Rumour: Halo 2 Anniversary Coming to Xbox One With Halo 5 Beta Key

Rumour: Halo 2 Anniversary Coming to Xbox One With Halo 5 Beta Key

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Lee Bradley

Today is a day for rumours. Alongside the Xbox One info reported earlier today, a slew of Halo-related chatter has also hit the net.

Originating from NeoGAF and partially verified by CVG, the reports suggest that Halo 2 Anniversary is set to hit Xbox One on November 11th and will include access to a Halo 5 beta.

It’s said that the game is set to be updated by Saber Interactive and Certain Affinity, two studios that assisted 343 Industries in bringing Halo: Combat Evolved - Anniversary to Xbox 360.

According to the post on NeoGAF, Halo 2 Anniversary will be available in two different packages. The first is a Collector’s Edition with the Halo 5 beta access and a live-action Halo series (“not the Blomkamp one”), while the second is a War Collection featuring all of the above plus ports of Halo 3 and 4.

Halo 5 itself won't be out until 2015 though, missing its expected 2014 release. It is also suggested that the Halo 3 and 4 ports will receive separate releases during 2014.

As repeatedly stated, these are all just rumours for now. Again, please treat them accordingly.

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  • Needless to say: I want Halo 2 Anniversary for my 360.
  • Would love Halo 2 online again in better graphics
  • Isn't Halo 5 rumoured for 2015? So if it's all true that's 4 Halo games in the space of a year. Have an Overkill medal Microsoft.
  • @1 You know that there is literally no chance of that happening though, right?
  • I hope this is true cause I loved Halo: CE Remake.
  • @3 And Spartan Assault! Killtacular!
  • Aside the Halo 2 Anniversary I really like the part of the Halo 3 port, I enjoyed the Halo 3 MP the most, no loadouts and the equipment such as power drain and bubble shield really made it great imo.
  • Its just a rumour at this point and no details about how it looks, what changes will/have been made but still, if this releases then it will be bought.
  • PLEASE LET THIS BE TRUE!!!
  • I was under the impression that Halo 5 was already locked for 2014. Off topic: Right now on the dashboard here in the US, there is a tile promoting sports games with a picture of Von Kaiser from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. Kinda weird considering Nintendo owns that property and the character...
  • I will believe the rumors only when Microsoft confirms or denies them the rumors in the op came from neogaf.. so take with a very very big grain of salt what I had heard, myself was halo 5 was to be for 2014 along with a halo 5 console [per GameStop district manger regarding the console] .............. so we will see what we see when we see it
  • I'm not a fan of neogaf but they people leaking this information were correct about a lot of things. I expect there is some truth behind this.
  • I really hope this is true, though I'm gonna have to start saving up for it and a One :P
  • Would like to see Halo 2 anniversary, but only interested if it had its own dedicated multiplyer unlike halo anniversary which was halo reach maps
  • Seems odd to not do a 360 port if this is true.
  • This game is the reason I bought XBL in the first place.
  • Halo 2 this year will be great! Only 5 more years for halo wars remake (fingers cross)
  • Fuck Microsoft, why not release it across both platforms. So much for supporting the 360 for years to come. I am not buying an Xbox One until they drop the camera, I'm not paying for something I don't want and will never use. Also I wonder how Microsoft are going to implement their rampant paymium model in this.
  • "War Collection featuring all of the above plus ports of Halo 3 and 4." - this kinda confirmed to me that this is just bullshit. i want a hd remake of halo 2 like the next guy (@16, my reason for getting xbl is the same), but this just wont happen. if it does ill be ecstatic but yeah, not letting myself get hyped.
  • More Halo = Good news to me. I can't wait.
  • The more Halos the better, I don't care about milking with this beautiful franchise
  • Gigity gigity goo :-). Cant wait if this is true.
  • @18 y do u think itll be supported for years seriously they said long ago when xb1 releases they will only support xb360 for 2 yrs so by 2016-2017 xb360 servers will shut off and all ur games u bought via marketplace will no longer be playable
  • Halo 2, 3 and 4 in a year? Yeah, no. File this under the fake category.
  • Would love it if this were true. I'm new to XBOX (been on PS for about ten years, though I'd like to be as unbiased as I can) and so I'd love to see a Halo game (even a revamp) coming to the ONE soon.
  • neogaf guy went a lil too far with his info. halo 3 & 4 ports? hahaha. such a lie!! neogaf = hahahaha.
  • Obviously getting a Halo 2 Anniversary this year as little to no information has been released about Halo 5 since E3 2013
  • Microsoft in an interview confirmed they were working on halo 2 anniversary halo 5 is coming out next year you can already pre order it from microsoft how about microsoft buying gears of war what do you guys think of an xbox one remake of any of them
  • this really sucks iv waited years for them to put halo 2 on 360, but their like oh will give u the game just not on 360 but xbox one. LOL what a load of crap.
  • I could believe the Halo 2 anniversary, it makes sense. I could have also believed Halo 4 port, so that the entire new trilogy is all on X1, but Halo 3 as well, that just makes it seem unlikely.
  • It should come to 360, or at least make two versions. After having every Halo game on the 360, it'd be wrong not to do the same here.
  • here is the leaked box art. It looks pretty real to me! It came out yesterday when the news hit http://gyazo.com/fa72dfe6c8b9555c33486b96fdb0a70f
  • @32 If that is real, then that is poor quality control as the assault rifle is not in Halo 2.
  • @33 your right. i didnt notice that. good eye. its probly fake
  • Only makes sense to release Halo 2 on 360. It has every Halo game but that one. I expect Microsoft to pull a "deal with it" stance and tell 360 owners to go buy a used copy of the original. Would be nice to play through all of them without Halo 2 looking like the ugly step child.
