This week marks 19 years since Bungie's global hit Halo 2 arrived on the original Xbox. While we're not quite at the two-decade milestone just yet, there are already some celebrations going down.
Former Xbox boss Peter Moore has used it as an opportunity to reflect on that famous Halo 2 tattoo he got to announce the game's launch. In a brief message on social media, he shared some insight revealing how the "ink was still damp and the arm was still sore" when he originally revealed it to the public, but it was well worth the blockbuster occasion.
It seems Peter might have got a bit confused with his tweet - the tattoo was revealed 19 years ago at E3 2004 rather than 20 years ago - but in any case it's still a great opportunity to celebrate a classic Xbox moment!
Halo 2 obviously went on to become one of the greatest games in Xbox history with not only an epic campaign featuring Master Chief and the Arbiter but also an amazing multiplayer component with full Xbox Live support.
If all of this has got you in the mood to relive those glory days, you can always jump on Halo: The Master Chief Collection and have a quick session in Halo 2 or the remastered version. As for the bigger 20th anniversary celebrations, we guess we'll just have to wait and see what Xbox and 343 have planned when November 9th, 2024 rolls around.
What fond memories of Halo 2 do you have? Got a tattoo hiding anywhere? Leave a comment below.
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Really liked Peter Moore especially his days at SEGA. An exec you could connect with
To this day, the Halo 2 midnight launch is still my most memorable gaming moment. I'll always go back to playing those first three games, especially Halo 2.
This is the 90/early 00s edgy attitude and promoting that is totally gone in the corporate cut and paste current gaming landscape that is today. Loved that old in your face marketing and boom look at us we’re doing something new style.
There used to be a real buzz around the next big game. Magazines doing articles, big E3 and advertising events.
Now it’s just churn out the next one, put in a battle pass and micro transaction store, we’ll support it until - we reach x amount of profit, or x amount of months have passed and then we will announce the next one totally drop support and forget about it and repeat.
Never played any Halo game as
1) Never had an Xbox before
2) I don't like FPS
But I'd be lying if I said I'm not curious.
@Muddy He was on the Iron Lords podcast twice recently detailing his whole history from a PE teacher in Wales, to Reebok, to Sega, to Xbox, to EA to his beloved Liverpool and more. He's always been a good story teller, and i've heard some of his anecdotes before, but it was compelling tale none the less.
Nothing was bigger than halo 2 … dial guns graphics the campaign smh good times .. I’ll say only gears 1 was able to come close
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