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FyreWulff · Jan 17, 2013

http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/01/16/The-Halo-Bulletin-11613.aspx

To switch gears ever so slightly, were sad to report that the service end-date for Halo 2 PC Multiplayer will be February 15, 2013. Weve been monitoring the population for months, and its been peaking consistently at approximately 20 players or less. Those that own this game can continue to enjoy Multiplayer over LAN after that date; however our network services will be turned off at that time. We love you, Halo 2 PC, and you will live forever in our hearts.

#singletear

First Halo title to have unobtainable achievements from it's online being shut off

disappeared · Jan 17, 2013

It had a good run.

ViewtifulJC · Jan 17, 2013

RIP Halo

EatinOlives · Jan 17, 2013

How much money could it be costing them, really?

Killer · Jan 17, 2013

They should shut down halo 4 instead.

TemplaerDude · Jan 17, 2013

EatinOlives said:
How much money could it be costing them, really?

More than nothing.

GrizzNKev · Jan 17, 2013

Goodnight sweet prince.

Aquamarine · Jan 17, 2013

Another multiplayer title fades into the sands of time.

Toa TAK · Jan 17, 2013

I need to reinstall and obtain those multiplayer achievements at least.

wwm0nkey · Jan 17, 2013

EatinOlives said:
How much money could it be costing them, really?

None, it uses P2P and players create the servers.

Conflict NZ · Jan 17, 2013

Seriously, this is bullshit. I still play with my XBL friends pretty often. I'll have to try for some achievements before this happens.

TheExodu5 · Jan 17, 2013

Conflict NZ said:
Seriously, this is bullshit. I still play with my XBL friends pretty often. I'll have to try for some achievements before this happens.

PC

Card Boy · Jan 17, 2013

There is a achievement unlocker if you guys want to get those online achievements.

Google gfwlam

TheSeks · Jan 17, 2013

Toa TAK said:
I need to reinstall and obtain those multiplayer achievements at least.

Yeah, I'm willing to wade in with my laptop to grab these before they're gone. Let me know if you want to do that. Getting the Ninja achievement would be tricky with just two people though.

Majima Everywhere System · Jan 17, 2013

I wonder if it is a crew of 20 regulars. They should be given a pizza party or something.

Gorillaz · Jan 17, 2013

I will miss you...old friend.

Ghazi · Jan 17, 2013

Wow, well I guess I should go cancel my Amazon order for a new one.

Lame Microsoft

IHaveIce · Jan 17, 2013

EatinOlives said:
How much money could it be costing them, really?

Nothing.

Killer said:
They should shut down halo 4 instead.

Yep or heavily reimagine the game.

Will play it till it got turned off, then Halo 3 baby.

JHall · Jan 17, 2013

RIP Halo

Medalion · Jan 17, 2013

Halo going third party

vazel · Jan 17, 2013

And yet Halo:CE, which uses Gamespy, is still online.

Toa TAK · Jan 17, 2013

TheSeks said:
Yeah, I'm willing to wade in with my laptop to grab these before they're gone. Let me know if you want to do that. Getting the Ninja achievement would be tricky with just two people though.

Will do. I just need to make sure it runs smoothly.

Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew · Jan 17, 2013

Sound like they're making Halo 2: Anniversary Edition for Windows 8 and Durango...

Book it. Launch title.

shinobi602 · Jan 17, 2013

"Now what"

stktt · Jan 17, 2013

Killer said:
They should shut down halo 4 instead.

Oh snap!

Mechazawa · Jan 17, 2013

wwm0nkey said:
None, it uses P2P and players create the servers.

Matchmaking and party systems apparently require servers to maintain even if the actual matches are hosted using a client-side method.

Omni · Jan 17, 2013

eghhhhhhhhhhh

Havok · Jan 17, 2013

A Microsoft subsidiary expressing love for Halo 2 Vista is hilarious, considering nobody there even attempted to support the game. Not even by pulling achievement data for their comprehensive "Halo Career" score that managed to include Halo Wars but exclude a version of one of the main trilogy games.

Class_A_Ninja said:
I wonder if it is a crew of 20 regulars. They should be given a pizza party or something.

