[image:6662 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]Everybody's new best friend, Frankie, has put up the first Halo 2 Weekly Update, and the first fansite to get the nod is (not surprisingly) HBO. As we did with the original Halo Weekly Updates, we've placed it in an archive here at Rampancy for posteriority and easy reference.

Not content to simply wow us with his command of the English language, he also gave us a taste of his m4d sk1llz as an artist, giving his interpretation of one of Mehve's newest Halo 2 poster.

Frankie was a little amazed at first by the sheer volume of cool information about Halo 2 he was given, relatively little of which he's been able to part with so far (you know, job security, all that). What we do know so far, though:

• Frankie is a sucker for nice graphics, and Halo 2 has them.
• A stats bug has made Marty the Halo 2 multiplayer leader. (Go Marty!) In addition, he's been working on new ways for the physics engine to interact with sound effects.
• Work is proceeding on the new Bungie.net.
• The Halo 2 engine is almost entirely new.

If all goes according to schedule, we should see another update this coming Friday. Thanks Frankie!