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Halo
Finish the fight
Bungie's Halo arrived with the original Xbox in 2001 and made console first-person shooters feel natural. Master Chief's war has since passed to 343 Industries and Halo Studios.
- 2001
- First game
- 2
- Series
- Bungie
- Creator
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One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
The Bungie years. Bungie built the trilogy that defined the Xbox, then added ODST and the prequel Reach before leaving the series behind. Ensemble's Halo Wars took the universe into strategy.
Start with Halo: Combat EvolvedYour next late night
The essentials
Chapters
Series (2)
Master Chief's war for humanityHaloThe first-person shooter saga of Master Chief and the Covenant war. Bungie launched it in 2001, and 343 Industries, now Halo Studios, has carried it on since.Halo WarsHalo real-time strategy spin-offs: Halo Wars (2009) from Ensemble Studios and Halo Wars 2 (2017) from Creative Assembly and 343 Industries.
A legacy worth revisiting
Thirty seconds of fun, repeated.
Halo's combat loop is built on a simple rhythm: guns, grenades and melee, with a recharging shield that rewards pushing forward. Add vehicles, split-screen and a ringworld to fight across, and console shooters had a new benchmark.
- 2001 to 2010
- The Bungie years
- 2011 to 2021
- 343 Industries
- 2024 to 2026
- Halo Studios
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