What would a massive Halo 3 launch be without a few rumors here and there? Game e-zine 8BitJoystick, which we’ve never heard of before, claims to have information suggesting that Bungie is splitting up with Microsoft, apparently they’re tired of MS controlling everything. According to the “source”, Bungie wants to work on new games, and not be bound to the Xbox platform, while MS wants more Halo games (who can blame them, really?).

Neither Microsoft nor Bungie have responded to the rumors. Bungie was acquired by Microsoft in 2000, and has been doing nothing but Halo games ever since.