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coolcat410
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Newsflash:
Halo 2 Set to Make History on November 9, 2004


Limited Edition Halo 2 will be available for pre-order.

May 10, 2004—Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios today announced that Halo® 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the hugely successful and critically acclaimed Halo®: Combat Evolved, will land on store shelves on November 9, 2004. In what promises to be one of the biggest launches in videogame history, Halo 2 will be the focus of an extensive marketing campaign that includes cinema, print, outdoor, online, and television advertising.

So, gamers, mark Halo 2's official launch date, November 9, on your calendars. To mark this occasion, Microsoft Game Studios will soon announce pre-order availability of a Limited Edition Halo 2, packaged in a unique metal box. In addition to the game, the metal box will contain a second DVD, loaded with special content. This exclusive two-disc set will include:

The Making of Halo 2: behind-the-scenes footage of Bungie Studios in action.
'Featurettes' on game design, animation, music, and more.
Cinematics and characters that were cut from the game.
An Art Gallery that follows the artistic evolution from concept to game.
Commentaries from the development team.
Much more!
GameStop President Dan DeMatteo predicts that a flood of holiday shoppers will be lining up for Halo 2 this fall. 'We're expecting Halo 2 to be one of the most successful launches in GameStop history. This holiday is going to be a very exciting time for us.'

Pushing the Xbox hardware to its very limits, Halo 2 will expand on everything that made the original game great, while adding a wealth of technological and gameplay advances. Significantly improved graphics, enhanced A.I., 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, it will tell a better story.

Utilizing Xbox Liveâ„¢ to redefine online play, Halo 2 will deliver superior online multiplayer capabilities. Whether playing with a clan on a new multiplayer map, boarding a friend's Warthog, watching a game replay, or checking player stats, Halo 2 will bring the social experience to a higher level via Xbox Live.

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Team Fresh
Jun 19 2004 12:00AM
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B-Har406
Posts: 2484 - Karma: 6
oooooooooooooooooo nerds




we bet this retarded kid to smoke a blunt on a bus. he got a 30 day suspension and had to go to court... oops.-Skiierman


no, you get a rear wheel drive car, and do a donut, and punt them across the street with the tail of the car. that's how to do it with ghetto bling bling steeze.-Bangor
Jun 19 2004 12:01AM
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Ski-hobo
Posts: 7121 - Karma: 15
FUCK YEAH
Jun 19 2004 12:02AM
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freezed
Posts: 12973 - Karma: 500
halo = rad
halo 2 = more radder


ill be super rich and own mt.hood and let everybody from ns ski for free... except freezed
-hoodratz47
Jun 19 2004 12:24AM
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Bhayter10
Posts: 942 - Karma: 8
Can't wait.



Todd! Are you not aware that I get farty and bloated with a foamy latte'?- Mr. Mugatu
Jun 19 2004 1:58AM
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drewishish
Posts: 3710 - Karma: 23
halo is a fuckin funn game cant imagin halo 2 im just so fuckin glad that there not puttin it on x box 2
'weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee go nads' the squirle
Jun 19 2004 2:02AM
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IrishDrink87
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halo is another one of the many things that rock my world.
i spent the night at my friends house last summer, and while he was at the grocery store for like 40 minutes, i got bored and saw that he had halo in his XBOX. so i sat down and turned it on when i realized he was close to beating it. feeling a little anal that he left without me...i decided that i would do him a 'favor' and beat it for him. when he got home he yelled at me. happy happy times.





I dont want a large Farva!

'if the president is anything like you, atlantaski, i hope someone smacks him with a golf club and shits in his mouth.' CrystalNeedsSomething...
Jun 19 2004 2:06AM
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drewishish
Posts: 3710 - Karma: 23
sounds funn^
'weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee go nads' the squirle
Jun 19 2004 2:07AM
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SkiUnit03
Posts: 3597 - Karma: 114
halo2 is gunna be fucken awsome. where do i pre order it??????????? tellllll meeeeeeeeeee



the term 'fuck you'actually came from 'pluck yew' it was from when the english was fightin the french and the french would cut off the englishes middle finger because they used it to pluck the yew which was a bow and arrow....so they would show their middle fingers to the french
-Bristolrider
Jun 19 2004 9:38AM
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wntrwill
Posts: 2609 - Karma: 11
oh thats gonna be a glorious day.
Jun 19 2004 10:06AM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
i went to a halo lan party a couple of weeks ago....... crazy...... we only had like 10 people, but you can get up to 16........ god, 4 boxes, 4 tvs set up on this big cabinet-stand thing, and a couple supersized bags of chips to pass around. wow.

