Still holding fast to the idea that the superweapons known as Halos are a key to religious enlightenment rather than a tool for wiping out all life in the galaxy to prevent the parasitic Flood from finding new hosts, the alliance of alien races known as The Covenant seek to harness something known as The Ark. The cybernetic supersoldier finds himself back on Earth in this conclusion to the original trilogy of science fiction first person shooters from Bungie, humanity fighting in Africa to hold back The Covenant’s desperate push to claim ancient technology left on our world. After two games of the Covenant, The Flood, humanity, and the robotic guardians of the Halos all fighting to see who will come out on top, Halo 3 serves as the grand finale, its significance being that it’s the title where Master Chief finally finishes the fight. Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 didn’t have the sort of industry wide footprint its predecessors left, but it certainly helped sell a lot of Xbox 360s all the same and still holds an incredibly important role in the Halo series. Halo 2‘s online multiplayer was so popular it made online play an industry standard. The first Halo game was so successful it put the Xbox console on the map.

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