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Subject: Halo 2 on Xbox LIVE to be disabled on April 15, 2010
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its sad to see Halo 2 die.
but what if I want to play online again?
Do I buy Halo 2 Vista? which is a even more crappier game?
or maybe I could wait, 20 years for a emulator to run Halo 2 on my pc?

[Edited on 02.07.2010 4:17 AM PST]

  • 02.07.2010 4:13 AM PDT

They are going to be greedy, wait a year or two, and then sell the game on the dashboard.

  • 02.07.2010 4:31 AM PDT
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I like to call myself "Shaku."
Groups I participate in: The backdrop!: Pwning your mother since.......fairly recently.
Boxxy <3 :Most awesome Meme Evar!

Its a crying shame.

  • 02.07.2010 5:12 AM PDT
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Pleh teh Haloz

Long live Halo 2!

  • 02.07.2010 6:03 AM PDT

Posted by: RelaxedZero
i had made this video for the memory of halo 2.. sorry for the quality....there are a gameplay of a part of the best maps if you want to see this video look this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIe-blam!-y25oI
haha really? theres a blam in the video link

  • 02.07.2010 7:53 AM PDT

:3 I will die. :[

Microsoft why did you do this????????

  • 02.07.2010 8:32 AM PDT

http://tinyurl.com/ycj5b8h
lol it has 'f a g' in the url

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  • 02.07.2010 11:28 AM PDT

If I had a Rocket Launcher...

Shut up and get behind me... Sir!

The cable. I'm going to cut it.

Awesomeness would ensue.

This is the fate of all online games, regardless of age or genre. I would assume that the original service just didn't have the amount of people online to justify keeping the various servers online any longer. Even with newer games, such as SEGA's Chromehounds, you can see the effect.

Halo 2, you had a damn fine run. Despite my overall opinions of matters of balance, you were always there when I grew tired of other, newer games to keep me coming back for more. Eventually we grew separate more and more, as other games drew my time.

You will be missed, but not forgotten.

  • 02.07.2010 3:11 PM PDT

I AR3 BK

Halo 2 still had people playing. If nobody played that would be different. We're losing H2 for space on our friend list

  • 02.07.2010 8:27 PM PDT

Hi to all H2 gamers, I am an operator of a free online gaming service called xbox connect. As you all probably already know, M$ has announced that they will be pulling all original xbox services and games from their servers. We host origioal xbox games especially H2 and H1. So, if you're interested log on and check it out. Go to our home page xbconnect.com.

  • 02.08.2010 6:52 AM PDT

"Get Back in the Fiery Water

Halo 2 was still my favorite online game of all-time. It is truly saddening to see it end, as I have soo many memories with friends in custom games and such. Halo 2 introduced most of us to XBOX Live, and in my opinion is still one of the best live games around. While I understand why they would stop supporting the old games, it still makes me really sad to see it all end. I shall miss the days on end spent playing online with friends alot. And I may miss this April 14th bangout, all those who cant make it lets April 13th this joint!

  • 02.08.2010 6:52 AM PDT

I'll miss it a lot. Will they be keeping the H2 service records at least? I always look back at them to have some good memories to think about.

I look at this as an accomplishment more than having a high rank.

[Edited on 02.08.2010 11:53 AM PST]

  • 02.08.2010 11:42 AM PDT

TH3 L3G3ND of Halo.

I'm a walking paradox.

Im playing till halo 2 this drops dead.

[Edited on 02.08.2010 12:28 PM PST]

  • 02.08.2010 12:28 PM PDT
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can some 1 help me tell me a way i can get the mutyplayer maps ? so i can plz i just whent out got an orignal x box ( i havent played for awhile ) bougth halo 2 online for like 40 $ and made x box live account top play then saw this :s so i definitly wanna play while i can plz some 1 tell me ways to get the maps ?

plz send e mail to The_T_man61@hotmail.com

if yea have a way for me plz

[Edited on 02.08.2010 12:31 PM PST]

  • 02.08.2010 12:30 PM PDT

I AR3 BK

So I'm gonna repost since I got no response. I played H2 the other day and received an auto update. Has this happened to anyone else? Does anyone know what it was for? I thought updates were not possible anymore since the DLC and I'm assuming patches were removed.

