<P> Elements from the Halo universe have also appeared in other games . A Halo - based character, Spartan Nicole - 458, appeared in Dead or Alive 4, a product of the collaboration between Tecmo's Team Ninja and Microsoft's Bungie . The Halo theme tune was also available as downloadable content for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock . An Arbiter appears as a playable character in Killer Instinct: Season Three, alongside a Halo - themed stage . In Forza Horizon 4 one level has you racing across the map in the Warthog as the Master Chief, with the Halo ring visible in the sky, Cortana on the radio and various Covenant based obstacles to avoid . </P> <P> In December 2014, 343 Industries general manager Bonnie Ross expressed Microsoft's aim for the Halo series to last at least 30 more years . In June 2018, Microsoft announced Halo Infinite at the Electronic Entertainment Expo . </P> <P> Bungie is a game development company started in 1991 by Alex Seropian . Seropian partnered with programmer Jason Jones to market and release Jones' game Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete . Focusing on the Macintosh game market because it was smaller and easier to compete, Bungie became the biggest Mac developer with games including the shooters Pathways into Darkness and Marathon . What became Halo was originally code - named Monkey Nuts and Blam!, and took place on a hollowed - out world called Solipsis . The planet eventually became a ringworld, and an artist suggested the name "Halo", which became the game's title . </P> <P> The first Halo game was announced on July 21, 1999, during the Macworld Conference & Expo . It was originally planned to be a real - time strategy game for the Mac and Windows operating systems, but later changed into a third - person action game . On June 19, 2000, Microsoft acquired Bungie and Halo: Combat Evolved became a launch title for the Xbox video game console . After receiving Xbox development kits, Bungie rewrote the game's engine, heavily altered its presentation, and turned it into a first - person shooter . Though the first Halo was meant to include an online multiplayer mode, it was excluded because Xbox Live was not yet available . </P>

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