Halo: Reach

April 11, 2023Microsoft Xbox 360

Halo: Reach

Console:	Microsoft Xbox 360
TV Standard:	Region Not Set
Developer(s):	Bungie
Publisher(s):	Microsoft Studios
Release Date:	2010-09-14
Players:	4
Co-op:	Yes
ESRB:	M - Mature 17+
Type:	Action, Shooter

Halo: Reach is a 2010 first-person shooter developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios, originally for the Xbox 360. The fifth installment in the 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 the alien Covenant. Players control Noble Six, a member of an elite supersoldier squad, when the human world known as Reach 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 threads. As the game would take place on a human world doomed to be destroyed, they focused on making the environment a character unto itself. Longtime Halo composers Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori returned to compose Reach's music, aiming for a more somber sound to match the story.

Halo: Reach

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