Over at MSXbox there's a new poll that calls for immediate action from our community. Here's the question and current results:

The merger of the Halo and Oni teams into one almighty game-developing juggernaut, more about impact debris, and the coolest tree ever in a videogame. Go check it all out at Haloplayers.

• Forum: Matt's Halo Update up at HP

We recieved a curious e-mail from Halo-Net just recently. It included only this:

Another item from PC Gamer's Anniversary issue, a list of the best and worst gaming moments of the last year.

Jenkz tossed us a friendly e-mail to let us know that Haloplayers has returned to life, now being served out of sunny, power-troubled California. He reports that the forums may be a bit slower at the present time, and that the hosted sites are not yet up, but that they hope to improve things within the next little while. Welcome back, guys, and we hope things will go smoother for you from here on.

As pointed out by several people (kudos for all), the folk at Battleground: Halo have recieved Matt's Weekly Halo Update. For the most part discussing the steady progress being made by the team, the update does offer a few tasty tidbits. An excerpt:

Merkinjata passed on that PC Gamer's monthly Waiting is the Hardest Part feature again comes out with Halo in the top ten, though this time just a bit lower than last: