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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.
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.
Halo: Combat Evolved is a 2001 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox, for which it was released on November 15, 2001. The game was ported to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in 2003.
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.
[3] [4] Many video games released in 2001 defined or redefined their respective genres, including hack and slash game Devil May Cry, [5] [6] first-person shooter game Halo: Combat Evolved, [7] [8] and open world action-adventure game Grand Theft Auto III, which is regarded as an industry-defining work. [9] [10]
Microsoft Game Studios Japan NHL Rivals 2004: Xbox: November 20, 2003: ... Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary: Xbox 360: November 15, 2011: 343 Industries, Saber ...
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.
Halo: Nightfall—a series of weekly, episodic digital videos directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan and produced by Ridley Scott—launched soon after the collection was released. The series was designed to connect the stories of previous Halo games to the upcoming Halo 5. [3] The Halo 5 beta launched on December 29, 2014, and ran until January 18 ...