And now, for a few moments, we venture into the breach that straddles the realm of the official announcement and the territory of the unfounded rumor.

Zandervix over at MBO noticed that MythPortal is closing to move to a new server, and that when it completes that move it will have a new name and apparently a new, broader focus. Stay tuned.

In a forum thread at HBO discussing recent claims that Halo saved game files had been hacked to gain access to infinite ammo and other things, Mat MSN Noguchi had the following to say:

GameSpot has a story up about a survey conducted by Greensfield Online. Apparently it contained some questions for consumers about concepts for new Microsoft products. One such product was an Xbox connection kit, which would let Xbox owners connect their systems to a PC for the purpose of accessing MP3s and other files. Apparently the connection would be made via ethernet

Well, since there's no official word-- in fact, there are official denials going back quite awhile-- take this note with a few heaping tablespoons of salt.

But Bella Online's Lisa Shea isn't backing down off her insinuation that Halo will be broadband enabled:

It should be out in another month or two, as the main core of the XBox broadband rollout. I am VERY eagerly waiting for that.

Pressed to confirm, she stated:

Halo will come out on the Mac. So says Alex, so says Matt, and consign to the flames of hell all who say otherwise.

Of course, there's always more people saying otherwise, and those who say yes still don't have too much else to say... until there's more to say.

So in the spirit of never letting the truth get in the way of a good story, we've cruised the web to collect links about Halo on the Mac-- some outdated, some inaccurate, some just funny.

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ShackNews noticed a Reuters story on Yahoo following up on Microsoft's recent non-denial denial of the HomeStation rumors.

Rumor has been spreading over the past several months that Microsoft is building an expansion device called HomeStation for the Xbox. Microsoft has now denied the product's existance and claims it is nothing short of fiction. TeamXbox writes:

Gamers.com recently covered a story on a new Grand Theft Auto game that will be released later this year. That's fine and dandy, but the interesting part of the article is the end, which says:

Matt posted an item in HBO's forum about the impending reopening of the Bungie Store, as well as the Halo Soundtrack:

A bit peripheral to Bungie at this time, we've just been informed by St. Joan that Take Two Interactive is being sued by its own shareholders,(also see here) under the accusation that they have padded the company's financial standing :

According to this item by Blambi over at MythVillage, EGArentz, a Mac Myth III beta tester for MacSoft, has posted a message in the forum over at IMG, suggesting that the Mac version of the game has benefited from many changes since the first PC version, and that the game really

Battleground: Halo spotted an interesting tidbit in the latest issue of PC Zone:

Our guess is that Halo for the PC will be out next autumn, probably to coincide with the announcement of Halo 2, which is already being worked on and a cert to arrive on Xbox first yet again.

Before you get all excited, this statement has no credibility. Don't believe it simply because it's in a printed magazine; they're very often wrong.

Gene G. Marcial of Business Week has discussed the possible Take 2 acquisition a bit more in his latest article, A Play For Take-Two:

KillGore posted a message in the community forum that links to a report by GamePen claiming that Microsoft has interest in acquiring Take 2. Take 2 has owned the rights to the Myth franchise since Bungie was acquired by Microsoft last year (FAQ).