Back to the nooz! Caught tonight at HBO was a thread started by a reader who wanted to know what the minimum modem connection speed will be for Halo. Matt Soell of Bungie posted the following reply:

With the caveat that we haven't tested Halo netplay on anything but our internal LAN, so nothing I say about this can be absolutely certain:

I suspect 56K modems will be the way to go for those who are dialing in.

-Matt

Those of you who are HPBs like me will be happy to read this, but keep those fingers crossed - as Matt said, nothing is completely certain yet. Hopefully PowerPlay will either make a significant impact upon multiplayer gaming within the next few years or will be rendered unnecessary by more prolific, faster alternatives. What were you doing online last night, Matt? ;-)