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Halo 2 Available on the Net
syberanarchy writes "Gamespot reports that Halo 2 has already been leaked to the internet via French newsgroups and P2P networks, almost a month before release! Any chance this bombshell move could force MS/Bungie to push up the release date?" See also gamesindustry.biz and The Register.
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Okay, okay. First they invent a language where you DON'T SAY MOST OF THE LETTERS IN A WORD. Then they sell nuclear reactors to Iraq. Then they infiltrate Burger King with criossandwiches. But THIS is going too damned far.
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I like how on the front page directly under this story is the article U.S. Declares War on Intellectual Property Theft.
It's a Bagel.
"Push up" means "make it sooner" -- that is, make it available in stores on October 16th. Sooner. So then you spend $ on Halo 2 instead of getting a friend to burn you a copy that is the French audio rip with UK subtitles.
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
I don't even have an Xbox, but what is the hardware you would need to burn the Xbox ISO once you downloaded it off P2P?
A modded X-box and a crossover cable. That's all, er.. so I hear.
Ahoy!
Aye, talk like a piiiiiiiiiiiraaaate day haz been extended me mateees.
Shiver me timbers, bring me some halo 2 smartly now ye blige rats.
Arr arr
No one has answered:
1) Why the hell would this force Bungie to push forward the release date? I'm sorry, but I didn't spend the time or money to mod my x-box, and I don't want to play the goddamn game in French, since I don't speak French and I'd kind of like to know what the hell is going on when I play the game.
2) Does this mean pre-orders in France are going to be canceled all of the sudden? I doubt it. Even with filesharing, artists can still sell millions of albums.
3) Who is responsible for this, exactly? Pirates? Like the ones from Penzance, or the less musical Barbary Pirates? Someone said French journalists. Uh, RTFM. There's a big difference between "news groups" and journalists.
Hm... risk a $100,000 fine for illegally downloading it, or risk a $1,000 fine for stealing a physical copy when it's released...
it wont affect Bungies release date, but it will be a good excuse to delay HL2 some more
This "leak" is just a pretext for the USA to declare war on France.
We've all been waiting for an October Surprise, and it looks like this is going to be it. You heard it here first.
Now if you'll excuse me, there are some men wearing sunglasses who would like to have a word with --
I thought "push up" was a kind of bra.
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Pope is catholic ...
Come on, is this news ???
Dude, how do you use QWTF?
:-)
I mean, WASD and ESDF are okay, and they make sense. But QWTF? Do you have extra fingers or something? Is your hand permanently stuck in the Vulcan salute that you spent years perfecting?
No reason to lie.
A true Halo fan wouldn't want to play the damn thing in French for the first time
CTF is sure going to be interesting with two white flags.