Halo 2 Achievements and Live Pricing for PC

By DeaconBlade • March 7, 2007

Interesting news has been filtering out of the GDC 07 so far with none more interesting than the annoucement that Halo 2 for Windows Vista will include Achievements! There are legions of Halo 2 fans out there and I wonder how many will purchase the Windows Vista version of Halo 2 in order to amp up their Gamerscore.

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What Achievements will the folks at Bungie come up with and how will current players of Halo 2 respond? Other news from the conference is the detailing of the Live for Windows pricing structure. Current Xbox Live Gold subscribers can breathe easy as their subscription will cover Xbox Live play across Xbox, Xbox 360 and any Games for Windows that have the feature. New users to Xbox Live can also relax as the price will stay the same as it is now for a 12-month subscription to the service. Just like with the Xbox 360 there will be a free Silver package as well as a Gold package which retails for $49.99 for a year subscription, $7.99 for one month, and $19.99 for three months.

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9 Responses to “Halo 2 Achievements and Live Pricing for PC”

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Intangible 360 Says:

March 7th, 2007 at 12:00 pm

Here’s a question that has been bothering me: you only have to pay for one live account, right? I mean is there an additional fee if I decide to buy Shadowrun for PC rather than Xbox 360 and want to play it on Xbox Live?
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Intangible 360 Says:

March 7th, 2007 at 12:04 pm

Nevermind, I just read the actual article.
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DeaconBlade Says:

March 7th, 2007 at 12:17 pm

reading is great
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Taint3d Y0uth Says:

March 7th, 2007 at 6:13 pm

Stupid question, I know, but… the disc won’t play on the Xbox 360, correct?

If not, then I doubt I’ll be able to add the Halo 2 achievements to my Gamerscore. Sadly.
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DeaconBlade Says:

March 7th, 2007 at 6:40 pm

no it won’t play on the 360
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Sirharper Says:

March 7th, 2007 at 10:00 pm

Thats just stupid. It cheapens the achievements system.
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Unscripted 360 » Games for Windows - LIVE Says:

March 14th, 2007 at 3:23 am

[...] more on this announcement, check out the full press release here. You can also check out previous coverage on this including the pricing for Games for Windows - LIVE here on Unscripted [...]
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Morbibspartan Says:

October 12th, 2007 at 7:14 pm

I have been playing halo 2 for PC. And I can’t find out how to check the achievements I’ve earned. Any help?
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DeaconBlade Says:

October 13th, 2007 at 1:38 am

you should have a windows live card much like the gamercard…oh heck…just check your gamercard on xbox.com

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