Last week several members of THX participated in the Halo 3 launch in many different ways. Some of us waited in line at game stores while others attended official launch parties. We all took a slightly different approach to finishing the fight. Click read more for two of these accounts.

HALO 2 (PC) launches May 22nd. This is too weeks later than expected. The game was supposed to be out yesterday along with the Games for Windows - Live service.

The game will require the Windows Vista operating system but have pretty low minimum system requirements. You will not be able to ZOMGpwn XBOX 360 users in a cross-platform fashion like in Shadowrun. You will only be able to play against other PC players.

HALO 2 (PC) ships with two new maps not seen on a console. Hang 'Em High and Derelict remakes will not ship with the game and won't be coming to the PC anytime soon. Other than that, HALO 2 (PC) is pretty much exactly like HALO 2 for the XBOX except that it comes with a map editor. Gamers will be able to make their own custom maps and distribute them online for other to play on.

HALO 2 (PC) will run on the Games for Windows - Live service. This means that most all of the Live game features available on the console will be made available in this game (voice chat, text chat, friend requests, reputation, achievements, etc.). All Games for Windows - Live titles will have those features.

I will be running two HALO 2 (PC) dedicated servers and a voice server from Dallas via a super-secret Ninja connection. I will also host at least one Shadowrun dedicated server. A Counter-strike source server is already being hosted there.

Hopefully there will be some money to win in HALO 2 (PC).