Over 20 years after it was shown, Halo 2's E3 2003 demo will finally be playable. The demo for Halo 2 shown during E3 2003 was one of the biggest and most iconic pieces of marketing for Bungie's beloved Xbox shooter, but since its engine was scrapped, it never got a public release.

Halo 2's iconic E3 2003 demo, much of which did not appear in the final game when it launched a year later, will finally be playable next week via a Steam Workshop mod for Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC, just in time for Halo 2's 20th anniversary.

This put us in a bit of a quandary,” said Kenneth Peters, Halo senior franchise writer in an Xbox wire post. “Even the original executable is difficult to work with, as you

Halo 2's iconic E3 demo will be available as a free mod for the Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Steam starting on November 9.

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