Halo is a multi-billion dollar science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and now managed by 343 Industries and owned by Microsoft Studios. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant. The Covenant are led by their religious leaders, The Prophets, and worship an ancient civilization known as the Forerunners, who perished in combat with the parasitic Flood. Many of the games center on the experiences of Master Chief John-117, a cybernetically enhanced human super-soldier, and his artificial intelligence (AI) companion, Cortana. The term "Halo" refers to Halo megastructures: large, habitable ringed structures, similar to the Orbitals in Iain M Banks' Culture novels, or author Larry Niven's Ringworld.
The series has been praised as being among the best first-person shooters on a video game console, and is considered the Microsoft Xbox's "killer app". This has led to the term "Halo killer" being used to describe console games that aspire, or are considered, to be better than Halo. Fueled by the success of Halo: Combat Evolved, and immense marketing campaigns from publisher Microsoft, its sequels went on to break various sales records. Halo 3 sold more than US$170 million worth of copies in the first twenty-four hours of release, breaking the record set by Halo 2 three years prior. Halo: Reach, in turn, broke the record set by Halo 3, selling $200 million USD worth of copies on its first day of release. The games have sold over 46 million copies worldwide, and all Halo merchandise has grossed almost $3 billion.
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Halo: Spartan Assault (2013)
Developed by 343 Industries, Vanguard Games for WIN, , X360, XOne
Halo: Spartan Assault is a top-down third person shooter in the Halo series. It is being developed by 343 Industries and Vanguard Entertainment and will be published by Microsoft Studios for Windows 8 platforms (including Windows 8 Phones, Tablets and PCs). The game is expected to release July, 2013.4.335 -
Halo 4 (2012)
Developed by 343 Industries, Certain Affinity for X360, XOne
Halo 4 is a first-person shooter game developed by 343 Industries exclusively for the Xbox 360. The seventh installment in the Halo series, and the fourth major title, it was later released on Xbox One as part of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection.4.345 -
Halo 3: ODST (2009)
Developed by Bungie Software for X360
Halo 3: ODST is a shooter game developed by Bungie Software and released on Xbox 360.4.045 -
Halo Wars (2009)
Developed by Ensemble Studios for X360
Halo Wars is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It was released in Japan and Australia on February 26, 2009, in PAL territories on February 27, and in North America on March 3. The game is set in the science fiction universe of the Halo series in the year 2531, 20 years before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. The player leads human soldiers aboard the warship Spirit of Fire in an effort to stop an ancient fleet of ships from falling into the hands of the genocidal alien Covenant.3.935
Halo Brainwaves
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9 days ago, 0 replies
Bungie Ordered to Pay $95k to Halo Composer
Last month we reported that Marty O'Donnell was suing Bungie for firing him "without cause". At the time...
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21 days ago, 0 replies
New Halo 3 Easter Egg Found 7 Years After Release
I've always loved Easter Eggs, especially ones that remain hidden for several years. Recently, one that...
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30th June, 0 replies
Rumour: New Halo Project in the Works
It seems that working on two new upcoming games isn't enough for 343 Industries - the developer is currently...
