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Halo Reach
''Halo: Reach'' is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Xbox Game Studios, Microsoft Game Studios, originally for the Xbox 360. The sixth installment in the ''Halo (franchise), Halo'' series and a direct prequel to ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', ''Reach'' was released worldwide in September 2010. The game takes place in the year 2552, where humanity is locked in a war with an alien theocracy known as the Covenant (Halo), Covenant, which seeks to exterminate humanity. Players play as Noble Six, a member of an elite squad of supersoldiers, known as Noble Team, attempting to stage a defense of the human world known as Reach, which falls under Covenant attack. After releasing ''Halo 3'' in 2007, Bungie split into teams to develop two different games—what would become ''Halo 3: ODST'' and ''Reach''. The developers decided to create a prequel to the original ''Halo'' game trilogy, freeing themselves from the obligation of addressing old story thread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungie
Bungie, Inc. is an American video game company based in Bellevue, Washington. It is a studio owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The company was established in May 1991 by Alex Seropian, who later brought in programmer Jason Jones (programmer), Jason Jones after publishing Jones' game ''Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete''. Originally based in Chicago, Illinois, the company concentrated on Macintosh games during its early years and created two successful video game franchises called ''Marathon Trilogy, Marathon'' and ''Myth (video game series), Myth''. An offshoot studio, Bungie West, produced ''Oni (video game), Oni'', published in 2001 and owned by Take-Two Interactive, which held a 19.9% ownership stake at the time. Microsoft acquired Bungie in 2000, and its project ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' was repurposed as a Glossary of video game terms#Launch title, launch title for Microsoft's Xbox (console), Xbox console. ''Halo'' became the Xbox's "Killer application, killer app", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
