Official Halo 2 release date announced 11-9-04!

[E Nomini Patri]

http://www.gamedaily.com/e3/article.asp?articleid=45&sectionid=17


Update #11


Halo 2 multiplayer is being demoed for the first time, and the crowd cheered very loudly. This particular map is in Zanzabar. Each suit in Halo 2 multiplayer is very customizable. In the demo, one person is a covenant and one person is a master chief guy. You can have two different weapons, one in each hand. He killed the covenant enemy and picked up his weapon. All the vehicles have been overhauled, and all are fully destructible. He blew off one wing and then the other, destroying it bit by bit; very impressive. Same can be done with the Warthog, which now is equipped with a rocket launcher. And, the more damaged your vehicle is, the harder it is to drive.


Update #12

The Halo 2 demo continues, and they are showing off the physics models by blowing up the warthog. Now he's talking about the demo that will be playable on the show floor at E3. They will have a CTF (capture the flag) map that will be fully playable. It's basically a quick flyby of the level so people know where the weapons and stuff are located.


Official street date for Halo 2 announced: November 9th. In fact the guy tatooed the Halo 2 logo and release date on his arm. Set in skin, so to speak. There will be a huge television ad campaign.


Badass! 183 days until then!

[Casper]

Great find bud - I figured you'd be the first to post this :D

[E Nomini Patri]

Hell yeah. ;)

[Variation-XBA]

It's on the Calender now :)

[ColdArmoR]

I love this... Official Release Date.. I love it!

[ghost 009]

so all we have to wait in school is just 2 months!!!!!!! doesn't seem too long since the first couple weeks always go by fast

[bostwick202]

sweet...now i gotta go preorder it

only 5 more months! :hump: :hump:

[Luigis_Angel930]

Sweet!! I can't wait. Now I have to go beat the first one. :)

[StudioAlex]

I just have to.


GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

I knew it was coming out later, but the reality still burns.

[Luigis_Angel930]

Why did they keep pushing the date back anyways? Was the game not ready yet? Or do they just like to torture us?

[FragMaster B]

Are they making a sequel to Halo!?!?

;)

[mattgame]

Are they making a sequel to Halo!?!?

;)

Frag what's up! Where have you been? Anyway, this game better be perfect after this long torturous wait.

[aero0423]

they are making a limited addition halo 2 also that releases on the same date it comes in a tin can

[GreenWeenie]

they are making a limited addition halo 2 also that releases on the same date it comes in a tin can

Its a making of DVD...thats pretty sweet to me.

[themoosearmy]

I think i'm gonna put Zero's words on a nice big sandwitch, but lets bask in the sun of summer knowing that Halo 2 is right around the corner.

[Viper87227]

I dont get it, am I the onyl one not salivating at this though? I probably wont get Halo 2 for a bit after it comes out, it looks good, but I got so hyped about Halo, and when I finally got my Xbox, I was disapointed coz I expected so much more, so this time around, im just not getting excited about the game, then I wont be let down!

[themoosearmy]

Why did they keep pushing the date back anyways? Was the game not ready yet? Or do they just like to torture us?

If they change the date now it will be pushed back, but November 9th (6 days before the date i predicted) is the FIRST OFFICIAL release date, so it was never pushed back, Bungie wanted to be ABSOLUTELY sure teh game would be done, and you can count on them for a GotY level product just in time for Thanksgiving, where I'll be giving thanks to Bungie for creating this superb game.

[Viper87227]

I almost hope Halo 2 sucks ass, it would put the gaming community in a state of shock, leaving the gate open for me to take over. Yes, I like. Here's to hoping Halo 2 will suck more than your mom when the rents due :cheers:

[14 ways to die]

you want it to suck????? :cuss:

[E Nomini Patri]

you want it to suck????? :cuss:

Now now Dan, he can hope all he wants. He will be let down. ;)

EDIT- Welcome to our home good buddy! Nice to have some familiar faces around. Now go post a thread in the OT Lounge to introduce yourself!

[JediMasterChief]

I cannot wait to get Halo 2!

I knew it would come out November, right in time for the 3rd Anniversary of the Xbox. Halo 2 will surely be one of the greatest games of all time.

[mattgame]

I have 2 on preorder. I will have my Halo2. I wish I could go to sleep and wake up on Nov. 9. It is going to be chaos on that day believe it.

[wise_panda]

Sweet, finally a set date, boy I can't wait untill Nov. I better go preorder it now.

[ghost 009]

Did anyone else realize that Halo 2 will come out on a tuesday. Why are they doing this? wtf... seriously what is the point when they know everyone will be wanting to take off of school for it.

[E Nomini Patri]

Bungie can release a game when they damn well please. Games always release on business days anyways, so what are you complaining about? Just skip skool with ebola or cholera...