  • Yes! This just made my day!
  • I would love to see a Halo 3 port, Halo 3 is hands down the best Halo multiplayer there is. A port would get people playing it again and maybe Halo multiplayer will be as enjoyable as it use to be.
  • I personally don't buy HD remakes of old games. I've been there, done that and beat them many times over (especially Halo and Halo 2 with my bro on couch co-op). I feel like all these resources could be put to better use working on new IP or next Halo. But I know I am in minority, so life goes on I guess. And it looks like I won't be getting Xbone until at least next year (decided to get it once either gears of halo comes out)
  • Just make it for both and have the One version come with the beta key. Everyone wins and more money for Micro$oft
  • Another halo? Thats what i said when halo 4 came out, then e3 announcement i said it again then spartan assault? OMG NOW halo 2 anniversary with halo 4 expansion maps? Lol no thanks, sick of halo
  • So the 360 has Halo 1, Halo 3, ODST, Wars, Reach & 4 and the XB1 will have Halo 2, 3, 4, Spartan Assault & 5? How are people new to the Xbox and Halo supposed to see the bits they've missed on the XB1, backwards compatibility? Pshaw... no one uses that!
  • Surprising, an Halo 2 Anniversary should be on the 360 more than X1, just because the entire first trilogy would be playable on the same platform. Let's wait and see...
  • @23 yea some one lied to you. You can play games you downloaded from the market place offline. Yr probably just mad you sold yr 360 for an over priced xbone and now you have nobody to play with. Anyway... NOW IM PISSED!! #In my Marcus Phoenix voice. I would like my halo 2 HD remake on my 360 also. Microsoft would have to be stupid to not put it on 360. It would sell.
  • Port of 3 and 4 would be pretty cool. Hopefully this ends up to be true.
  • @23 You're an idiot. Microsoft was talking about games not servers. If they dropped game support for the original Xbox almost as soon as the 360 came out but kept the servers up until 2010. Do you really think they'll support the 360 with games for 3 more years and then just shut off the servers once that 3 years is up?
  • Halo 2 is my favorite, but I'd really only be interested in this if it had the same multiplayer gameplay as the original. But it'd probably have 4's or 5's so meh.
  • I hope it is XBOX ONE ONLY!!!!!!!!!!! The 360 had a great run but it is time to move on. STOP diluting the XBONE games for 360 compatibility!
  • UGH SO GAY!!!! If this is Xbox One only this will be the only the 2nd time they have used this wonderful game to exploit the customer base to attempt to sell more units of their product. First Windows now XBONE. I'll definitely buy but wont be happy some of my mates wont be able to play with me. Also, if it doesn't have the same game play it wont be a deal breaker as having went back to H2 on PC It did not age well...
  • I can understand buying remakes or even HD ports of games not compatible with your current system but if you are excited over a straight port of a 360 game to Xbox One, you are ignoring the biggest problem here. IF YOU ARE BUY A PORT OF HALO 4 YOU ARE SHOWING MICROSOFT THEY ARE RIGHT TO DENY BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY! Do not pay extra money to play something you already own, on a new system. Especially when it's only 2 years old.
  • wasn't halo 5 confirmed for release this year?
  • @49 I agree with you for the most part, especially porting Halo 4 when its only a couple years old. But Im a huge Halo 3 fan and I would love to see it make a resurgance. I would rather see a 10 year anniversay of Halo 3 like they are doing with 1 & 2, so it will replace the shitty multiplayer that I am sure Halo 5 will have. But I will take a port in the meantime, it could potentially reinvigorate the Halo 3 population and let us play Halo multiplayer at its best.
  • TOO MANY HALO'S! Just do Halo 2 and leave it at that!
  • Halo 2 anniversary was a given, no? I mean, HD, plus achievements, and the fact that they did this with Halo 1 made this a no-brainer. It was just a matter of when.
  • Well this could go either way really pulling for this to be true and if you think about this could be true because Microsoft has gotta do something to compete with Destiny and COD Black Ops 3 (You know it's coming as inevitable as anything in the world) and Microsoft has this plus Titanfall plus the new Gears of War by Black Tusk. Well on the other hand this seems like alot to hope for I am just hoping Halo 2 Anniversary is coming it'd be great if the Halo 3 port was true always has been my favorite of the series but it's not really necessary because Halo 3 still looks pretty good and could live without the Halo 4 port but it couldn't hurt. Please let this be true or at least Halo 2 anniversary be true..
  • Also if this is true then that means they will take their time and hopefully get Halo 5 right don't get me wrong Halo 4 was fun but it could have better hopefully they get it better this time around and maybe it will be pretty cool either way only time will tell...
  • To all the people saying it's obvious fake because of the Halo 3 & 4 ports...that may be true and the ports are a stretch...but I still think the actual Halo 2 Anniversary itself could be real, along with the Halo 5 Beta (although like everyone else has been saying I thought/think Halo 5 is coming in 2014)
  • I hope they make it for 360.. PLEASE make if for the 360
  • believed this up until the ports of Halo 3 and 4... 4 is believible I guess but there's no way in hell they'd port 3 its "outdated" and I could only see them giving it the anniversary treatment in 2017 with new Multiplayer(I even doubt this)..
  • YESYESYESYESYES!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy!
  • I hope they do a port to the X360, I still play Halo 2 (Orignal Xbox) and Halo 2 PC, be nice to have the full set of achievements on X360
  • im sorry but if halo 2 or 5 dont come out for 360 im done with xbox. that would be such horse shyt
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