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In the wake of Xbox gutting Halo Studios and moving the franchise under Activision, content creators as well as current and former Halo devs have started talking about the series publicly online. That’s led to some messy drama and accusations, including a claim that Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries) put some content creators on a…

Halo Studios, the team behind the modern iterations of XBOX’s flagship first-person shooter game, may as well soon be called simply “Studios”, as recent announcements by the XBOX vice president Matt Booty outlined a “continuing [of the company’s] reset” which seems to be curbing the developer’s involvement in both the franchise and the console’s future.

We’re back with another chapter of Your Halo Story, featuring fond memories from fellow Halo fans looking back on 25 years in the Halo community. Keep up with past entries below:

The “Halo” franchise has been a staple on Microsoft’s gaming platforms since 2001 and the series’ inaugural title, “Halo: Combat Evolved.” Initially developed by Bungie, the main series features first-person shooter gameplay backed by a memorably epic science fiction premise and aesthetics. The game’s real appeal lies in its multiplayer modes, from cooperative versions of…

A quarter-century after Halo: Combat Evolved hit stores as a flagship launch title for the original Xbox, the franchise that completely recontextualized first-person shooters is still alive and well. After laying dormant following the release of 2021’s Halo: Infinite, the beloved sci-fi series returned this year with a blast from the past in the form…