| XCN: Are there any plans to include an all time stats page to count lifetime kills, headshots, sticks, splatters etc across Halo 2 and Halo 3? How will Bungie.net change?
Frank O'Connor: Halo 2 stats and Halo 3 stats are not going to talk to each other but we are going to give users more tools to record statistics and Achievements. Bungie.net will remain a great place to go and track your statistics and we'll be giving you more information on how the game will reward your progress soon, so stay tuned to Bungie.net for that.
XCN: Will we see any Xbox Live Arcade games from Bungie in the future?
Frank O'Connor: We're very busy on Halo 3 and finding the bandwidth to do something as seemingly simple as creating maps for Halo 2 is very difficult for us, so being able to work on a whole new game is even trickier. That said, Arcade games are loved by so many people and certainly people here at Bungie, so it wouldn't be out of the question to see us working on an Arcade game sometime down the road. But anytime soon? Don't count on it. You know what we're working on and it takes lots of time, but an Arcade game is definitely something the studio is interested in. Maybe it could be a side project like Geometry Wars or maybe it would be something more involved. We'll see.
XCN: Do you have any plans to develop any more games outside of the Halo franchise in the near future?
Frank O'Connor: If the question is whether bungie will work on anything else other than Halo then the answer is yes, of course. We're working on Halo 3 right now and we're going to concentrate on making it the best Halo game yet, but there's a huge bunch of creative people here with so many ideas. If you're new to the Bungie community you might just associate us with Halo but we've made a ton of old PC and Mac games like Marathon. We'll continue to work on other games in the future.
Seeing Marathon on XBL would kick all the butt! (I have it on my Mac, but playing on XBL would rule).
And more Bungie.net tools and stat tracking? Can I get an 'amen?' | 
