The last protectorates of the outer colonies are destroyed; now Earth is all alone. After the destruction of Halo, the Master Chief and Cortana heads home for Earth. And the Covenant finds their way to earth to eliminate the human race. The Master Chief is their last hope.

The largest trailer for this game was released in movie theaters. Near the end of this trailer, the usual www.xbox.com URL is replaced with "www.ilovebees.com" for a moment. If someone goes to the website, they encountered a website which seemed to be under the control of a Halo-type artificial intelligence. This website continued to change, eventually telling a multifaceted story which explains how the Covenant find Earth in Halo 2, despite not knowing its location during the events of Halo 1.

Prophet of Truth:
There are those who said this day would never come. What have they to say now?

Continuity: 343 Guilty Spark's single bulb is supposed to brighten whenever he speaks, as he does in Halo and Halo 3. However, in Halo 2 due to a bug the developers were unable to fix prior to launch, his bulb dims as he speaks.

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