Halo Video Game Plot Continued

Thanks to the invention of faster-than-light "slipstream space" (also known as hyperspace) travel, humanity has colonized numerous worlds nearly a century and a half later, under the supervision of the United Nations Space Command, or UNSC. Violent conflicts were caused by tensions between the government and colonies who wanted independence. The SPARTAN-II Project was started by the UNSC's Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in order to develop an elite group of improved supersoldiers who would be able to subdue uprisings in secret. A theocratic coalition of extraterrestrial races known as the Covenant attacked human worlds in 2525, declaring humanity heretics and an insult to their gods, the Forerunners. With the Covenant came a holy war of genocide. Despite being successful, the Spartans' better technology and sheer numbers proved to be deciding advantages.


The Spartans were too few, despite their effectiveness, to change the balance of power in favor of humanity. One of the few surviving Spartans was Master Chief John-117, who had been left behind after the Covenant had overrun Reach, the UNSC's last significant bastion outside Earth.


The Covenant, who saw the Halo rings as tools of transcendence rather than destruction, turned against humanity after they were rediscovered. The destruction of a Halo ring to neutralize the Covenant and the Flood menace is made possible thanks in large part to Master Chief and his artificial intelligence Cortana. After the Prophets of Truth and Mercy declare that the Sangheili are no longer the most honorable species in the Covenant, Master Chief vanquishes the Prophet of Regret. This sparked a conflict among the Covenant's members. 


Tensions between the UNSC and colonial rebels resurfaced in the post-war era as the UNSC trained a new generation of Spartans. When Cortana and Master Chief unintentionally release the Didact, he makes a brief comeback to try to reclaim humanity, but they stop him, leading Master Chief to mistakenly think Cortana is dead. After surviving the Domain, Cortana declares her independence from the UNSC and establishes artificial intelligence (the "Created") as the new hegemon over the galaxy. Following two years of sporadic combat between Cortana and the UNSC, Cortana launches an assault against the Banished, a mercenary group predominately comprised of Jiralhanae people. In the ensuing struggle, the Banished prevail, killing Cortana and fighting the UNSC for control of Zeta.


Bungie era, 2001 – 2010 Alex Seropian, a Chicago, Illinois-based video game developer, created Bungie in 1991 after teaming up with programmer Jason Jones to market and commercialize Jones' game, Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete. Bungie became the leading game developer on the Mac, concentrating on the smaller and more accessible gaming market. Originally code-named Monkey Nuts and Blam!, the real-time strategy game that would eventually become Halo: Combat Evolved was set in the hollowed-out world of Solipsis. The planet ultimately developed into the "Halo" ringworld, which served as the title of the game.


Bungie era, 2001 – 2010 On July 21, 1999, at the Macworld Conference & Expo, Halo was unveiled. The game changed from being a third-person action game to a real-time strategy game.Microsoft purchased Bungie on June 19, 2000, and Halo: Combat Evolved was released as the Xbox console's debut title. The game was altered to function with a controller and changed to a first-person shooter. Even though an online multiplayer mode was intended for the original Halo, it was left out as Xbox Live was not yet operational.


Despite internal reservations and criticism from the gaming press, Ed Fries, Microsoft's vice president of game publishing, decided against making Halo the Xbox's flagship title. Halo was a major Xbox marketing highlight, and its green color scheme complemented the console's aesthetic. Common to the entire trilogy, Halo: Combat Evolved introduces a number of gameplay elements and story motifs. In an effort to accomplish goals and learn the mysteries of the titular Halo, players engage in combat with a variety of aliens both on foot and in vehicles. Players had to choose their favorite weapon carefully because Halo only allowed them to carry two weapons at a time.Along with melee and ranged weaponry, players can also use grenades in combat. "Weapons-grenades-melee" is how Bungie referred to the "Golden Triangle of Halo" format.


Microsoft retained the rights to Halo even though Bungie continued to work on the series, creating titles like Reach and ODST. Microsoft established an internal company called 343 Industries to manage the Halo series.  In addition to producing Halo: Reach and 2011's Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, a remaster of the franchise's first game, 343 has previously codeveloped the Halo Legends animated series. Halo 4, the next game in the franchise, was revealed at E3 2011 as the first installment of what was initially going to be called the "Reclaimer Trilogy".Numerous mainstays from earlier games were present in this one as well, like enhanced map-editing capabilities, additional or redesigned weapon classes, and more multiplayer options and maps. In November, Halo 4 was made available everywhere.