You Say Goodbye, I Say Halo

As Microsoft announced back in February, online support for the original Xbox and its associated games will be coming to an end soon--April 14th, to be exact--and, much like we did for The Matrix Online, we'll be live streaming the final minutes of the service. The focus will definitely be squarely on Halo 2--with members of the Waypoint team at 343 Industries potentially making some online guest appearances and beating our asses mercilessly--though we might try and sneak in a little Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge or MechAssault while we're at it.

So tune in tomorrow night, April 14th, at 10PM PDT for our live two-hour broadcast of these bittersweet end of times! Until then, enjoy this Warthog jump video, which remains my favorite Halo video ever. 
  

• Burnout 3: Takedown 
• Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge 
• Forza Motorsport  
• Halo 2(of course!)
• MechAssault
• MechAssault 2: LoneWolf 
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow 
• Star Wars: Battlefront

I love that video. 
 
As for the live stream. I'll pop in providing I'm not baking cup cakes at the time. (No really, I am).

Haha I can't wait for this. I hope the stream isn't in the middle of the night or something crazy in my timezone though...

Tomorrow will be a sad day...

Darn. I'll be busy then.

I'm going to be all ready to watch this, have snacks at my side, and possibly a bottle so I don't have to get up for the bathroom.  Anyway, the point is after all this preparation I'm going to get distracted and miss the whole thing.

I remember watching that vid for the first time and being totally in awe, then running to my xbox to try and replicate it. 
 
Good times.

That Halo video is so much fun.
 
I'll definitely be watching tomorrow! I guess I *could* jump in and join the endgame festivities with some Halo 2, but as a person who hasn't played console shooters well in ages, I doubt it'd be all that fun for me.

" What time is that in the UK?  "

Explosion!

Warthog Jump is a classic.

Be sure to squeeze in some Phantom Dust! 
 
Aw, who'm I kidding? That won't happen. One of the unsung greats of Xbox Live, though.
 
And Burnout 3 was undoubtedly my favorite Xbox Live title. I'll be sorry to see the support go.

" @Blueman said:

" What time is that in the UK?  "

Like 5AM.  Hopefully they'll put this out as a proper video too. "

10 PM? Well, pretty sure I'm going to miss this one.
 
Will it be posted on the site after the fact?

3PM Eastern time in Australia (on the 15th)
6AM in the UK (also on the 15th)

I'll be there!

New Crimson Skies game please!!!!!!! Loved that old box game so much.

Why do these things have to end?

Yay, Microsoft shipped back my repaired 360 yesterday. That means it'll get here... on Thursday. Thanks Microsoft!

Wow I really hope this whole thing goes up on the site after cause there's no way I'll be up that late :P

1AM EDT? Hmmmm... Probably going to miss it. You guys will post the live show when it's over right? 

Who's down for some Phantom Dust?

Can someone give me the time in Swatch Beats?  ;) 

10 PM PDT is too late for me. That's 1 AM here, and I am really tired. So I think I'll be missing this one.

Ugh the pun in th title is so terrible yet delicious.

Here is a link that shows what time it starts in whatever country you are in.     
 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=14&month=4&year=2010&hour=22&min=0&sec=0&p1=256&sort=1 
7 AM here.
 ._.

Epic video

i really wish this wasn't at 1 AM EST, but i guess i could suck it up for one night!

" Here is a link that shows what time that is in whatever country you are in.     
 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=14&month=4&year=2010&hour=22&min=0&sec=0&p1=256&sort=1  7 AM here.  ._. "

I'm not a huge halo fan but this was an awesome video!

Damn

Hopefully, we'll get on later that night as well and enjoy some Halo 2 action as well.

Damnit. I want to be part of that. I'd so join in on some Halo2 if it wasn't 6am on a school-night for me.

Man, that video is so full of win.

Good, I won't have class until 2pm Thursday...so this works out just DANDY

As long as the same thing happens as with the Matrix Online stream and there is stuff happening beforehand on the stream to keep me up all night until 6am, I'm game.
 
I need my fix of shirtless Dave.

This video is really old... it has been in my HDD since oh so many years. Definitely my Fav Halo video too.

I think this is one event I can safely miss. Sadly I probably won't.

This will be archived right? I'll probably be playing Halo 2 during this time.

will be there!

this sucks. i wanted to get halo 2 from gamefly so i could play till it went offline but they kept on screwing me over and sending me shit that was like #20 in my game Q.  im thinking of getting it from gamestop and taking it back on the 15th. its also my birthday today! 

6AM here. awesome

This is the ONLY opportunity to ever use the STEAL BATTALION controller. DO IT! 

6am UK time awesome! 
 
 
 
 
 
oh wait...

Holy crap that's late (for the Eastern time zone)!  Too bad, would have loved to see it live, but whatevs.

does this mean friend cap increase?

I'm totally gonna join you guys. I have both Halo 2 and Crimson Skies.