Halo

Research firm NPD said video game sales emerged from their rut last month, posting a 1 percent gain, pulled up by the "Halo" franchise, Xbox platform and hardware price cuts. With 1.52 million copies sold after its Sept. 22 launch, Bungie's "Halo 3: ODST" helped make last month the second best-selling game month since "Halo 3" sold 3 million copies in September 2007. Sony's PlayStation 3 sales more than doubled sales over the previous year and...