Also, don't forget to snag the old Halo 2 maps for Bungie's final online farewell to the game on April 14. You really should be there to play one last time. It's got dual-wielding!
Also, don't forget to snag the old Halo 2 maps for Bungie's final online farewell to the game on April 14. You really should be there to play one last time. It's got dual-wielding!
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 1:36PM Freddie Mercury said
I honestly didn't think they would do it
this is the second time Microsoft has surprised me in a positive manner
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this is the second time Microsoft has surprised me in a positive manner
Posted: Feb 11th 2010 3:09PM Freddie Mercury said
I messed up renewing my gold subscription cause my xbox live automatically tried to renew with an old credit card, and they gave me that month of gold free and started the renewal the next month
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 1:37PM Acosta02 said
You know, I never really cared for Halo 2. When the first one came out I was still stuck in my xenophobic "I hate Xbox" stage. When Halo 2 rolled around, I was putting up with the Xbox, but didn't care too much for the game. And now I love the Xbox 360 and Halo 3.
Cool story, Acosta.
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Cool story, Acosta.
Posted: Feb 11th 2010 1:43PM Alan Smithee said
KotOR: Yavin Station
Halo 2: Four different map packs.
Republic Commando: The 'Hangar' pack.
Splinter Cell: Kola missions
Crimson Skies: Planes, Maps, and the Chicken Pox and Heist gametypes
Ninja Gaiden
Mech Assault
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Halo 2: Four different map packs.
Republic Commando: The 'Hangar' pack.
Splinter Cell: Kola missions
Crimson Skies: Planes, Maps, and the Chicken Pox and Heist gametypes
Ninja Gaiden
Mech Assault
Posted: Feb 11th 2010 1:53PM Shiaoran said
Thanks.
The only one that matters to me is MechAssault (the others I have on PC and I hate Halo multiplayer).
I don't have it yet, I was hoping it'd be released for PC or become backwards compatible/GoD...
And I can't even buy it asap and download the stuff, as my Original Xbox is very broken (fcking moving people...)(and I'll only get a new one when I want to play a game that doesn't work on the 360 and have the money to spare :P ).
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The only one that matters to me is MechAssault (the others I have on PC and I hate Halo multiplayer).
I don't have it yet, I was hoping it'd be released for PC or become backwards compatible/GoD...
And I can't even buy it asap and download the stuff, as my Original Xbox is very broken (fcking moving people...)(and I'll only get a new one when I want to play a game that doesn't work on the 360 and have the money to spare :P ).
Posted: Feb 11th 2010 2:08PM Alan Smithee said
Should have added that that list was off the top of my head.
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 3:00PM Granger said
DOOM 3 had maps, Full Spectrum Warrior had new missions, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within had new survival rooms, Phantom Dust had new skills, Unreal Championship 2 had new maps and characters (pretty much unlocked the AI-only characters for play)...
There's plenty more I'm sure.
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There's plenty more I'm sure.
Posted: Feb 11th 2010 1:37PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
Whew! I can finally get that Mechassault DLC I've been itching for.
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 1:44PM Warlock said
I don't really understand why the DLC will be going away. I assume they are removing classic Xbox support for compatiblity reasons with 360, but these are just files. Seems like they could still be hosted pretty easily. Maybe just remove any that have to do with online multiplayer specifically :)
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 1:46PM (Unverified) said
Why do people care about being able to download old Xbox content? If you didn't pick it up then, what the hell is going to change that now?
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 1:56PM (Unverified) said
@Bradwart
Yes it was. With the exception of Splinter Cell map packs (Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory - which may have gone free eventually), DDR tracks, and some of the Halo 2 packs initially, all content was free from the get-go.
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Yes it was. With the exception of Splinter Cell map packs (Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory - which may have gone free eventually), DDR tracks, and some of the Halo 2 packs initially, all content was free from the get-go.
Posted: Feb 11th 2010 1:58PM Alan Smithee said
ANY Microsoft published game had for-pay DLC, including Mech Assault.
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 2:40PM Jude said
I picked up the Halo2 map packs a while ago, but when I loaded it up a few days ago (unrelated to any cancellation announcements) there was a message that said that the files had been "damaged" and that I should try to re-download them and I couldn't.
It was pretty frustrating, but I'm glad to see them doing something about it so quickly... if temporarily. I do like to throw in Halo 2 every now and again for nostalgia's sake and because seems to beat 1 vs 1 on Lockout w/ shotguns.
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It was pretty frustrating, but I'm glad to see them doing something about it so quickly... if temporarily. I do like to throw in Halo 2 every now and again for nostalgia's sake and because seems to beat 1 vs 1 on Lockout w/ shotguns.
Posted: Feb 11th 2010 3:06PM RandomAcronym said
will Halo 2 for windows vista still work online?
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 3:12PM Alan Smithee said
Yes, that's a different service. Halo PC still works too.
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 3:24PM Alan Smithee said
Well, grabbed every bit of content I could.
And thank you for helping make my decision about which company to support next generation even easier, Microsoft.
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And thank you for helping make my decision about which company to support next generation even easier, Microsoft.
Posted: Feb 11th 2010 3:44PM (Unverified) said
How much do you get paid to surf the internet to afford the next generation btw?
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 3:29PM Puertoricarious said
don't you need to be connected to xbox live anyway to access your DLC? any possibility that the DLC still won't work after april?
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 3:30PM Alan Smithee said
For 360 DLC, as long as the licenses are attached to that console, no. Not sure about Xbox DLC, but it wouldn't surprise me if it didn't work.
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 6:08PM 343 Guilty Fart said
Well of course they put the DLC back up, they realized they had money to make.
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Posted: Feb 17th 2010 9:18PM (Unverified) said
i have an xbox 360 and i dont see dlc on xbox live for star wars battlefront 2 for the original xbox
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