Although they aren't, technically speaking, Halo story canon, the thematic and verbal similarities between the recent Halo 3 trailer and the Cortana Letters from 1999 have resparked interest in the latter; TraxusIV has embarked on an ongoing series of analytical articles that look at those themes and put the Letters into the greater context of the Bungieverse, past and present. The newest article looks at the second letter.

[image:10203 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0] It's only the second-ever Halo 3 Weekly Update, and already the bar is being set pretty high. This week we get a new screenshot, suitable for desktop wallpapery, and an introduction to Bungie's brand-new, bright-and-shiny KP.

Major Nelson has posted a list of the top ten High Definition video downloads on Xbox Live during E3.

The winner?

Do you have to ask?

Top spot went to the Halo 3 game trailer. Check Major Nelson's blog for the entire list.

The London Free Press (of Canada, not Great Britain) is running a piece on Halo 3's announcement at E3 this year. They got to talk to several Bungie staffers about the trailer and the game.

CJ Cowan's quote specifically references the question about whether or not this is the last Halo game:

This is the final game in the Master Chief's story, this is the end of our trilogy.

That still doesn't quite answer the question, though.

[image:10167 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0] In the spirit of leaving no trailer unexamined, I've put together an annotated description of the images and events of the Halo 3 Announcement Trailer, as well as adding a half-dozen or so new screencaptures from the trailer to illustrate particular points. As usual this is added to our Halo 3 Articles section.