Halo 2: Anniversary

Halo 2: Anniversary is a remastered version of Halo 2 and features extra content, high-definition resolution, and remastered audio and graphics. It will be released on November 11, 2014, as part of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection for the Xbox One. 343 Industries currently have no plans to make Halo 2: Anniversary a standalone game as Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary was.

Campaign
In Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 2's campaign has been fully remastered by Saber Interactive. All of Halo 2's sound effects have been recorded again, and the original music has been replaced with music arranged by Kazuma Jinnouchi and recorded by the Skywalker Orchestra.

Blur Studio, the studio who created the CGI cinematics for Halo Wars, created new CGI animations for using motion capture technology. In addition, they created a Prologue and an Epilogue for the game.

The models used in the visual upgrades were taken from earlier Halo games, or made specifically for the game on case by case basis.

Rally points have been added to every mission, as can be seen at the end of the Delta Halo playthrough from the Gamescom 2014 Xbox Media Briefing, on the pause menu at the end.

Levels

 * Prologue
 * The Heretic
 * The Armory
 * Cairo Station
 * Outskirts
 * Metropolis
 * The Arbiter
 * The Oracle
 * Delta Halo
 * Regret
 * Sacred Icon
 * Quarantine Zone
 * Gravemind
 * Uprising
 * High Charity
 * The Great Journey
 * Epilogue

Multiplayer
Six Halo 2 competitive multiplayer maps were reimagined in an engine modified specifically for the Xbox One and adjusted to mimic Halo 2's original gameplay. All six new maps feature new dynamic elements and Forge support. Many new weapons, powerups, vehicles and gametypes have been added, including the Assault Rifle, Suppressed SMG, M274-M Gungoose, Speed Boost.

Maps

 * Coagulation Anniversary
 * Shrine
 * Zanzibar Anniversary
 * Zenith
 * Lockdown
 * Warlord

Gametypes
All of Halo 2's gametypes will be included, as well as the following additional ones:


 * Infection
 * Race
 * Ricochet

United Nations Space Command Standard

 * BR55 Battle Rifle
 * MA5D Individual Combat Weapon System
 * M6C Personal Defense Weapon System
 * M7/Caseless Submachine Gun
 * M7S Caseless Submachine Gun
 * M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon
 * Sniper Rifle System 99C-S2 Anti-Matériel B
 * M90 Close Assault Weapon System
 * M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade
 * M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun
 * M68 Gauss Cannon
 * M247 General Purpose Machine Gun

Forerunner Weapons

 * Sentinel Beam

Standard

 * Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword
 * Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol
 * Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle
 * Type-26 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun
 * Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher
 * Type-33 Light Anti-Armor Weapon
 * Type-50 Sniper Rifle System
 * Type-51 Carbine
 * Type-42 Directed Energy Support Weapon
 * Type-1 Antipersonnel grenade
 * Scarab gun

Jiralhanae

 * Fist of Rukt
 * Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle/Jiralhanae variant
 * Type-25 Grenade Launcher

Usable

 * M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle
 * M12G1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle
 * M808B Main Battle Tank
 * M274-M Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicle

Military

 * D77-TC Pelican
 * D96-TCE Albatross
 * GA-TL1 Longsword-class Interceptor
 * Orbital Defense Platform
 * ODA-142 Cairo
 * ODA-143 Malta
 * ODA-144 Athens
 * ODA-142 Cairo
 * ODA-143 Malta
 * ODA-144 Athens

Civilian

 * MLX
 * Überchassis
 * Tractor unit
 * Various other vehicles, including buses

Usable

 * Type-46 Infantry Support Vehicle
 * Type-26 Assault Gun Carriage
 * Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft
 * Type-32 Rapid Assault Vehicle

Non-Usable

 * Solemn Penance
 * High Charity
 * Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter
 * Type-29 Troop/Vehicle Transport
 * Type-36 Ultra Heavy Assault Platform
 * Type-52 Troop Carrier
 * Type-36 Ultra Heavy Assault Platform
 * Type-52 Troop Carrier

Locations

 * Sol System
 * Earth
 * Mombasa
 * Old Mombasa
 * Hotel Zanzibar
 * New Mombasa 105 East
 * Suspension Bridge
 * New Mombasa
 * Cairo Station
 * Athens Station
 * Malta Station
 * Jupiter
 * Io
 * Io Station
 * Soell System
 * Installation 04's Wreckage
 * Basis
 * Threshold
 * Gas Mine


 * Coelest System
 * Substance
 * Installation 05
 * Forerunner Ruins
 * Quarantine Zone
 * Sentinel Wall
 * Library
 * Jiralhanae Encampment
 * 'Bastion of the Brutes'
 * Control Room
 * High Charity
 * Council Chamber
 * Mausoleum of the Arbiter
 * Sanctum of the Hierarchs
 * Mid Tower
 * Far Tower
 * Valleys of Tears
 * Valley of Tears A
 * Valley of Tears B
 * Hanging Gardens
 * Hanging Garden A
 * Hanging Garden B

Trivia

 * Unlike in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary's switch from classic to remastered is instant.