Fire Phoenix of Halo Center wrote in to inform us that Yrro quit the site for personal reasons and that he will be assuming the mantle of responsibility there. Congrats on your promotion, Fire Phoenix!

Kudos to Sean Phelps (via Hamish at Marathon's Story) for the URL that Cyberbob passed along via RHL's news. What URL, you ask? Why, this URL, which points towards a GameDeveloper's Conference schedule page for Halo: A Case Study. Listed speakers are John Howard and Jason Jones, and the conference will be taking place in San Jose, March 20-24.

The elite circle of hosts has grown in number this week, with the steadfast fellows at Battleground: Halo receiving this week's Halo update from Matt. Among other things, the update speaks of power shifts in Bungie's internal clans, and much about weapons (the two, mercifully, are not related.) An excerpt:

Well curse me for a lazy slob, and then rejoice! On my first reading of the item at GameStar.de, (reported here) it appeared that Halo would be delayed by four months after the X-Box comes out. It will be delayed... for the PC, that is. According to GameStar's information the X-Box version will be shipping with the X-Box. Happy Day! (Possibly in less than a year? Read on...)

Psyrrix sent in notification that he's been evicted from his site, the Psyjnir Complex. Is the site changing to a new design, or is something else afoot?

First noted by Massa of Halo Network was an item at the German gaming site Babelfish version seems good enough to understand, so take a look at this:

Ah, nothing like a week off to refresh the palate. And nothing like an encouraging Halo update to greet you on the return. The folks at HBO have recieved this week's Halo Update from Matt, and the topic du jour is the engine. An excerpt: