

Anniversary was re-released for Xbox One as part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection in 2014. A high-definition remake, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, was released for Xbox 360 on the 10th anniversary of the original game's launch. More than five million copies were sold worldwide by November 2005. Blue video series, which is credited as the "first big success" of machinima (the technique of using real-time 3D engines, often from video games, to create animated films). In addition, the game inspired and was used in the fan-created Red vs. Halo spawned a multimedia franchise that has grossed more than $4.6 billion worldwide, incorporating games, books, toys, and films. The game's popularity led to labels such as "Halo clone" and "Halo killer", applied to games either similar to or anticipated to be better than it.

Halo has been praised as one of the greatest video games of all time. Halo was a critical and commercial success.

During development, Microsoft acquired the studio and turned the game into a launch title for its new video game console, the Xbox. Initially, the game was a real-time strategy game that morphed into a third-person shooter before becoming a first-person shooter. Players battle various aliens as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the eponymous Halo, a ring-shaped artificial world.īungie began development of what would eventually become Halo in 1997. The Chief is accompanied by Cortana, an artificial intelligence. Halo is set in the twenty-sixth century, with the player assuming the role of the Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier. The game was later released as a downloadable Xbox Original for the Xbox 360. Microsoft released versions of the game for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in 2003. It was released as a launch title for Microsoft's Xbox video game console on November 15, 2001. Halo: Combat Evolved is a 2001 military science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios.
