Last day of news in the Haloverse for 2004! Thanks to HBO, MGL and Demented Puppy, among others.

• HBO's Halo 2 Cutscene Library reaches the Heretic boss battle. Dear Lord I hate seeing the phrases "Halo 2" and "boss battle" in the same sentence --Ed.
• Another Halo 2 vs Half-Life 2 feature at GameDaily.
• VerdaFolio expounds on the Zombies and Dawn of the Dead gametypes people are making in Halo 2 on Xbox Live.
• Dolbex says that the mlgTV Video On Demand season for 2005 will start on January 10 and that synide is working hard on it.
• The BBC's Darren Waters picked Halo 2 as his personal favorite of the year's games.