HALO

HALO is a military science fiction media franchise, originally developed and created by Bungie and currently managed and developed by 343 Industries.
==History==
Bungie was founded in 1991 by Alex Seropian in Chicago, Illinois, who partnered with programmer Jason Jones to market and release Jones' game Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete. Bungie became a preeminent game developer on the platform. Halo: Combat Evolved started as a real-time strategy game for the Mac, originally code-named Monkey Nuts and Blam!, and took place on a hollowed-out world called Solipsis. The planet eventually became a ringworld called "Halo", which became the game's title. https://web.archive.org/web/20120515003712/http://retro.ign.com/articles/821/821618p1.html 
Halo was announced on July 21, 1999, during the Macworld Conference & Expo. The game morphed from a real-time strategy game into a third-person action game. https://web.archive.org/web/20020404231952/http://pc.ign.com/articles/068/068975p1.htmlhttp://halo.bungie.org/pressscans/display.html?scan=cgw1199
On June 19, 2000, Microsoft acquired Bungie and Halo: Combat Evolved became a launch title for the Xbox video game console. https://web.archive.org/web/20060501214618/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Jun00/BungiePR.mspx The game turned into a first-person shooter, and was modified to work with a controller. Though the first Halo was meant to include an online multiplayer mode, it was excluded because the Xbox Live service was not yet available. https://web.archive.org/web/20020223014106/http://xbox.ign.com/articles/098/098271p1.html 
Halo was not intended to be the Xbox's flagship game due to internal concerns and gaming press criticism, but Microsoft VP of game publishing Ed Fries did not act on these concerns. The Xbox's marketing heavily featured Halo, whose green color palette meshed with the console's design scheme. http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24831
While Bungie remained involved in the Halo series by developing games such as ODST and Reach, the rights to Halo remained with Microsoft. To oversee everything Halo, Microsoft created an internal division, 343 Industries, to oversee the franchise. https://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/halo_reach/news/is_343_industries_microsofts_halo_studio.html 343 had already codeveloped the Halo Legends animated series and had overseen production of Halo: Reach and 2011's Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. https://venturebeat.com/2011/06/06/microsoft-e3-halo-game/ 
== Games ==
* Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)
* Halo 2 (2004)
* Halo 3 (2007)
* Halo Wars (2009)
* Halo 3: ODST (2009)
* Halo Reach (2010)
* Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (2011)
* Halo 4 (2012)
* Halo: Spartan Assault (2013)
* Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2014)
* Halo: Spartan Strikes (2015)
* Halo 5: Guardians (2015)
* Halo Wars 2 (2017)
* Halo: Fireteam Raven (2018)
* Halo Infinite (2021)
==Channel==
The HALO YouTube channel was created on August 9, 2009, they usually upload trailers for their games. Their first video was uploaded on January 22, 2010. 
==References==
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