2000
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2000 is the year Halo was acquired by Microsoft and officially transitioned into an Xbox launch title.
Events[edit]
January[edit]
January 5-8
- Details of Halo are shown at the San Francisco Macworld Expo.[1]
April[edit]
April
- Halo was featured on the cover of GameStar, a German gaming magazine.[2]
May[edit]
May 11-13
- Bungie was at E3 2000 in Booth #2900 to show off its two upcoming games Oni and Halo.[3]
- The Halo E3 2000 Trailer for Halo: Combat Evolved was shown at the event also.[3]
June[edit]
June 14
- Halo won the E3 2000 Game Critics' Award for Best Action Game.[4] Halo was also runner up for Best Game on PC, being beat by Black & White.[5]
June 19
- Microsoft acquired Bungie.[6] Following the acquisition, Halo was officially announced for the Xbox platform.[7]
- Take-Two Interactive acquired the rights to publish Bungie's upcoming games, including Halo, on Mac and PC.[8]
July[edit]
July 19
- Alexander Seropian and Steve Jobs announced plans for Halo to come to the Mac and PC, reassuring fans despite the Microsoft acquisition.[9]
Late 2000[edit]
- Following the Xbox announcement, Bungie made the critical decision to shift Halo's perspective from a third-person action game to a first-person shooter, drawing on their past experience with the Marathon series.[8]
- Development of the Blam! Engine was significantly altered to optimize it for the Xbox hardware, moving away from its original cross-platform Mac/PC roots.[8]
Sources[edit]
- ^ Bungie.com, Bungie at Macworld! (Retrieved on Jan 5, 2000) [archive]
- ^ Bungie.com, Halo GameStar Cover (Retrieved on Apr 1, 2000) [archive]
- ^ a b Bungie.com, Bungie at E3 2000 (Retrieved on May 11, 2000) [archive]
- ^ Bungie.com, Halo E3 Award (Retrieved on Jun 14, 2000) [archive]
- ^ e3awards.com, winners (Retrieved on Aug 15, 2000) [archive]
- ^ Bungie.com, Microsoft Acquires Bungie (Retrieved on Jun 19, 2000) [archive]
- ^ News.microsoft.com, Microsoft to Acquire Bungie Software (Retrieved on Jun 19, 2000) [archive]
- ^ a b c Ars Technica, The Complete History of Halo (Retrieved on Jan 29, 2011) [archive]
- ^ Bungie.com, Halo for the Mac (and PC!) (Retrieved on Jul 19, 2000) [archive]
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