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| =Main menu=
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| The '''Main Menu''' is a series of other menus and lobbies interacted with in all ''Halo'' games. A number of modes and gametypes including [[campaign]], [[multiplayer]], [[firefight]], [[Spartan Ops]], [[Warzone]], [[Custom game]]s, [[Theater]], [[Forge]], and [[File Share]] are accessed through it. Settings and options menus where [[Control Schemes]] can be accessed as well. [[Downloadable content]] such as new campaigns can be directly accessed through these menus.
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| The main menu is reached after a series of logos for the companies that produced the game and a start screen. Sometimes the music of this sequence leads into the music of main menu itself like. Examples of this are in ''Halo 2'' and ''Halo Wars 2''.
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| ==Customization==
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| In most games, the ability to change one's [[Armor permutations]] is accessed through the main menu in some form. So to for [[Skins]] for [[weapon]]s and [[vehicle]]s as well.
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| Seeing one's [[List of REQ cards|unlocked]] [[Requisition system|REQs]] or [[List of Blitz cards|unlocked]] [[Blitz]] cards can be found here too; on top of purchasing the related packs.
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| ==By game==
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| ===''Halo: Combat Evolved''===
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| {{Main|Halo: Combat Evolved}}
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| The ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' menu is set in orbit of [[Installation 04]], with the camera rotating and moving about it showing its interior, the exterior shell, and [[Threshold]]. The music heard is [[Halo Theme]] and the final part of [[Brothers in Arms]].
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| <gallery>
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| File:HCE CustomGamesMenu.png|Custom games menu
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Halo 2''===
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| {{Main|Halo 2}}
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| ====Pre-release====
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| <gallery>
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| File:H2 deltatemple lobby.png|Pre-release campaign lobby showing a [[Cut Halo 2 levels|cut ''Halo 2'' level]]
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| File:Prophet names.jpg|A pre-release multiplayer lobby with various player names coming from characters from the ''Halo'' universe.
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| </gallery>
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| ====Release====
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| The menu of ''Halo 2'' features a background of the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'', next to the [[Mombasa Tether]] in [[Mombasa]], [[East African Protectorate]]. The music heard is the Gregorian chant in [[Prologue (music)|Prologue]], [[Ghosts of Reach]], [[Heavy Price Paid]], the last minute of [[The Last Spartan]], and [[Unforgotten]].
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| <gallery>
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| File:H2V CustomGamesMenu.png|The custom games menu from [[Halo 2 (Windows Vista)|''Halo 2'' for Windows Vista]].
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Halo 3''===
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| {{Main|Halo 3}}
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| The main menu of ''Halo 3'' features an animated view of a cliff at the edge of the [[Portal at Voi]]. [[Movement]], [[Never Forget]], [[Choose Wisely]], the beginning of [[Honorable Intentions]] and an unidentified choir track will rotate as the backing music.
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| <gallery>
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| File:H3 CustomGamesMenu.png
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| File:Halo 3 Mythic Menu.jpg|''[[Halo 3 Mythic]]'' menu
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Halo 3: ODST''===
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| {{Main|Halo 3: ODST}}
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| {{Expand-section}}
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| <gallery>
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| File:H3ODST RookieCinematic.jpg
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Halo Wars''===
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| {{Main|Halo Wars}}
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| In the background, scenes from the [[Halo Wars announcement trailer|''Halo Wars'' announcement trailer]] as well as cutscenes from the campaign will play. [[Spirit of Fire (music)|Spirit of Fire]] is the music that accompanies it.
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| ===''Halo: Reach''===
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| {{Main|Halo: Reach}}
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| ====Pre-release====
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| <gallery>
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| File:Reach - Beta Menu.jpg|[[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta|''Halo: Reach'' Multiplayer Beta]] menu
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| </gallery>
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| ====Release====
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| ''Halo: Reach'' has a variety of lobbies all using their own artwork(s). The music used in the lobbies is [[Overture (Halo: Reach)|Overture]], though sometimes no music at all will play and instead, the sounds of distant gunfire and other fighting will play.
