[image:4336 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]Well, the gold master chiefs, which appeared on the Gearbox site, then disappeared, and then reappeared, were a harbinger of things to come, but the Microsoft press release made it official-- PC Halo has gone Golden Master, ready to head to duplication on its way to store shelves. There's a shot of the master CD over at Gearbox.

In addition, to celebrate the event SketchFactor has posted the interview with Michel Bastien that included questions from fans.

Next, it appears that CPL's announced mode for their tournament-- Assault-- is not the same version of Assault included in the initial release, but will be added in a post-release patch.

Finally, Bungie put up 13 new screenshots of PC Halo; they now live in the PC Halo Gallery.

Thanks to Steve of Forerunners, Emil at CobaltNova, and Louis Wu at HBO for information in this report.