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this may just be a rumor but i went to game crazy tonite an was talkin about movin my halo 3 pre order to a diff game(to make sure they had a copy for me thursday) an then movin it back, and they said they stopped taking pre orders…i thought this was wierd so i asked a friend who works at best buy and he said they plan on releasing it february 16 may just be a rumor but it sure is nice to think it will be out very soon
mother of god
i also have signed up for said beta testing 
Doubt that. If there’s one thing that Bungie and MS do well, its marketing. Think about the huge push they had for Halo 2, then they suddenly drop Halo 3 on everyone without so much as a riddle??? As much as I want to see this game release and play it, I’m looking forward to the marketing that Bungie has planned this time around. Its possible that this “leak” of screen shots and horrible quality video is the first part of it :gotme: Or, an alpha tester just lost his rights to test the game as well as his Xbox live account.
ign.com says march it will be released…
here is the link…http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/699/699411p1.html
edit: this is an old report may or may not be correct my bad didnt do enough research
Man they didn’t waste any time getting those video’s taken down.
i’d say look for this game in late summer or early fall