Rampancy

Ricodued over at Halo Messenger notes that we've added an hmsa.xml file to Rampancy.net that can be automatically detected by his Halo Messenger newsreader. This means when you click "Discover Subscription" in the application and enter the domain name "rampancy.net", Halo Messenger will automatically discover the address of Rampancy's RSS feed and subscribe to it. Certainly other sites will follow suit.

Halo.fr is touting a rumor found by an intern that speculates Halo 3 will be out in March 2006. Move along, or check the Babelfish translation if you must.

mrsmiley muses about what happens when Halo Art gets big enough to take care of itself; a truly massive art update this week at Halo Babies. (I know, we call it that every time--Ed.)

Somebody at Microsoft better get the sump pumps running, because just two days out from the console's official star-studded pre-E3 MTV launch event, the whole PR machine has sprung more leaks than a water balloon at an acupuncturist convention. Engadget has a long list of Xbox 360 technical specifications, as well as a feature list for two levels of Xbox Live subscription (free and paid, or Silver and Gold in their nomenclature). (I, for one, will be glad when the launch event comes and we can finally settle on what to call this thing-- Xenon, Xbox 2, Xbox 360, Xbox Next, or Xbox Whatever Else-- Ed.)