Can the Halo SETI Marinescatch the “TidBITS” team in the Alien Hot 100?Thanks to Braeden the team gained a valuable 297 unit addition yesterday. Keep those units coming people.

Thanks to Damien Fransolet, who updated his desktop pic to conform to standard screen resolutions. There are now three flavors to choose from on our Wallpaper page!

Well we almost overlooked this one but Mac OS Rumors have been running a “What is your reaction to Microsoft’s buyout of Bungie?” poll. While 30,000 votes have been registered the totals don’t add up correctly making the poll somewhat misleading. A majority of voters appear either “furious” or “unhappy”. Well that’s Mac people for ya! 😉

Microsoft to launch the Xbox with 20 titles next fall. According to a news item over at IGN XboxEd Fries of Microsoft announced that there will be a total of 20 titles at system launch next fall (2001). While no titles were specified Halo is presently scheduled to be one of these. Long wait ahead people. Can you dig it?

PlanetXbox have posted the final results of their poll”Should Halo be Xbox Only?” 77.2% of voters said “NO” while an additional 14.3% said “Can’t we share”which amounts to the same thing. That’s a resounding 91.5% of voters out of 2031people who voted. Statements like that can’t be ignored… right?

Some good crunchin’ by the Halo SETI Marinespulled us away from the “Seti Italia” team in theBattle of the Teams. Keep it tight people they’ll be back! Team membership rises to 450 marines.

The night for screens, it seems. The August issue of PC Gamer contained a number of screenshots that have already been scanned on other sites… but a couple were missed, and the quality of the rest did not really do the images justice. We’ve rescanned all of them, and placed them on our Magazine page in the screenshots section. Of particular interest are the shot of the needlegun, and the concept drawing of the elite covenant.

Fred, of Rampancy Hotline, has upped scans from the August Computer Games Magazine, including a shot of two new Covenant. (One looks like an armored version of the stegosaurus-like creature seen in the E3 trailer.) R.net had some trouble getting them onto their web page… so Chia stepped in and made them available at VistaCartel. Swing by and take a look! Scan quality isn’t perfect… but the pics are fascinating!

Thanks go to Damien Fransolet, who sent in another Desktop for our Wallpaper page. A somewhat non-standard size… but hey, you’ll manage, right?

Koen De Paus informs us of a new Dutch Halo clan called FoX. As you may remember the Dutch got an amazing Halo scoop in the latest issue of PC Zone Benelux. New Halo screenshots and some concept art. We’ll be bringing you that as soon as we get permission.

Seems we flubbed. The screenshot we mentioned last night does NOT show a gun we’ve never seen before… in fact, it’s not even a shot we’ve never seen before. The same shot, mirrored, was in the PC Gamer spread recently upped to the R.net Hotline server. Here they are, side-by-side:

PC Gamer, August 2000	NextGen, August 2000

If you’re not convinced by the thumbnails, check out the full versions above. We hope to bring you better scans of the PC Gamer material soon. An interesting tidbit: both mags are part of the Imagine family, which would explain why an image that didn’t show up in any released movie is in both places.

The Halo SETI Marineshold their ground at position #47 in the Battle of the Teams but the”Seti Italia” team are on our tails. Looks like it’s going to be a tough weekend. Awright! First squad up, on line. Watch the rear.

Kudos (sort of) to Freewill, who scanned in a sidebar from the latest NextGen magazine and posted it on the R.net forum. Two interesting tidbits there… the game that NextGen described in last month’s issue as ‘fantasy-based siege warfare‘ is now being titled ‘Fantasy Siege’ by Ed Fries… and the gun that the commander is wielding is one we’ve never seen before. Another redesign of the pistol?

Not one to let moss grow on a rolling grenade, Ian McConville has sent in yet another weapon model. This time, he’s tackled the anti-armor rocket launcher (the double-barreled one). The diagram showing how it actually works is very intriguing. Thanks, Ian!

Thanks to Kevin Adams, who sent in a slick desktop for our Wallpaper page. Action unlimited!

Freewill is trying to get a semi-accurate count of those people planning to attend the Fanfest in New York in a couple of weeks. (If you’re not sure what this is about, check this page.) To help out, bungie.org has put up a Fanfest Forum, where folks can get more info, or just RSVP.

The Modeller’s back! Ian McConville has added another model to his collection. This time it’s the Covenant energy sword… simple model, but check out the pic of Ian wielding it! More on the way, we hope.

Bungie Fanfest is go! The date of the Bungie Fanfest @ Macworld NY 2000 has been changed to Friday July 21, from 4pm-8pm at Neutral Ground 122 West 26th Street. Check Freewill’sBungie Sightings page for full details. Lots of special guests, the E3 Halo movie DVD Special Edition, the limited edition Marathon Story Page T-Shirt, LAN gaming extravaganza, prizes and giveaways, free Pizza and beverages, and other surprises! Thanks Freewill.

Hey we nearly missed this but a Marathon’s Story page reader spots a similarity between the herd of small dinos in the E3 Halo movie andGraboidsfrom the movie Tremors 2. Freaky stuff.

Blam! The Halo SETI Marinesrecaptured position #47 in the Battle of the Teams yesterday thanks mainly to the return of DarthFlounder and his 1394 units. Good to have you back Darth. Team membership now stands at447 and rising daily. Awright, let’s go marines, they ain’t payin’ us by the hour.