**HALO 2 ON PS2** What the F__K!

[Fred Gasman]

CKICK!
Is this possible?

[LynxFX]

And so it begins.

[Reclaimer]

It is April 1 right now, and the artcle was dated for today. It's an April Fools joke.

[nashpred31]

hmmmmmmm if true oh well. what system a game is on dont really matter if it is on multi consoles. just makes the game have more sales cause of a wider range of buyers. but we all know if this does happen that the xbox one will be better to play and look alot better

[Reclaimer]

Read the rest of the article

It's not real, the article was posted something like 30 minutes ago. Exactly on the change to April 1st. Every link pertaining to the article brings you to the same article. There is no amplfying information. There is no such information on Bungie's official site. You guys can be rest assured this is an April Fools joke.


Just the part that says that the game is being made for the PS2 and then will be ported to the Xbox should have tipped all of you off, if you didn't read the entire thing.

NEW YORK — Apr. 1, 2003 — Bungie Studios, Microsoft Game Studios' premiere 1st party game-development studio, today shocked the gaming community by officially announcing "Halo 2" for the Playstation 2™ video game system. Members of the press were amazed at the developments as this sequel to Bungie's award-winning "Halo: Combat Evolved™", has been announced for distribution to the Playstation console primarily, with a soon to follow port to the Xbox video game console from Microsoft.

"Halo 2" continues the story of the Master Chief, a genetically enhanced super-soldier who is the only human ever to successfully defy the Covenant—a coalition of alien races on a murderous march toward Earth. To the mysterious leaders of the Covenant, the human victory at the ancient ring structure known as Halo was an unacceptable failure. Having limited processing power in the PS2 console is not seen as a disadvantage, but more as an area of oppurtunity to display the true skills of our programming team.

"Halo 2" surpasses its predecessor in graphical beauty and combat intensity. "'Halo 2' on the Sony's Playstation 2 console is a lot like 'Halo', only it's 'Halo' on sedatives, crawling around backward trying to make out the shadows from poorly rendered bump mapping," explained Jason Jones, the head of Bungie Studios, "and we expect a slew of clipping issues, too." The Master Chief and his marine allies return to battle the full complement of Covenant forces, as well as as-of-yet-unrevealed foes, some of which are the hardware itself.

"Halo 2" expands the Master Chief's already substantial arsenal with powerful new weapons, many pried from the twitching claws of his defeated enemies. This sequel also increases Halo's number of drivable vehicles giving players many more ways to speed into battle or explore the game's vast landscapes.

"Halo 2" is powered by a completely new graphics engine designed specifically for the Playstation hardware. "Gearing the game code towards the Playstation console has limited our ability to create truly dynamic, lush environments," said Chris Butcher, one of "Halo 2's" engineering leads. "Rest assured however that we have everything in place to truly compete with Sony's online leader SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs, everything you could imagine."

In addition to an epic single-player campaign, "Halo 2" has support for multiplayer action via split-screen, and online through the Playstation Online Adapter Kit. (networking training available at additional cost) "We still have the multiplayer game-types that people loved in 'Halo', but we're planning something special for multiplayer in 'Halo 2,'" hinted Jaime Griesemer, "Halo 2's" lead designer. "I don't want to ruin the surprise, and don't get you're hopes up too high since we cannot create an effective means of player interaction and communication through the current Sony Online service" continued Jamie "Halo 2's" online multiplayer will feature squad-oriented team-play, talk to yourself and to the TV screen voice chat and extensive community support through Sony's outdated forum system when it ships at the end of next year.

Sources at Microsoft have declined to comment in a formal fashion. "Having the oppurtunity to bring Halo 2 to a broader audience just makes good business sense, the increased revenue will allow Microsoft Game Studios the added resources necassary to truly develop games to their potential" says Gary White of Microsoft. "We look at this huge event as a stepping stone to many more oppurtunites to bring the gaming community closer together."

About Bungie Studios
Bungie was founded in 1991 with two goals: to develop games that combine brilliant technology, beautiful art, intelligent stories and deep gameplay, and then sell enough of those games to achieve the real goal of total world domination. Over the last 10 years it produced games like the Marathon Trilogy and the first two Myth games, hailed as classics by critics and gamers around the world. "Halo: Combat Evolved," its latest game, has achieved phenomenal success on the Microsoft Xbox video game system. More information on Bungie can be found at http://www.bungie.net.


What part of this makes you think this is real???????????

[Dre]

Hellz no... how can anyone forget who owns Bungie?

[nashpred31]

lol forgot it was april 1st LOL thats what happens when you work midnights i guess... i'll just sit here and eat my eye like this smilely face

[CrazyCougar]

Definitely April Fools.

BTW, nash, nice nick and avatar. Go Preds!!! Welcome to Smashville baby!

[LongBow]

The News post its self was funny.

'Halo' on sedatives, crawling around backward trying to make out the shadows from poorly rendered bump mapping," explained Jason Jones, the head of Bungie Studios, "and we expect a slew of clipping issues, too."

lol. Thats just good funny there.

[Brevity]

Halo will hit PS2 about the same time MARIO does.

[RudedogX]

Would that be Mario hitting the Xbox or the PS2?

[LTM360]

There's 2 things that I hate when combined. The Video Game Industry, and April Fools. All the rumors, and fake things that circulate on this horrible day. I've never like April Fools, nor do I like when things like PSXbox are 'announced' when they arn't

[Variation-XBA]

[No Fear 23]

APRILE FOOLS!

[Fred Gasman]

Found another one....
CLICK

[Fred Gasman]

Is this the best prank those internet geeks can think of?

[Cryogenic Pyro]

Originally posted by LongBow
The News post its self was funny.
lol. Thats just good funny there.

Yea, I know, that was my favorite part of the whole post they made. It's kind of true, too.

[Master Gracey]

Only 3 hours and 40 minutes until this godforsaken day is over!!!

[SPARTAN VI]

Casper posted this at XR, nothing new. :o April Fools it is, its only obvious.

[canadianboi3]

I personnaly hate April Fools day. Hey SPARTIN VI, now I figured out whose sig has the dance song in it