In a move that can be summed up in only six letters, OMGWTF, Microsoft this morning announced that Halo will in fact be an XBox only launch title! The PR was very short and two the point:

REDMOND, WA. - Haaa, suckers!

Louis Wu over at Halo.bungie.org alerted us to Matt's weekly Halo update, which this week graces their pages. This week's update is just full of meaty detail, the bulk of which we won't repeat here, you'll just have to go to halo.bungie.org and read the full report.

Here's a tantalizing tidbit, however:

For this week's Halo Update, Rampancy.net has gotten the nod. And so without further ado, here's the latest on Bungie's jaw-dropper straight from Matt Soell:

In the wake of other sites closing, new ones are opening up. Spotted over at Halo.bungie.org: another new Halo site. This one is called Halo Heaven. Although there doesn't seem to be much news online there yet, there is a collection of screenshots, links to movie files and other Halo sites.

We urge everybody to drop by and wish Halo Heaven a warm welcome.

Jenkz of Haloplayers.com has posted the latest interview in their series on groups they call Halo squads . This entry is Death and Destruction or DnD for short. They are from the Netherlands, and they're claiming to be the first such group in that country. They've also recently merged with another group, Deadly Dutchmen, according to Rage of DnD:

Bungie's own Matt Soell has seen fit to lay a veritable treasure trove of pertinent, not-so-pertinent details about Halo's progress and Bungie's continuing subversion of the Microsoft machine at the site of our esteemed colleagues in crime, Halo.bungie.org.