2004 (real world)
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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.[1]
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.[2]
May
- May 10–13: A multiplayer demo is showcased at E3 2004.
- May 11: halo2.com goes live.[3]
October
- October: The Halo 2 Cinematic Trailer is released.
- October 15: halo2.com is relaunched with a Covenant theme by AKQA.
November
- 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.[4]
Sources
- ^ IGN, E3 2004: HALO 2 Q&A (Retrieved on May 11, 2005) [archive]
- ^ Fusible, Will Microsoft broker a deal for the domain name Halo4.com? (Retrieved on Feb 28, 2021) [archive]
- ^ halo.bungie.org, Halo2.com Goes Live (Retrieved on May 20, 2005) [archive]
- ^ Bungie.net, Halo 2 AutoUpdate Released (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
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