Halo 2 remake...confirmed?

[TopWargamer]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/27/xbox-boss-a-halo-2-remake-would-have-to-nail-multiplayer

 

Speaking to IGN during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last week, Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer described what would be the most important feature to him in a hypothetical Halo 2 Anniversary release for Xbox One.

 

"In this fictitious world where that game existed," he began, smiling, "it’s an easy answer: it has to be just the multiplayer experience that we all found in that first Halo 2game. If you think about what happened in the franchise and what were the hallmark moments – when did duel wielding come in, when did another playable character that wasn’t Master Chief come in?

 

"All the things that you and I know about the evolution of the franchise, if you’re going to say one thing about Halo 2, you’re going to talk about real multiplayer. I think you just have to nail that in just such a fundamentally core way. Frankly [we'd have to do it] probably better than we did with Halo 1 Anniversary. I thought the multiplayer in Halo 1 Anniversary was good, but Halo 1 never had multiplayer in the truest sense, so it always was going to be something different.

 

"If there were something called Halo 2 Anniversary," he concluded, "I think the multiplayer would have to be fantastic."

 

Sounds fishy to me...in a good way, of course. I'd love to have a Halo 2 remake, mainly to play Halo 2 online again, because on April 15, 2010 (still remember the date) original Xbox Live services got shut down, so Halo 2 multiplayer was no more, on there. And now recently Halo 2 Vista's servers were shut down, so no more multiplayer on there. 

 

Microsoft, just announce it already, jeez.

[techswede]

If they remove the vista lockdown while they're at it then im all for it. (so we can play it on win 7,8,8.1)

[TopWargamer]

If they remove the vista lockdown while they're at it then im all for it. (so we can play it on win 7,8,8.1)

Vista lockdown? What are you talking about? The game runs just fine on Windows 7 without having to put it into compatibility mode. 

[AMICLG]

mainly to play Halo 2 online again, because on April 15, 2010 (still remember the date) original Xbox Live services got shut down, so Halo 2 multiplayer was no more, on there. And now recently Halo 2 Vista's servers were shut down, so no more multiplayer on there. 

If I remember correctly there was a mod or something to play on custom servers.

[techswede]

Vista lockdown? What are you talking about? The game runs just fine on Windows 7 without having to put it into compatibility mode. 

My copy did not work on windows 7 But i guess it might've just been on my end.. 

[TopWargamer]

If I remember correctly there was a mod or something to play on custom servers.

There is. I know what you're talking about. It's called XbConnect.

 

http://www.xbconnect.com/

[Dragonzeanse]

I'm honestly getting a little tired of this idea that people should have to pay to play a game a second time. I understand the console ports, but isn't Halo 2 already on PC?

[Vendetta]

If they release halo 2 anniversary and change A SINGLE DAMN THING, I will make it my sole mission in life to destroy the person in charge of the changes life. Halo 2 was and still is one of my favorite experiences in gaming history and it will be a cold day in hell I see it ruined.