Halo (JPN)

Halo (JPN)

Console: Microsoft Xbox
TV Standard: NTSC-J
Country: Japan
Developer(s): Bungie
Publisher(s): Microsoft Studios
Release Date: 2002-04-25
Players: 4
Co-op: Yes
ESRB: M - Mature 17+
Type: Action, Shooter

Halo: Combat Evolved[b] is a 2001 first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released as a launch game for Microsoft's Xbox video game console on November 15, 2001. Microsoft released versions of the game for Windows and Mac OS X in 2003. The game was later released as a downloadable Xbox Original for the Xbox 360. Halo is set in the twenty-sixth century, with the player assuming the role of the Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier. The Chief is accompanied by Cortana, an artificial intelligence. Players battle aliens as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the eponymous Halo, a ring-shaped artificial world.