As everyone else living in a normal timezone already knows, Bungie announced that Halo 3 is in development for the Xbox 360 and is expected to be released in 2007. The announcement says in no uncertain terms that this is the final game in the Halo series, confirming what others have suspected: that about nine years is enough to make even the most interesting scenario boring to developers that aren't SquareSoft.

However, that doesn't mean that it won't hold just as much interest for fans of Bungie and the Halo series, yours truly included, who is just as happy as Frankie or anyone else to have it admitted: that there has been a pink elephant in the living room for months now. Everybody say hi to Halo 3.