In this week's Bungie weekly update, the lads are giving Halo fans their weekly taste of Master Chief induced blue balls by dangling further shiny details on part 3. The crew dish more scant insider dirt, then proceed to rub your wet little nose in it. Like so!

At this point, they're testing out the new AI and encounters as much as anything else. The graphics range from completely untextured placeholder surfaces, too brilliantly lit and detailed objects. But again, this is a gameplay test, not a graphics one. Lots of folks focus on what technology can do for the appearance of a game - but the 360's prodigious horsepower can also be applied to AI - the behaviors, movements and reactions of computer-controlled characters. That counts for your human allies, but it's more noticeable at this early stage in the behavior of your opponents.

Mmmm. Prodigious horsepower. It seems so far away until we'll be hearing the unchecked cursing and racial epithets of thousands of pre-teens over Xbox Live alongside the glory of a shinier Master Chief. Much more at the weekly update. Michael McWhertor

The Bungie Weekly Update

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