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Hawk, from Halo Center, sends along an interesting rumor from XBO365. Seems one of the commercials for the Xbox to be shown during the Superbowl (January 28, 2001) will focus on Halo:The second commercial pushes a lot of Promo for Halo but I don’t have the details on that one yet. I’m told they do…

Thanks to Phalynx, who submitted a nifty new logo for our Logos page. Check it out! Pax.

Wow… you think you’ve gone through every screenshot ever released a million times… you think there’s nothing left to find. You’re wrong. 🙂 Khaine pointed out to us that the second covenant rifle, which has been discussed recently on our forum, has, indeed, been seen fired… almost 8 months ago! We’ve put together a quick…

Xerxes writes to tell us that Halo Orbit (the German one) has been totally redesigned. It’s utterly broken in NS… but looks quite nice in IE. Go and take a look!

Rony Sanchez writes to tell us that Compuexpert.com, a software retailer, lists a Halo release date of 5/29/01. While this would normally not be worth a mention (release dates that don’t come from Bungie aren’t worth the pixels it takes to display them), this one’s intriguing because of the Halo page itself. In the bank…

eldar-colonel writes to say that Halo HQ is having a wallpaper contest. Stop by and read about it.

As noted on Islandfour.org and the Marathon’s Story page, there’s been another update over at cortana.org. Scorpio and Orion…

Thanks to Chris Cox, who dropped in yet another chapter in the ongoing Warrior saga, told from the Covenant perspective. You’ll find this latest intriguing work in our Fan Fiction section. Remember – you can always read the entire saga, in order, by following the ‘More by this author’ link in the entry. Chris got…

Speaking of seasons… Happy New Year to all of you! And while we’re at it, we hope the end of the second millenium was good for you… and that you find plenty of Covenant to beat up on in the next one!

Mikkel Eriksen writes to tell us that our latest posted theory (No Seasons on Halo) is incorrect. Read his reasoning in our Theories section.

We’ve received word that Halo Command Central will be closing until sometime in May or June. The reason given was lack of time before then for all the maintainers. Pax.

Thanks to Mads Søndergaard, who submitted another desktop for our Wallpaper page. Dark and brooding… Pax.

Vying with BGH for the title of ‘Most Redesigned Site’, Halo Tip throws up another new design, going for the green-and-grey look. Stop by and take a look!

Xbox tidbit – last week, Microsoft downgraded its performance sheet with a 250 MHz graphics processor instead of a 300 MHz one, which drops its polygon performance from 150 M/sec to 125 M/sec. (This is still twice the performance of the PS2.) For reference, here’s the old spec card, distributed to dealers recently. The spin…

Thanks to Brian Norton, who sent in a treatise on offplanet seasons, explaining why Halo won’t have any. You can find it in our Theories section.

Thanks to fAt1, of MPZ Halo, who sent along a link to this Video Business article containing Xbox details. Though some of the info is a little confused (they mention a 64 MB hard drive), much of it looks solid. Among the more interesting tidbits: the current launch window is reportedly September 15 to November…

[FMJ]Phönix[BP] drops a note on our forum mentioning a new German Halo clan, Full Metal Jacket. They seem to be a Sudden Strike clan with a Halo offshoot… I couldn’t get the provided link to connect me with a Halo page, so here’s a direct link.

Well, it only took 17 months, but it’s finally been confirmed that those little blips in the MWNY 99 Halo trailer WERE natural life, and not glitches in the video – Nathan Bitner, former Halo producer and current head honcho of Island Four Software, stated on our forumNatural life began to appear in the air…

=NAV= Shadow writes to say that the Clan NAVCON site is getting a redesign, and should be back online sometime in early January. You can see a preview image at the site now. Pax.

Bungie’s on the move! Today’s the day… Bungie’s moving out of their temporary digs in the Encarta building, and over into their posh new Gaming Division offices. A Microsoft employee reports almost being crushed in the elevator by a guy carrying a 6-foot cardboard Trow… (Thanks, Aaron.)