November 1^st, 2005 (10:54am) - Getting tired of playing Halo 2 yet? Do you long for new content or new secrets to come across? Do you want to go where few gamers have gone to?

Well "there comes a time in the life cycle of every game when gamers start to ask for more than the out-of-box experience," says Stephen Cawood, former Microsoft employee and original member of the Halo 2 beta test team. So his new "Halo 2 Hacks" (O’Reilly, US $24.95) delivers totally fresh ways to experience the Halo universe in ways you might not expect.

"Halo 2 Hacks" is for anyone ready to see places most people never see, and do things most people never do with Halo 2. Whether you’re a hardcore fan who casually beats the game on legendary in one afternoon or you just enjoy making names for all the different attack options you’l love the new things you are shown how to do. "Halo 2 Hacks" shows players how to:

-Find and use the Halo 2 skulls to adjust the difficulty from slightly easier to insanely difficult

-Discover amusing and outrageous secrets hidden in the game

-Exploit the glitches in the Halo 2 game engine

-Get an edge on some key maps by getting above the action

-Get set up with the right software to mod Halo 2

-Mod weapons, vehicles, and maps

-Explore the best fan-created maps and start creating their own

-Make movies out of the in-game action

Readers will discover hiding spots they didn’t even suspect were there and unleash all sorts of unexpected secrets and glitches in Halo 2. There are tons of great hacks for weapons, levels, vehicles, game play, and mods-and each includes a thermometer icon to indicate how complex the hack is (beginner, moderate, or expert).

Players can read the book completely through or simply pick a hack, any hack-every entry promises a new and improved way to experience Halo 2 and inspires gamers to try clever stunts of their own.