Halo 3 debuts tonight, Tech Shop stocked

The Tech Shop at the Kansas Union is ready with free food and a party for those who can’t wait to get their hands on Halo 3.The much anticipated video games, which comes out tonight, is expected to generate more in its first 24 hours on sale than Spider Man 3 did in its first 24 hours at the box office. Spider Man 3 grossed $125 million in its first 24 hours.So far, Halo 3 has caused people to create countdown clocks, Facebook groups and even caused a few hardy souls to camp out for the first few copies of the game.The Tech Shop’s party will run from 9 p.m. to midnight, with food and drink for those who come. The store has just more than 100 copies of the game available for sale, many of which are already spoken for. Wal-Mart, 3300 Iowa, will also have copies of the game for sale starting at midnight.All this is good news for Microsoft, which is counting on the video game to push its Xbox 360 game console from the red into the black._For more on the release of Halo 3, check out 6News on Tuesday and pick up a copy of Wednesday’s Journal-World._ :80/en-US/