Today Microsoft announced that as of April 15th they discontinue Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games (i.e.Halo 2). This includes Xbox v1 games being played on an Xbox 360.
You can read the official news post [url=http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/02/05/xbox-live-being-discontinued-for-original-xbox-consoles-and-games.aspx]HERE.[/url]
To everyone who has played, enjoyed and supported Halo 2 for it's 5+ years of dominance on Xbox LIVE, we thank you! It is of course sad for any of us to accept the end of an era but it's been a good ride.
That said, mark your calendars now - on April 14th we're going to hit Halo 2 en masse for one last HOORAH, old school style.
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I got Halo 2 April 10th, 2010. I played online right after it got taken off LIVE. Now I can't play Halo 2 with friends. What a dissapointment. The funny thing was about a week or 2 after Halo 2 got taken off LIVE, I went to a friends house and he was playing Halo 2 online for the PC.. I was mad....
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I agree with you 100%, Halo 2 is the godfather for todays home console online era. They need to bring it back. Why would they get rid of the game that started it all for the home console online community, it just doesnt make sense. PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!
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I really miss playing you online Halo 2. I popped in my Halo 2 disc in my 360 a couple days ago and i have to tell you its sad and lonely on the maps with no one to play with online :( I hope you get re-released on the 360 soon.
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Play Halo 2 Vista and plug in a 360 controller. There are LIVE servers that are online on there. However, that's assuming that you can run it.
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I'm having a Halo 2 LAN in two weeks. I haven't been this excited to play a game since the last time I played Halo 2. Is there any possible way Halo 2 servers get put back online? (Wishful thinking, I know)
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Because it's hard to find games with decent servers on xbc... Most of them are Colombian... Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves for denying service of the game that created and defined their online existence. If not for halo 2 online, xbl would not have been half as popular as it was. Halo 2 still holds the record for most consistently played online game. It held the top spot for years. Even after the 360 was released and the "next gen" games were out halo 2 still held the top spot for some time. I find it frustrating that I get no enjoyment for any period of time with any game currently out right now. Yeah, Reach, the COD franchise, Gears, ect... Are great games but there is not a single one that holds anyone's attention for any significant amount of time. I still play halo 2 even though it was realeased in 2004. There are thousands of people that would still play it... But I bet you won't find more than 100 people that still play cod2... Or halo 3.... The question I have to ask is... Microsoft.. Is a bigger friends list(that still has not happened because it's completely illogical) more important than the game that created your service? I don't think so.. And I think a great deal of the halo 2 fan base would agree. And to be completely honest I liked the old halo 2 friends list, and clan list better anyways...
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Why don't you guys just play on Xbox Connect?
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i want it back too :(
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bring halo 2 back
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this really suck cause in the last year ive really got into halo and really wanted to crank out all the games and get on live with them. you know get a complete service record.. i say bunjie should do a quick remake of halo 2 purely for the die hards and for the livleyness :D dreams are free
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Raaascal Oh, I wish we could still play Halo 2. :-)[/quote] and all the original Xbox games
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ill do it!after my nap!
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Bring back Halo 2!
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A buddy of mine and I were discussing the other day how much we missed Halo 2. No other game can ever bring back the sheer awesomness of playing Halo 2 online. From the friends made to the greatness of the maps. Really, really wish they would bring it back.
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u think its true? i only heard it by word of mouth. where can i look to find out for sure?
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I never got to play Halo 2 online on this account.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] FDS LadyHawkeee i heard that sony and microsoft made an agreement. sony would let microsoft sell their number one seller (call of duty) in exchange for microsoft letting sony sell their halo games.[/quote]sigh
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WE NEED TO GET THIS GAME BACK UPPP! i heard that sony and microsoft made an agreement. sony would let microsoft sell their number one seller (call of duty) in exchange for microsoft letting sony sell their halo games. IF this is really true, PS3/PSN and XBOX 360 Live should deff bring halo 2 back!! it was so much fun! and i guarantee it'll be big again..alot of people want the online experience once again =] there needs to be a poll to see how many people would play halo 2 often again if it came to PSN and XBOX 360 Live!!
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Wow. Never got to play it online. Thanks a lot Microsoft! I hate you so much.
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Maybe if we email them to death they will bring it back one day.
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HALO CE WAS IN REACH. WE WILL MISS YOU SPARTANS
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REMEMBER WHERE IT ALL BEGAN,REMEMBER REACH -HALO REACH MODO
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I wish I could play it on Xbox Live again.
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I miss HALO 2 =(
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Such a shame, I never got to play the game once online, plus I wanted the dlc maps as well that are NOT on the dlc disc. Oh well, we still have 3, Reach and XBC to get our Halo fix. [Edited on 10.27.2011 9:50 AM PDT]
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Oh, I wish we could still play Halo 2. :-)