Okay, true believers... before you click the link to read GameSpot UK's preview of a nearly complete copy of Halo, decide how much you really want to know before you play the game for yourself. While the revelations aren't completely new or startling, some people probably don't want to know any more about the backstory than they already do... so if you're in that part of the pack, you've been forewarned.

The following excerpt has been rated NS for being a Non-Spoiler. It does, however, expose a bit about how cooperative play is going to be handled:

Aside from the single-player campaign, Halo features a variety of multiplayer options. The entire single-player game can be played cooperatively by two players. This mode handles death in an interesting way. If one player dies, the remaining player can either retreat or finish the current battle, and the dead player will respawn. If both players die, however, they return to the last checkpoint and have to try again.

Only two players? Hmm... here's hoping that's a minor inaccuracy someone will soon correct for us. I'd hope that with multiple Xboxen networked together, you'd at least be able to play cooperatively with as many players as games like Marathon allowed us to half a decade ago.