Win Halo 2 before release?
by Kit

Friday, October 8 2004

Interested, sure you are, read on...

Gamers eager to get their hands on Halo 2 now have the opportunity to do so by visiting their local 7-Eleven store. Mountain Dew is teaming up with Xbox and 7-Eleven, Inc. to offer gamers an improved, intense Mountain Dew Slurpee and three limited-edition Halo 2 collector cups, available at participating 7-Eleven stores nationwide. They can also enter the "Win it Before You Can Buy It" sweepstakes for a chance to win an early copy of Halo 2 before it's released on November 9. Additional prizes include a trip to the 2004 Spike TV Video Game Awards, a trip to Bungie Studios for an opportunity to play against the Halo 2 developers at a private event, Xbox video game systems, Xbox Live Starter Kits and more. For more information and official sweepstakes rules, please visit http://www.slurpee.com/.

Halo 2 will expand on everything that made the original game great, plus add a wealth of technological and gameplay advances. Significantly improved graphics, enhanced artificial intelligence (AI), an advanced real-time lighting engine and destructible interactive environments are just a small part of Halo 2’s evolution of design and technology. Every improvement in Halo 2 is designed to take gameplay to a new level -- and in the end, to tell a more compelling story.

Utilizing Xbox Live to redefine online play, Halo 2 delivers superior online multiplayer capabilities. Whether playing with a clan on a new multiplayer map, boarding a friend's Warthog, dogfighting in Banshees or checking player stats, Halo 2 will bring the social experience to a higher level via Xbox Live. More information about Halo 2 is available at http://www.halo2.com/.

--- Kit