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You Say Goodbye, I Say Halo

Tomorrow night marks the end of the line for the original Xbox Live, and we're sending it off in proper Giant Bomb fashion.

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. 
  

 
 

 
UPDATE: We've done some preliminary testing, and have created a shortlist of additional Xbox Live games we may spend some time with. If you've got an Xbox and want to join in on the fun, be sure and have these games at the ready!  

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Burnout 3: Takedown was an awesome game for playing online and is still the best in the franchise.

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Is there any way Bungie could just port Halo 2 on to a xbox 360 disc with everything included for like 15 to 20 bucks so hardcore fans can continue to play?
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Vinny just played the Deadly Premonition Whistle Theme on his guitar. Everyone whistled. It was pretty fucking amazing.

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@Rain_1 said:
" @Hitchenson said:
" I'll be attempting to watch the stream whilst playing Halo 2 myself. Just a heads up: You get some special shiny in Halo Reach if you play Halo 2 tomorrow. "
 Screw you. I know this is a lie, but i'm still downloading all halo 2 map packs so i can play a little bit. Goddamit. "
It's no lie. I'd imagine it's just an emblem next to your GT in lobbies like the Bungie.net one you get.
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Damn, mechassault dosent work on my 360.
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Last minute entry...
How's about Phantom Dust and Conker Live and Reloaded?

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Downloading maps on Halo 2 is slower than Flava Flav's big ass chest clock.

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I've only got Forza and Halo 2, which I got the latter earlier today at Best Buy. 
 
I'm still hoping for Voodoo Vince to get BC support so I can restart and finish that game.

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What about Call of Cthulu?  Come on!!!!!!!! :)

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I had hoped to be able to watch this a little live just so I could say "I was there" but I just bothered to actually think about time zones and realized the kick off is still two hours away.  No way can I make that.  I even had the thought of grabbing the video and recording it as it streamed so I could have full playback later but i would still have to be awake to get that started.  Boo having to be up early.  Hell, there's even a chance the guys could still be going while I'm getting ready for work!

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it starts at 12 where I live

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I have Chaos Theory and Halo 2....that's all i got out of that list 
 
It's 10:41pm here right now, so i'm assuming this is going to start at midnight for me? 
 
and also, how much playtime is actually left before the servers are shut down?

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Dammit, now I wish I had Burnout 3 on Xbox (not to mention an Xbox) instead of the PlayStation 2 so I could join in on the fun. Ah well. 'Least I still have the live stream to look forward to.

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@Rain_1: It's not a lie.
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@Hitchenson said:
" I'll be attempting to watch the stream whilst playing Halo 2 myself. Just a heads up: You get some special shiny in Halo Reach if you play Halo 2 tomorrow. "
 
Screw you. I know this is a lie, but i'm still downloading all halo 2 map packs so i can play a little bit. Goddamit.
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The banner Snide posted on his Twitter, Vinny tuning his guitar? This is going to be fucking amazing.
Hope I can get some of the best bits in before having to go to bed.

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wait battlefront 1 or 2, because my Battlefront 1 is broken :(

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B A T T L E F R O N T !!!!
 
I just might cry before this night is over.

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Also, I recommend some Burnout 3 and Rainbow Six 3, if you have them!

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MechAssault 1 don't work on 360, if that's what you'll be using instead of an old Phat.
 
Also, I thought Xbox 1 support was ending at 1 AM on the east coast.  Which is when you guys are starting...=\

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Oh man, that video. That truly is the best one.

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It's also the last night for Burnout 3 on PS2. It outlasted Revenge which is CRAZY!

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Wait, no Halo 2? What the eff?

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Does anyone know if M$ is pulling the plug at midnight PDT, and that's for the entirety of North America, or is it going down in waves/time zones?
 
I'm going to check it out tonight, but I'm CST, so I'll have to be able to kick it until 2AM if my maths is corrects.

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The end of a legend........ hundreds, maybe thousands of awesome hours.

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Fuck sleep! Who needs it when there are streams to be viewed!

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Count me in!

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I remember this video. Crap like shutting off old Xbox Live makes me feel old.

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Jedi Academy anyone?!

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Won't be able to make it. Have a paper to work on tonight and an interview tomorrow morning. Can't wait to see the replay though, fellas.

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never

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Are  they going to record the whole 2 hours so that the people who work the next day can watch it at their leisure? 

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As its gone 1am for me right now i'm on Burnout 3 for the final time. There's a few ghosts of rankings leaders past here, but nothing more.

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@WinterSnowblind said:
" Too bad I won't be able to watch this in the UK.  But I've been having a few Halo 2 matches for the finale and I remembered why I hated it so much, it suffers from exactly the same problem as Halo 3.  The Battle Rifle. Any match where it's not the default weapon is so much more fun, the damn thing is so unbalanced and the matches involve nothing but two people running at each other firing, followed by a melee attack.  Really can't wait for Reach where we won't have any of that. "
Did you perhaps confuse the Battle Rifle with the Halo 3 Assault Rifle?
 
Because a BR fight should almost never end in melee- the weapon has enough power to neutralize your opponent before he can reach you unless you get ambushed at a corner or something.
 
And man, FUCK SMG starts. Those suck wayyyyy more.
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2AM for me and i have to go to a meeting in the morning. hmmmmm...sleep...halo....sleep...halo...sleep...halo...

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6AM. I shouldn't, but I probably will. Curse you giantbomb.com!

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What's this in Swatch Internet Time?
 
That's going to be way too late for me, so I hope there will be a good recording of everything up to the end.

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This has actually gotten me depressed, how sad is that? It's because it was such a major part of my teen years.

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@PlasmaMachine said:
"Just remember, don't be sad because it is over, be happy because it happened. "

amen brother
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I really hope they post the steam later; I was planning on actually playing Halo 2 and don't want to have to choose :(

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Too bad that's 7am here. I guess I'll have to watch the recorded version

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They couldn't just seperate XBL Original from XBL 360? Guess they had to do that from the start and don't want to bother coding it in 8 years after the fact.

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6 in the bloody morning? 6!!!!!!!! that means im gonna have to stumble out of bed, turn the laptop on and watch it in bed for 5minutes untill i fall asleep again and miss it all.
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Aww shit. It's on 7A.M. here...

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Goddammit, I've had H2 since launch, but never played the multiplayer (yeah, I know, right?) but I can't get into a single match because I'm missing maps and these things take foreeeeeeeeever to download... seems like I'll never play H2 online, ever.

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Hmmmm Hello goodbye Beatles reference .....

Hmmmm New Glee episode is heavy on the Hello Goodbye Beatles references .....

Coincidence ?

I think not! Ryan Davis, you sir watch Glee don't you ?

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i'd love to give my own sendoff to halo 2, but of course my 360.