Bungie Promises "Big News" Next Week

Via 1up news, Bungie's statement that they'll have some big news to share next week about the Halo series. From their post: "A bunch of stuff is going down to celebrate the 5th anniversary of a little game we like to call Halo. In November 2001, Halo launched alongside the Xbox console, and the rest is history. Next year, Halo 3 will conclude the story arc begun all those years ago and next week, we'll take a long lingering look at the series to date. There will also be some pretty BIG surprises and maybe announcements. Who can say?" 1up has posted up a blow-by-blow account of their time with Halo 3's multiplayer, which is well worth checking out for anyone shunning Gears for Halo 2 this week.

Re:GUYS!

[Meagermanx]

What I'm hoping for:

1. No electric guitar in the soundtrack. It makes me laugh.
2. No Plasma Pistols. They're worthless. They're just under the original Halo's assault rifle.
3. No cliffhanger endings, please.
4. Make big weapons spawn more. If you're going to have a small map with a Rocket Launcher and Sword, at least make more than one, so that one player/team doesn't get both and dominate.
5. Actually, how about balancing all the weapons? Besides the Plasma Pistol (cough) Halo had a pretty balanced selection of weapons. The starting pistol actually ruled. In Halo 2, it's mostly just sniper rifles, rocket launchers, and swords.
6. More maps! If people can't make their own, then the burden is upon you to make a bunch of really cool ones. It's gonna be played more than almost any FPS out there, isn't it? So come up with a bunch of good ones!
7. Bungie: Hire Writers this time!