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“We cannot promise that a Windows or Mac version of Halo will ship, but we can’t rule it out either.”says Doug Zartman. Our good friends over at Blue’s News have scored an interview with Bungie’s Doug Zartman. The voice of Bob tells it like it is!

Marathon’s Story page to close? We can’t believe it?We’re seeking confirmation on this one folks. There’s an announcement coming linked to some countdown thingie. Gawd!

The Bungie fan community begins to crumble. The premiere Myth files site “The Mill” run by long time Bungie fan Randall Shaw has closed its doors due to the Microsoft buy out of Bungie. Sad news for Myth fans. Thanks to Bagman on our forums.

Oni Central the premiere Oni site run by Harry Al-Shakarchi is committed to staying. Here’s the announcement:Oni Central is here to stay as your source for Oni information and news. I hope you will join me when Oni is released and we can finally enjoy the fruits of Bungie West’s labour.

Daily Raider gets the scoop with a total of four pieces on the Microsoft-Bungie buyout:Microsoft buys Bungie: Confirmed5 Things You Must Know About Microsoft’s Buying BungieInterview with Jason Jones about Bungie’s FutureDiagram of what’s going to be published by whom

Some Bungie-Microsoft humor from Penny Arcade to brighten your day. Thanks to Jagu on our forums.

“We do care about our fans and about the Mac” says Bungie’s Jason Jones. In an exclusive interviewwith Daily Raider Jason reiterated Bungie’s continued support for their fans and the Mac:Daily Raider: Do you feel, as many people are claiming on forums, that you are stabbing an icy dagger through the hearts of your most…

“Microsoft buys Bungie to bolster its development of games for personal computers and its planned X-Box video-game console” says Microsoft. Here’s a quote from the press release:”Bungie is going to move up to Redmond and create great games for the PC and X-Box and really help us shape X-Box as the games platform of the…

Microsoft buy Bungie. Halo for X-box. The rumors were true. ‘Nuff said.

Blam! The Halo SETI Marinestake out the SETI-Hispano team and move up to position #48 in the Battle of the Teams. Hey some good news this weekend. Banzif and Rival go hell for leather and take top honors. FunkyB (48 units) and Shockadelica (17 units) enter the top 300. Full details on the 24 hour…

Woohoo! In this time of stress for Bungie fans Pax Nimbus has created a wonderful smile-inducer… halobungie.com! Check it out.”It’s absolutely, positively, a website.”     – Salon Pax.

The Corporation, a UK gaming site with a twist, has interviewed Tyson Green, aka Ferrex (Dead), of Rampancy.net, on the Microsoft/Bungie situation. Definitely worth a read. Pax.

Another German Halo site, www.planet-halo.de (not to be confused with www.planethalo.de, which came online yesterday), has updated their design. Take a look! Pax.

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!

The Halo SETI Marineshold tight to position #49 in the Battle of the Teams. We might take the SETI-Hispano team this weekend but we need more marines in the field. Still only a third of the team on active service. Jjaro tech and ABordner take top honors again. Full details on the 24 hour stats…

More rumors for your money. Thanks to PUnk for spotting two alternative views to the rumored Microsoft-Bungie buyout one at PS2IGN and the other at XBoxIGN.