Our source has stated that one of Europe’s largest CD replicators is on standby, they’ve signed NDA’s and are awaiting the green light from Bungie. According to our source the CD replicators have been given an approximate date to ensure that their pressing schedule is clear for the amount of units they’ll need to produce.
Hmm..very suspicious. But, I think anything mentioned about Halo 3 that doesn't come directly from Microsoft or Bungie should be taken with a grain of salt...
But, who knows. Bungie/Microsoft were pretty quiet on details with Halo 1/2 before they came out...