if he wants to play Halo 2, he can actually go play Halo 2 via The Master Chief Collection. Can't argue with that, though I do like witnessing Infinite's excellent gunplay through a 2004 lens.

As part of celebrations for Halo 2's 20th anniversary this November, Halo Studios is releasing a recreation of that lost E3 demo from 2003, via a Steam Workshop mod for the Master Chief Collection.

Ari Notis (he/him) is a guides editor at Polygon, where he writes, edits, and shepherds service-oriented articles about the biggest games du jour. He previously worked at Kotaku. The demo showed ...

You control an army of humans during an attack by hordes of aliens. This is a war game, but you are trying to save Earth. Halo Wars successfully brings Halo into the RTS category but doesn't do much ...

Halo 2 has graduated from its teens and entered early adulthood—ancient by video game metrics—but the second installment in Master Chief’s saga is far from geriatric. Two decades after its ...

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The demo is best known for being an enormous hit when the vide0 for it debuted at the expo, but very little of it made it into the final release due to technological constraints. Similar obstacles ...

This Halo 2 demo was originally unveiled during the Xbox Press conference at E3 2003. It’s worth mentioning that Halo 2: Anniversary is needed if you want to give this a bash. It also won’t be ...

Please verify your email address. A new update for Halo Infinite adds several classic Halo 2 maps and the new MA5K Avenger weapon. A new third-person mode has also been added to Firefight ...

But Lorraine explained that "Halo 2 was really hard on the team. The whole studio was burning the candle at both ends." Robert shared that up to Halo 2's infamous E3 demo, Bungie "never had good ...

OMG, fellow gamers! Can you believe it’s been two whole decades since Master Chief first blew our minds in Halo 2? 🎮 Get ready for some serious nostalgia because we’re about to spill the ...

That sense of wonder was captured in a single moment in 2003 when Xbox and Bungie offered a first look at Halo 2 through an unforgettable E3 demo. While Halo 2 is an all-time classic, the contents ...