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Halo: Combat Evolved is a 2001 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox. The game was ported to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in 2003. It was later released as a downloadable Xbox Original for the Xbox 360.
Halo franchise logo. Halo is a science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and owned and published by Xbox Game Studios.Central to the Halo series are the three first-person shooter video games Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and Halo 3; novelizations, soundtracks, and other media are also available.
Xbox Game Studios plans to roll out the individual games in the collection separately, starting with Halo: Reach and then proceeding chronologically from Combat Evolved. [1] Upon this announcement, 343 Industries' offices in Redmond, Washington , were overwhelmed by pizza delivery orders from anonymous users, particularly from Reddit .
Halo: Combat Evolved was the Xbox's flagship "killer app" and cemented Microsoft as a major competitor in the video game console space, and its sequels pioneered online matchmaking, social features, and video game marketing. The games have sold more than 81 million copies worldwide.
The original Halo is a master class in game design, from top to bottom. The gunplay is excellent, the story is mystifying and fascinating, and the soundtrack is one of the greatest ever put in a game.
The developers refreshed Combat Evolved ' s music and sound effects along with its visuals. [16] While players can toggle the original music from Halo: Combat Evolved, the soundtrack was also re-recorded in partnership with Pyramind Studios, using the 75-piece Skywalker Symphony Orchestra and the Chanticleer vocal ensemble.
Halo: Reach is a first-person shooter in which players predominantly experience gameplay from a first-person perspective; the game perspective switches to third-person when using certain weapons, equipments, vehicles and when a player dies. [1] Gameplay is more similar to Halo: Combat Evolved than later games in the series. [2]
Halo 2 is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved. The game features new weapons, enemies, and vehicles, another player character, and shipped with online multiplayer via Microsoft's Xbox Live service.