Halo 2, due in June :)

[Jazza]

From the EB US Xbox Newsletter ;)

Pre-ordered Halo 2 Yet?

While we realize that what we are about to do is akin to yelling "Fire!" in
a crowded movie theater, we just wanted to calmly and quietly mention that
Halo 2 is available for pre-order with an estimated ship date of June 2003.
Master Chief is back, and to say that the Covenant is a little ticked after
the getting their slimy alien hides kicked out of Halo is an understatement.
Then there's the squad-oriented team play you'll find on Xbox Live. Calmly
follow the link below to pre-order. Please, people, don't everybody click at
once!

[Dwarf_Pr0n]

Only in America.
Europe has to wait til 2nd December 2003.

Stop getting people's hopes up :p:

[KermitTheFrag]

three words:-

modchip
direct connect

[Jazza]

The December date came from Bungie for the US release.

"Halo 2," developed by Bungie Studios, is expected to arrive on store shelves for the 2003 holiday season,

http://www.xbox.com/press/x02-release.htm

Of course the June date is from a retailer, so could still be wrong :)

[cyberdude]

BUT.........

from all reports the MOD chip will disalow you onto the live service.
It seems M$ are trying to prevent this aweful MOD chipping lark ;-)


Cd:madhatter

[KermitTheFrag]

doesnt matter ... it's easily cracked - just noone has had any machinery with xbox live connectivity to experiment with yet.

[cyberdude]

sweet

So who has had there box "improved" ?

Cd:madhatter

[Dwarf_Pr0n]

I don't and I wouldn't.

Microsoft are going to change the way XBox Live detects mods on a regular basis so you might get online for a while but after that wave bye bye to your online account :D

[KermitTheFrag]

windowsupdate still works on my pc *choke*

[Dwarf_Pr0n]

But that's probably because they don't check the validity of Windows when doing updates.

[KermitTheFrag]

they do :) basically, if theres a key/code/whatever it is circumventable. The modchip could in theory mask itself from the system in question without a problem.

[Dwarf_Pr0n]

If they do check validity of Windows then they can't do anything about it as they have said "This is done without sending any information to Microsoft" if they did detect a none legal copy they would have to explain how they found out.