Some interesting speculation on liquid action, like this post by Loren Petrich. Have an idea? Toss it into the pot on our forums!

Yesterday’s earnings must have hit the market today. Take-Two closed up strong, +13/32 (+4.26%) today to 9 15/16.

Bungie’s SETI team membership rises to 18. One of the new members is called Traxus! Pax.

Halo’s SETI team membership rises to 17 and screams ahead of IMG’s SETI team. Pax.

Too many people voting for Halo? PC Paradox’s Best Action Game poll seems to be broken. Try again later.

The Core has two interesting news items. One from Nathan Bitner and the other from Marty O’Donnell (Total Audio). Music page has been updated with Marty’s info. Pax.

Up, down, up, down… Take-Two down 7/32 to 9 17/32 (-2.24%) at close of trading (8/25). This comes on the heels of a reported 65% increase in net sales and a whopping 215% increase in net income for the third fiscal quarter. Thanks, Next Generation.

“Special treat” revealed! Bungie.net gets a total overhaul… go check it out! The Soul has a second home…

Bungie says “special treat” today! Full report on the Marathon’s Story page.

Shock news! Marathon’s Story page CLOSES! Ok it’s not for good but like it’s for TWO WEEKS! 🙁

Wait a minute! 16 members in the Bungie SETI team? 1 + 6 = 7. Where’s Hamish? Pax.

Bungie’s SETI team clocks up the hours. Their total CPU time now stands at 16992 hr 00 min 17.9 sec. Pax.

Ben Schodek finally got an email reply from Bungie. You can read it on our forums here.

Search the skies! Bungie’s sixteen member SETI team has a total CPU time of 16913 hr 56 min 47.2 sec.

The race is on! IMG’s SETI team has a slight edge over Halo’s SETI team. 3443 hr 44 min 18.4 sec vs. 3284 hr 30 min 46.0 sec. But you can make a difference. Join the Halo SETI team.

“Rock the Vote” says the Core. PC Paradox are running a Best Action Game Poll. Go vote!

Take-two closed strong again. TTWO (Take-Two Interactive Sft.): 9 3/4 (+1/4, +2.63%) [Aug 24 ET]. At close of trade.

Doug Zartman (Bungie Software) says “that’s not quite correct!”:

Just wanted to point out that where MacFormat says “the single-player game will allow you to switch between characters, each of whom has individual skills” – that’s not quite correct. I can see how they came to that conclusion based on seeing us do it for demonstration purposes, but the design of the single-player game gives the player control of one character. Also, specific skills are not likely to be limited to specific characters – in other words, any player can drive a “jeep” not just a hypothetical “Driver” character.

If you make a note of that so’s to avoid confusion, we’d appreciate it.

Thanks!
Doug

No problem. Thank you for setting the record straight.

MacFormat Halo preview scoop!

“Bungie says there’ll be an emphasis on teamwork: multi-player network or Internet games will see several players work together against the aliens, while the single-player game will enable you to switch between characters each of whom has individual skills.” says MacFormat.

Kudos to Harry Al-Shakarchi and Steve Campbell for sending in the text of this hot Macformat Halo review. Read it on this site here.

We’re in the money! Take-Two Interactive’s European publishing and distribution subsidiary has entered into a $17 million revolving line of credit with Barclays Bank PLC. Full details here. Got shares?