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I can’t wait for Halo 3 to be over. For starters, I want to see how Bungie wraps up the story, because Halo 2 left us unforgivably hanging, and the tale’s been very good so far. But just as important, I want to see the end of this incessant Halo 3 marketing push. During the past week I’ve received no fewer than eight emails related to Halo 3 marketing tie-ins, and thank God the Cortana lingerie didn’t get the green light, or I may have lost my mind. And not in the excited cosplayer sense….

The Xbox and Xbox 360 have had their fair share of good shooters, not the least of which is the Halo series (hello, Sept. 25!). Likewise, the Battlefield franchise has had its share of acclaim, largely on the PC. So Battlefield: Bad Company has been both on gamers’ radar and off, a multi-platform release coming in spring 2008 that seemed to sneak up on us at EA’s Studio Showcase. But we’re glad it snuck up when it did, because….