343 Industries has announced that Halo 2 PC multiplayer will shut down on February 15th. In a post on Halo Waypoint , 343 noted that “we’ve been monitoring the population for months, and it’s been peaking consistently at approximately 20 players or less. Those that own this game can continue to enjoy Multiplayer over LAN after that date; however our network services will be turned off at that time.”

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“We love you, Halo 2 PC, and you will live forever in our hearts,” 343 concluded.Halo 2’s Xbox servers were shut down in April 2010 , though that didn’t prevent some people from managing to play for a few extra weeks . Before 343 took over the Halo franchise, Bungie revealed that more than 5.4 billion games of Halo 2 were played online

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