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hreflang="br" data-title="Halo: Combat Evolved" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved" title="Halo: Combat Evolved – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Halo: Combat Evolved" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved" title="Halo: Combat Evolved – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Halo: Combat Evolved" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target">Chi-Chewa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved" title="Halo: Combat Evolved – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Halo: Combat Evolved" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Kampf_um_die_Zukunft" title="Halo: Kampf um die Zukunft – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Halo: Kampf um die Zukunft" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved" title="Halo: Combat Evolved – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Halo: Combat Evolved" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a 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For the Nine Inch Nails song that uses this pseudonym, see <a href="/wiki/Down_in_It" title="Down in It">Down in It</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">2001 video game</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1274896928">.mw-parser-output .ib-video-game .infobox-label{white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em}.mw-parser-output .ib-video-game .infobox-above{font-style:italic;font-size:125%}</style><table class="infobox ib-video-game hproduct"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn">Halo: Combat Evolved</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_(XBox_version_-_box_art).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Image of a soldier clad in futuristic green armor, pointing a black weapon towards the camera. Other soldiers and vehicles of war appear in the background. Below the green soldier is a decorative logotype with "HALO" and the subtitle "Combat Evolved", with the BUNGIE logo in the bottom right." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_%28XBox_version_-_box_art%29.jpg/220px-Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_%28XBox_version_-_box_art%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_%28XBox_version_-_box_art%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="272" data-file-height="366" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Artwork for U.S. and European releases</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_developer" title="Video game developer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bungie" title="Bungie">Bungie</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[a]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_publisher" title="Video game publisher">Publisher(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Game_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Game Studios">Microsoft Game Studios</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[b]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_creative_director" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game creative director">Director(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Jones_(programmer)" title="Jason Jones (programmer)">Jason Jones</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_writer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game writer">Writer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Staten" title="Joseph Staten">Joseph Staten</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_composer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game composer">Composer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martin_O%27Donnell" title="Martin O'Donnell">Martin O'Donnell</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Salvatori" title="Michael Salvatori">Michael Salvatori</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Series</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Halo_(franchise)" title="Halo (franchise)">Halo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Windows" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows">Windows</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style>November 15, 2001</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Xbox<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">NA</a>: November 15, 2001<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/PAL_region" class="mw-redirect" title="PAL region">PAL</a>: March 14, 2002<a href="#cite_note-eu_aus_launch-1">[1]</a></li></ul></div>Windows<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">NA</a>: September 30, 2003<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/PAL_region" class="mw-redirect" title="PAL region">PAL</a>: October 10, 2003<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></li></ul></div>Mac OS X<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">NA</a>: December 3, 2003<a href="#cite_note-gamespot-6">[6]</a></li></ul></div>Xbox 360 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><abbr title="Worldwide">WW</abbr>: December 4, 2007</li></ul></div></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_genre" title="Video game genre">Genre(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">First-person shooter</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mode(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Single-player" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-player">Single-player</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multiplayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiplayer">multiplayer</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Halo: Combat Evolved is a 2001 <a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter_game" class="mw-redirect" title="First-person shooter game">first-person shooter</a> <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> developed by <a href="/wiki/Bungie" title="Bungie">Bungie</a> and published by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Game_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Game Studios">Microsoft Game Studios</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a>, for which it was released on November 15, 2001. The game was ported to <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a> in 2003. It was later released as a downloadable <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Original" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Original">Xbox Original</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a>. Halo is set in the <a href="/wiki/26th_century" class="mw-redirect" title="26th century">26th century</a>, with the player assuming the role of <a href="/wiki/Master_Chief_(Halo)" title="Master Chief (Halo)">Master Chief</a>, a cybernetically enhanced <a href="/wiki/Supersoldier" class="mw-redirect" title="Supersoldier">supersoldier</a>. Master Chief is accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Cortana_(Halo)" title="Cortana (Halo)">Cortana</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a>. Players battle aliens as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the eponymous Halo, a ring-shaped artificial world. Bungie began the development of what would eventually become Halo in 1997. Initially, the game was a <a href="/wiki/Real-time_strategy" title="Real-time strategy">real-time strategy</a> game that morphed into a <a href="/wiki/Third-person_shooter" title="Third-person shooter">third-person shooter</a> before becoming a <a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">first-person shooter</a>. During development, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> acquired <a href="/wiki/Bungie" title="Bungie">Bungie</a> and turned Halo into a launch game for its first <a href="/wiki/Video_game_console" title="Video game console">video game console</a>, the Xbox. Halo was a critical and commercial success and is often praised as one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_video_games_considered_the_best" title="List of video games considered the best">greatest video games ever made</a>. 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. Its sequel, <a href="/wiki/Halo_2" title="Halo 2">Halo 2</a>, was released for the Xbox in 2004, and the game spawned a multi-billion-dollar <a href="/wiki/Halo_(franchise)" title="Halo (franchise)">multimedia franchise</a> that incorporates games, books, toys, and films. More than six million copies had been sold worldwide by November 2005. A <a href="/wiki/Video_game_remake" title="Video game remake">remaster</a> of the game, <a href="/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved_Anniversary" title="Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary">Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary</a>, was released for Xbox 360 by 343 Industries on the 10th anniversary of the original game's launch. Anniversary was re-released alongside the original competitive multiplayer as part of <a href="/wiki/Halo:_The_Master_Chief_Collection" title="Halo: The Master Chief Collection">Halo: The Master Chief Collection</a> in 2014. