Luke 'I love that Florian Eckhardt guy' Smith over at 1UP is the newest filly to be broken and added to my stable of virtual hos. The fondness is mutual, because he single-handedly breaks many of the stories that I then parasitically cut, paste and post here in pursuit of my daily bread. Like this one!

There were some rumblings when Live Anywhere was announced that Halo 2 for the PC would not actually use any of the Live Anywhere features. It turns out that this was a lie: you just won't be able to use the one feature anyone cares about — the ability to deathmatch against XBox players.

However, you will, at least, be able to see what games your XBox friends are currently playing... games that you will be incapable of playing with them. You know, like Halo 2! You can also send them messages ("Wouldn't it be great if we could play Halo 2 together?")

In other words, Halo 2's Live Anywhere features are limited to the game being a three gig, cross-platform instant messaging client. That's nice and all, but cross-platform multiplayer is the Live Anywhere Holy Grail, Microsoft. No one cares about the other stuff except in relation to that. Florian Eckhardt

Halo 2 PC Online Functionality Detailed [1UP]

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