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Halo 2 Goes Gold

Posted by Zonk on from the back-to-the-ring dept.

schmiddy writes "This just in -- Halo 2 has officially gone gold as of today. Bungie has confirmed the story with an announcement on their front page. Trailers and such available here ."

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  1. Just for XBOX! by phaetonic · · Score: 2, Informative

    I just spent 5 minutes figuring out if Halo 2 will sold on Nov 9th for the PC Platform, and it's not. Looks like UT2K4 is still going to feed my additiction.

  2. I love bees... by Theaetetus · · Score: 4, Informative
    Incidentally, the countdown is steady at 00:00:00:00:000

    And there's a whole bunch of .wavs on the site if you go digging.

    -T

  3. "going gold"? by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 2, Informative

    What is the etymology of this phrase? For games, it seems like it means that something is final, before shipping. For music, it seems that it has sold a certain number of copies.

  4. Re:Why I dislike Halo (and all modern console game by override11 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just give me a keyboard for the X-Box and I would be all set.

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    No I didnt spell check this post...
  5. Re:Why I dislike Halo (and all modern console game by Kethinov · · Score: 2, Informative
    I'm only going to address the controllers point as it is the major usability issue from which my detesting of the said platforms originates.
    Controllers, I love the Xbox and GC controllers (PS2 can suck it) because of the placement of the dual analogs. Your argument "freelook with the mouse" is done with one analog, and the other is movement and strafe, just like any PC setup. Besides that, many games offer custom controller setups (Halo did) if you don't like the default.
    Using your right thumb to freelook on an analog stick makes for an unnatural hand posture. Additionally, your other fingers have to be held upward to reach the other buttons on the controller. By locking the thumb to the analog stick, you also remove the ability to use that finger for anything else. On a 5 button mouse, each of my fingers has the ability to do something. And the motion of my hand gives me freelook. I can do more things with my hand and thus I have more control.
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    You're right, I wouldn't steal a car. But if it were possible, I sure as hell would download one!
  6. Weekly update video torrent by AIX-Hood · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's a torrent for the final weekly update video that was just put out, covering the final weeks of development and release to manufacturing at the game studio, here: http://www.filerush.com/torrents/weeklyupdate_hire s-10-11-04.wmv.torrent

  7. ...not offtopic by Theaetetus · · Score: 4, Informative
    The ilovebees.com website appears to be a very well done viral advertisement for Halo 2. The story behind it is that its owner appeared on a blog asking for help a few months ago, that her site had been 'hacked'. As people investigated, more and more information came to light that this was Bungie-related, much like the Cortana emails prior to Halo 1.

    Latest development has been that a set of coordinates for payphones and times were decoded from the site, and people have been going to those payphones, picking them up when they ring, and speaking to "the operator".

    Neat, kinda spooky, and coming to a head with the release today.

    -T

  8. XBConnect and Aquaduct for Multiplayer by Caseyscrib · · Score: 5, Informative
    I usually don't pay too much attention to "the mainstream". But that's exactly what I like about Halo - diversity. It's just a fun game. It's still, even after all this time, fun to pick up the controllers, kick back and play (and this isn't just about replay value; it's about being able to just sit down and have fun with your friends).

    I completely agree with you. I still find myself playing co-op missions or against each other in TS or CTF. Its one of those games that just rocks in every aspect and never gets old, whether you're playing by yourself or against people.

    I'm sure just about everyone on slashdot knows and agrees with this, but I would highly recommend XBConnect to everyone who owns an XBox and PC (Aquaduct for Mac users). It tricks your Xbox into thinking players around the world are on your LAN so you can play against them in halo system link mode (or a range of other games). Its similar to XBox Live but free.

    1. Re:XBConnect and Aquaduct for Multiplayer by techSage · · Score: 5, Informative

      The one pro for XBConnect is the number of Halo players on there, but for a better experience (faster, cleaner UI, support for clans and ladders, and packet capturing written from the ground up for better performance with gaming packets vs. WinPCap that XBC and other use), try out XLink. A version with the new packet capture will be out 10/16 and is supposed to be about 10 times better than the version with WinPCap.

      XLink is available for Windows, Linux on 10/16 and Mac OSX shortly thereafter.

      XLink also works with PS2 and GameCube games that support LAN play. Read more about that at my tech blog.

  9. Re:Halo Stolen from the PC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Absolutely correct. Bungie had Halo on the Mac running well enough to do demo mode at MacWorld Expo. Then MS bought Bungie, shelved the Mac version, and had them port to XBox. The XBox version came out first, then the PC version, then finally MS got around to releasing the Mac version. Nice company, that MS.

  10. Re:BLAH by macgyvr64 · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can use a mouse and keyboard on your PS2 or Xbox with the SmartJoy Frag. A video of it in action

  11. Re:What is the deal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    HAHAHA! GREAT!

    That was so perfect.

    In case you didn't know. This is a rework of a post that gets on Apple forums all the time about Macs. For each new Mac that gets released, one of these pop up. It's *always* copying a file, *always* makes the system unusable, and *always* compared to a ridiculously slow PC.

    Oh, and *always* more than one person falls for it.

  12. Re:In a related story... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    George Bush is claiming he was too busy working on a friend's election campaign in another state to even turn the Xbox on. When confronted with the network log of his gameplay, he denied ever having owned a lumber company.

    When asked why he missed his physical the same year the national guard instituted mandatory drug tests Bush muttered something about not being able to get Dr. Mario to work because the Internets was down.

    George Bush's war record is shameful. Then and now.

  13. Blow me away by kyoko21 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I just heard the free track from the new soundtrack for Halo 2 and it sounds pretty cool. Download here.

  14. Re:Why I dislike Halo (and all modern console game by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Fire for effect" becomes a reality.

    Don't use military terms you don't understand. "Fire for effect" means you EXPECT to hit the target (that would be the "effect"). It's not the same as "suppressing fire"