Author: Louis Wu

Rampancy.net’s Hotline server was set to host a Q&A session, but apparently the crowd was too big, so they’ve gone private. Hopefully, the admins will post the information gotten from Matt Soell and Max Hoberman publicly… but before it was shut down, this question was asked and answered:CyberBob (#4 : Ok first question:CyberBob (#4 :…

Massa writes to let us know that Halo Network has an article up, summarizing the situation and adding a bit of analysis. It’s all in German, and Babelfish isn’t being very cooperative with the tokens that HN is using… so you’ll have to read it for yourself.

Other sources today explained that Take 2 got Oni and Myth in exchange for their 19.9% of Bungie. Now, Redherring.com points out that Broadband Sudios, a subsidiary of Take 2, has another connection to the deal. The strategic alliance announced today between Microsoft and Broadband gives Microsoft a ready-made broadband network for upcoming multiplayer Xbox…

The halobungie.com spoof site went offline earlier today, due to huge bandwidth excesses. The Dukes of Halo movie available there, though, has been mirrored by Halo Center… so swing on by if you haven’t seen it!

GameSpot has put up a news article of the Bungie acquisition, as well as an interesting 4 page interview with Alex Seropian. Absolutely worth a read.

MacGamers’ Ledge has done some sleuthing, and reports that they’ve ‘confirmed many of the details’ of the MS acquisition rumors. Their news article contains information on what might be happening with some of the larger players. Thanks to Tom Bridge for the heads-up.

$erial-ki!!A has added a fifth chapter to his ongoing Halo saga; you’ll find “The First Wave” on our Fan Fiction page. This might be the last chapter for a bit… summer holidays and all.

Jonathan Haas, a former Bungie employee (who left a few months ago to join a startup), weighs in on the MS/Bungie firestorm, with some very level-headed views. Worth a read by all…

Jerry Nummi writes to tell us that Halo Mac is a new clan page. There doesn’t seem to be anything there but a Flash front page so far, but maybe the other pages are coming soon.

Scytale writes to tell us that Planethalo.de is online. Check it out!

Daily Radar weighs in, too.

Speculation intensifies about the Microsoft rumors. GameSpy devoted almost its full news page to the conjecture. (Thanks to ax for the heads-up.)

Joel Page (aka Ironfist) has written an interesting article on the MS rumors. Worth a read, just for the level-headedness.

The MS rumors have made it as far as MacAddict, a major Mac print magazine. No new info, but they point to As The Apple Turns for a distinctly Mac viewpoint on the potential truth to the rumors. Thanks to Formerly Wu, over at the R.net forum, for the heads-up.

The Movies page has been updated with a list of mirrors for the E3 teaser. All locations currently known, in one convenient place! Enjoy.

Fire Phoenix drops us a line to let us know that PCGameWorld is also mirroring the teaser; both the hi-res and low-res versions are available.

Manuel Blaschek has sent in another wallpaper for our Wallpapers page. Does it seem like the Halo-Marathon links are getting stronger?

Geez… first Macintouch, now MacSlash… the MS rumor is spreading.

JosephAW, who brought you low-bandwidth streaming versions of the bTV broadcasts, now brings you a low-bandwidth streaming version (removed) of the E3 teaser. Thanks, Joseph!

$erial-ki!!A has added another chapter to his work-in-progress about the Halo Marine. You can check out ‘Awakening’ on our Fan Fiction page. Remember, the “more by this author” link at the end of each entry is a convenient way to read all the chapters sequentially.