{"id":3232,"date":"2009-09-19T10:17:56","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T00:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=3232"},"modified":"2009-09-19T10:17:56","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T00:17:56","slug":"unlock-the-history-of-halo-eb-games-hosts-official-australia-launch-event-for-halo-3-odst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=3232","title":{"rendered":"Unlock the History of Halo: EB Games Hosts Official Australia Launch Event for Halo 3: ODST"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"white\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"white\">BRISBANE, Queensland&#8211;Sep. 18, 2009\u2014EB Games,\u00a0 Australia\u2019s largest video game and entertainment software retailer, today announced that it will host the official Australian midnight event for the launch of <em>Halo 3: ODST, <\/em>the latest edition in the iconic <em>Halo <\/em>franchise. The event will take place at <strong>Westfield Penrith Plaza Sydney <\/strong>with the festivities kicking off on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, from 10pm counting down to the first sale of ODST at 12:01 a.m. with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xbox 360 Warthog \u2013 Come see the Warthog live, jump in and get your photo taken with it.<\/li>\n<li>80 Warthog hot-laps to be won*\u2013 Come along for your chance to win a hot-lap at Parramatta raceway on the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> September. This is a money can\u2019t buy experience.<\/li>\n<li>Free Halo 3: ODST poster &amp; lanyard \u2013 Everyone that turns up on the night will receive a free Halo 3: ODST poster and Halo 3 lanyard.<\/li>\n<li>Other great prizes to win &#8211; Xbox Live 12 month subscriptions and Halo 3: ODST caps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Customers who preorder <em>Halo 3: ODST<\/em> from EB Games will receive a token to unlock Sgt. Johnson as a playable character in Firefight, a new cooperative multiplayer mode where up to four players can assume the role of an ODST squad and fight together to take on increasingly challenging waves of enemies. Tokens available, while supplies last.<\/p>\n<p>The official launch store is <strong>EB Games Westfield Penrith Plaza<\/strong> which is located in Henry Street with the EB Games store located on level 2. Most other EB Games locations will also be opening at Midnight so customers can be the first the get their hands on this hot new game. Customers are encouraged to contact their local store to confirm the exact time of the event. \u00a0For EB Games store locations or to find out more about <em>Halo 3:ODST <\/em>\u00a0visit: <a href=\"mhtml:{534E9537-84FB-4BE9-9ACE-046B3188061A}mid:\/\/00000114\/!x-usc:http:\/\/www.ebgames.com.au\/\">www.ebgames.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About EB Games<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EB Games Australia is located in Queensland. EB Games Australia is part of GameStop Corp. Currently EB Games have 340 retails stores in Australia. The Company sells new and used video game software, hardware and accessories for video game systems from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft. In addition, the company sells PC entertainment software, related accessories and other merchandise. General information on EB Games can be obtained at the company&#8217;s website: <a href=\"mhtml:{534E9537-84FB-4BE9-9ACE-046B3188061A}mid:\/\/00000114\/!x-usc:http:\/\/www.ebgames.com.au\/\">http:\/\/www.ebgames.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Xbox 360<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The powerful Xbox 360 video game and entertainment experience delivers amazing games, the next generation of the premier<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Xbox LIVE online social network and unique digital entertainment experiences that revolve around gamers. Xbox 360 now boasts a catalogue of over 500 high-definition games. More information can be found online at http:\/\/www.xbox.com\/xbox360.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Microsoft<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ \u201cMSFT\u201d) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realise their full potential. Xbox 360, the Xbox 360 logo, Xbox LIVE are either registered trademarks or trademarks of<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 BRISBANE, Queensland&#8211;Sep. 18, 2009\u2014EB Games,\u00a0 Australia\u2019s largest video game and entertainment software retailer, today announced that it will host the official Australian midnight event for the launch of Halo 3: ODST, the latest edition in the iconic Halo franchise. The event will take place at Westfield Penrith Plaza Sydney with the festivities kicking off<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=3232\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3233,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232\/revisions\/3233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}