Halo 2 Anniversary Coming This Year?
There have been hits in the past that Microsoft might be looking to revisit Halo 2. November 2014 will be the tenth anniversary of the best-selling sequel, so some fans might be hoping that something happens, and that it lives up to their memory of that original Xbox game. A developer visiting Neogaf might just have outed the whole project, even down to the release date.
What has me excited right now is the revisiting of Halo. So later this year we’re gonna get Halo 2 Anniversary edition WITH ALL SORTS OF SHIT. On Xbox One. November 11th!
There’s no doubt that this would be a great move. Halo is a confirmed system seller – Halo 3 had such a ridiculous connect rate when it was released on Xbox 360 that it was more or less the reason to own that console. Microsoft may be hoping that lightning strikes twice, and and a November release date would suddenly mean a lot of people wanting an Xbox One for Christmas.
Halo 2 was hugely popular and in some ways helped pioneer online gaming on consoles. In fact, there were people still playing the game’s multiplayer until quite recently, when changes to Xbox Live meant it was no longer compatible and the servers were turned off.
Expect a big announcement over the next few months.
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