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We've started a Halo 2 Screenshot section and added the first seven shots from the upcoming trailer as released on Bungie.net.

Gamers.com, a site which has pages on Halo and Halo 2 as well as Bungie Soft... uh, Studios, featuring various pieces of information, has also put up a transcript of the Halo 2 trailer unveiled last week. One of the more interesting bits is this bit of text, which apparently appears on the screen:

Objective -- Save the Earth from alien invasion
Mission: In progress

... just before the MC leaps out an airlock high above the Earth only to land on a passing Covenant ship.

Now, lots of people have interpreted this to mean Halo 2 takes place on Earth, and while that's certainly possible, I'd say it's decidedly less interesting. Here's hoping the Chief hitches a ride on that cruiser out to the Covenant homeworld instead to fulfill his original mission.

Everybody say hello to Funky Caribou, Rampancy's 500th registered user.

HBO is back, and in one of the first news posts of the day Louis Wu drops an interesting tidbit:

Hopefully, DNS will propagate fast enough that by the time the Halo 2 trailer is released, folks can find us.

If one were so inclined, one might be led to believe that means that shortly after the time it usually takes for a DNS record to update-- usually 2-3 days, tops-- the trailer will be out.

Of course, given Rampancy's track record with DNS records, maybe it means the trailer will be out just before the game hits the store shelves. Time will tell.