Last night a pirated copy of Halo 2 was released onto the internet. Needless to say we think this really sucks. Aside from years of hard work being stolen from us, we've gone to great lengths to ensure that the details of the Halo 2 campaign remain a mystery for players to experience for themselves on November 9th. Microsoft is currently engaged in a full scale investigation and to those foolish enough to partake in this piracy, you will soon witness the firepower of this fully operational battle station.
Members of the Bungie community - we need your help. The Underground Army is being called into action; this is not a drill. Anyone who has information regarding the leak of the game or individuals or websites promoting the download of these illegal files is asked to please contact us by sending email to [b]piracy@microsoft.com[/b] or calling 1-800-RULEGIT. We also ask that you help us minimize the spoilers for those opting to wait for the retail release by refraining from posting screens, talking about the story and deleting any such posts you encounter. Many of you have already been actively tracking down and forwarding links to us and we thank you for your help.
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I agree with Smish to a degree...the whole ordeal of sitting on the forum for the sole purpose of saying the word "bastard" over and over and making promises that you really can't back up is almost ineffective. However, the news about Halo 2 being pirated was released by Bungie, they wouldn't screw over their fans and send them on a wild goose hunt, so there's a real story behind all this. If you are serious about finding links to a pirated version, get out there and search, don't post them here...send them to the correct address.