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The Weekly Update has some sweet stuff, too, including my next wallpaper &

...What am I talking about? Well, in a relatively short time, the Bungie.net you know and love, will be going away, to be replaced with some epic new shininess. A complete design overhaul with a new look and a couple of new features. Part of that process will include the temporary suspension of Groups – and they may be gone for a little while.

When they return, they will see some functionality changes in the user resources (these include things like news articles) – and it’s in those yet to be revealed areas, that data loss is most likely to happen. And if your group is less than three members, there’s no guarantee it will return when Groups are turned back on later in the year. After all, it’s a group, not a duo, right?

Since the overhaul is going to be pretty dramatic, it is always possible (some say ‘probable’) that some data will be lost, or scrambled. So we’re giving you LOTS of notice. Don’t worry, they’re not going away this week and when they do, it won’t be forever. We’ll keep you updated as we get closer to announcing that date. And we apologize for the inconvenience. It’ll be worth it in the end.

Oh and conspiracy theorists – the redesign of Bungie.net is not directly related to Halo 3 stuff, so don’t try to relate the two events. They’re unrelated.
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Brian: Next Tuesday marks the release of Crackdown, the new open-world crime fighting adventure from Realtime Worlds and Dave Jones (of Grand Theft Auto fame). The Bungie Team got our copies of Crackdown last week and quite a few of us have put in a fair amount of time blowing stuff up and making incredible leaps from the roofs of towering skyscrapers. Frankie can’t even drive through downtown Seattle now without evaluating ledges and plotting a course to the upper elevations of the city.

http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?cid=9562

Hmm... maybe not so bad. Co-op play and a guaranteed spot in the beta...

Advance notices have been pretty good. Priorities... hmm.