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

Unknown

• Bungie officially confirms the development of the Halo film.

January

January

• Microsoft conducts an internal Alpha test of Halo 2's multiplayer to test the performance of the network architecture over Xbox LIVE.

March

March 15

• Halo Custom Edition is released.

April

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.

May

May 10–13

• A multiplayer demo is showcased at E3 2004.

May 11

• halo2.com goes live.

October

October

• The Halo 2 theatrical trailer is released.

October 15

• halo2.com is relaunched with a Covenant theme by AKQA.

November

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.