Retail giant Best Buy has listed Halo 3 as being released on November 16, 2006 for the Xbox 360. Yeah. That's this holiday. Right before Black Friday. Say, that just also happens to be one day before the North American release of the PlayStation 3! How 'bout that.

Didn't Microsoft mention something about that? I think so. Oh here it is. Bill Gates said—"radiant with bloodlust" according to Time magazine—that "It's perfect. The day Sony launches, and they walk right into Halo 3."

Now, keep this in mind: Best Buy has had the following previous release dates for Halo 3 - 11/16/2005 and 5/15/2006. Maybe they've got it right this time, but I wouldn't recommend Xbox fanatics hold anyone to this date. Michael McWhertor

Halo 3: Xbox 360 [via Flicker Gaming]

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