Recent news from Bungie indicates Halo 2 will not ship in 2003.
According to a recent article, the developer has decided to concentrate on making
Halo 2 the best it can possibly be and then decide on a release date. Now before you start crying keep in mind
that many titles that are rushed out the door often have technical issues and
seem unfinished as a whole. Therefor we respect and fully agree with their decision.
We’ve included the full official posting below for you to read.

There has been much speculation regarding Halo 2’s release date since we
announced the game last year. The fact is we don’t like announcing release
dates unless we’re certain we’ll meet the deadline.

We’re still not ready to pick a specific release date, but we do want to
state for the record that Halo 2 will not ship in 2003. This game is a vast
undertaking, considerably more complex than any of our previous efforts, and
there is just no way to squeeze all of the necessary work into this calendar
year. We know many of you were hoping to get your hands on Halo 2 during the
holiday season, and we’re sorry to disappoint you – but making this game as
good as we possibly can is our paramount concern. Microsoft understands and
supports our decision, and we hope you will too. Our ultimate goal is to make
Halo 2 a great game; when the game comes out next year, we think you’ll agree
we made the right choice.

Of course, you’ll be able to get a small taste of the glories we have in
store when we show Halo 2 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in May. And
there is Halo for Mac and PC, still on track for a 2003 release with several
new features and content. There is lots of exciting stuff on the way for Halo
fans.

As always, we invite you to check back with us here at Bungie.net regularly
for the official word on all things Halo, straight from the developers. [ Source
of this text: Bungie.net ]

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