[ghost 009]

Bungie can release a game when they damn well please. Games always release on business days anyways, so what are you complaining about? Just skip skool with ebola or cholera...

haha......wtf is ebola?

[E Nomini Patri]

haha......wtf is ebola?

The Black Plague!

[l Maximus l]

November 9th....nice, my Birthday is November 12th...perhaps I should throw a huge ass friggin' B-Day party Halo 2 style :D

[E Nomini Patri]

November 9th....nice, my Birthday is November 12th...perhaps I should throw a huge ass friggin' B-Day party Halo 2 style :D

Why not? I'll be there Friday night! ;)

[themoosearmy]

The Black Plague!
Well ebola is the disease where you bleed out of every oraface in your body, the Black Plague or Bubonic plague was an extreme Gastro-intestinal disease from the early 12c AD. Both are pretty wicked tho, hehe, pends on what movie you watch: Outbreak or Monty Python and the Holy Grail ("Bring out your dead, *gong*)

[ghost 009]

Well ebola is the disease where you bleed out of every oraface in your body, the Black Plague or Bubonic plague was an extreme Gastro-intestinal disease from the early 12c AD. Both are pretty wicked tho, hehe, pends on what movie you watch: Outbreak or Monty Python and the Holy Grail ("Bring out your dead, *gong*)

how about I tell them I have aids and I don't feel like spreading it so I'll ask if I can stay home the entire week that halo 2 comes out :D

[l Maximus l]

how about I tell them I have aids and I don't feel like spreading it so I'll ask if I can stay home the entire week that halo 2 comes out :D

AIDS?!?! bwahahahahahahha! I think they'll think very strange things of you from here on out :p

[themoosearmy]

how about I tell them I have aids and I don't feel like spreading it so I'll ask if I can stay home the entire week that halo 2 comes out :D
Cant spread AIDs, better off saying you have pink eye or something.

[Arcane]

yeah there is no way it will suck jeff. I just can't wait for it to come out though.

[ShannonX]

Cant spread AIDs, better off saying you have pink eye or something.


you can't spread aids. Now thats a good one. Why didn't our scientists ever let us know? I guess we'll never know.

[Luigis_Angel930]

This has turned into a strange conversation. Well on November 9th I will be in Alfred at college so I will have to make a trip home to get my copy. I pre-ordered mine yesterday and I pre-ordered the special edition. I cant wait. :D

[TOTTEN]

from november 9th to the end of the week ill be at home "sick" :cheers:

[E Nomini Patri]

yeah there is no way it will suck jeff. I just can't wait for it to come out though.

Jess? That you? :)

I throughly agree with you. ;)

[themoosearmy]

you can't spread aids. Now thats a good one. Why didn't our scientists ever let us know? I guess we'll never know.
Oh I'm so sorry! AIDs is not CONTAGIOUS.

[Arcane]

i don't if my school knows why im gone but ill be gone all the same. Ill stay home even if unexcused just because i can and i want to. Besides you guys can just pre-order the game and not have to go to the store it will come to you mwahahahahahaha

[Luigis_Angel930]

Haha maybe I'll just skip my classes, come home and get the game and then go back and play it. I'll start on Tuesday (when it comes out) and then go until Sunday and then I guess I'll have to go back to classes in Monday. :)

[Arcane]

good plan. It's the beginning of the year so you won't miss much. I might do the same

[lotec16]

Right now, if i get a 4.0 the first quarter I can skip on nov. 9th! First quarter ends like 2 weeks before it.

[Luigis_Angel930]

Yea, it depends on how I'm doing. :)

[l Maximus l]

I just realized that November 9th is a Tuesday :yikes: That kinda sucks...I don't have vacation time since I got this new job!

Oh well...I'll have to red eye it at work :D

[Dark Warlord]

looking at it every day :cool:

[mattgame]

Listen to all of this pre planning....... God forbid this game doesn't live up to the hype.

[Hugopolo]

How many people are going to say that? Dont be negative its not like a new company is making the game its still bungie not some no name Goober Box Software or anything.

[E Nomini Patri]

Howell, only you can overhype the game. It is your fault if you don't think the game lives up to the hype, because you created a standard for it that's too high. I like most games because I keep an open mind. People say Halo isn't great because they were focused on the great, and never experienced the whole thing because they didn't like the first level.

I do expect Halo 2 to be the greatest game ever, but mostly because I am so excited to learn the rest of the story that was left out of Halo. This game will live up to my hype no matter what.

[No Fear 23]

you know.. all the other countries are getting the game on nov 9th. bungie will have to ship the game out early to get the shipment on time, which means that the game will most likely be ready to come out sooner than november. i wouldnt be suprise if some stores 'accidently' put the game on the shelve earlier like they have done to other games.

