Author: Louis Wu

Musashi’s Book of Five Rings? Matt’s Weekly Halo Update has arrived… and Matt sounds in definitely better spirits. (He’s also playing Halo, to the detriment of Update deadlines…) Lots of tweaks, several tantalizing tidbits… read it for yourself!

Thanks to Jesse Simko, who scanned in the new screenshot seen in a recent Rolling Stone issue… and to Stephen Laughlin, who pointed it out to us. (Pet peeve – and this isn’t directed at Jesse, it’s a general thing – if you run across a screenshot of Halo in a magazine, PLEASE – give…

Bosskiller 51 writes to say that Halo’s Universe has a new layout. Spartan, but readable – we like that!

He came upon the first body while still in the trees. It lay there with a huge hole in its torso like it had been shot with some sort of explosive weapon. Blue blood had soaked into the ground beneath it, washing into its face as it lay on a slight decline.Tursas sends us Chapter…

Not Halo related at all – but an emergency is an emergency. Matt Soell is having a rather critical laptop problem, and needs very fast advice from Seattle-area techheads – check out the details, and if you can help, do so. He writes his weekly Halo Updates on that Powerbook!

Sikora (alias Bsotizz) sends in yet another image for our Wallpaper section. Harsh concept…

Sikora sends us another reworked Halo image for our Wallpaper section – ‘Iceblue’ is icy and blue!

Matt Soell dropped by our forum to ask folks to vote in the latest Bungie.net poll – they’re considering holding a Halo Launch Party in either Chicago or New York, and are wondering how many folks would be interested in coming. Make your opinion count!

The Halo SETI Marines, neglected these past weeks, are finally accounted for again – these stats were collected yesterday, but not posted. A number of new members, and solid crunching by existing members, have held the Marines in position 50 in the Battle of the Teams. We’ve lost a couple – are you doing YOUR…

Followup: Yesterday, we posted a news bit about some interesting info over on the TeamXbox forums, presumably from the Halo Product Marketer, Steve Fowler. Jonki, another team member, has now confirmed that this was NOT, in fact, Steve Fowler… but a poser. Nice try… we’re back to not knowing about co-op limits, frames-per-second, or water…

The last two Weekly Halo Updates have finally made it into the Halo Update Database – now you can check up on what Matt’s said over the last 6 months about glass. Go on – you know you want to.

The Online Universe has posted its results for last week’s Question of the Week, having to do with level types. There’s a new Question, along with an editorial about platform supremacy – you can find most of the links on the News page.

raVen sends us a Halo Postcard – we’ve put it in our Wallpaper section.

Thanks to TomeOne, who noticed these two little images over on Mehve’s Aerie, the personal site of Lorraine Reyes, a Bungie artist currently working on Phoenix.Apologies to Mehve for any image degradation introduced in the quest for fast-loading pages – the originals can still be found on her site.

The retribution of the AR was swift, cutting into the grass and causing four dead Covenant to spill out from it.NevinNiven sends in Part 3 of his ‘Down In Flames’ story – the Fan Fiction section continues to balloon.

Char the Pirate writes exuberantly to point out that Perfect Cowboy, who may be Steve Fowler, Product Marketer for Halo, jumped onto the TeamXbox Forums with a boatload (interesting choice of words, that) of info about Halo last night. High points: Halo is now locked at 60 FPS; Watercraft/water battles seem to be out; Co-op…

Last week, we mentioned that FunXbox had put up a picture of the Xbox development kit from the Bungie Webcam… what we forgot to mention was they’d also put up a Halo preview. It’s a little funky on the hard info (I’d question the weapons count, for one thing), but it’s pretty dang positive. Always…

“It must be here. The humans know it, too. We must find it first, brother. I know you know.”Omniscient sends in part 9 of his ‘Sea of Steel’ saga – family tensions mount. Check it out in our Fan Fiction section. (Did I mention I was back? A HUGE round of applause for Count Zero,…

Your friendly neighborhood maintainer is off for a bit – gonna do some cycling in eastern Canada. Count Zero, who showed up briefly a few days ago, will be filling in for the next couple of weeks… so if anything gets badly screwed up, blame him. (Or blame Crux, who should be whipped soundly for…

Short and sweet – that’s this week’s Halo Update, to be found over at Battleground: Halo. Lots of improvements in weapons, AI, spit and polish… and “Vehicles blow up real good now.” Go read all the details over at BGH!