Rampancy

OK, sue me for re-using the same bad joke inside of a week. There's an old adage about blood and a stone that applies to the results.

Anyway, there is a hotfix-- ahem, I mean, patch, for PC Halo that brings it up to version 1.01. There's no list of changes with it, and apparently the auto-updating feature of the game will also retrieve this patch.

Blue's News and HBO have lists of mirrors for the patch.

Louis Wu at HBO, with a tip from momo, and MacCentral have posted, along with Sphtman who pointed us to a markedly similar IMG story, that Mac Halo has now entered beta status; so noted on Westlake's project page. MacCentral Senior Editor Peter Cohen, when asked about the status of a demo for Mac Halo, notes that there's no PC demo yet, but one is planned, so there may be one for Mac Halo as well.

Microsoft has changed the pricing structure for Xbox Live Now; prices now range from $5.99 per month for subscriptions, $49.99 per year for subscriptions, $29.99 for the Voice Communicator, $69.99 for the Starter Kit, which includes the voice communicator and MechAssault. Thanks GamesDomain.