- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
No, I think that they'll release something a bit sooner.
But, Bungie is following the trend of developers, they don't start hyping the game until only several months before the release. Bungie got burnt by the Halo 2 experience, so they've learned.
On a more speculative note, does the date of Bungie's final information dump give any hints what the game will be like?
IE less time for publicity equals more adventurous or more time equals standard Halo format?