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gameplay">Gameplay</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Gameplay">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_(screencap).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="First-person view of the gameplay. In the lower-right corner of the screen, the player's weapon is shown as the player fires on small aliens in a lush outdoor environment. Indicators around the periphery of the screen display health and ammo count." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/23/Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_%28screencap%29.jpg/220px-Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_%28screencap%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/23/Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_%28screencap%29.jpg/330px-Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_%28screencap%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Halo_-_Combat_Evolved_%28screencap%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="368" data-file-height="276" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Master_Chief_(Halo)" title="Master Chief (Halo)">Master Chief</a> fires his assault rifle at a pack of enemy Grunts. Ammunition, health, and motion sensor displays are visible in the corners of the screen.</figcaption></figure> Halo: Combat Evolved is a <a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">first-person shooter</a> game in which players primarily experience gameplay in a 3D environment from a <a href="/wiki/First-person_(video_games)" title="First-person (video games)">first-person view</a>. The player can move around and look up, down, left, or right.<a href="#cite_note-faq-9">[7]</a> The game features vehicles, ranging from armored 4×4s and tanks to alien hovercraft and aircraft, many of which can be controlled by the player. The game switches to a <a href="/wiki/Third-person_view" class="mw-redirect" title="Third-person view">third-person perspective</a> during vehicle use for pilots and mounted gun operators; passengers maintain a first-person view.<a href="#cite_note-ign_review-10">[8]</a> The game's <a href="/wiki/Heads-up_display_(video_games)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heads-up display (video games)">heads-up display</a> includes a "motion tracker" that registers moving allies, moving or firing enemies, and vehicles, in a certain radius of the player.<a href="#cite_note-manual-11">[9]</a> The player character is equipped with an energy shield that nullifies damage from weapons fire and forceful impacts. The shield's charge appears as a blue bar in the corner of the game's heads-up display, and it automatically recharges if no damage is sustained for a brief period.<a href="#cite_note-manual-11">[9]</a> When the shield is fully depleted, the player becomes highly vulnerable, and further damage reduces the <a href="/wiki/Health_(gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Health (gaming)">hit points</a> of their health meter.<a href="#cite_note-gamespy_review-12">[10]</a> When this health meter reaches zero, the character dies and the game reloads from a saved checkpoint. Health can be replenished through the collection of health packs scattered around the game's levels.<a href="#cite_note-manual-11">[9]</a> Halo's arsenal consists primarily of <a href="/wiki/Weapons_in_science_fiction" title="Weapons in science fiction">science fiction weapons</a>. The game has been praised for giving each weapon a unique purpose, thus making each useful in different scenarios.<a href="#cite_note-gamespotreview-13">[11]</a> For example, a charged plasma pistol shot can fully deplete an enemy's energy shield whilst the pistol is one of only two weapons that can instantly kill with a head shot, as long as the target lacks a shield.<a href="#cite_note-14">[12]</a> Halo players may carry only two weapons at once, calling for players to make tactical decisions when managing firearms.<a href="#cite_note-edge_review-15">[13]</a> Halo departs from traditional first-person shooter conventions by not forcing the player to holster their firearm before deploying <a href="/wiki/Grenades" class="mw-redirect" title="Grenades">grenades</a> or melee-range <a href="/wiki/Blunt_instrument" title="Blunt instrument">blunt instruments</a>; instead, both attacks can be utilized while a gun is still equipped, supplementing small-arms fire.<a href="#cite_note-manual-11">[9]</a> There are two different types of grenades; the <a href="/wiki/Fragmentation_(computing)" title="Fragmentation (computing)">fragmentation</a> grenade bounces and detonates quickly, whereas the plasma grenade adheres to targets before exploding.<a href="#cite_note-humanfaq-16">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-covenantfaq-17">[15]</a> The game's main enemy force is the <a href="/wiki/Covenant_(Halo)" title="Covenant (Halo)">Covenant</a>, a group of alien species allied by belief in a common religion. Their forces include <a href="/wiki/Elite_(Halo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elite (Halo)">Elites</a>, fierce warriors protected by recharging energy shields similar to the player's own; <a href="/wiki/Grunt_(Halo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grunt (Halo)">Grunts</a>, which are short, cowardly creatures who are usually led by Elites in battle, and often flee in terror instead of fighting in the absence of a leader; <a href="/wiki/Jackal_(Halo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jackal (Halo)">Jackals</a>, who wear a highly durable energy shield on one arm and a plasma pistol on the other; and <a href="/wiki/Hunter_(Halo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter (Halo)">Hunters</a>, large, powerful creatures with thick armor plates that cover the majority of their bodies and a large assault cannon that fires explosive rounds of green plasma.<a href="#cite_note-gamespotfaq-18">[16]</a> A secondary enemy is the <a href="/wiki/Flood_(Halo)" title="Flood (Halo)">Flood</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Parasitic" class="mw-redirect" title="Parasitic">parasitic</a> alien life form that appears in several variants later in the game.<a href="#cite_note-gamespotfaq2-19">[17]</a> Another enemy is the Sentinels, aerial robots designed by an extinct race called the <a href="/wiki/Forerunner_(Halo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forerunner (Halo)">Forerunners</a> to protect their structures and prevent Flood outbreaks. Sentinels are able to hover around in enclosed spaces and produce an energy shield when under attack. They lack durability, but use powerful laser weapons.<a href="#cite_note-gamespotfaq2-19">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[18]</a> The player is often aided by <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Space Command">United Nations Space Command</a> (UNSC) Marines, and the crew of the ship, who offer ground support, such as following the player and mimicking their tactics, and manning gun turrets or <a href="/wiki/Riding_shotgun" title="Riding shotgun">riding shotgun</a> while the player is driving a vehicle.<a href="#cite_note-gamespotreview-13">[11]</a> Marine AI and crew member AI are differentiated by their uniforms, but also act distinctly, the marines engaging aggressively while the crew members often cower or fire while retreating to cover. If the player kills too many of their teammates, they end up turning on the player and attacking them back. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multiplayer">Multiplayer</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Multiplayer">edit</a>]</div> A <a href="/wiki/Split_screen_(computer_graphics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Split screen (computer graphics)">split screen</a> mode allows two players to cooperatively play through Halo's campaign.<a href="#cite_note-faq-9">[7]</a> The game includes five competitive <a href="/wiki/Multiplayer_video_game" title="Multiplayer video game">multiplayer</a> modes, which all can be customized, for between two and 16 players; up to four players may play split-screen on one Xbox, and further players can join using a <a href="/wiki/System_Link" title="System Link">System Link</a> feature that allows up to four Xbox consoles to be connected together into a <a href="/wiki/Local_area_network" title="Local area network">local area network</a>.<a href="#cite_note-faq-9">[7]</a> Halo lacks <a href="/wiki/Computer_game_bot" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer game bot">artificially intelligent game bots</a>, and was released before the launch of the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Live">Xbox Live</a> online multiplayer service; <a href="/wiki/LAN_party" title="LAN party">LAN parties</a> are needed to reach the game's 16-player limit,<a href="#cite_note-bungiefaq-21">[19]</a> a setup that was a first for a console game, but was often deemed impractical by critics.