Please tell me you aren’t surprised to hear this news, because I’m sure you’re not.  Halo 3 has already become the fastest selling pre-ordered game in video game history.  Pre-orders in North America for Halo 3 have exceeded the 1 million milestone, according to Microsoft today.  And just think it still has a couple more months before the actual release date — damn I need to hurry and get myself a copy!

Microsoft has developed a Halo 3 Military Edition Zune for members of the US armed forces. The Zune will be available exclusively at military retail stores in August and comes with pre-loaded stuff that is probably similar to the civilian Halo 3 Zune. It was reported that a group of soldiers who left for active duty today from Baltimore Washington International airport received the first wave. Microsoft is offering the military edition of the Zune to military personnel and their families at discounted rates.

Sony has quietly mentioned that they are looking to release a digital TV tuner for the PS3 to give it DVR functionality, which is great, but the stock hard drive is way too small for video recording. Luckily swapping hard drives is a pretty straight forward procedure.

If you’re familiar with PC hardware you’ll likely be able to figure it out yourself. If you aren’t comfortable prying open such as expensive piece of equipment, Gamepro has put together a guide to upgrading the PS3 hard drive, with plenty of pictures detailing the process. The instructions for upgrading your PS3 hardrive are straight forward, so give it a shot.

Electronic Arts has announced that Crysis is due out Friday, November 16, for PC only. At least that’s all they admitted to as of right now. Get this, the release of Crysis will mark the first commercial launch of a game using CryENGINE2. How will it stack up against Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 when Unreal Tournament 3 is also launched this holiday? We are going to have to wait and see!

If you haven’t gotten hyped enough over the forthcoming third installment of the Halo series, perhaps you might want to get your paws on these illified (and expensive) toy guns from Jasman Toys. Apparently, the Halo 3-modeled firearms will not only look really bad-ass on your mantelpiece at home, but the recoiling, sound-projecting, light-flashing gats will also enable you to play a game of “advanced” laser tag, called “Halo Laser Pursuit.” With the accompanying wearable laser target you can try and reenact your favorite scenes from the games, as the receivers perform somewhat like Halo’s shields, or so says Jasman. Really the only way this game of tag differs from the actual game is that no one dies — and it’s not nearly as much fun. Priced between $79.99 and $119.99, available in October.