Halo 2 (Windows Vista)

Bungie Studios, along with a Microsoft Game Studios, is currently working on porting Halo 2 for use on the Windows Vista operating system. No Mac or XP version is planned as of now.

It has however been confirmed that there will be a map editor that will be made by Microsoft (in cooperation with Bungie Studios) and packaged with the game. The map editor will include the same programs as previosuly used in the Halo Editing Kit (HEK). These programs are Guerilla, Sapien and Tool. The full extent of the map editor's capabilities have not yet been made available. The release date was originally planned for May 8th, 2007. The release date has been delayed for May 23, 2007 because the team needs "to make some improvements to the install experience and address other technical issues.".

Halo 2 Vista will have free online play through Windows Live, with the ability to send messages to Halo 2 Xbox players on Xbox Live, but no PC-Xbox gameplay is available. This is at least partly due to the difficulty of implementing crossplay between the Windows Live and Xbox Live gaming networks without problems. Bungie has also stated that there will be some "very compelling reasons" to purchase a paid Windows Live account (possibly premium downloadable content, lagless 16+ player matches, and exclusive gametypes/maps), even though basic online play has been confirmed as being free of cost.

It has been stated that there will be brand new maps brought to the table for Halo 2 Vista. Bungie recently put up a picture on their front page depicting one of the new maps, but was quickly removed.



What's New
Campaign mode is the exact same as on the Xbox, but here's what's new in Halo 2 Vista.


 * Maps
 * District
 * Uplift


 * Map Editor


 * Acheivements.
 * Cairo Station (30 GS) - Complete Cairo Station at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * Outskirts (30 GS) - Complete Outskirts at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * Metropolis (30 GS) - Complete Metropolis at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * The Arbiter (30 GS) - Complete The Arbiter at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * Oracle (30 GS) - Complete The Oracle at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * Delta Halo (30 GS) - Complete Delta Halo at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * Regret (30 GS) - Complete Regret at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * Sacred Icon (30 GS) - Complete Sacred Icon at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * Quarantine Zone (30 GS) - Complete Quarantine Zone at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * Gravemind (30 GS) - Complete Gravemind at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * Uprising (30 GS) - Complete Uprising at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * High Charity (30 GS) - Complete High Charity at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * The Great Journey (30 GS) - Complete The Great Journey at Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * Warrior (100 GS) - Complete the game on Normal difficulty
 * Hero (50 GS) - Complete the game on Heroic difficulty
 * Legend (50 GS) - Complete the game on Legendary difficulty
 * King of the Scarab (20 GS) - Acquire the Scarab gun on the Metropolis level, any difficulty
 * Silent but Deadly (20 GS) - Kill 7 opponents from behind in a row without being spotted, any level, any difficulty
 * Demon (25 GS) - Complete any campaign level without dying once on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
 * Go Ape Shiv (20 GS) - Kill an enraged, berserk Brute by melee, any level, any difficulty
 * Stick It (5 GS) - Stick an opponent with a plasma grenade and blow them up
 * Counterpoint (5 GS) - Kill the sword carrier
 * Carjacking (5 GS) - Steal an occupied vehicle from an opponent and take it over
 * Violent Cartographer (25 GS) - Play every available default map and stay in each game until it’s over
 * Rainman (25 GS) - Play every available game variant, with at least 3 other players, to the end of each game
 * Double Kill (20 GS) - Kill 2 opponents within 4 seconds
 * Triple Kill (20 GS) - Kill 3 opponents within 4 seconds
 * Killtacular (20 GS) - Kill 4 opponents within 4 seconds
 * Killing Spree (20 GS) - Kill 5 opponents in a row in the same game, without dying
 * Running Riot (20 GS) - Kill 10 opponents in a row in the same game, without dying
 * Sniper Kill (10 GS) - Kill an opponent with the sniper rifle or the beam rifle
 * Roadkill (10 GS) - Run over, hit and kill an opponent with a vehicle
 * Bonecracker (10 GS) - Hit and kill an opponent with a melee attack
 * Assassin (10 GS) - Melee an opponent from behind
 * Skewer Stopper (20 GS) - Kill the sword carrier after they kill 5 or more times in a row with the sword
 * Vigilante (10 GS) - Stop a Killing Spree of another player
 * Air Traffic Controller (20 GS) - Blow up the Banshee in flight while manned, with grenades or the rocket launcher
 * Decorated Soldier (10 GS) - Get awarded at least 8 different medals in one non-team game
 * Ninja (20 GS) - In a non-team game, kill 5 people by melee, from behind
 * Flaming Ninja (20 GS) - Kill an opponent that has the Ninja achievement
 * Hired Gun (20 GS) - Kill an opponent who has the Legend achievement