Rampancy

Infininight has posted at MythVillage that Bill Heineman, formerly of Mumbo Jumbo Games, has returned to Contraband Entertainment along with Chris Jacobson.

Heineman posted an in MV's forums that we can expect Myth III for the Mac to be released soon and also updated his old .plan file. Jacobson did as well, but there's not much newsworthy in either.

FunXbox has posted a positively glowing review of Halo on their site. Here's an excerpt:

The level of detail in the sprites, environments, and objects is simply astonishing. The screenshots you have been seeing for the past year aren't lying, the graphics in halo explode past any and all of the graphical boundries we have seen in shooters over the past decade. Stepping out of the aircraft into the giant world of halo is like opening your eyes for the first time. You will be reminded of the awesome detail and visually captivating graphics when you turn on your flashlight, jump in your vehicle, rip through the skies in your aircraft, or even when you fire your weapon, pulling down the trigger treats you to an amazing array of lights, colors, and textures.

They give Halo a total score of 9.8. Thanks to Louis Wu at HBO for the heads-up.

Strike has posted at MWA that they've redesigned their site.

We missed TechTV's (very positive) review of the Xbox, posted back on Launch Day:

The Xbox is the most powerful game console ever. That's not to say it's necessarily the best gaming console available; factors other than raw power come into play when deciding which console to buy. When people familiar with Sony and Nintendo's next-generation gaming consoles pick up an Xbox controller, they will notice a marked difference in the graphics quality and processing power of this machine.

It's divided into four sections: Introduction, hardware, fast, but not perfect , and reality.