Is this in the "April" edition of Game Informer? Remember, anything goes for video game mags in April.
That is the second name change this series has had. [ Obi Wan] Some games change thier name, to hide their numbers. [/Obi Wan]
Game Informer specifically has a seperate section for april fools jokes. Honestly, the only thing that'll confirm or deny this is a note from Bungie themselves. Frankie's update is tomorrow, hopefully he'll at least acknowledge it.
They renamed Halo? Does that mean that they removed the suck out of it? In all seriousness, sounds like a prequel or something. Might be kinda cool for the Halo fans.
Hell, if they used something like a Punkbuster system on Halo 2 that alone woudl have removed 90% of the suck.