Halo

Halo is a science fiction video game series created by Bungie Studios. more...

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The series centers on the Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced human super-soldier equipped with technologically-advanced battle armor, and his artificial intelligence (AI) companion, Cortana, as the humans of a futuristic universe battle the Covenant, a theocratic alliance of alien races. In this science fiction setting, the term "Halo" refers to the Halo megastructure, a large orbital construction, similar to those first popularized by the 1970 novel Ringworld by Larry Niven, though smaller in scale.

The video games, particularly Halo: Combat Evolved, have been praised as being among the best first-person shooters on a game console, with Halo being the Microsoft Xbox's "killer app". This has led to the term "Halo killer" being used to describe console games that aspire to be better than Halo. Halo's sequel, Halo 2, broke sales records for a media release, and Halo 3 sold more than US $170 million worth of copies in the first 24 hours of release, breaking the record of Halo 2. As of October 4, 2007, all three Halo games combined have sold more than 20 million copies. The franchise has expanded to include five novels, several graphic novels, and numerous other licensed products, from action figures to Mountain Dew. The cultural impact of the Halo series has been compared to that of the Star Wars franchise, with those who enjoy the series being dubbed the "Halo Nation".

Overview

Common gameplay elements

Story

According to Bungie's official backstory, the development of the "Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine" allows humans, led by the United Nations Space Command, to travel across the galaxy and colonize other worlds. Over the next 200 years humans colonize over 800 planets, which are separated into the "Inner Colonies" and "Outer Colonies". The Inner Colonies are the oldest, closer to Earth and more developed than the others; the Outer Colonies are often in rebellion, leading to the creation of the SPARTAN-II Project by the UNSC in an effort to hold the colonies together. In 2525 communication with Harvest, an Outer Colony, is lost and the ship sent to investigate is destroyed by the Covenant. The Covenant Hierarchs declare humanity an affront to the Gods and order its destruction. By 2535, almost all of the Outer Colonies have been destroyed by the Covenant; the alien's technological advantage proves almost impossible for the UNSC to beat in space engagements. These events are referred to in the video games, but their full descriptions are outlined in the novels Halo: The Fall of Reach and Contact Harvest.

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