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Halo 3 is a 2007 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the Halo franchise following Halo: Combat Evolved (2001) and Halo 2 (2004), the game's story centers on the interstellar war between 26th-century humanity, a collection of alien races known as the Covenant, and the alien parasite known as the Flood.
Halo 3 ' s release was celebrated by more than 10,000 launch parties around the world, like this one at the NASDAQ building in New York City.. The first-person shooter video game Halo 3 was the focus of an extensive marketing campaign which began with the game's developer, Bungie, announcing the game via a trailer at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in May 2006.
Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries) is an American video game developer located in Redmond, Washington, part of Xbox Game Studios.Headed by Pierre Hintze, the studio is responsible for the Halo series of military science fiction games, originally created and produced by Bungie, and is the developer of the Slipspace Engine.
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced a deal to acquire Bungie, the developer behind game franchises including “Halo” and “Destiny,” for $3.6 billion. The deal will give the Sony games ...
343 Guilty Spark, also known as just Spark, is a character in the military science fiction Halo franchise.Spark plays a major role in the storyline of the original Halo video game trilogy: the character appears in Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3, as well as the remakes of the first two games, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, and Halo 2: Anniversary.
Halo ' s success led to Bungie creating three sequels. Halo 2 was released on November 9, 2004, making more than $125 million on release day and setting a record in the entertainment industry. [39] Halo 3 was released on September 25, 2007, and surpassed Halo 2 ' s records, making $170 million in its first twenty-four hours of release. [40]
As Bungie had been making Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach at the same time, Martin O'Donnell had also been composing the soundtracks at the same time, but production for the music of Halo: Reach did not begin until after the release of Halo 3: ODST. The music of Halo helped spur a renewed interest in chant music. [115]
Halo 3: September 25, 2007 [15] Completed the story arc begun in the first game; Broke first day sales record set by Halo 2 with US$170 million and $300 million in the first week [15] [16] Halo 4: November 6, 2012 [17] Beginning of the new "Halo" trilogy. First original Halo game by 343 Industries in place of Bungie. Halo 5: Guardians: October ...