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Screen shot of the Microsoft video game 'Halo 3.'
Screen shot of the Microsoft video game "Halo 3." (AP Photo/Microsoft) AP Photo/Microsoft

The big game

When Master Chief, Microsoft's futuristic super-soldier, arrives on retail shelves tomorrow, the real battle will be on whether the company can overcome its blunder in selling defective Xbox 360 consoles and its entertainment division's $7.3 billion loss over 5 years.

By Hiawatha Bray
Globe Staff / September 24, 2007

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Master Chief has already saved the universe a couple of times. Maybe now he can bail out Microsoft Corp's flailing videogame business. (Full article: 1081 words)

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