<a href="#cite_note-gamespotreview-13">[11]</a> Aside from this limitation, Halo's multiplayer components were generally well received, and it is widely considered one of the best multiplayer games of all time.<a href="#cite_note-ign_review-10">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-edge_review-15">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-gamerevolution-22">[20]</a> Although the Xbox version of Halo lacks official support for online multiplayer play, third-party <a href="/wiki/Tunneling_protocol" title="Tunneling protocol">packet tunneling</a> software provide unofficial ways around this limitation.<a href="#cite_note-gamespy-23">[21]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mac_(computer)" title="Mac (computer)">Macintosh</a> ports of Halo support online matches involving up to 16 players and include multiplayer maps, not in the original Xbox release.<a href="#cite_note-ignreview4-24">[22]</a> However, co-operative play was removed from the ports because it would have required large amounts of recoding to implement.<a href="#cite_note-eurogamer-25">[23]</a> In April 2014, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/GameSpy" title="GameSpy">GameSpy</a>'s servers and matchmaking, on which Halo PC relied, would be shut down by May 31 of the same year.<a href="#cite_note-ign_gamespy_shutdown-26">[24]</a> A team of fans and Bungie employees announced they would produce a patch for the game to keep its multiplayer servers online.<a href="#cite_note-eurog_bungie_patch-27">[25]</a> The patch was released on May 16, 2014.<a href="#cite_note-rps_pc_patch-28">[26]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Synopsis">Synopsis</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Synopsis">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Setting">Setting</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Setting">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Factions_of_Halo" class="mw-redirect" title="Factions of Halo">Factions of Halo</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Halo_characters" title="List of Halo characters">List of Halo characters</a></div> Halo: Combat Evolved takes place in a 26th-century science fiction setting. <a href="/wiki/Faster-than-light" title="Faster-than-light">Faster-than-light</a> travel called slip-space<a href="#cite_note-cea-manual-29">[27]</a>: 3  allows the human race to colonize planets other than Earth. The planet Reach serves as an interstellar hub of scientific and military activity. The <a href="/wiki/Factions_of_Halo#United_Nations_Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Factions of Halo">United Nations Space Command</a> (UNSC) develops a secret program to create augmented supersoldiers known as Spartans. More than twenty years before the beginning of the game, a technologically advanced collective of alien races called the Covenant begins a religious war against humanity, declaring them an affront to their gods. Humanity's military experiences a series of crushing defeats; although the Spartans are effective against the Covenant, they are too few in number to turn the tide. In 2552, Covenant forces attack Reach and destroy the colony. The starship Pillar of Autumn escapes the planet with the Spartan <a href="/wiki/Master_Chief_(Halo)" title="Master Chief (Halo)">Master Chief Petty Officer John-117</a> on board. The ship initiates a jump to slip-space, hoping to lead the enemy away from Earth.<a href="#cite_note-manual-11">[9]</a>: 4–5  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plot">Plot</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Plot">edit</a>]</div> The game begins as the Pillar of Autumn exits slip-space and its crew discovers a large <a href="/wiki/Ringworld" title="Ringworld">ringworld</a> structure of unknown origin. The Covenant pursues the Pillar of Autumn and attacks. With the ship heavily damaged, the Pillar of Autumn's captain, <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_Halo#Jacob_Keyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of Halo">Jacob Keyes</a>, entrusts the ship's <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a> (AI) known as <a href="/wiki/Cortana_(Halo)" title="Cortana (Halo)">Cortana</a> to Master Chief in order to prevent the Covenant from discovering the location of Earth. Keyes orders the crew to abandon the Pillar of Autumn and pilots the ship to a crash-landing on the ringworld. On the ring's surface, Master Chief and Cortana rescue scattered survivors and help organize a counter-offensive against the Covenant. Learning that Keyes has been captured by the Covenant, Master Chief and a small contingent of soldiers rescue him from the Covenant cruiser Truth and Reconciliation. Keyes reveals that the Covenant call the ringworld "<a href="/wiki/Factions_of_Halo#Halo_Array" class="mw-redirect" title="Factions of Halo">Halo</a>" and that they believe it to be a weapon. Intent on stopping the Covenant from using Halo, Keyes searches for a potential weapons cache, while Master Chief and Cortana mount an assault on the ringworld's control room. Cortana enters Halo's computer systems and, after discovering something horrifying, sends Master Chief to find and stop Keyes from continuing his search and uncovering what lies within the ring. Searching for the captain, Master Chief encounters a new enemy, the <a href="/wiki/Parasitism" title="Parasitism">parasitic</a> <a href="/wiki/Flood_(Halo)" title="Flood (Halo)">Flood</a>. The release of the Flood prompts Halo's caretaker, the AI <a href="/wiki/343_Guilty_Spark" title="343 Guilty Spark">343 Guilty Spark</a>, to enlist Master Chief's help in activating Halo's defenses. After Master Chief retrieves the ring's activation index, 343 Guilty Spark transports him back to Halo's control room. Cortana intervenes before Master Chief can activate the ring; she has discovered the purpose of the installation is to destroy all sentient life in the galaxy, starving the Flood of potential hosts. When Cortana refuses to surrender Halo's activation index, 343 Guilty Spark attacks her and Master Chief. To stop Halo's activation, Master Chief and Cortana decide to destroy the installation. Needing Keyes' neural implants to destroy the Pillar of Autumn and Halo with it, Master Chief returns to the Truth and Reconciliation. He finds that Keyes has been assimilated by the Flood, and retrieves the neural implant from the captain's remains. After 343 Guilty Spark stops them from using Pillar of Autumn's self-destruct, Master Chief and Cortana destabilize the Pillar of Autumn's reactors instead, narrowly escaping the ensuing detonation in a fighter. Cortana justifies their actions to destroy the Covenant fleet and stop the Flood threat and believes the fight is finished, but Master Chief states they are only getting started. In a <a href="/wiki/Post-credits_scene" title="Post-credits scene">post-credits scene</a>, 343 Guilty Spark is seen floating in space, having survived the ring's destruction. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Development">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_development">Early development</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Early development">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_official_halo_screenshot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/First_official_halo_screenshot.jpg/220px-First_official_halo_screenshot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e2/First_official_halo_screenshot.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>The first official promotional image for Halo, depicting early versions of the shipping game's vehicles and protagonist <a href="/wiki/Master_Chief_(Halo)" title="Master Chief (Halo)">Master Chief</a></figcaption></figure> Halo was conceived as an indirect successor to <a href="/wiki/Bungie" title="Bungie">Bungie</a>'s previous first-person shooter games, <a href="/wiki/Marathon_(video_game)" title="Marathon (video game)">Marathon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marathon_2:_Durandal" title="Marathon 2: Durandal">Marathon 2: Durandal</a>. After the 1995 release of Durandal, Bungie considered ideas for their next game and wanted to try something other than a direct sequel.<a href="#cite_note-xboxnation-30">[28]</a> One of the ideas that the team began to develop was that of a first-person shooter game described by co-founder <a href="/wiki/Jason_Jones_(programmer)" title="Jason Jones (programmer)">Jason Jones</a> as "the natural extension of Marathon, which would have turned out to be something along the lines of <a href="/wiki/Quake_(video_game)" title="Quake (video game)">Quake</a>".<a href="#cite_note-mythguide-31">[29]</a> Concurrently, the team explored the concept of a <a href="/wiki/List_of_vehicular_combat_games" title="List of vehicular combat games">vehicular combat game</a> that featured tank battles in a futuristic setting,<a href="#cite_note-xboxnation-30">[28]</a> internally dubbed "The Giant Bloody War Game".