Three (make that five) more Halo reviews today, courtesy of Shacknews: Boomtown, Entertainment Depot, and Adrenaline Vault.

The darn thing isn't even out yet, and already there are going to be three mirrors (UPDATED):

It seems like GameSpy will be getting the Halo Demo today as well, according to their Halo affiliate, Battleground: Halo. Thanks Rams.

As pointed out by a few disappointed HBO forumgoers, there's a minimum age of 18 for the PC Halo World Championship. Bungie Studios' SketchFactor noted that these aren't Bungie's requirements, but that many states have laws that govern the participation of minors in competitions, and that is the reason for the minimum age. FYI.

SketchFactor posted in a thread on the new Maw forum for Halo PC players about the teamkilling problem; although there are no specifics about patches, he does note that both Bungie and Gearbox are paying attention to players' concerns.

Turns out the shots on the GameGuru Mania review of Halo were new after all, so we archived 'em.

TankRamp posted at BG:H about a new Halo review, this one on a site called Christ Centered Game Reviews. Hell, we didn't even know Christ was a gamer. The only different thing about the review is a rating for "appropriateness", in which Halo gets a B- for "some swearing" and no option to turn off blood.

Well, if you want to be the worldwide Halo champ on Windows, you've got between now and November 15 to register for this tourney, to be held at iGames locations. Prizes are from Gateway, ATI and Alienware.

IGN is claiming that this Friday at 10 AM PST, they will have a 131 Mb Halo PC demo that includes Silent Cartographer and Blood Gulch at IGN Downloads. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO.

Two new reviews of Halo for the PC are up; thanks for the note to Blue's News. The first is at WickedToast; their review hinged mostly on their extreme disappointment at having the clever Covenant units replaced with mindless, ever-advancing, Doom-like Flood.

Representatives from Microsoft, Bungie and Gearbox will participate in an IRC chat in the #CPL channel on October 29 at 5 PM PST to answer questions about Halo PC and the Winter Championship. Thanks to kappa in the HBO forum, via Louis Wu.

[image:6275 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]Bungie.net's Truth and Reconciliation site added seven new screenshots this week, all culled from those sent in by beta testers. We've added them to our screenshot gallery for PC Halo. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO.

Blue's News is reporting that Epic Games has announced Unreal University, where modmakers will get training on the Unreal Engine. Hey, Bungie, you going to let Epic steal all the mindshare in the modmaker education business? Where's Halo University? Sheesh, the sales of sweatshirts and bumper stickers to alumni alone would be a gold mine.