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Halo 2 Available on the Net

Posted by michael on from the negative-26-day-warez dept.

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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  1. Any chance this bombshell... by hussar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...could be a way of increasing the pre-release hype?

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    Bureaucracy loves company.
  2. No Chance... by Ionizer7 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Pirates will be pirates, law abiding citizens will be law abiding citizens. There is probably alot more to this release date, there is most likely alot of TV ads and magazine ads that are set to launch at the same time.

  3. Up the release? Nah. by Yolegoman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They've hyped November 9th too much. I just can't see Bungie changing their release date, no matter how many reasons there may be.

    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? I'm merely curious.

    CD burner? DVD burner? Xbox equipped with modchip or no?

    - Yolego

  4. Re:Bittorrent... by SilentChris · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "Halo 1 did fine without it."

    From my understanding, they plan to support LAN parties by allowing connected Xboxes to go on Live together as one "team". All they've been testing is multiplayer the last few months (see various GameSpot articles). There's also clan support and it'll be the introduction of "Xbox Live 3.0". I think they view it as pretty important.