<a href="#cite_note-mythguide-31">[29]</a> Jones started the design of a 3D engine that could generate <a href="/wiki/Height_mapping" class="mw-redirect" title="Height mapping">height-mapped</a> graphics to visualize elevated surfaces, and he eventually suggested that Bungie use the technology to realize the "tank combat" idea. The team was enthusiastic about that prospect and proceeded to cancel their first-person shooter project–to commit to the creation of "The Giant Bloody War Game".<a href="#cite_note-xboxnation-30">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-mythguide-31">[29]</a> However, Jones struggled to implement a <a href="/wiki/Physics_simulations_in_video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Physics simulations in video games">physics</a> model to simulate vehicles in the game, which led Bungie to change their plans and develop the <a href="/wiki/Real-time_strategy_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Real-time strategy game">real-time strategy game</a> (RTS) <a href="/wiki/Myth:_The_Fallen_Lords" title="Myth: The Fallen Lords">Myth: The Fallen Lords</a>, released in 1997.<a href="#cite_note-xboxnation-30">[28]</a> Around this time, Bungie comprised around 15 people working in south <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> After Myth was completed and Bungie decided on a sequel, <a href="/wiki/Myth_II:_Soulblighter" title="Myth II: Soulblighter">Myth II: Soulblighter</a>, Jones delegated its development to the company's other designers and resumed his work on the technology that had not been applied to the 1997 title.<a href="#cite_note-xboxnation-30">[28]</a> A group of three Bungie staffers<a href="#cite_note-bungie-bravenewworld-33">[31]</a>: 7'02''–7'05''  began to develop an RTS with a focus on science fiction, realistic physics simulations and three-dimensional terrain.<a href="#cite_note-xboxnation-30">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> Early versions used the Myth <a href="/wiki/Game_engine" title="Game engine">engine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Isometric_video_game_graphics" title="Isometric video game graphics">isometric perspective</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bungie.net20-34">[32]</a> The project had the initial working title Armor, but was changed for being "boring" and for the project's dramatic changes from what was first envisioned.<a href="#cite_note-35">[33]</a> It was switched to Monkey Nuts, then Blam! after Jones could not bring himself to tell his mother the original name.<a href="#cite_note-artofhalo-36">[34]</a>: ix <a href="#cite_note-gamesradar-history_of_halo-37">[35]</a> Experimenting with ways of controlling units, Bungie added a mode that attached the camera to individual units. The vantage point continually moved closer to the units as the developers realized it would be more fun for players to drive the vehicles themselves, rather than have the computer do it. "And controlling [the vehicle], just that double tactile nature of load a dude in, get a dude out, hands on the steering wheel—it was like, this shouldn't be an RTS game," recalled Seropian. By mid-1998 the game had become a <a href="/wiki/Third-person_shooter" title="Third-person shooter">third-person shooter</a>.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> Peter Tamte, Bungie's then-executive vice president, used his contacts from his former position at <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> to get lead writer<a href="#cite_note-38">[36]</a> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Staten" title="Joseph Staten">Joseph Staten</a> and project lead<a href="#cite_note-39">[37]</a> Jason Jones an audience with CEO <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a>. Jobs, impressed, agreed to debut the game to the world at the 1999 <a href="/wiki/Macworld_Conference_%26_Expo" class="mw-redirect" title="Macworld Conference & Expo">Macworld Conference & Expo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> Anticipation built for the unknown Bungie game after favorable reviews from industry journalists under <a href="/wiki/Non-disclosure_agreement" title="Non-disclosure agreement">non-disclosure agreements</a> at <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Entertainment_Expo" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Entertainment Expo">Electronic Entertainment Expo</a> 1999.<a href="#cite_note-ignpreview-40">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-pcgamer-halo_scoop-41">[39]</a> Days before the Macworld announcement, Blam! still had no permanent title; possible names included The Santa Machine, Solipsis, The Crystal Palace, Hard Vacuum, Star Maker, and Star Shield.<a href="#cite_note-ign-historyofhalo-42">[40]</a> Bungie hired a branding firm that came up with the name Covenant, but Bungie artist Paul Russell suggested alternatives, including Halo. Though some did not like the name—likening it to something religious, or a women's shampoo—designer Marcus Lehto said, "it described enough about what our intent was for this universe in a way that created this sense of mystery."<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> On July 21, 1999, during the Macworld Conference & Expo, Jobs announced that Halo would be released for <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">MacOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> simultaneously.<a href="#cite_note-ignpreview-40">[38]</a> The game's premise at this point involved a human transport starship that crash-lands on a mysterious ringworld. Early versions of the Covenant arrive to loot what they can, and war erupts between them and the humans. Unable to match the technologically advanced alien race, the humans resort to <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">guerrilla warfare</a>.<a href="#cite_note-cgw-43">[41]</a> At this point, Bungie promised an <a href="/wiki/Open_world" title="Open world">open-world</a> game with terrain that reacted and deformed from explosions, persistent environment details such as spent shell casings, and variable weather, none of which made it into the final product.<a href="#cite_note-insidemacgames_1999-44">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-pcgamer_1999-10-01-45">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-nextgen_1999-11-01-46">[44]</a> These early versions featured Halo-specific fauna, later dropped following design difficulties and the creatures' detraction from the surprise appearance of the Flood.<a href="#cite_note-fauna-47">[45]</a> The Master Chief was simply known as the cyborg. When Halo was shown at <a href="/wiki/E3_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="E3 2000">E3 in June 2000</a>, it was still a third-person shooter.<a href="#cite_note-goldenjoystick-halo-48">[46]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Move_to_Xbox">Move to Xbox</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Move to Xbox">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Bungie" title="Bungie">Bungie's</a> financial situation during Halo's development was precarious. Ahead of <a href="/wiki/Myth_II:_Soulblighter" title="Myth II: Soulblighter">Myth II: Soulblighter</a>'s release, Bungie was surviving on Myth sales and had missed release dates. A glitch that caused Myth II to wipe the contents of the directory it was installed to was only discovered after 200,000 copies had already been produced for the December 1998 launch. Bungie recalled the copies and issued a fix, costing the company $800,000.<a href="#cite_note-chicagoreader-myth-49">[47]</a> As a result, Bungie sold a share of the company and publishing rights to <a href="/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive" title="Take-Two Interactive">Take-Two Interactive</a>.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> Still facing financial pressure, Peter Tamte contacted <a href="/wiki/Ed_Fries" title="Ed Fries">Ed Fries</a>, the head of <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Game_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Game Studios">Microsoft Game Studios</a>, about a possible acquisition. Fries was working on developing the software lineup for Microsoft's first game console, the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a>. Fries negotiated an agreement with Take-Two Interactive wherein Microsoft gained Bungie and the rights to Halo, while Take-Two kept the Myth and <a href="/wiki/Oni_(video_game)" title="Oni (video game)">Oni</a> properties.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> Jones and Seropian pitched the purchase to the rest of Bungie as the way they could shape the future of a new game console.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> Microsoft announced its acquisition of Bungie on June 19, 2000.<a href="#cite_note-microsoftpressrelease-50">[48]</a> Halo was now to be the tentpole launch game for the Xbox.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> In less than a year, Bungie had to turn Halo from a loose collection of gameplay and plot ideas into a shipping product on an unproven console. To make players feel more connected to the action, Jason Jones pushed to turn the game's perspective from third-person to first-person.