Hot on the heels of their second Halo preview comes a part three from Computer Games Online, which goes above and beyond the highlights recently summarized on the forum. In particular, a large section is devoted to the netplay aspect--an except:

Part of that is because we don't want to show our hand too early. Part of it is because some of our solutions are so...unique... that we want more assurance that they are going to work before we start announcing them and getting second-guessed. We are still in the 'wild and dangerous experimentation' mode when it comes to solving some of these problems.

Additionally, and breaking from the immediate past in Halo previews, the article goes on to talk about Bungie's acquisition by Microsoft. Some sober thoughts offered, and a good conclusion to the article... highly recommended.