Halo 2 Information

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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:01 pm

Halo 2 is a science fiction first-person shooter developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the sequel to the blockbuster Halo: Combat Evolved. Since its initial release, Halo 2 had been the most popular video game on Xbox Live, holding that rank until the release of Gears of War for the Xbox 360 nearly two years later. By June 20, 2006, more than 500 million games of Halo 2 had been played and more than 710 million hours have been spent playing it on Xbox Live; by October 30, 2006, this number rose to four billion. Halo 2 is compatible with the Xbox 360, including its Xbox Live functionality.

The game features a newly built game engine, the Havok physics engine, new weapons and vehicles, new multi-player maps, and a continuation of the storyline from Halo: Combat Evolved. In the game, humans, who have developed faster-than-light travel and colonized several worlds, have been engaged in a war against a collective of genocidal alien races, the Covenant. The player assumes the roles of Master Chief and the Arbiter, and fights enemies on foot or with a collection of alien and human vehicles. As of November 9, 2005, more than seven million units of the game have been sold worldwide, making it the best selling game for the Xbox. A Windows Vista version of the game is under development. Game developer Pi Studios will be producing editing tools for this version, which will allow users to create unique multiplayer maps.

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