<a href="#cite_note-egm-afterthoughts-51">[49]</a> A key concern was making sure the game played well on the Xbox's <a href="/wiki/Gamepad" title="Gamepad">gamepad</a>; at the time, first-person shooters on consoles were rare. Spearheading the effort, designer Jaime Griesemer wrote code to discern player intent and assist the player's movement and aiming without being obvious. The game buffered player inputs so that the result was the desired player movement, rather than the movement players were actually making.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> Other Bungie projects were scrapped, and their teams absorbed into Halo in the rush to complete it. Griesemer said that after the Bungie team moved to the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Redmond_campus" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Redmond campus">Microsoft campus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Redmond,_Washington" title="Redmond, Washington">Redmond, Washington</a>, he was so busy he did not unpack his belongings for six months.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> The designers prototyped encounters and enemy AI on a sandbox level, "B30". The success of gameplay on this small chunk of the game energized the team, and B30 became "<a href="/wiki/The_Silent_Cartographer" title="The Silent Cartographer">The Silent Cartographer</a>", the fourth mission.<a href="#cite_note-bungie-bravenewworld-33">[31]</a> To make the release date, Bungie made drastic cuts to the game's features and scope. The open-world plans were scrapped,<a href="#cite_note-bungie-bravenewworld-33">[31]</a>: 14'40''–14'45''  and it became clear the lengthy planned campaign was not feasible. One level was cut and replaced with an expositional cutscene.<a href="#cite_note-52">[50]</a> Staten described his role as putting "story duct tape" over gaps that appeared to smooth them over. To save time, Lehto suggested reusing campaign levels; glowing directional arrows were added after playtesters got lost backtracking.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> Microsoft game writers Eric Trautmann and Brannon Boren performed last-minute rewrites to the script.<a href="#cite_note-scifishow_trautmann-53">[51]</a> An online multiplayer component was dropped because <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Live">Xbox Live</a> would not be ready. Only four months before release, it was decided that the multiplayer was still not fun, so it was scrapped and rebuilt from scratch, using team members who moved from the defunct Bungie West team after completing Oni.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-bungie-bravenewworld-33">[31]</a> Some personnel took to sleeping in the office for the last few months to make sure the game made its deadline.<a href="#cite_note-artofhalo-36">[34]</a>: ix–xi  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Design">Design</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Design">edit</a>]</div> Bungie's social culture—and the rush to complete the game—meant that team members provided input and feedback across disciplines.<a href="#cite_note-artofhalo-36">[34]</a>: 4, 67  Aspects such as level design demanded collaboration between the designers creating the environments for players to explore, and the artists who developed those environments' aesthetics.<a href="#cite_note-artofhalo-36">[34]</a>: 65  Initially, artists Robert McLees and Lehto were the only artists working on what would become Halo. Bungie hired Shi Kai Wang as an additional artist to refine Lehto's designs.<a href="#cite_note-artofhalo-36">[34]</a>: 5  The aliens making up the Covenant began with varied exploratory designs that coalesced once each enemy's role in the gameplay was defined.<a href="#cite_note-artofhalo-36">[34]</a>: 28  Spearheaded by Paul Russell, the game's visual design changed in response to the changing gameplay and story. The artists made efforts to distinguish each faction in the game by their architecture, technology, and weaponry.<a href="#cite_note-artofhalo-36">[34]</a>: 76–77  The UNSC's original curved look was made blockier to distinguish it from the Covenant;<a href="#cite_note-goldenjoystick-halo-48">[46]</a> likewise human weapons remained projectile-based to provide a contrast to the Covenant's energy weapons,<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> and their vehicles based on animals, with the <a href="/wiki/Warthog_(Halo)" title="Warthog (Halo)">Warthog</a> being inspired by Lehto's love of off-roading.<a href="#cite_note-54">[52]</a> The interiors of Pillar of Autumn drew significant influence from the production design of the film <a href="/wiki/Aliens_(film)" title="Aliens (film)">Aliens</a>.<a href="#cite_note-artofhalo-36">[34]</a>: 75  Organic, curvilinear forms along with a color palette of greens and purples were used for the Covenant,<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> while the Forerunner came to be defined by their angular constructions; the interiors originally drew on Aztec patterns and the work of <a href="/wiki/Louis_Sullivan" title="Louis Sullivan">Louis Sullivan</a>, before being refined five months from the game's completion.<a href="#cite_note-artofhalo-36">[34]</a>: 79  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Audio">Audio</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Audio">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Halo_Original_Soundtrack" title="Halo Original Soundtrack">Halo Original Soundtrack</a></div> Composer <a href="/wiki/Martin_O%27Donnell" title="Martin O'Donnell">Martin O'Donnell</a> and his company TotalAudio were tasked with creating the music for Halo's MacWorld debut. Staten told O'Donnell that the music should give a feeling of ancient mystery.<a href="#cite_note-xbox.cominterview-55">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> O'Donnell decided <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_chant" title="Gregorian chant">Gregorian chant</a> would be appropriate, and performed the vocals alongside his composing partner <a href="/wiki/Michael_Salvatori" title="Michael Salvatori">Michael Salvatori</a> and additional singers.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> Because he did not know how long the presentation would be, O'Donnell created "smushy" opening and closing sections that could be expanded or cut as the time required to back up a rhythmic middle section.<a href="#cite_note-oxm183-interview-56">[54]</a> The music was recorded in Chicago<a href="#cite_note-57">[55]</a> and sent to New York for the show the same night the piece was finished.<a href="#cite_note-halo.bungie.org-totalaudiointerview-58">[56]</a> Shortly before Bungie was bought by Microsoft, O'Donnell joined Bungie as a staff member, while Salvatori remained at TotalAudio.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] O'Donnell designed the music so that it "could be dissembled and remixed in such a way that would give [him] multiple, interchangeable loops that could be randomly recombined in order to keep the piece interesting as well as a variable-length". Development involved the creation of "alternative middle sections that could be transitioned to if the game called for such a change (i.e. less or more intense)."<a href="#cite_note-music4gamers-59">[57]</a> O'Donnell sat with the level designers to walk through the levels, constructing music that would adapt to the gameplay rather than be static; "The level designer would tell me what he hoped a player would feel at certain points or after accomplishing certain tasks." Based on this information, O'Donnell would develop cues the designer could script into the level, and then he and the designer would play through the mission to see if the audio worked.<a href="#cite_note-music4gamers-59">[57]</a> He made sparse use of music because he believes that "[music] is best used in a game to quicken the emotional state of the player and it works best when used least," and that "[if] music is constantly playing it tends to become sonic wallpaper and loses its impact when it is needed to truly enhance some dramatic component of gameplay."<a href="#cite_note-gdc-60">[58]</a> The cutscenes came so late that O'Donnell had to score them in only three days.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Release">edit</a>]</div> Ed Fries described the period before the Xbox's launch as chaotic; "You've got to imagine this environment of panic combined with adrenaline, but money's mostly no object at the same time. So we were spending lots of it, trying to do all this crazy stuff," he recalled.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> After several planned video game tie-ins to <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a>'s film <a href="/wiki/A.I._Artificial_Intelligence" title="A.I. Artificial Intelligence">A.I. Artificial Intelligence</a> were scrapped it became clear that Halo had to serve as the tentpole title for the Xbox,<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> a role which the game was never intended to fill.<a href="#cite_note-gamasutra-edfriesinterview-61">[59]</a> Halo's debut had been well-received, but its move to the unproven Xbox console caused press treatment to be colder than it was before.