Author: Louis Wu

Halo Central got a facelift from Marathon veteran Evan Vetere… and a good one it is. Not completely finished yet, but there’s new content, as well as new design… including a nice essay on the Halo-Marathon linkages.

A new section has been added: Theories. If you’d like to submit any ideas you have about the game or the universe it’s set in, please write us!

Peter Streicker’s Control Room art added to the Miscellaneous Art page. Thanks, Peter.

More story details added to our Halo Story page. Are we sounding like Hamish or what?

Our good friends at core.gamestats.com have posted an uncorrupted version of a higher quality Halo movie (18MBs).

“While this is a poor second to the page count scoop, I noticed that the “splat” frame on halo.bungie.com is 34 pixels wide. 3+4=7!” says Aaron Davies.

Wondering about the size of the JonesWorld system? Here’s a guess from reader Tom Pargeter.

“Enemy artificial intelligence operates simultaneously on both individual and squad levels, accounting for morale, with the result that no combat situation plays out the same way twice.” New info at Sharkey Extreme, from Doug Zartman. (Thanks, coldyx.)

Noticed by Noctavis- that Sharkey Extreme article has an interesting page title: “Sharky Extreme – Games – First Glimpse: Oni”. Oni? Oops.

Mike Stitzer writes “I was watching the “Halo Big” 18 MB movie and noticed a bug when one of the three marines, the one with the machine gun, goes to hop on the jeep he turns around the wrong direction and his gun jumps into a position above the jeep. I’ve attached a picture. Let’s…

“YA Halo Article”, says Chrispy Nacho. Minimal info at Intelligamer News.

Concept Art page updated with a reader submission.

For those without fast connections, visit the Movies page. The audio portion of Freewill’s Jason Jones interview is available in QT4 format (1.4 mb).

Movies page updated.

Another piece of Halo art from our bungie.org hotline server (hl.bungie.org) added to the logos page.

A fun tidbit from Jason Jones, by way of Sarah Pratt… seems the Halo trailer was actually created on the plane on the way to MacWorld. Talk about your last minute jobs…

Marty O’Donnell (TotalAudio) was kind enough to answers some questions about the Halo soundtrack. Go read about it on the music page.

New Halo Forum is up! Posts converted from the Blam forum, so you won’t lose a thing.

The second version of the Halo Macworld Expo movie is available, finally, on the movies page.

CNN has an article on Halo today. Seems to be a reprint of the Games.Net article from last week.