i've heard that halo2 will support up to 16 XBOXES in a LAN setup...... that's 64 people!!!!!

i seriously might sell my PS2 and all the games i have for it, just to get halo and halo2. and project gotham racing 2, i think.
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That's Mr. Bangor to you!

~~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~~
Jun 19 2004 2:01PM
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Irotate360
Posts: 6836 - Karma: 22
yeah coolcat now u and ur fuckin brothers can whoop up on me in this one too.



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ya, i know, mommy and daddy got me a cell hpone, but it was for safety reasons while driving the lexus they bought me.
Jun 19 2004 2:03PM
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brody
Posts: 1452 - Karma: 12
id sell my ps2 just for halo2 aswell, but also conker:live and reloaded


Jun 19 2004 4:16PM
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Ski-hobo
Posts: 7121 - Karma: 15
^damn, Ive only played about 8 people Halo. I can only imagine the intensity of 16 people.
Jun 19 2004 5:38PM
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wazzucrewskier
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mmm halo party...you vidiot....you lost. i hate going outside, i am a giant cyborg....nnnnnaaaaaaa. get a life.

'If she floats than she is not
A witch like we had thought'
'Like most babies smell like butter
his smell smelled like no other'
'She'll come back as fire, to burn all the liars,
And leave a blanket of ash on the ground.' - Kurt Cobain
Jun 19 2004 9:16PM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
hmmn, spend 2 hours every once and a while playing video games alone, or spend 2 hours (or more) every once in a while playing with 16 friends? there's a difference between enjoying video games, and getting off on them.

don't knock it till you try it.
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That's Mr. Bangor to you!

~~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~~
Jun 19 2004 9:31PM
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wazzucrewskier
Posts: 2269 - Karma: 151
nnnnaaaaaaaa. you vidiot nintendo no friendo

'If she floats than she is not
A witch like we had thought'
'Like most babies smell like butter
his smell smelled like no other'
'She'll come back as fire, to burn all the liars,
And leave a blanket of ash on the ground.' - Kurt Cobain
Jun 19 2004 9:35PM
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GeneralButtNaked
Posts: 7854 - Karma: 89
incase nobody caught that, irish was a little 'anal'.





i was going to go for a quad daffy but i was like, why huck? -mommy
Jun 19 2004 9:42PM
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coolcat410
Posts: 882 - Karma: 11
Bumpage
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Team Fresh
Jun 24 2004 5:32PM
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strode
Posts: 7549 - Karma: 14
isn't microsoft coming out with a new game system this christmas? i figured they were gonna just delay halo 2 and put it on the new system. guess not



-Strode



Only in my sweetest dreams do my streams lack troubled waters, shallow pools full of shallow fools...
Jun 24 2004 5:34PM
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coolcat410
Posts: 882 - Karma: 11
Dude check it out yourself, go to xbox.com and look up halo 2
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Jun 24 2004 5:51PM
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strode
Posts: 7549 - Karma: 14
^you have 420 posts.

and yeah i believe you, i just don't keep up on shit like that and that's just what i figured they'd do. i'm all over it when it comes out though



-Strode



Only in my sweetest dreams do my streams lack troubled waters, shallow pools full of shallow fools...
Jun 24 2004 5:54PM
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michelle
Posts: 6290 - Karma: 428
I just picked up a xbox today and bought Halo for it with the money from working. I could play that game for hours on end. We're having a Halo tournament sat.
Jun 24 2004 5:54PM
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h3ofilms
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ive never been a huge fan of video games, i end up buying them and stop playing them after 2 days..but HALO definately had me hooked to the end, too bad my xbox shit the bed

Hibachi King drops 9/9/04...and it shouldnt suck! hah
Jun 24 2004 9:21PM
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