2004 (real world)

This article is about the real world year. For the in-universe year, see 2004.

2004 is the year Halo 2 was released.

Events

Halo: Custom Edition is released.
Bungie officially confirms the development of the Halo film.
January: Microsoft conducts an internal Alpha test of Halo 2's multiplayer to test the performance of the network architecture over Xbox Live.^[1]
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 10–13: A multiplayer demo is showcased at E3 2004.
May 11: halo2.com goes live.^[3]
October: The Halo 2 Cinematic Trailer is released.
October 15: halo2.com is relaunched with a Covenant theme by AKQA.
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.