No, it's not like music where gold means it has sold 500k copies. Halo 3 already has over a million preorders anyway, mine included. This means that the final version has been cleared and production of retail copies has begun.

Halo's Gone Gold!
Posted by lukems at 8/29/2007 10:12 AM PDT
Halo 3 for Xbox 360 has gone Gold! That means we delivered a final version to our internal certification group that passed all the tests and is now being whisked away to top secret manufacturing locations to be turned into retail versions of the game – and eventually packaged and sent to stores in various cases, tins and cat-helmets. We can’t wait to share it with you guys on September 25th and 26th, but we have to say thanks.

We have to say thanks to everyone at Bungie who worked so hard to make this the best game we've ever made. We have to say thanks to everyone at Microsoft who helped us make it the best game we ever made. We have to say thanks to our tireless team of artists, designers, engineers, musicians, technicians, writers, directors, producers, thinkers, administrators, ninjas, specialists, gorillas, webmasters and pimps. We’re a family and we made this game for you, our extended family. We hope you like it. Nobody deserves any more recognition than anyone else, but an extra special thanks goes out anyway, to the test team who got it to this stage, in a pool of their own sweat, tears and blood.

And of course, we wouldn't be here today without the tireless devotion of our fan community - we thank you all as well for supporting Bungie Studios in our never ending quest for World Domination and we look forward to sharing another billion+ hours together on Xbox Live when Halo 3 lands in just a few short weeks. The wait is almost over.

We Finished our Fight. Your fight begins in 27 days.

Are you ready?

Source (http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12737)

I hust herd it on the 3 red lights podcast. Anyone else shaking with excitment.

oh snap , only a few weeks left until we finally get something to replace Gears online!

Ahhh who cares?

Ahhh who cares?

I do.

You act like it's no big deal, but once you start playing it, you'll love it. Forge, saved films, 4 player co-op... gah, it's gonna be awesome.

Ahhh who cares?

Its been said in the first post, a million people care.

Just to let you know;
its almost a 2 million + right now.
because it was "Over 1 million pre-orders in north american alone"

wow you guys bit pretty easily....i've got my preorder too!

Hey Lono you can even make the tiniest or critiscm in front of Halo fanboys without starting an all out war. Anyways can't wait for this game to come out. If the multiplayer is everything that it looks like it's going to be then I can't wait.

wow you guys bit pretty easily....i've got my preorder too!

I wasnt bitting, it was just some random (humorous) fact that I wanted to point out. I know its sometimes hard to get when I write since I pretty much never add any smileys or anything but I try to keep a neutral ''tone'' when I post in forums. So , chill bro , lets grab a beer and play gamecube at your place tonight.

Oh spudnik ,I concider myself more of a Halo1/PC/Custom fan than just a halo fanboy since I heavily disliked Halo 2.

Looks like Italy already got a case of limited editions. Campaign Spoilers soon to follow.

http://www.forumeye.it/invision/index.php?showtopic=386254

If I could read that , it would probably ruin my first experience with the game.

Yeah luckily it's in Italian. I noticed that they took down the main picture due to download usage.

I wasnt bitting, it was just some random (humorous) fact that I wanted to point out. I know its sometimes hard to get when I write since I pretty much never add any smileys or anything but I try to keep a neutral ''tone'' when I post in forums. So , chill bro , lets grab a beer and play gamecube at your place tonight.

Oh spudnik ,I concider myself more of a Halo1/PC/Custom fan than just a halo fanboy since I heavily disliked Halo 2.

Halo 2 was all... 'Muddy'. Before I got xbox live I was really disappointed with how Halo 2 was made. The campaign was nothing like the first one.

Even the MP was broken , asside from all the cheating what pissed me off the most was how unbalanced the maps and weapons were.

Even the MP was broken , asside from all the cheating what pissed me off the most was how unbalanced the maps and weapons were.

But I do have to applaud it for being so easy to use. Yes, the ranked games we're not to good, because of modders/standbyers.

Custom games were a blast, which I usually played with my 'Machinima Clan' (lolz) of 100 people (Btw, there are no clans in Halo 3 /cry) and we would do Zombies, Take The Tower, and all those other fun custom games.

One time during the summer we played a game that had no kill or time limit. The score came to be like 30,000 to 20,000.

Most of the other Xbox live games, even games on the 360 aren't as easy to use as Halo 2. How matchmaking works, or the pre-game lobby system, even making your own unique variants. Who else thinks Gears is a pain in the a** to use?

Good times.

yea i'm gonna wait till its out

Holy crap! I can't wait to finally play Halo3!!!!...oh wait...

I think the thread is a bit old:lol:

What even came out on those days?

yea i'm gonna wait till its out
What the hell? :D

I got all the way until Shane's post until I realized this was an old thread.

How did this make it back to the New Threads??? I thought this was about Recon or something.

OMG I cnt wiat to play teh HALOZ and get my RECONZOR!

How did this make it back to the New Threads??? I thought this was about Recon or something.

No. That was the other thread and how did this make it back up?

I just preorderd it. Can't wait till it comes out! :D [/sarcasm]

Ohmigosh! I got it, like, way early! I don't know why they haven't already brought it out! :undecided:

What is this I don't even...

What is this I don't even...

Man, I say that all the time. You're the first I've ever heard that from other than my friends.