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| <gallery>
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| File:HR Forge Menu.jpg
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| File:HaloReach - Glacier Menu.png
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| File:HR CustomGamesMenu.png
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| File:Social Prefrances From Halo Reach.png
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| </gallery>
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| =====Artwork=====
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| Most of the artwork used in the various menus and lobbies of ''Reach'' were actually pieces of concept art created by [[Isaac Hannaford]]. Depending on the lobby, the artwork would be different. As well, the artwork on the main menu would be different depending on which campaign level(s) were last played.
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| <gallery>
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| File:HR MainMenuArt.jpg|Start screen image, and menu art until the player reaches the level ____
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| File:HR TotSSpireConcept.jpg|Main menu art upon reaching the level ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''.
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| File:HR NewAlexandria Skyscrapers Concept.jpg|Main menu art upon reaching the level ''[[New Alexandria]]''.
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| File:HR EliteExecution Concept.png|Menu art for the multiplayer lobby as well as for the Beta.
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| File:HR Firefight Concept.jpg|Menu art in the Firefight lobby
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| File:HR ForgeWorld Concept 2.jpeg|Menu art in the Forge lobby
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| File:HR Glassing Concept.jpg
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| File:HR SpaceDebris Concept.jpg|Menu art in the Matchmaking lobby
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''===
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| {{Main|Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary}}
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| The main menu for ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' was designed very similarly to the original ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' menu. When selecting multiplayer however, the menu was change to one more designed like and using from ''Halo: Reach''.
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| <gallery>
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| File:HCEA Multiplayer Menu.png|Multiplayer menu
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| File:Anniversarymenu.png|Main menu for ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''
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| </gallery>
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| ====Artwork====
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| <gallery>
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| File:HR ForgeWorld Concept 2.jpeg|Multiplayer menu art, reused from the ''Halo: Reach'' forge lobby.
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Halo 4''===
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| {{Main|Halo 4}}
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| ====Pre-release====
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| In an alpha menu, the background was to be the broken planet around [[Installation 03]]. Two versions of [[To Galaxy]] were to play; one of just the strings used in the song and the other of the background electronic "drums" as well as an unknown track that was later used in the ''Halo 4'' epilogue, ''Halo 4'' lobbies in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'', and at the beginning of the track [[Blue Team (music)|Blue Team]] in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.
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| <gallery>
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| File:H4-Menu-Alpha.jpg|Pre-release menu
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| File:H4 - Armor permutation menu (Xbox 360 early build).png|Early build of the armor selection menu
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| </gallery>
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| ====Release====
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| The released main menu is of a debris field around [[Requiem]]. When reaching the title screen and for a time in the main menu, [[Atonement]] will play. It will change to [[Wreckage (music)|Wreckage]] then the first minute or so of [[Green and Blue]] and rotate through all three while on the menu. When Infinity multiplayer lobby is selected, the image will move into the bridge of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} where the first minute of [[To Galaxy]] will play on repeat.
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| <gallery>
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| File:H4 - Armor permutation menu (Xbox 360).png
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Halo: The Master Chief Collection''===
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| {{Main|Halo: The Master Chief Collection}}
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| Uniquely, depending on the lobby for which game that will be played, the menu music for that game will be played. All though for ''Halo 4'' lobbies, the unnamed [[Epilogue (Halo 4 level)|Epilogue]] track used in the early ''Halo 4'' menu, and the opening for [[Blue Team]], will play.
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| <gallery>
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| File:HMCC-Main Menu.jpg|The launch main menu.
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| </gallery>
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| ====Artwork====
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| Similar to ''Halo: Reach'' the background artwork will change in various lobbies depending on the selected game. On top of this, depending on the [[Season]] currently going in game, the main menu background will be different.
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| <gallery>
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| File:MCC H4 Background.png|Artwork used in some ''Halo 4'' lobbies.
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| File:MCC H3 Background.png|Artwork used in some ''Halo 3'' lobbies.
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| File:MCC CEA Background.png|Artwork used in some ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' lobbies
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| File:MCC H2A Background.png|Artwork used in some ''Halo 2'' lobbies
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| File:MCC H3ODST Background 2.png|Artwork used in some ''Halo 3: ODST'' lobbies
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| File:MCC Winter Background.jpg
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| File:MCC Winter Splashscreen.jpg
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| File:MCC Planet Background.png|The original menu background
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| File:MCC Flood Background.png
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| File:HR-MCCMenuHelmets.png|Menu background of [[Season 1: Noble]]
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| File:MCC - HCEA main menu preview.jpg|Menu background of
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| File:HCEA-MCCCryomenu.jpg|Another angle of the
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| File:H2A-MCCM46Vulcanmenu.png|Menu background of
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| File:H3ODST-MCCODSTmenu.png|Menu background of [[Season 3: Recon]]
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| File:H4-MCCMarkVIMODmenu.jpg|Menu background of [[Season 4: Reclaimer]]
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| </gallery>
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| ====Cut====
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| <gallery>
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| File:MCC Reach Background.png
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Halo 5: Guardians''===
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| {{Main|Halo 5: Guardians}}
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| ====Pre-release====
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| In the ''[[Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta]]'', the menu was set in an orbital facility of some kind (the skybox of which is used on [[Breakout Arena]]) with [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IVs]], [[UNSC Navy|Naval personnel]], and scientists at various computer and [[Holography|hologram]] stations.
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| Musically, the menu opens with parts of [[Osiris Suite, Act 1]], then moves into [[On Deck]], before finally playing parts of [[Osiris Suite, Act 4]]. The music will repeat in that order.
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| File:H5GBetaMainMenu.jpg|''[[Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta]]'' menu
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| </gallery>
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| ====Release====
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| The menu consists of a profile shot of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} in orbit of an unknown [[planet]]. Various [[UNSC starship]]s and [[dropship]]s will fly by, dock or move about the ''Infinity''. These include {{Class|Anlace|frigate}}s, {{Class|Winter|prowler}}s and [[D79-TC Pelican]]s.
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| When getting to the start screen and for a time afterward, [[Halo Canticles]] will play. The music will then rotate through [[Rock and Ice]], about a minute of [[Blue Team]], [[Dominion (music)|Dominion]], the first minute of [[Jameson Locke (music)|Jameson Locke]], about a minute of [[Osiris Suite, Act 3]], and two minutes of [[Osiris Suite, Act 4]]. After returning to the menu from playing a multiplayer match, [[On Deck]] will play.
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| If sat on the main menu for long enough, the [[Floating Grunt]] [[easter egg]] will play out.
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| <gallery>
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| File:H5G - Armor customization - Final.png
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| File:H5G CustomGamesMenu.png
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Halo Wars 2''===
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| {{Main|Halo Wars 2}}
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| ====Pre-release====
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| File:HW2 Beta Start menu.png
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| </gallery>
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| ====Release====
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| The menu is composed of a tableau scene of several units from either the [[Banished]] or [[UNSC]]. The music is [[Cratered]].
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| <gallery>
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| File:HW2 Menu SpartanWithMA5B.png|[[SPARTAN-II]] focused menu, with an [[M12B Warthog]] in the background.
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| File:HW2-SpecialistMenu.jpg|Assorted UNSC units; [[HRUNTING Mark III Cyclops]]', an [[M9 Wolverine]] and a few snipers.
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| File:HW2-Kodiakmenu.jpg|Assorted UNSC units; an [[M121 Jackrabbit]], an [[M400 Kodiak]], and several [[Hellbringers]].
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| File:HW2-Decimusmenu.jpg|[[Decimus]] focused menu, with a [[Marauder]] in the background and some [[Grunt]]s off to one side.
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| File:HW2-Ghost&Wraith.jpg|A [[Banished Ghost]] with a [[Banished Wraith]] in the back.
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Halo Infinite''===
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| {{Main|Halo Infinite}}
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| ====Pre-release====
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| During the ''Halo Infinite'' gameplay demo, the menu was set in grasslands on [[Installation 07]] with the title placed in the middle of a ring-like Forerunner machine. The accompanying music is [[Reverie]].
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| <gallery>
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| File:HINF XGS2020 Start Demo Screen.png|Menu from the [[2020]] [[Halo Infinite Campaign Gameplay Premiere|''Halo Infinite'' gameplay demo]].
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| </gallery>
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