<a href="#cite_note-haloeffect-rearview-62">[60]</a>: 16  While a playable demonstration of the game at Gamestock 2001 was well-received,<a href="#cite_note-gamestock-63">[61]</a> critics had mixed reactions to its exhibition at <a href="/wiki/E3_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="E3 2001">E3 2001</a>,<a href="#cite_note-nextgen-64">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-firingsquad-65">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-gamepro-66">[64]</a> where the game was shown off in a very broken state, with poor <a href="/wiki/Frame_rates" class="mw-redirect" title="Frame rates">frame rates</a> and technical issues.<a href="#cite_note-haloeffect-rearview-62">[60]</a>: 17  Even within Microsoft, Halo was divisive.<a href="#cite_note-gamasutra-edfriesinterview-61">[59]</a> After Bungie refused to change the Halo name to appease marketing research teams, the subtitle "Combat Evolved" was added to make it more descriptive and compete better with other military-themed games.<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-edge-2010-67">[65]</a> Fries recalled analysts had suggested that Halo had the "wrong" color palette compared to competing console games; Fries never showed the results to Bungie.<a href="#cite_note-gamasutra-edfriesinterview-61">[59]</a> The game was released in North America simultaneously with the Xbox, on November 15, 2001. <a href="/wiki/Halo:_The_Fall_of_Reach" title="Halo: The Fall of Reach">Halo: The Fall of Reach</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Prequel" title="Prequel">prequel</a> novel to Halo: Combat Evolved, was released a few weeks before the game. Science fiction author <a href="/wiki/Eric_S._Nylund" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric S. Nylund">Eric S. Nylund</a> penned the novel in seven weeks.<a href="#cite_note-xbox.com2-68">[66]</a> The novel was nearly killed halfway to completion; Nylund credits Trautmann with saving it.<a href="#cite_note-nylund-unsung_hero-69">[67]</a> The Fall of Reach became a <a href="/wiki/Publishers_Weekly" title="Publishers Weekly">Publishers Weekly</a> bestseller with almost two hundred thousand copies sold.<a href="#cite_note-xbox.com3-70">[68]</a> The game itself would be novelized with <a href="/wiki/Halo:_The_Flood" title="Halo: The Flood">Halo: The Flood</a>, written by <a href="/wiki/William_C._Dietz" title="William C. Dietz">William C. Dietz</a> and released in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-gamingage-71">[69]</a> On July 12, 2002, a Halo port for Windows was announced to be under development by <a href="/wiki/Gearbox_Software" title="Gearbox Software">Gearbox Software</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ign2000-72">[70]</a> Its showing at <a href="/wiki/E3_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="E3 2003">E3 2003</a> was positively received by some critics,<a href="#cite_note-gamespy3-73">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-halopcgamespotpreview-74">[72]</a> with skepticism by others.<a href="#cite_note-ign23-75">[73]</a> It was released on September 30, 2003,<a href="#cite_note-metacritic_pc-76">[74]</a> and included support for online multiplayer play and featured sharper graphics, but had <a href="/wiki/Program_optimization" title="Program optimization">optimization</a> issues that caused poor performance.<a href="#cite_note-ignreview4-24">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-halopcreview-77">[75]</a> Halo was later released for Mac OS X on December 11, 2003.<a href="#cite_note-gamespot-6">[6]</a> On December 4, 2007, the game became available for the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> via download from the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live_Marketplace" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Live Marketplace">Xbox Live Marketplace</a>.<a href="#cite_note-euro_update-78">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sales">Sales</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sales">edit</a>]</div> While Halo was not an instant runaway success on release, it had a <a href="/wiki/Long_tail" title="Long tail">long tail</a> sales rate and a very high <a href="/wiki/Attach_rate" title="Attach rate">attach rate</a> for the Xbox;<a href="#cite_note-vice-untoldhistoryhalo-32">[30]</a> during the two months following Halo's release, the game sold alongside more than fifty percent of Xbox consoles.<a href="#cite_note-wired3-79">[77]</a> One million units had been sold roughly five months after release, a faster pace than that of any previous <a href="/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(sixth_generation)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of video game consoles (sixth generation)">sixth-generation console</a> game.<a href="#cite_note-pressrelease-80">[78]</a> The game sold three million copies worldwide by July 2003,<a href="#cite_note-gamespotnews-81">[79]</a> and four million by January 2004.<a href="#cite_note-gamepro50-82">[80]</a> By July 2006, its Xbox version had sold 4.2 million copies and earned $170 million in the United States alone, while its computer version sold 670,000 copies and earned $22.2 million.<a href="#cite_note-edgesales-83">[81]</a> <a href="/wiki/Next_Generation_(magazine)" title="Next Generation (magazine)">Next Generation</a> ranked it as the second highest-selling game launched for the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a> or <a href="/wiki/GameCube" title="GameCube">GameCube</a> between January 2000 and July 2006 in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-nextgensales2-84">[82]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Reception">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1217379840">.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 1em 1em;text-align:center;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .vgr-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .vgr-none{float:none;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .vgr-single{width:23em}.mw-parser-output .vgr-edit-on-wikidata{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-top:none;padding:0.2em;background:#d1dbdf;color:#333;font-size:88%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews table{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;margin:0;font-size:88%;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews 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.video-game-reviews table tr td.vgr-center{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews .vgr-stacked{border-top:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews{width:100%;float:none;clear:both;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews table{display:table}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews caption{display:table-caption}}</style><div role="complementary" class="video-game-reviews skin-invert vgr-single"><div class="vgr-title">Reception</div><table class="vgr-aggregators wikitable"><caption>Aggregate score</caption><tbody><tr class="vgr-hrow"><th scope="col">Aggregator</th><th scope="col">Score</th></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a></td><td>Xbox: 97/100<a href="#cite_note-metacritic_xbox-85">[83]</a> PC: 83/100<a href="#cite_note-metacritic_pc-76">[74]</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="vgr-reviews wikitable"><caption class="vgr-stacked">Review scores</caption><tbody><tr class="vgr-hrow"><th scope="col">Publication</th><th scope="col">Score</th></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/AllGame" class="mw-redirect" title="AllGame">AllGame</a></td><td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><a href="#cite_note-allgamereview-86">[84]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Edge_(magazine)" title="Edge (magazine)">Edge</a></td><td>10/10<a href="#cite_note-edge_review-15">[13]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Eurogamer" title="Eurogamer">Eurogamer</a></td><td>8/10<a href="#cite_note-eurogamer_review-87">[85]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Famitsu" title="Famitsu">Famitsu</a></td><td>33/40<a href="#cite_note-Famitsu-88">[86]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Game_Informer" title="Game Informer">Game Informer</a></td><td>9.5/10<a href="#cite_note-gi-89">[87]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a></td><td>9.7/10<a href="#cite_note-gamespotreview-13">[11]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/GameSpy" title="GameSpy">GameSpy</a></td><td>80/100<a href="#cite_note-gamespy_review-12">[10]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a></td><td>9.7/10<a href="#cite_note-ign_review-10">[8]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Next_Generation_(magazine)" title="Next Generation (magazine)">Next Generation</a></td><td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><a href="#cite_note-NGv5n1-91">[89]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Official_Xbox_Magazine" title="Official Xbox Magazine">Official Xbox Magazine (US)</a></td><td>9.5/10<a href="#cite_note-oxm-review-90">[88]</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div> Halo received widespread critical acclaim, with a 97 out of 100 on review aggregator <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, based on reviews from 68 professional critics.