It was a great treat for long-time Xbox fans and the perfect way to celebrate Halo 2’s anniversary, but it looks like that’s not the only E3 demo for the game to make its way online.

Two decades on, Halo 2 remains one of the best video game sequels of all time. Here's how it became a monument to Xbox and sci-fi shooters. While Halo Infinite, the latest installment in the long ...

The Elite Rangers are an anti-infrantry unit that can be used by any Banished leaders in Halo Wars 2. The Elite Rangers unit is a common unit that costs 30 energy to call in. Elite Rangers are ...

“Revisit the debut prototype of Halo 2 in this restoration of the notorious ‘Earth City’ demonstration, initially unveiled at the Xbox press conference during E3 2003,” reads the description.

Microsoft Game Studios Halo 2 was made, in every sense of the phrase, during a vastly different time in video game history, one that will never be replicated (for better and for worse).

Seven classic Halo 2 maps, 2004 legacy rules, and an SMG make the leap to Infinite today. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Halo 2's iconic E3 2003 demo, much of which did not appear in the final game when it launched a year later, will finally be playable next week via ...

Ari Notis (he/him) is a guides editor at Polygon, where he writes, edits, and shepherds service-oriented articles about the biggest games du jour. He previously worked at Kotaku. The demo showed ...

Publisher Xbox Game Studios and developer Halo Studios will release the Halo 2 demo showcased at E3 2003, which never made it into the final version of the game, for the PC (Steam) version of Halo ...

That sense of wonder was captured in a single moment in 2003 when Xbox and Bungie offered a first look at Halo 2 through an unforgettable E3 demo. While Halo 2 is an all-time classic, the contents ...

The demo is best known for being an enormous hit when the vide0 for it debuted at the expo, but very little of it made it into the final release due to technological constraints. Similar obstacles ...

The thrilling conclusion of Halo season 2 episode 8 left fans reeling with its intense action sequences and game-changing revelations. As the Halo ring loomed large and the threat of The Flood ...