If you look at the Soffish Webcam right now, you'll see a piece of music entitled Halo Theme. If you actually read it, though, you'll see that it's from a Myth TFL level, namely The Siege of Madrigal. Aw, man...they could have least picked Flight from Covenant... :-)

Thanks to Kalis for mentioning on our forum that the Bungie webcam is currently displaying apparent Sin-O-MatiXXX storyboards. Right now you can see the Pillar of Autumn surrounded by smaller craft, but who knows what might pop up next? Keep watching. We know you have nothing better to do.

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This week's Halo update is delivered to the community via Haloplayers! Here's a teaser for you:

We've gotten burned a bit by polls because of some members' uh, exceeding enthusiasm *wink-wink* but perhaps it's time to own another poll? Here's an easy one for us to start with. GameSpot asks: Which Xbox game do you want to see on the PC? Right now, Halo has significant ownage with 79% of the vote, but like the US in Grenada it's time to show everyone that we can still kick some serious butt! Get out there soldier!

In our forum, Char points out some Halo footage (In QuickTime format) that appears to have been demoed at the Tokyo Game Show. It is a bit brighter than what we have been able to download from Bungie and various other Gamestock '01 mirrors, but it is also very truncated. This may be a boon to dialup users if they don't mind getting the uber-short version and missing some of the cool items in between the beginning and end of the Gamestock footage.

Breaking news... Blue's News is reporting a rumor that there may be further, more sweeping changes made to Bungie's newest creation. This may involve both a name change, and a shift in this genre-busting title. Halo Fan7asy is still well on track for concurrent release with the Xbox, but it will be expanded into a massive multiplayer role-playing game in order to strengthen the Xbox against the Playstation 2's anticipated titles. We'll bring you more information as it becomes available.

We've just gotten the word from an MS PR representative that in recent playtesting the Halo team has decided to simplify some aspects of Halo. He specifically points to weapons balance as one of their key issues: