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<center>''Were you looking for [[Waypoint]], a UNSC news source, or [[Navigation point]], also called "waypoint"?''</center> | <center>''Were you looking for [[Waypoint]], a UNSC news source, or [[Navigation point]], also called "waypoint"?''</center> | ||
[[File:Halo Waypoint logo.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Halo Waypoint's original official banner]] | [[File:Halo Waypoint logo.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Halo Waypoint's original official banner]] | ||
'''Halo Waypoint''' is an online portal for all ''Halo''-related content. It is accessible online at [[Xbox.com]] as the primary ''Halo'' website,<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us Halo Waypoint website]</ref> and through [[Xbox LIVE|Xbox Live]] where it is available to Xbox Live Gold members. The Xbox LIVE version of Halo Waypoint was co-developed by [[Certain Affinity]] and [[343 Industries]].<ref>[http://certainaffinity.com/waypoint/ '''Certain Affinity''': ''Halo Waypoint'']</ref> It was released by 343 Industries as part of the Xbox Fall Update on November 5, [[2009]]. A mobile version of Halo Waypoint has been released for the Windows Phone 7, iOS, and Android platforms for free, though it lacks certain features such as career milestones. An additional feature called ATLAS was released in December 2011 which shows detailed diagrams of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' multiplayer maps and near real time game player and weapon location stats in Matchmaking and Custom Games. ATLAS is free on the Windows Phone 7 and available for $4.99 on iOS and Android.{{Citation needed}} | '''Halo Waypoint''' is an online portal for all ''Halo''-related content. It is accessible online at [[Xbox.com]] as the primary ''Halo'' website,<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us '''Halo Waypoint''' website]</ref> and through [[Xbox LIVE|Xbox Live]] where it is available to Xbox Live Gold members. The Xbox LIVE version of Halo Waypoint was co-developed by [[Certain Affinity]] and [[343 Industries]].<ref>[http://certainaffinity.com/waypoint/ '''Certain Affinity''': ''Halo Waypoint'']</ref> It was released by 343 Industries as part of the Xbox Fall Update on November 5, [[2009]]. A mobile version of Halo Waypoint has been released for the Windows Phone 7, iOS, and Android platforms for free, though it lacks certain features such as career milestones. An additional feature called ATLAS was released in December 2011 which shows detailed diagrams of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' multiplayer maps and near real time game player and weapon location stats in Matchmaking and Custom Games. ATLAS is free on the Windows Phone 7 and available for $4.99 on iOS and Android.{{Citation needed}} | ||
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[[File:Cboxhalowaypointv3.jpg|thumb|right|The cover of Halo Waypoint.]] | |||
Halo Waypoint provides users with various kinds of ''Halo'' information, including information on members of the ''Halo'' community, various [[machinima]] videos and gameplay strategies and tutorials. It also allows players to access their own gameplay-related data, tracking "milestones" and progress through multiple games in the series. The weekly [[Halo Bulletin]] and most major announcements regarding the ''Halo'' series are also posted at Waypoint. The site also features a ''Halo'' discussion forum. On December 15, 2010, the [[Halowars.com]] forums went offline and were subsequently merged with the Halo Waypoint forums.<ref>[http://www.halowars.com/forums/1/953396/ShowThread.aspx '''Halowars.com''': ''Halo Waypoint Transition (Please Read)'']</ref> On March 31, [[2012]] Halo Waypoint officially took over all record-keeping responsibilities from [[Bungie.net]]. | Halo Waypoint provides users with various kinds of ''Halo'' information, including information on members of the ''Halo'' community, various [[machinima]] videos and gameplay strategies and tutorials. It also allows players to access their own gameplay-related data, tracking "milestones" and progress through multiple games in the series. The weekly [[Halo Bulletin]] and most major announcements regarding the ''Halo'' series are also posted at Waypoint. The site also features a ''Halo'' discussion forum. On December 15, 2010, the [[Halowars.com]] forums went offline and were subsequently merged with the Halo Waypoint forums.<ref>[http://www.halowars.com/forums/1/953396/ShowThread.aspx '''Halowars.com''': ''Halo Waypoint Transition (Please Read)'']</ref> On March 31, [[2012]] Halo Waypoint officially took over all record-keeping responsibilities from [[Bungie.net]]. | ||
==Career information== | ==Career information== | ||