2004 (real world)
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2004 is the year Halo 2 was released.
Events[edit]
Unknown[edit]
- Bungie officially confirms the development of the Halo film.
January[edit]
January
- Microsoft conducts an internal Alpha test of Halo 2's multiplayer to test the performance of the network architecture over Xbox LIVE.[1]
March[edit]
March 15
- Halo Custom Edition is released.
April[edit]
April 27
- Microsoft purchases the domain names "halo2.com" and "halo3.com". "halo3.com" was initially held under the name "Trout & Zimmer" until switching over to Microsoft Corporation after Halo 3's formal announcement.[2]
May[edit]
May 10–13
- A multiplayer demo is showcased at E3 2004.
May 11
October[edit]
October
- The Halo 2 theatrical trailer is released.
October 11
- Halo 2 was announced to have gone gold - ie. been sent for physical manufacture.[4]
October 14
- Halo 2's Auto-Update 1 was distributed on Xbox LIVE, prior to the game's release.[5]
October 15
- halo2.com is relaunched with a Covenant theme by AKQA.
November[edit]
November 4
- Halopedia was created and thus began many years of editing and community.
November 9
- Halo 2 was released in the US and Canada.
- The Art of Halo was released.
- Halo 2: The Official Strategy Guide was released.
November 11
- Halo 2 is released in Europe.
November 17
- Halo 2 Auto-Update 1 is released.[6]
Sources[edit]
- ^ IGN, E3 2004: HALO 2 Q&A (Retrieved on May 11, 2005) [archive]
- ^ Fusible, Will Microsoft broker a deal for the domain name Halo4.com? (Retrieved on Feb 28, 2021) [archive]
- ^ halo.bungie.org, Halo2.com Goes Live (Retrieved on May 20, 2005) [archive]
- ^ Bungie.net, Halo 2 : Gone Gold! (Retrieved on Jan 15, 2021) [archive]
- ^ Twitter, Harcroft (@OGX_Harcroft): "All wiki pages will have to be updated.
default.xbe authoring dates:
TU1 Oct 14, 2004
TU2 Nov 11, 2004
TU3 Apr 6, 2005
TU4 Jul 14, 2005
TU5 Apr 10, 2007.
It looks like what we know as Autoupdate 1 is actually Autoupdate 2.
I guess new Halo 2 installer soon?" (Retrieved on Jun 9, 2023) [archive] - ^ Bungie.net, Halo 2 AutoUpdate Released (Retrieved on Oct 13, 2014) [archive]
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