Most of the populated servers are run by the Monstrmoose Community, but there are a bunch of unaffiliated folks around here (myself included) that pop in from time to time. Those servers have horrible gametype settings, so I'm not sure how they stay so populated.

FyreWulff · Jan 17, 2013

shagg_187 said:
Sound like they're making Halo 2: Anniversary Edition for Windows 8 and Durango...

Book it. Launch title.

Microsoft is about as covert about what they're doing as a nuclear bomb

wwm0nkey · Jan 17, 2013

Mechazawa said:
Matchmaking and party systems apparently require servers to maintain even if the actual matches are hosted using a client-side method.

There is no matchmaking in H2V......

Aquamarine · Jan 17, 2013

Havok said:
A Microsoft subsidiary expressing love for Halo 2 Vista is hilarious, considering nobody there even attempted to support the game.
Most of the populated servers are run by the Monstrmoose Community, but there are a bunch of unaffiliated folks around here (myself included) that pop in from time to time. Those servers have horrible gametype settings, so I'm not sure how they stay so populated.

"We love Halo 2...SO MUCH SO, that we have decided not to fund the $10 a month it costs to keep the matchmaking client running. Much love guyz. <3"

Ghazi · Jan 17, 2013

I wonder if this means that Halo 3 is next/soon.

soxinthebox · Jan 17, 2013

rip in peace

Mechazawa · Jan 17, 2013

wwm0nkey said:
There is no matchmaking in H2V......

...what. So the game uses server lists without actually allowing server support?

GrizzNKev · Jan 17, 2013

Kamikaze Ghazi said:
I wonder if this means that Halo 3 is next/soon.

Bet on it. By the time Halo 5 releases the only games still online will be Halo 1 PC and Halo 5.

Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew · Jan 17, 2013

Kamikaze Ghazi said:
I wonder if this means that Halo 3 is next/soon.

2017. 10 year cycle.

Sibylus · Jan 17, 2013

Game sent to die finally, finally kicks the bucket.

soxinthebox · Jan 17, 2013

GrizzNKev said:
Bet on it. By the time Halo 5 releases the only games still online will be Halo 1 PC and Halo 5.

Halo 1 PC demo is eternal

sant · Jan 17, 2013

...There was a PC port for Halo 2?

thekonamicode · Jan 17, 2013

Kamikaze Ghazi said:
I wonder if this means that Halo 3 is next/soon.

Shortly before Halo 3 Anniversary Edition comes out in 2016.

TemplaerDude · Jan 17, 2013

Kamikaze Ghazi said:
I wonder if this means that Halo 3 is next/soon.

Ehhh it was still in Major Nelsons top 20 until a couple months ago, it'll probably be a long time before that happens.

Longshot · Jan 17, 2013

But can we still create games our friends can join?

Red · Jan 17, 2013

Some achievements are virtually impossible anyway, have been for the past year or two due to low player counts. Everyone plays the same maps... Blood gulch and district. Good luck getting any of the achievements that have to do with map rotations or gametypes in any legitimate way.

HigherLevel · Jan 17, 2013

MS trying to make people forget what good Halo online MP is like so they'll be more accepting of average Halo games like 4.

Alex Connolly · Jan 17, 2013

sant said:
...There was a PC port for Halo 2?

Well, for Vista, if that means anything.

I found it an utter shit to run on Windows 7.

Aquamarine · Jan 17, 2013

Sigma Storm said:
But can we still create games our friends can join?

LAN only. No more online multiplayer.

Ghazi · Jan 17, 2013

GrizzNKev said:
Bet on it. By the time Halo 5 releases the only games still online will be Halo 1 PC and Halo 5.

It's so sad to think of Halo 1: PC still trucking along after all these years and closed servers. I hope we still get another year of two with Halo 3 because there are no other multiplayer Halo's to play other than 343's stuff. Which I don't like too much.

Korosenai · Jan 17, 2013

Welp, at least there's still XBC

Conflict NZ · Jan 17, 2013

TheExodu5 said:
PC

Yeah but the people I play with are from my XBL list.

Longshot · Jan 17, 2013

Aquamarine said:
LAN only. No more online multiplayer.

Unbelievable, what a joke.

This is why people think Microsoft are trying to kill PC gaming.

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