Halo 2 release date confirmed for Europe

Xbox News | And it's NOT November 9th.

Microsoft confirmed in a statement released this morning the final, final, final, absolutely definite European release date for Halo 2. And oddly enough, it isn't November 9th as widely anticipated. But the good news is that you won't be waiting much longer than NTSC markets for Bungie Studios' potential masterpiece - the game will be on European shelves on Thursday 11th November.

Except that is, if you live in either France, Switzerland or Belgium, who are set to get the game a whole day earlier on the 10th, due to the 11th being a bank holiday. 125 days and counting then...

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14 Comments

ObsoletE

7 years ago

is this going to be xbox only initially like Halo1 was or coming to PC at the same time?

i've just got into Halo PC recently...

Fido Dido

7 years ago

XBox exclusive for now, though a PC version will surely follow, probably in 2005.

- Fido

thebigm

7 years ago

Wow, that would put Australia about a day after the American release due to timezones.

ObsoletE

7 years ago

Fido Dido wrote

XBox exclusive for now, though a PC version will surely follow, probably in 2005.

- Fido

boo i was afraid of that...

better not take 2 years again...

Gtpod

7 years ago

Gah. I'm stuck. Do I save money from my birthday (July 29th everyone, remember it.

) or do I get it for Christmas..

Fido Dido

7 years ago

^^ You do what every sane human being does and queue overnight in a sleeping bag to get one of the very first copies.

- Fido

apoc x

7 years ago

So the Australian release isn't the 9th? Excellent. I have 2 exams on the 10th.

ObsoletE

7 years ago

GT2 wrote

Gah. I'm stuck. Do I save money from my birthday (July 29th everyone, remember it.

) or do I get it for Christmas..

personally i'd save the money so you can get the Special Edition... but then i don't know what is in the SE, or indeed how special it really is... might turn out to be special in the way retarded people are "special"...

i also don't have an XBox, so i wouldn't be saving for it anyway...

mrcivic

7 years ago

Is it too late to pre-order the SE version of the game?

ObsoletE

7 years ago

i dunno, from what i've read, if you pre-order H2, you are automatically getting the SE... ring your local games store (or EB, if its an EB exclusive) and ask them...

looking at Gamehead, you can pre-order standard Halo 2 or SE Halo 2 for $2.50 more...
http://www.gamehead.com.au/advsearch.php?in_category=&substring=halo+2&x=5&y=6

the eb website has a shot of the SE slick, pretty snazzy

mrcivic

7 years ago

ObsoletE wrote

That box sure looks nice.

And why would you want the normal version when for an extra $2.50 you get so much more. Obviously once the SE version runs out I guess.

Gtpod

7 years ago

Wow. After seeing that, I suppose I will pre-order.

ObsoletE

7 years ago

i probably should have said if it wasn't obvious, that box is tin...

it's almost enought to make me wish i had an XBox...

Big Pete

7 years ago

Thank god I bought an X Box. I saw a trailer of this on my E3 dvd and it looks stunning (as I had heard).

The Box looks great aswell and I can't wait till it comes out.

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