Halo is a science fiction video game series created by Bungie Studios. The series centers on the Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced human super-soldier equipped with technologically-advanced battle armor, and his artificial intelligence (AI) companion, Cortana, as the humans of a futuristic universe battle the Covenant, a theocratic alliance of alien races.
The video games, particularly Halo: Combat Evolved, have been praised as being the best, and most influential, first-person shooters on a game console, with Halo being the Microsoft Xbox's "killer app".
Halo: Combat Evolved is a science fiction first person shooter that takes place on a mysterious terraformed construct referred to as 'Halo'.
Halo 2 is the sequel to Halo: Combat Evolved.
Halo 3 is the third game in the Halo series ends the story arc begun in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued with Halo 2.
Halo Wars is a real time strategy game being developed by Ensemble Studios for the Xbox 360 that takes place before Halo: Combat Evolved in the year 2531.
Halo: Chronicles, originally announced on September 27, 2006 at X06 as an untitled project, will be a 'new trilogy' of Halo games.
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