: Unless of course you count the times when Bungie misled people, such as when
: the Halo 3 hex code spilled the beans on the missions, weapons, and other
: items which weren't announced yet and Frankie said it was smoke and
: mirrors, "red herrings", etc.

That "leak" came from what? The Beta? Epsilon? It's less of a leak and more people poking around where they didn't have a whole lot of business poking around. So yeah, information came from their code, but none of it was finalized, and none of it came in the form of an official written release. That's what I'm talking about. Until I see anything in the form of an official written release, it's all BS. Games change constantly. Junk code gets left behind. Just because you see it in the code for a beta doesn't make it true. And really, regardless of the veracity behind the leaked code in the end, what exactly was Frankie supposed to say? "Oh yeah! It's all true! And there's more!" That's just stupid and rewarding people for being jerks and digging through your garbage.

It's all rumors and speculation until I see something in writing from the horse's mouth. That's when it becomes real.

You could show me screenshots of H2A and I'd still not consider it a real thing that's happening. Why? Because it's entirely unacknowledged by official channels, and it could still be canned for any number of reasons. Things like that happen regularly.