Halo: CE and Halo 2 playable on Xbox 360 from day one. Halo 3 44% complete and set for a Spring 2006 release. These are some of the latest rumors reported on several large game sites today.


That Halo: CE and Halo 2 will be the first backward compatible games for the Xbox 360 is hardly a surprise. I for one though this fact was settled long ago when MS stated that they would first concentrate on the best selling Xbox games, and then work their way down the list.


That Halo 3 is set for a Spring 2006 release is an old rumor that started after Bill Gates said they would try and sabotage Sony’s PS3 launch by releasing Halo 3 the very same day. Though Sony has not officially confirmed a Spring 2006 launch, many are expecting Sony to launch around that time, at least in Japan. Several top Xbox people have later said that Bill’s comment wasn’t meant to be taken literally.