Halo 2 coming to Windows Vista

Halo 2, arguably one of biggest console games of all time, is coming exclusively to Windows Vista this fall.

Windows Vista is Microsoft's next version Operating System (OS), the successor to the current Windows XP.

Windows Vista is being touted heavily as a gaming platform, and putting Microsoft's/Bungie's premiere franchise is a good way to push the point.

The Vista version will include "both the single-player and multiplayer elements of the original Halo 2, as well as each of the additional maps included in the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack. Players will also have the opportunity to create and customize their own multiplayer levels."

No word on whether Vista users will get the online co-op mode poorly stubbed out in the Xbox version, what the Vista version of Xbox Live will be, or whether the game will support the PC version of the Xbox 360 controller (why wouldn't it?).

However, Bungie did say it will not support cross-platform play (what the hell is XNA good for, then?).

While we're on the subject, other Halo tidbits:

• Halo/Halo 2 games sold to date: 14.5 million
• Halo 2 games sold to date: 7.5 million
• Halo online multiplayer hours logged: 600 million
• Halo 3 release date: Sometime after mutliple, maddeningly irritating Virtual Reality Games and marketing gimmicks, and just before the Dark One gets his nads frozen off ...