<a href="#cite_note-metacritic_xbox-85">[83]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ste_Curran" title="Ste Curran">Ste Curran</a>'s review for <a href="/wiki/Edge_(magazine)" title="Edge (magazine)">Edge</a> praised the game as "the most important launch game for any console, ever" and commented, "<a href="/wiki/GoldenEye_007_(1997_video_game)" title="GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)">GoldenEye</a> was the standard for multiplayer console combat. It has been surpassed."<a href="#cite_note-edge_review-15">[13]</a> <a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a> claimed that "Halo's single-player game is worth picking up an Xbox for alone," concluding, "Not only is this easily the best of the Xbox launch games, but it's easily one of the best shooters ever, on any platform."<a href="#cite_note-gamespotreview-13">[11]</a> <a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a> remarked similarly, calling Halo a "can't miss, no-brainer, sure thing, five star, triple A game."<a href="#cite_note-ign_review-10">[8]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Whitta" title="Gary Whitta">Gary Whitta</a> of <a href="/wiki/Official_Xbox_Magazine" title="Official Xbox Magazine">Official Xbox Magazine</a> calling Halo as "a stunning achievement."<a href="#cite_note-oxm-review-90">[88]</a> <a href="/wiki/AllGame" class="mw-redirect" title="AllGame">AllGame</a> editor Jonathan Licata praised Bungie for doing "a remarkable job with Halo, taking many successful elements from previous standouts in the genre to make one very playable game".<a href="#cite_note-allgamereview-86">[84]</a> Among the specific aspects that reviewers praised were the balance of weapons, the role of drivable vehicles,<a href="#cite_note-gamespot-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-ign_review-10">[8]</a> and the artificial intelligence of enemies.<a href="#cite_note-gamespot-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-edge_review-15">[13]</a> The Xbox version of Halo received more than 40 awards,<a href="#cite_note-xbox.com-92">[90]</a> including numerous <a href="/wiki/List_of_Game_of_the_Year_awards" title="List of Game of the Year awards">Game of the Year</a> awards, including from <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Interactive_Arts_%26_Sciences" title="Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences">AIAS</a>,<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-93">[91]</a> <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly" title="Electronic Gaming Monthly">EGM</a>, Edge, and <a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a>.<a href="#cite_note-xbox.com-92">[90]</a> GameSpot named Halo the third-best <a href="/wiki/Console_game" title="Console game">console game</a> of 2001, and it won the publication's annual "Best Xbox Game" and, among console games, "Best Shooting Game" awards. It was a runner-up in the "Best Sound" category.<a href="#cite_note-bestworst2001-94">[92]</a> The <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_of_Film_and_Television_Arts" title="British Academy of Film and Television Arts">British Academy of Film and Television Arts</a> awarded Halo "Best Console Game" and <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> presented it with their "Best Original Soundtrack" award. Halo also won <a href="/wiki/EP_Daily" title="EP Daily">The Electric Playground</a>'s 2001 "Best Console Shooter" award,<a href="#cite_note-blister2001-95">[93]</a> the "11th Annual <a href="/wiki/GamePro" title="GamePro">GamePro</a> Readers' Choice Awards" for "Best Combat Game of The Year",<a href="#cite_note-96">[c]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[95]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Golden_Joystick_Awards" title="Golden Joystick Awards">Golden Joystick Awards</a> for "Xbox Game of the Year" in 2002.<a href="#cite_note-99">[d]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[96]</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/VGX_(award_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="VGX (award show)">Spike Video Game Awards</a> for "Best PC Game" in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-101">[97]</a> Halo: Combat Evolved won four awards at the <a href="/wiki/5th_Annual_Interactive_Achievement_Awards" title="5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards">5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards</a> (now known as the <a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Awards" title="D.I.C.E. Awards">D.I.C.E. Awards</a>): "<a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Game_of_the_Year" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year">Game of the Year</a>", "Console Game of the Year", "<a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Action_Game_of_the_Year" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Action Game of the Year">Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Outstanding_Technical_Achievement" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement">Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering</a>"; it also received nominations for "Outstanding Innovation in Console Gaming", "<a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Game_Design" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Design">Outstanding Achievement in Game Design</a>", "<a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Outstanding_Technical_Achievement" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement">Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Art_Direction" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction">Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction</a>"<a href="#cite_note-102">[98]</a> <a href="/wiki/Next_Generation_(magazine)" title="Next Generation (magazine)">Next Generation</a> reviewed the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a> version of the game, rating it five stars out of five, and stated that "If you didn't think there was a reason to buy an Xbox, Halo will change your mind."<a href="#cite_note-NGv5n1-91">[89]</a> Although Halo's overall reception was largely positive, the game received criticism for its level design. GameSpy commented, "you'll trudge through countless hallways and control rooms that all look exactly the same, fighting identical-looking groups of enemies over and over and over...it is simply frustrating to see a game with such groundbreaking sequences too often degenerate [into] this kind of mindless, repetitive action."<a href="#cite_note-gamespy_review-12">[10]</a> Similarly, an article on Game Studies.org remarked, "In the latter part of the game, the scenarios rely on repetition and quantity rather than innovativeness and quality."<a href="#cite_note-gamestudies-103">[99]</a> <a href="/wiki/Eurogamer" title="Eurogamer">Eurogamer</a> concluded, "Halo is very much a game of two halves. The first half is fast, exciting, beautifully designed and constantly full of surprises. The second half is festooned with gobsmacking plot twists and great cinematics but let down by repetitive paint-by-numbers level design."<a href="#cite_note-eurogamer_review-87">[85]</a> Halo was released prior to the launch of Xbox Live, and the lack of both online multiplayer and bots to simulate human players was criticized by GameSpy;<a href="#cite_note-gamespy_review-12">[10]</a> in 2003 GameSpy included Halo in a list of "Top 25 Most Overrated Games of All Time."<a href="#cite_note-gamespy-23">[21]</a> Halo's PC port received generally favorable reviews, garnering a score of 83% on Metacritic.<a href="#cite_note-metacritic_pc-76">[74]</a> GameSpot stated that it was "still an incredible action game ... [and] a true classic," awarding it 9.0 out of 10.<a href="#cite_note-halopcreview-77">[75]</a> It received a score of 8.2 out of 10 from IGN, who stated, "If you've played the game on the Xbox, there's not much for you here."<a href="#cite_note-ignreview4-24">[22]</a> Eurogamer called the game "a missed opportunity," but stated that the online multiplayer component was "a massive draw ... for Halo veterans."<a href="#cite_note-eurogamer-25">[23]</a> The PC Port of Halo was heavily criticised for having poor performance issues even on a <a href="/wiki/Athlon_64" title="Athlon 64">Athlon 64</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pentium_4#Northwood_(Extreme_Edition)" title="Pentium 4">Pentium 4 Extreme Edition</a>-Based High-end PC at that time.<a href="#cite_note-halopcreview-77">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-ignreview4-24">[22]</a> Halo has been praised <a href="/wiki/List_of_video_games_considered_the_best" title="List of video games considered the best">as one of the greatest video games of all time</a>,<a href="#cite_note-edge_list-104">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-gamepro_list-105">[101]</a> and was ranked by <a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a> as the fourth-best first-person shooter made.