halo+combat+evolved

//**Halo: Combat Evolved**// (frequently referred to as simply //**Halo**//) is a [|first-person shooter] [|video game] developed by [|Bungie] and published by [|Microsoft Game Studios]. The first game of the [|//Halo// franchise], it was released on November 15, 2001 as a [|launch title] for the [|Xbox] [|gaming system],[|[][|1][|]] and is considered the platform's "[|killer app]".[|[][|8][|]] With more than five million copies sold worldwide as of November 9, 2005,[|[][|9][|]] Microsoft released versions of the game for [|Microsoft Windows] ([|ported] by [|Gearbox Software]) and [|Mac OS X] in 2003, and the surrounding storyline was adapted and elaborated into a series of novels and [|comic books]. The game was later released as an [|Xbox Original] for download onto an [|Xbox 360] [|HDD]. //Halo// is set in the twenty-sixth century, with the player assuming the role of the [|Master Chief], a [|cybernetically] enhanced super-soldier. The player is accompanied by [|Cortana], an [|artificial intelligence] who occupies the Master Chief's neural interface. Players battle various aliens on foot and in vehicles as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the [|eponymous] Halo, a ring-shaped [|artificial world]. The game has been called "easy to learn",[|[][|10][|]] and has been praised for its "engaging story".[|[][|11][|]] Many game magazines have praised //Halo// as one of the best[|[][|12][|]] and most important[|[][|13][|]] games of all time. The game's popularity has led to labels such as "//Halo// clone"[|[][|14][|]] and "//Halo// killer", applied respectively to games either similar to or anticipated to be better than it.[|[][|15][|]][|[][|16][|]] In addition, the game inspired and was used in the fan-created //[|Red vs. Blue]// video series, which is credited as the "first big success" of [|machinima][|[][|17][|]] (the technique of using real-time 3D engines, often from video games, to create animated films). A [|prequel] to the game and Bungie's last //Halo// title, //[|Halo: Reach]//, was released on September 14, 2010. A remake of the game, //Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary//, is being developed.