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who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

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Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

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Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Link at MajorNelson.com

Master Chief Dual-Wields His Way to Windows Vista

“Halo 2,” the award-winning sequel to the instant classic “Halo: Combat Evolved” to make its PC debut on the Windows Vista platform

”Halo 2,” the game that redefined first-person combat and multiplayer action for millions of gamers worldwide, is set to explode onto PCs exclusively for Windows Vista. ”Halo 2” for Windows Vista will be developed by a dedicated Microsoft Game Studios team in partnership with Bungie Studios.

Only for Windows Vista, “Halo 2″ will offer gamers both the single-player campaign and multiplayer experience of the original, as well as the additional maps offered in the “Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack.” Gamers will also have the exciting opportunity to build, create and customize their own multiplayer levels.

“Halo: Combat Evolved” and its sequel, “Halo 2,” have achieved phenomenal success on the Xbox video game platform as gamers around the world follow the saga of Master Chief in his battle against the Covenant forces. In 2003, the original “Halo” roared onto Windows PCs. In “Halo 2” for Windows Vista, 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. There, he and the last surviving Earth forces will mount a titanic struggle against the marauding Covenant enemy. To date, the Halo franchise has sold more than 14.5 million games worldwide with over 600 million hours of multiplayer action logged across Microsoft’s Xbox Live online gaming service.


Major Nelson is the head of XBOX LIVE, and that is his blog.

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  • 02.09.2006 9:23 AM PDT
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Only for Vista? That will be impossible for all of us to get, since Vista hasnt even come out yet! lol.

  • 02.09.2006 9:25 AM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

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Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Key word: Announced.
This won't be out for a while, and last I knew, Vista is out late this year.
I am hoping that I can duel boot XP and Vista though so I can play games and run apps on both.

  • 02.09.2006 9:26 AM PDT
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Link at MajorNelson.com

Master Chief Dual-Wields His Way to Windows Vista

“Halo 2,” the award-winning sequel to the instant classic “Halo: Combat Evolved” to make its PC debut on the Windows Vista platform

”Halo 2,” the game that redefined first-person combat and multiplayer action for millions of gamers worldwide, is set to explode onto PCs exclusively for Windows Vista. ”Halo 2” for Windows Vista will be developed by a dedicated Microsoft Game Studios team in partnership with Bungie Studios.

Only for Windows Vista, “Halo 2″ will offer gamers both the single-player campaign and multiplayer experience of the original, as well as the additional maps offered in the “Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack.” Gamers will also have the exciting opportunity to build, create and customize their own multiplayer levels.

“Halo: Combat Evolved” and its sequel, “Halo 2,” have achieved phenomenal success on the Xbox video game platform as gamers around the world follow the saga of Master Chief in his battle against the Covenant forces. In 2003, the original “Halo” roared onto Windows PCs. In “Halo 2” for Windows Vista, 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. There, he and the last surviving Earth forces will mount a titanic struggle against the marauding Covenant enemy. To date, the Halo franchise has sold more than 14.5 million games worldwide with over 600 million hours of multiplayer action logged across Microsoft’s Xbox Live online gaming service.


Major Nelson is the head of XBOX LIVE, and that is his blog.
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

I can't wait, it does suck for the people who can't get/afford Vista though.

  • 02.09.2006 9:29 AM PDT
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. -Aristotle

Apparently you and I posted thios at exactly the same time....but yours got replies first :@

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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Sorry.
I guess mine has replies since I posted the press release in my post.

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What the he ll is Vista?

  • 02.09.2006 9:36 AM PDT

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. -Aristotle

Posted by: Aj6627
Sorry.
I guess mine has replies since I posted the press release in my post.


I don't care, just thought it was cool we both posted it at the same time.....I didn't fancy mine up though I was in too much of a rush.

  • 02.09.2006 9:42 AM PDT

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. -Aristotle

Vista is the new Operating System that Microsoft is supposed to releasing at the end of the year.

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What's so special about it? What's different from the regular Windows XP?

  • 02.09.2006 9:45 AM PDT

This isn't smart at all. Halo is a system seller, but people will just wait for the port now.

  • 02.09.2006 9:50 AM PDT
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YES!!!!!!! This is amazing news!
not only do we get Halo 2, but we get extra maps/addons, and an EDITOR!!!!! Whhhhhhhhhoooooooooooaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
WAY TO GO BUNGIE!!!!!


NEWS HERE

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4698072.stm

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  • 02.09.2006 9:57 AM PDT
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"I have no words that would do justice to the atrocities you commit to the English language, as well as your continued assaults on the concepts of basic literacy and logical reasoning."

That's silly. Halo 2 was an Xbox system seller. Now that the 360 is released, 360 titles are going to take front and center. Besides, this way, we get the rest of our audience that doesn't play on consoles for whatever reason.

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This isn't smart at all. Halo is a system seller, but people will just wait for the port now.

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YES!!! What did your Spartan 012 say all along!!!

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I don't agree with you Achronos. Most people will not go out and get Vista ( I know what it is now because I researched it) just so they can play Halo 2. It would sell a lot better and be more popular if they made it for Windows XP and previous Windows system. This is because most people right now have these systems and aren't going to spend a whole lot of money just to play one game ( unless they are rich, which I highly doubt).

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Call me cynical, but it's a brilliant move by MS to only make it available for Vista, they get to sell the package to those with XP, and attract gamers away from Linux OS.

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Brilliant marketing ploy guys.

  • 02.09.2006 10:49 AM PDT

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Yes no one should doubt Microsoft's marketing abilities. They could market sand in Arabia.

Props go out Spartan 012 who stuck to his guns for over a year that Halo 2 was coming out. Bask in your moment of glory and satisfaction. I'm going to make an Official Ideas and Suggestions thread that hopefully will be stickied. I hope Bungie will be open to ideas and suggestions from us. I wonder if they will be another forum or if they will just use the Maw for both Halo PC's.

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I hope they use this one for both of them.

  • 02.09.2006 11:01 AM PDT
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i announced this before you on the halo 2 forums :P

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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

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Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Posted by: Junker3000
i announced this before you on the halo 2 forums :P

You need to check your sense of time if you think that before equals over an hour later ;)

  • 02.09.2006 11:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: Kroll GB
Call me cynical, but it's a brilliant move by MS to only make it available for Vista, they get to sell the package to those with XP, and attract gamers away from Linux OS.

Claps...

Brilliant marketing ploy guys.


And why is that good? Linux is superior and free.

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Yes, i am a legend...

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It is better doing it on Vista, and I am sure all Bungie employees will back me when I say this. Vista is revolutionary. I have seen it working and the desktop is awesome from what you can do to it. Totally 3-D. Plus as some put it, it's a "12 foot thick steel volt" when it comes to security. Very well worth being on Vista.

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Im sure it is worth it.

  • 02.09.2006 11:53 AM PDT

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