[E Nomini Patri]

If a store put a game like that out early, there would be some hefty legal troubles kicking it's ass pretty quick. Wishful thinking isn't a bad thing though. ;)

[mattgame]

Hey Zero I know what you're saying it's just my fears coming to play. I want xbox and microsoft to beat the hell out of the ps2 and Sony. This is the game that will tell the tale IMO. I am die hard xbox and I am playing Halo as we speak for the umpteenth time so I am not bad rapping believe. Just a little concerned, anxious, and impatient all at once.

[themoosearmy]

Hey Zero I know what you're saying it's just my fears coming to play. I want xbox and microsoft to beat the hell out of the ps2 and Sony. This is the game that will tell the tale IMO. I am die hard xbox and I am playing Halo as we speak for the umpteenth time so I am not bad rapping believe. Just a little concerned, anxious, and impatient all at once.
One of the biggest reasons not to worry is that Microsoft knows this is going to be a big hit. They knew they had something with Halo 1, and they know that if they give Bungie everything they want (mainly time, money, and privacy), they will have another smash hit to boost Xbox console and game sales.

[E Nomini Patri]

Hey Zero I know what you're saying it's just my fears coming to play. I want xbox and microsoft to beat the hell out of the ps2 and Sony. This is the game that will tell the tale IMO. I am die hard xbox and I am playing Halo as we speak for the umpteenth time so I am not bad rapping believe. Just a little concerned, anxious, and impatient all at once.

Look at Bungie's track record dude, that should alleviate any concern at all. :)

Over a decade strong, not a single bad game. Not one.

Gnop
Minotaur
Pathways Into Darkness
Marathon
Marathon 2: Durandal
Marathon Infinity
Myth: The Fallen Lords
Myth II: Soulblighter
Oni
Halo

Don't doubt the list man, those games speak enough about the quality of Bungie. :cool:

[l Maximus l]

My only concern, at this point, is if the hype will live up to the game ;)

[Xorg]

This is good, for some reason my school district gives us almost the whole week of the second week of November every year, so I will have more the plenty of time to play Halo 2. :hump:

[super_ryu]

I wish it would come out on august so I couldv'e played it over summer. Oh well I guess this way there's going to be more stuff :)

[Goku_69]

hahaha Noverber 9th is my B_Day so now it is officially the coolest day ever!!! :cool: :hump:

[TOTTEN]

hahaha Noverber 9th is my B_Day so now it is officially the coolest day ever!!! :cool: :hump:
Lucky you thats exactly a month after mine.

[l Maximus l]

hahaha Noverber 9th is my B_Day so now it is officially the coolest day ever!!! :cool: :hump:

Damn, your birthday is close to mine...mine is November 12th!

*hint hint* (there's only 3 months worth of shopping days until my birthday!)

[lax_defense]

I heard it was coming out yesterday. Why not?!

:cry:

[SoundX]

November 11th is a thursday. Which I guess, is better than a tuesday. I can probably fake a serious ache in my stomach that'll keep me off for the rest of the week. So I can play Halo 2 :D

[JediMasterChief]

I almost hope Halo 2 sucks ass, it would put the gaming community in a state of shock, leaving the gate open for me to take over. Yes, I like. Here's to hoping Halo 2 will suck more than your mom when the rents due :cheers:

1. You're one messed up Xbox addict.
2. If Halo 2 will suck ass...it will be your ass.
3. It can't suck, because a 3-year game production always succeeds.
4. Have you even seen any of the trailers for Halo 2?

That's all I have to say.
If you don't believe in Halo 2...get another console. THIS IS XBOX LAND.

[FragMaster B]

3. It can't suck, because a 3-year game production always succeeds.


:huh:

Uh...that's e-Sarcasm...? Right...?

[E Nomini Patri]

:huh:

Uh...that's e-Sarcasm...? Right...?

I hope, otherwise I hope he never gets a job in game development. :eek:

Just for the record, Halo 2 has been in development since 6 weeks after November 15th 2001. So, it would have started right at the end of December (I will say the 31st). Therefore it has been 34 months (2 years and 10 months).

M'Kay?

[Viper87227]

1. You're one messed up Xbox addict.
2. If Halo 2 will suck ass...it will be your ass.
3. It can't suck, because a 3-year game production always succeeds.
4. Have you even seen any of the trailers for Halo 2?

That's all I have to say.
If you don't believe in Halo 2...get another console. THIS IS XBOX LAND.


Dazzaaaam, how long ago did I post that?


BTW, I was being e-sarcastic

[Diddy]

damn u all know like how long the game has been in development?? Go out and do something lol!