&equals;"alan-wake-08" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;alan-wake-08-300x168&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">The team at Remedy Entertainment have proven their proficiency at converting serial pulp drama into an interactive medium&period;  Starting with Max Payne&comma; the company demonstrated a skill to build a central character and wrap them in a genre story that pays homage to obvious source material&period;  So it is no surprise when the studio transitioned from noir-graphic novels to suspense-horror fiction they nailed it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Alan Wake is closest thing players will get to a Stephen King video game&period;  Set in the American Pacific-Northwest&comma; Wake takes a vacation with his wife to try and find inspiration for his next novel&period;  When Wake’s wife is taken from him&comma; he begins a journey down a path which would not seem out of place in his narrative catalogue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Despite a cult following&comma; the game did not yield a sequel&period;  However&comma; Remedy still works exclusively at Microsoft and are currently developing the much anticipated exclusive Quantum Break&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>9&period; Jade Empire<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;jade-empire-radiant-jen-zi&lowbar;155485-1280x720&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54582" alt&equals;"jade-empire-radiant-jen-zi&lowbar;155485-1280x720" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;jade-empire-radiant-jen-zi&lowbar;155485-1280x720-300x168&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Bioware has quite the pedigree when it comes to engaging RPGs filled with choices and relationships&period;  While the studio has stuck closely to familiar sci-fi&sol;fantasy territory with the majority of its titles&comma; Jade Empire is untreated ground to say the least&comma; not only for Bioware&comma; but many games in general&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">While there are plenty of samurai tales and Japanese fantasy finding its way onto consoles&comma; the Wuxia genre is relatively untouched&period;  Jade Empire is a rare exploration of this unique story-telling style&comma; weaving a story about kung-fu masters and their journey to save an ancient China-like world&period;  The game boasts all of the choice-making and romancing one would expect from a Bioware title&comma; but also delivers interesting action-RPG mechanics closer to it’s Mass Effect future than its Baldur&&num;8217&semi;s Gate past&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Jade Empire was a commercial failure&comma; despite its critical praise&comma; and thus also failed to get a sequel green-lit&period;  But the game’s action-RPG mechanics hold up today and the game is a treat if you missed it all those years ago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>8&period; Dead Rising<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;DR1&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54583" alt&equals;"DR1" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;DR1-300x164&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"164" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Dead Rising started as on Xbox 360 exclusive&comma; then went to a multi-platform release with it’s sequel&comma; then wandered back to Xbox exclusivity with the Xbox One title Dead Rising 3&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">The series is a strange brew&comma; a world of undead more akin to George A&period; Romero’s over-the-top gore&comma; than the more serious treatment zombies get in The Walking Dead&period;  Everything is a weapon in Dead Rising&comma; from TVs to cardboard boxes&period;  The game loads zombies onto the screen and lets you run around in abandoned cities&comma; finding survivors and fighting monsters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Produced by the infamous Keiji Inafune&comma; the games seemed to have found a solid following&period;  They don’t boast a lot of depth or ingenious mechanics&comma; but it has built a successful franchise on being good&comma; dumb fun&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>7&period; Star Wars&colon; Knights of the Old Republic<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;pc&lowbar;star&lowbar;wars&lowbar;knights&lowbar;of&lowbar;the&lowbar;old&lowbar;republic2&period;0&lowbar;cinema&lowbar;1280&period;0&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54584" alt&equals;"pc&lowbar;star&lowbar;wars&lowbar;knights&lowbar;of&lowbar;the&lowbar;old&lowbar;republic2&period;0&lowbar;cinema&lowbar;1280&period;0" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;pc&lowbar;star&lowbar;wars&lowbar;knights&lowbar;of&lowbar;the&lowbar;old&lowbar;republic2&period;0&lowbar;cinema&lowbar;1280&period;0-300x168&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">During the height of the JRPG era&comma; many people overlooked the fine work going on at Bioware&comma; but the names that would go on to make the Mass Effect series&comma; Casey Hudson and Drew Karpyshyn&comma; were making one of the best RPGs of all time in Star Wars&colon; Knights of the Old Republic&period;  For many&comma; the Star Wars RPG series was the most enviable exclusive for Microsoft&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Using old-school D&amp&semi;D mechanics&comma; similar to many of its early RPGs&comma; Knights of the Old Republic is not only one of the best Xbox exclusives&comma; but one of the best Star Wars games ever made&period;  The game tells the story of the Sith and Jedi many years before Lucas’ films begin&comma; and paints an interesting lore to the Star Wars universe that drives the impressive pace of the story&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">From Dantooine to the Kashyyyk&comma; Knights of the Old Republic guides you through a tour of a galaxy far&comma; far away in impeccable fashion&period;  Unfortunately&comma; Bioware did not see fit to make a sequel&comma; handing the reins off to Obsidian whose effort is divisive&period;  Nonetheless&comma; Knight of the Old Republic is a game you should definitely play&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>6&period; Dance Central<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;the-dance-central-04&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54585" alt&equals;"the-dance-central-04" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;the-dance-central-04-300x168&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">There are plenty of people who roll their eyes whenever the Kinect gets mentioned&comma; with good reason&period;  The motion-sensing device has led to a series of painful gimmick games that toy with the idea of motion control&comma; but fail to provide a meaningful experience&period;  The exception to this is the enjoyable Dance Central series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Developed by Harmonix&comma; makers of Rock Band&comma; Dance Central has earned itself a couple of sequels attempting perfect the motion controls and help players learn the game’s dance moves with an improved&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Break it Down” mode&period;  Much like Harmonix’s Rock Band series&comma; the songs purchased would carry over from one game to the next&period;  The series has become a party-game favorite&comma; and one of the few reasons to own a Kinect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>5&period; Forza