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''Halo 3'' is a 2007 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the Halo (series), ''Halo'' franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in 2001's ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and continued in 2004's ''Halo 2''. ''Halo 3''s story centers on the interstellar war between twenty-sixth century humanity, a collection of alien races known as the Covenant (Halo), Covenant, and the alien parasite Flood (Halo), Flood. The player assumes the role of the Master Chief (Halo), Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier, as he battles the Covenant and the Flood. The game features vehicles, weapons, and gameplay elements not present in previous titles of the series, as well as the addition of saved gameplay films, file sharing, and the Forge (level editor), Forge map editor—a utility which allows the player to perform modifications to multiplayer levels. Bungie began developing ''Halo 3'' shortly after ''Halo 2'' shippe ... [...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] |
Flood (Halo)
The Flood is a fictional parasitic alien lifeform and one of the primary antagonists in the ''Halo'' multimedia franchise. First introduced in the 2001 video game '' Halo: Combat Evolved'', it returns in later entries in the series such as ''Halo 2'', ''Halo 3'', and ''Halo Wars''. The Flood is driven by a desire to infect any sentient life of sufficient size; Flood-infected creatures, also called Flood, in turn can infect other hosts. The parasite is depicted as such a threat that the ancient Forerunners constructed artificial ringworld superweapons known as Halos to contain it and, as a last resort, to kill all sentient life in the galaxy in an effort to stop the Flood's spread by starving it. The Flood's design and fiction were led by Bungie artist Robert McLees, who used unused concepts from the earlier Bungie game ''Marathon 2''. The setting of the first game, the ringworld Halo, was stripped of many of its large creatures in order to make the Flood's surprise appearance mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master Chief Collection
''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'' is a compilation of first-person shooter video games in the ''Halo'' series. The collection was released in November 2014 for the Xbox One, and later ported to Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X/S. The collection was developed by 343 Industries in partnership with other studios and was published by Xbox Game Studios. The collection includes '' Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'', '' Halo 2: Anniversary'', ''Halo 3'', '' Halo 3: ODST'', '' Halo: Reach'', and ''Halo 4''. Each game in ''The Master Chief Collection'' received graphical upgrades. ''Halo 2'' received a high-definition redesign of its video, audio and cutscenes to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The game includes access to the live-action series '' Halo: Nightfall'' as well as the '' Halo 5: Guardians'' multiplayer beta that ran in 2014–15. At launch, critics generally praised ''The Master Chief Collection'' for its updated audio and visuals, as well as its quantity of content. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
343 Industries
343 Industries is an American video game developer located in Redmond, Washington, part of Xbox Game Studios. Headed by Pierre Hintze, the studio is responsible for the ''Halo'' series of military science fiction games, originally created and produced by Bungie, and is the developer of the Slipspace Engine. Named after the ''Halo'' character 343 Guilty Spark, the studio was established in 2007 after the departure of Bungie. After co-developing downloadable content for '' Halo: Reach'', Bungie's final ''Halo'' game, 343 Industries released '' Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' and ''Halo 4'', the latter starting the studio's " Reclaimer Saga" of the mainline games. History Formation Developer Bungie were acquired by Microsoft in 2000, and their in-development project ''Halo'' turned into a launch title for Microsoft's Xbox console. In 2007, shortly after shipping ''Halo 3'', Bungie announced its split from Microsoft. The rights to ''Halo'' remained with the latter. To oversee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halo 4
''Halo 4'' is a 2012 first-person shooter video game developed by 343 Industries and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox 360 video game console. ''Halo 4''s story follows a cybernetically enhanced human supersoldier, Master Chief, and his artificial intelligence construct Cortana, as they encounter unknown threats while exploring an ancient civilization's planet. The player assumes the role of Master Chief who battles against a new faction that splintered off from remnants of the Covenant, a former military alliance of alien races, and against mechanical warriors of the Forerunner empire known as the Prometheans. The game features a selection of weapons, enemies, and game modes not present in previous titles of the series. Development of ''Halo 4'' began in 2009 and continued until September 2012. ''Halo 4'' is 343 Industries' first original title within the ''Halo'' series—previously, development of the main series was undertaken by Bungie, the creator of the franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ODST
''Halo 3: ODST'' is a 2009 First person shooter game, first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and published by Xbox Game Studios, Microsoft Game Studios. The fourth installment in the Halo (series), ''Halo'' franchise as a Spin-off_(media)#Sidequels, side game, it was released on the Xbox 360 in September 2009. Players assume the roles of United Nations Space Command Marines, known as "Orbital Drop Shock Troopers" or ODSTs, during and after the events of ''Halo 2''. In the game's campaign mode, players explore the ruined city of Mombasa, New Mombasa to discover what happened to their missing teammates in the midst of an alien invasion. In the "Firefight" multiplayer option, players battle increasingly difficult waves of enemies to score points and survive as long as possible; ''Halo 3''s multiplayer is contained on a separate disc packaged with ''ODST''. Bungie initially conceived ''ODST'' as a small side project to produce in the lull between ''Halo 3''s completion and ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