<a href="#cite_note-ign_rank-106">[102]</a> In 2017, <a href="/wiki/The_Strong_National_Museum_of_Play" title="The Strong National Museum of Play">The Strong National Museum of Play</a> inducted Halo to its <a href="/wiki/World_Video_Game_Hall_of_Fame" title="World Video Game Hall of Fame">World Video Game Hall of Fame</a>.<a href="#cite_note-107">[103]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Legacy">edit</a>]</div> Halo is credited with modernizing the FPS genre.<a href="#cite_note-retrogamer-makingof-108">[104]</a> According to GameSpot, Halo's "numerous subtle innovations have been borrowed by countless other games since".<a href="#cite_note-bestlaunchgames-109">[105]</a> The game is often cited as the main reason for the Xbox's success,<a href="#cite_note-theage-110">[106]</a> and it began what is commonly regarded as the system's flagship franchise.<a href="#cite_note-cnet-111">[107]</a> In July 2006, <a href="/wiki/Next_Generation_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Next Generation Magazine">Next-Gen.biz</a> published an article estimating Halo as the second-highest revenue-generating 21st century console video game in the United States, behind <a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Vice_City" title="Grand Theft Auto: Vice City">Grand Theft Auto: Vice City</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nextgen.biz-112">[108]</a> The game's popularity sparked the usage of terms such as "Halo clone"<a href="#cite_note-voodooextreme-113">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-xboxgamezone-114">[110]</a><a href="#cite_note-eurogamer5-115">[111]</a> and "Halo killer",<a href="#cite_note-gamespy_killzone-116">[112]</a> applied to games either similar to or anticipated to be better than it.<a href="#cite_note-joystiq_moore-117">[113]</a> The Halo engine has been used for the game <a href="/wiki/Stubbs_the_Zombie_in_Rebel_Without_a_Pulse" title="Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse">Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse</a>.<a href="#cite_note-gamespy100-118">[114]</a> Halo has been featured at both <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Gaming" title="Major League Gaming">Major League Gaming</a> and the <a href="/wiki/World_Cyber_Games" title="World Cyber Games">World Cyber Games</a>.<a href="#cite_note-gamespot10-119">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-gamespot11-120">[116]</a> The game's sequel, <a href="/wiki/Halo_2" title="Halo 2">Halo 2</a>, made <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollars" class="mw-redirect" title="United States dollars">US$</a>125 million with unit sales of 2.38 million on the first day of its release,<a href="#cite_note-msnbc-121">[117]</a> earning it the distinction of the fastest-selling United States media product in history.<a href="#cite_note-gameindustry.biz-122">[118]</a> Three years later, <a href="/wiki/Halo_3" title="Halo 3">Halo 3</a> shattered that record with the biggest opening day in entertainment history, taking in US$170 million in its first 24 hours.<a href="#cite_note-gamepro_halo3_records-123">[119]</a> In addition, the game inspired and was used in the fan-created <a href="/wiki/Red_vs._Blue" title="Red vs. Blue">Red vs. Blue</a> video series, which is credited as the "first big success" of <a href="/wiki/Machinima" title="Machinima">machinima</a> (the technique of using real-time 3D engines, often from video games, to create animated films).<a href="#cite_note-summit_journal-124">[120]</a> It has been called one of the best video games of all time.<a href="#cite_note-rollingstone_2025-01-06-125">[121]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Halo:_Custom_Edition">Halo: Custom Edition</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Halo: Custom Edition">edit</a>]</div> On March 15, 2004, <a href="/wiki/Gearbox_Software" title="Gearbox Software">Gearbox Software</a> released Halo: Custom Edition for Windows, which enabled players to use custom-made maps and <a href="/wiki/Mod_(computer_gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mod (computer gaming)">game modifications</a> via the Halo Editing Kit developed by Bungie.<a href="#cite_note-ign4-126">[122]</a> Halo: Custom Edition consists of multiplayer maps and requires an original copy of Halo for PC to install. Custom maps can be both single and multiplayer.<a href="#cite_note-ign4-126">[122]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Remaster">Remaster</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Remaster">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved_Anniversary" title="Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary">Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary</a></div> During the Microsoft press conference at the <a href="/wiki/E3_2011" title="E3 2011">2011 E3 Expo</a>, it was revealed that Halo: Combat Evolved would be remade by <a href="/wiki/343_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="343 Industries">343 Industries</a> with an in-house game engine and would include achievements, Terminals, and Skulls. It was released for the Xbox 360 on November 15, 2011. The release date marks the 10th anniversary of the original game's release.<a href="#cite_note-remk-127">[123]</a> The remastered version of the original game includes online multiplayer and cooperative play functionality.<a href="#cite_note-usa_today_halo_trilogy-128">[124]</a> The remaster is also the first Halo game to include <a href="/wiki/Kinect" title="Kinect">Kinect</a> support.<a href="#cite_note-cvg_cea_kinect-129">[125]</a> The game is a mix of two <a href="/wiki/Game_engine" title="Game engine">game engines</a>—the original Halo engine created by Bungie, which provides gameplay, and a new engine created by 343 Industries and Saber that is responsible for improved graphics—and the player is able to switch between the improved and classic modes of the game at any time.<a href="#cite_note-vg247_cea_engine-130">[126]</a> The game's multiplayer component uses the <a href="/wiki/Halo:_Reach" title="Halo: Reach">Halo: Reach</a> gameplay engine, tailored with a map playlist to mimic the original multiplayer, as opposed to including the original game's multiplayer mode. Anniversary was later included as part of <a href="/wiki/Halo:_The_Master_Chief_Collection" title="Halo: The Master Chief Collection">Halo: The Master Chief Collection</a>.<a href="#cite_note-eurog_mcc-131">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-polygon-132">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[129]</a> The Anniversary version of the game is the version featured in The Master Chief Collection for Xbox One. The single-player game is nearly identical to the Xbox 360 version, including the ability to swap between the updated "anniversary" graphics and the original game graphics, but excluding Stereoscopic 3DTV support.<a href="#cite_note-134">[130]</a> However, unlike the Xbox 360 release, the multiplayer component is the original multiplayer engine from Combat Evolved as opposed to Halo: Reach and is playable over Xbox Live. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/MacSoft" title="MacSoft">MacSoft</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a> The Xbox Version of Halo won the awards which voted by the general public, over the <a href="/wiki/Unreal_Tournament" title="Unreal Tournament">Unreal Tournament</a> (<a href="/wiki/Epic_Games" title="Epic Games">Epic Games</a>/<a href="/wiki/Infogrames_Entertainment,_SA" class="mw-redirect" title="Infogrames Entertainment, SA">Infogrames</a>), <a href="/wiki/Quake_III_Arena" title="Quake III Arena">Quake III: Revolution</a> (<a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a>/<a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">EA</a>/<a href="/wiki/Squaresoft" class="mw-redirect" title="Squaresoft">Squaresoft</a>), and the PlayStation 2 Version of <a href="/wiki/Half-Life_(video_game)" title="Half-Life (video game)">Half-Life</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Universal_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Vivendi Universal Games">Vivendi</a>-<a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal</a>). </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a> The 2002 Golden Joystick Awards was hosted by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ross" title="Jonathan Ross">Jonathan Ross</a> of <a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_with_Jonathan_Ross" title="Friday Night with Jonathan Ross">Friday Night with Jonathan Ross</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japanorama" title="Japanorama">Japanorama</a>. </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Halo:_Combat_Evolved&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-eu_aus_launch-1"><a href="#cite_ref-eu_aus_launch_1-0">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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