If I were to award an MVP trophy to a video game series going back to 2000 (essentially the start of the PS2/GameCube/Xbox generation) I’d be hard-pressed not to award it to Halo. Halo: Combat Evolved was truly a reason to buy the original Xbox, and almost the only reason not to opt for the more-established PS2 or the latest Mario-Zelda-Metroid delivery system, the Nintendo GameCube, especially early in the Xbox’s life. Halo 2 launched in 2004 and took the original Halo’s juggernaut local multiplayer and put it on Xbox Live, making Microsoft’s subscription fees a fact of life for many Xbox owners, all but cementing Live’s success.
It’s appropriate then, to celebrate the game that started it all with Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. This is a high-def remake of the origi... |
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