When Was Halo 3 Released?
On May 15, 2007 the information was published, that Halo 3 would be released on September 25 in North America and the 26th in Europe. Halo 3 marked the third in a very popular series for the Xbox 360 called 'Halo'. According to the vice president of Microsoft's interactive entertainment business, Halo 3's release was much more than just a video game release, it was the biggest media event of the year. He might just have been right as well.
The history of Halo 3 really starts with the release of the first game in the series 'Halo: Combat Evolved'. In November, 2001, when Halo was first released, game consoles were something of a joke for one person shooter games. Sure, some games existed, but there weren't the popular communities that the PC games in the genre had.
That all changed with Halo, in which players could battle aliens on foot and in vehicles, completing objectives, while trying to uncover the secret of the Halo. Halo pioneered limiting the number of weapons a player could carry to two, which meant forcing the player to take strategic decisions.
Enthusiasts waited for the release of Halo 3 with baited breath. They awaited the continuation of the one-person, shoot-em-up combat format that had been prevalent in the two former parts of Halo. Microsoft calls it the 'Golden Triangle of Halo', which consists of gun-type weapons, grenades and others. In actuality, this was nothing new to one-person, shoot-em-up games, as it had been around since the very first Doom and even the precursor to that game, "Wolfenstein".
So, with all of that previous history, people were full of anticipation over the Halo 3 release date. How popular and welcome was the game? Well, before its release, 3.1 million copies were sold in advance orders and retailers thought that that was insufficient.
The game grossed $300 million in the United States in just the first seven days. Overall, it has sold over nine million copies worldwide and was the best-selling video game in the USA in 2007. Even the critics liked it, putting it the seventh highest in the all-time list of Xbox 360 games.
The Halo 3 release date, like the release date of many wildly popular video games was almost like a holiday like Christmas or Easter. It leaves us with the question of what will happen in the realm of video games in the future? - 23806
The history of Halo 3 really starts with the release of the first game in the series 'Halo: Combat Evolved'. In November, 2001, when Halo was first released, game consoles were something of a joke for one person shooter games. Sure, some games existed, but there weren't the popular communities that the PC games in the genre had.
That all changed with Halo, in which players could battle aliens on foot and in vehicles, completing objectives, while trying to uncover the secret of the Halo. Halo pioneered limiting the number of weapons a player could carry to two, which meant forcing the player to take strategic decisions.
Enthusiasts waited for the release of Halo 3 with baited breath. They awaited the continuation of the one-person, shoot-em-up combat format that had been prevalent in the two former parts of Halo. Microsoft calls it the 'Golden Triangle of Halo', which consists of gun-type weapons, grenades and others. In actuality, this was nothing new to one-person, shoot-em-up games, as it had been around since the very first Doom and even the precursor to that game, "Wolfenstein".
So, with all of that previous history, people were full of anticipation over the Halo 3 release date. How popular and welcome was the game? Well, before its release, 3.1 million copies were sold in advance orders and retailers thought that that was insufficient.
The game grossed $300 million in the United States in just the first seven days. Overall, it has sold over nine million copies worldwide and was the best-selling video game in the USA in 2007. Even the critics liked it, putting it the seventh highest in the all-time list of Xbox 360 games.
The Halo 3 release date, like the release date of many wildly popular video games was almost like a holiday like Christmas or Easter. It leaves us with the question of what will happen in the realm of video games in the future? - 23806
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