Motorsport<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;2013-E3-Microsoft-Xbox-One-Forza-Motorsport-5-27-1280x720&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54586" alt&equals;"2013-E3-Microsoft-Xbox-One-Forza-Motorsport-5-27-1280x720" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;2013-E3-Microsoft-Xbox-One-Forza-Motorsport-5-27-1280x720-300x168&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">What is a console without a racing game&quest;  Microsoft published the Forza series as an answer to the long running racing simulation PlayStation-exclusive Gran Turismo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Since Forza Motorsport’s release in 2005&comma; the series has been applauded for its simulation and mechanics&period;  Forza has replicated a large number of different cars in real-life production with applauded specificity and is known for its spectacle&period;  The series started with a strong critical reception&comma; but the recent releases of Forza Horizon and Forza Motorsport 5 failed to garner the same praise&period;  Regardless&comma; with six different titles to the series’ credit&comma; the game is an irreplaceable part of the  Microsoft library&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>4&period; Left 4 Dead<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;Left-4-Dead-Game-800x1280&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54587" alt&equals;"Left-4-Dead-Game-800x1280" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;Left-4-Dead-Game-800x1280-300x187&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"187" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">After debuting on the PC&comma; Left 4 Dead was ported over as a console exclusive to the Xbox 360&period;  Later&comma; Left 4 Dead 2 launched at the same time as the PC version&comma; also a console exclusive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">There are many zombie games&comma; but none have executed the concept of co-operative shooting Left 4 Dead revolves around&period;  Left 4 Dead is a rollercoaster ride of action&comma; streaming zombies in from every corner of your screen while hiding nasty surprises throughout its excellently crafted levels&period;  The strategy&comma; gameplay design&comma; and tactics employed by the game make it one of best games in Xbox library&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">After its first two entries&comma; Left 4 Dead’s publisher&comma; Valve Software&comma; has been mum on completing a trilogy&period;  Valve’s silence hasn’t stopped the rumor mill from spinning and there may be a third game in the series on the horizon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>3&period; Fable<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;Fable-Legends-3-1280x720&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54588" alt&equals;"Fable-Legends-3-1280x720" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;Fable-Legends-3-1280x720-300x168&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">While there are better games than the Fables series&comma; few titles are as iconic to Xbox fans as Lionhead’s fantasy action-RPG&period;  Ever since Peter Molyneaux started the series in October of 2004&comma; Microsoft has continually invited players back to the magical world of Albion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">The Fable series may have languished as of late&comma; between the awful Fable&colon; The Journey and the underwhelming Fable 3&comma; but the series was once a brave exploration in multi-path narrative&period;  When Fable started it was one of the first games to offer real choice&comma; showing a path of two heroes&comma; one who serves the people through actions of good and another who serves himself through questionable deeds&period;  It allowed players to interact with their surrounding&comma; invest in shops&comma; towns&comma; and people&comma; long before The Elder Scrolls would start doing the same thing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">When it first was released&comma; Fable was a fascinating blend of RPG&comma; story&comma; and world-building&comma; showing that gameplay and narrative could be woven together&period;  The series is not what it once was&comma; but when it was at the top of its game&comma; it was a must-own for Xbox fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>2&period; Gears of War<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;Gears-of-War-800x1280&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54589" alt&equals;"Gears-of-War-800x1280" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;Gears-of-War-800x1280-300x187&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"187" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">The adventures of Marcus Fenix and his squad of soldiers against the emerging Locusts hoards provided players with one of the most iconic and exciting adventures on the Xbox consoles&period;  Gears of War used the cover-shooting mechanic as the focus of its gameplay&comma; while it may be old hat today&comma; the series perfected and championed the idea&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Battling through Sera gave fans some of the most memorable moments on the Xbox 360&period;  The series blended the narrative of an action-war movie with it’s non-stop combat&comma; connecting fans to the characters and creating a feverish fan base for the series&period; On top of the fantastic single-player campaign&comma; the game offered Horde Mode&comma; a cooperative multiplayer experience borrowed as much as its cover based shooting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">While creator Cliff Bleszinski may be trying to distance himself from the Gears of War legacy&comma; Microsoft are owning it&comma; literally&period;  We are sure to see more of the 2nd most iconic Xbox-exclusive franchise in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>1&period; Halo<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;halo&lowbar;4&lowbar;forward&lowbar;unto&lowbar;dawn&lowbar;hd&lowbar;wallpaper-1280x720-1&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54590" alt&equals;"halo&lowbar;4&lowbar;forward&lowbar;unto&lowbar;dawn&lowbar;hd&lowbar;wallpaper-1280x720 &lpar;1&rpar;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;halo&lowbar;4&lowbar;forward&lowbar;unto&lowbar;dawn&lowbar;hd&lowbar;wallpaper-1280x720-1-300x168&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Halo is the most iconic&comma; beloved&comma; and critically praised Xbox exclusive franchise&comma; bar none&period; From Master Chief to ODST to Noble Team&comma; the adventures of the Halo universe have inspired novels&comma; TV series&comma; and movie rumors&period;  Dismissing the other media and focusing on the games&comma; no titles in the Xbox library have been sold as well or been as critically praised&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Halo pioneered the twin-stick shooter and paved the way for Xbox Live&period;  As the original Xbox attempted to find ground in console market&comma; Halo gave the game legs to stand on&period;  While the game may no longer mean as much in a multiplayer sense with games like Call of Duty and Battlefield supplanting its dominance&comma; 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Josh Hinke is a part time centaur trainer in Hollywood, while going to school full time to be a professional Goomba. In between those two commitments I write about video games and cool things, like pirates and dragons and dragon pirates.
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