Halo 2 officially gold (xbox)

**MIG-31** · Oct 11, 2004, 07:13 PM

Microsoft Game Studios today announced that Halo® 2 for Xbox®, the most-anticipated video game of the year, has gone gold and will ship simultaneously over three days to 27 countries in eight languages. Halo 2 will be available on November 9 throughout North and South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The sequel to the award-winning Halo: Combat Evolved, will be available in France, Belgium and Switzerland on November 10, as well as in Japan and the rest of Europe on November 11. Halo 2 is being localized in eight languages including English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (traditional), Spanish, French, German and Italian.

In Halo 2, the action picks up where the first game ended. Master Chief, with the help of a small group of marines, has destroyed the religious artifact and artificial world known as Halo, and is making his way back to Earth. Upon arrival, he and the last surviving Earth forces will mount a titanic final struggle against the marauding Covenant armada.

Pushing the Xbox hardware to its very limits, Halo 2 will expand on everything that made the original game great, plus add a wealth of technological and gameplay advances. Significantly improved graphics, enhanced artificial intelligence (AI), an advanced real-time lighting engine and destructible interactive environments are just a small part of Halo 2’s evolution of design and technology. Every improvement in Halo 2 is designed to take gameplay to a new level -- and in the end, to tell a more compelling story.
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Dark Lord · Oct 11, 2004, 07:20 PM

nice. now i just need them to relase a pc version.

Ev!L-aLphA · Oct 11, 2004, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by another-user

nice. now i just need them to relase a pc version.

yep release another #1 worlds most crappiest port LOL

The_Neon_Cowboy · Oct 12, 2004, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Ev!L-aLphA

yep release another #1 worlds most crappiest port LOL

you mean a pc game proted to xbox right becouse it's a pc game 1st

mainman · Oct 12, 2004, 01:25 AM

OMFG!!! I CAN WAIT GIMME NOW!!!!!

BWX · Oct 12, 2004, 03:14 AM

Console ports suck. Was the last Halo a pc game ported to Xbox too? I think Halo will always suck if they can't even make the game work with AA.... And I hope it doesn't run as bad as the last one.

dipstick · Oct 12, 2004, 03:21 AM

This game will be sweet and I'll finally have a reason to use Live. But man, if they deside to port this to PC they should let Starbreeze do the honors. Those guys gave us the best Xbox to PC port yet with Enclave and they're about to do it again with Riddick

p0rChM0nK3y · Oct 12, 2004, 06:07 AM

Gearbox (the morons that did the Halo pc port) blows, dont blame Halo or Bungie.

BWX · Oct 12, 2004, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by p0rChM0nK3y

Gearbox (the morons that did the Halo pc port) blows, dont blame Halo or Bungie.

Who's responsibility is it to do a port? The people who made the game should make sure the PC port doesn't blow- if I hire a guy to do a job for someone and he does a crappy job, it's my responsibility, not his. I'm just very unimpressed with many "ports" lately and not exited about this either. An FPS with a gamepad on a console is not my idea of fun either. Oh well, guess we will see soon.

kalx · Oct 12, 2004, 12:29 PM

Hmm i thought halo used 2.0 shaders on the pc version or at least gave you the option ?
if so how could have it been a straight port ?

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MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,860 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Halo 2 officially gold (xbox) Microsoft Game Studios today announced that Halo® 2 for Xbox®, the most-anticipated video game of the year, has gone gold and will ship simultaneously over three days to 27 countries in eight languages. Halo 2 will be available on November 9 throughout North and South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The sequel to the award-winning Halo: Combat Evolved, will be available in France, Belgium and Switzerland on November 10, as well as in Japan and the rest of Europe on November 11. Halo 2 is being localized in eight languages including English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (traditional), Spanish, French, German and Italian. In Halo 2, the action picks up where the first game ended. Master Chief, with the help of a small group of marines, has destroyed the religious artifact and artificial world known as Halo, and is making his way back to Earth. Upon arrival, he and the last surviving Earth forces will mount a titanic final struggle against the marauding Covenant armada. Pushing the Xbox hardware to its very limits, Halo 2 will expand on everything that made the original game great, plus add a wealth of technological and gameplay advances. Significantly improved graphics, enhanced artificial intelligence (AI), an advanced real-time lighting engine and destructible interactive environments are just a small part of Halo 2’s evolution of design and technology. Every improvement in Halo 2 is designed to take gameplay to a new level -- and in the end, to tell a more compelling story. _______________ Read More/Source: bluesnews __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Oct 11, 2004, 07:20 PM	#2
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	nice. now i just need them to relase a pc version.

Oct 12, 2004, 03:14 AM	#6
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Console ports suck. Was the last Halo a pc game ported to Xbox too? I think Halo will always suck if they can't even make the game work with AA.... And I hope it doesn't run as bad as the last one.

Oct 12, 2004, 03:21 AM	#7
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	This game will be sweet and I'll finally have a reason to use Live. But man, if they deside to port this to PC they should let Starbreeze do the honors. Those guys gave us the best Xbox to PC port yet with Enclave and they're about to do it again with Riddick