"Welp, the cat is out of the bag a little sooner than I expected, but thanks to Chris Johnson who let us know that Bungie's Matt Soel posted word at Halo.Bungie.org that Halo is golden! Here's the good word:
We passed certification yesterday. Halo is done. The manufacturing plant got the GM today and is pressing up a zillion Halo discs as I type this. All of us worked very hard to get to this point and we are collectively very proud of what we have done"