'Halo 2' illegally posted online for download
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft?said Thursday that a version of "Halo 2," the forthcoming follow-up to the best-selling video game for the company's Xbox console, had been leaked and illegally posted for download on the Internet. The company said it was investigating the source of the leak as of yesterday afternoon. The development isn't expected to affect the release of the game, planned for Nov. 9.
"Microsoft takes the integrity of its intellectual property extremely seriously, and we are aggressively pursuing the source of this illegal act," the company said in a statement. Microsoft warned that it considers downloading the "Halo 2" code or making it available for others to download to be theft.