Posted by: lgc mad man
can some 1 help me tell me a way i can get the mutyplayer maps ? so i can plz i just whent out got an orignal x box ( i havent played for awhile ) bougth halo 2 online for like 40 $ and made x box live account top play then saw this :s so i definitly wanna play while i can plz some 1 tell me ways to get the maps ?

plz send e mail to The_T_man61@hotmail.com

if yea have a way for me plz


The answer to your question has been posted at least a dozen times in this thread alone. I'd say read a few posts before making unnecessary ones. Right now you can go and buy the the Map Pack Disc, or wait and see if microsoft re-releases the DLC

  • 02.08.2010 2:27 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

No, no, NO!

This is the most terrible news ever. This sucks big time. I love Halo 2.

April 14th we need to hit it hard. Oh yeah...Really hard.

  • 02.08.2010 3:42 PM PDT

If you didn't Play Halo: CE or Halo 2 MP, your opinion about Halo means nada.

CE + H2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> H3+Reach+H4

we need a full Multiplayer Halo 1 and 2 Release on xbox360. XBL compatible for around 30 bucks. every H1 and H2 map all in one beautiful collection

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  • 02.08.2010 4:51 PM PDT
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Microsoft should update xbox and xbox 360 to automatically
create a VLAN network for xbox1 games only.
so people can play each other through system link.

The VLAN network would be hosted by M$. =D

or we should all expect a re-release of Halo 2 for Xbox 360,
it should include
Online Co-op (8 or 16 players)
Infection
saved films
NXE Install compatible
Cross-platform play with Halo 2 Vista
game browser
anti-aliasing
widescreen support

[Edited on 02.09.2010 12:24 AM PST]

  • 02.09.2010 12:07 AM PDT

I AR3 BK

Posted by: Moifugley
Microsoft should update xbox and xbox 360 to automatically
create a VLAN network for xbox1 games only.
so people can play each other through system link.

The VLAN network would be hosted by M$. =D

or we should all expect a re-release of Halo 2 for Xbox 360,
it should include
Online Co-op (8 or 16 players)
Infection
saved films
NXE Install compatible
Cross-platform play with Halo 2 Vista
game browser
anti-aliasing
widescreen support


I am 100% positive that will never happen. To go back and work all those features is probably impossible, and even if it is, there is no way they would do it because the dev time and cost would be too high to rework a last gen game. Why would they bother when they have reach coming and they can cash in on that.

[Edited on 02.09.2010 1:40 AM PST]

  • 02.09.2010 1:39 AM PDT

first played halo 2 on a custom game match of tower of power and i'll finish with a game of tower of power.

  • 02.09.2010 8:52 AM PDT

Me gusta

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Posted by: Sabe
I like how Bungie is ignoring how stupid this is.

Forgive me for not being 'oh lets get nostalgic!', I thought the fact thousands of people still playing this game, suddenly being told 'NOPE' to a service they've paid money for, might be the more pressing issue.

Great stuff.

EDIT: I realise it's not Bungie's error, but acting like nothing's wrong isn't much better.
All good things come to an end.

It has been on the cards for a very long time and Microsoft are the keeper of the keys. I would rather the game was given a send off now while the Halo franchise is still hugely popular than ten years from now when the community that knew and loved the game had moved on. I just hope bungie make a big deal out of this, as a community we should give the game the attention it deserves!


Agree and since Halo 2 gave Microsoft it big break with XBL They too Should make a big deal about this.

  • 02.09.2010 1:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sketch

That said, mark your calendars now - on April 14th we're going to hit Halo 2 en masse for one last HOORAH, old school style.


I will for sure because I know I'm going to miss it.

  • 02.09.2010 2:11 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

I just don't understand though. What is the explanation for disabling original XBox Live games? Is this seriously about the 100 friend limit? Besides "It is time to move on" what is the reason for this madness!?

  • 02.09.2010 4:02 PM PDT
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I'm sure the friends thing is an excuse ,not sure why anyone would ever need over 100 friends on there list. I have got rid of people I randomly added after they sent me an invite & have a list of 20 maximum & could get red of 5 or 6 off there I never play against. With technology the way it is I'm sure they could patch it in & keep xbox1 online if not give us a patch to a system link lobby like XBconnect/Xlink Kai (which you should check out) They are not ideal but work, personally I would rather play on live on my 360 if at all possible.

  • 02.10.2010 12:34 AM PDT
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remember what M$ said?
"I'm sure they'll forgive us, since we got 3 Halo games released on the xbox 360 platform" (something like that).

  • 02.10.2010 4:21 AM PDT