Halo Studios

COMPANY» Founded 2007-10-05

Redmond,Washington,United States

Originally known as 343 Industries, the studio was created by Microsoft after Bungie became independent in 2007.

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Overview

343 Industries is the publisher of the Halo (Franchise) series and, as part of Microsoft Game Studios, oversees the Halo franchise, including novels, comics, licensed collectibles, apparel and more. The company is named after 343 Guilty Spark (Character), a character from the original Halo trilogy, and has been involved in a myriad of Halo-related projects, both on and off the Xbox 360 (Platform).

Released Games/Game-Related Projects

• Halo Waypoint (Concept) - A Halo-related statistics utility and news hub. In addition to tracking a player's stats and achievements in Halo 3 (Game), Halo Wars (Game), Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach, Waypoint offers rewards for players' achievements in those games (avatar clothes, armor in Reach, Gamertag avatars, etc.).
• Halo Reach: Defiant Map Pack - Created in partnership with Certain Affinity, the Defiant map pack was the second set of DLC Maps for Bungie's Halo Reach. The defiant map pack features 3 new maps: Condemned, Highlands, and Unearthed (Firefight).
• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary - A high-definition remake of the original Halo, created in conjunction Saber Interactive and Certain Affinity. The game features a graphical overhaul for the single player campaign, and allows the player to switch between old (2001) and new (2011) at any time. 7 multiplayer maps were recreated by Certain Affinity within the Reach engine, which will be updated to support gametypes created to simulate the Halo Combat Evolved multiplayer experience as close as possible. In addition to this, 343 Industries is also including new features such as terminals, that will presumably provide background on the plot for the upcoming Halo 4 (Game). The game was released on the 10th anniversary of Halo, November 15, 2011.
• Halo 4 (Game) - The next game in the Halo series to star Master Chief (Character), and will be the first game in the Reclaimer Trilogy. While not much is known about the title so far, the debut trailer shows the story picking up directly after the end of Halo 3's legendary ending. The game was released on November 6th, 2012

Released Non-Game-Related Projects

• Halo Encyclopedia - Created by DK Books.
• Halo Legends - A collection of short anime movies set in the Halo universe. (Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio4 C, and Toei Animation).
• Halo: Helljumpers - A comic book written by Peter David and drawn by Eric Nguyen.
• Halo: Blood Line - A comic book written by Fred Van Lente and drawn by Francis Portela.
• Halo: Evolutions - Written by Eric Nylund, Tobias Buckell, Karen Traviss and publish by Tor Books.
• Forerunner Trilogy - Written by Greg Bear.

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Halo Infinite (Game)

15 November 2021

Halo Infinite follows the Master Chief as he scours the mysterious Zeta Halo, which was left war torn by The Banished, for a weapon to stop the plans of the rogue A.I. Cortana.

PC​ XONE​ XSX​

Halo: Campaign Evolved (Game)

28 July 2026

A remake of the original Halo campaign including new content such as prequel missions, new cinematics, weapons from later games, and new voice overs.

PC​ PS5​ XSX​

Published Games

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Company details

Name

Halo Studios

Abbreviation

Founded

5 October 2007

Location

Redmond,Washington,United States

Website

http://www.microsoft-careers.com/go/343-Industries-Jobs/190537/

Aliases

343 Industries

Developed Games

• Halo Infinite (Game)
• Halo: Campaign Evolved (Game)
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Published Games

• None
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Franchises

• Halo (Franchise)
• Call of Duty (Franchise)
• Marathon (Franchise)
• Total War (Franchise)

People

• Kazuma Jinnouchi (Person)
• Martin O'Donnell (Person)
• Michael Salvatori (Person)
• Neil Davidge (Person)
• Steve Jobs (Person)

Characters

• Cortana (Character)
• Master Chief (Character)
• Dr. Catherine Halsey (Character)
• Jul 'Mdama (Character)
• Sarah Palmer (Character)
• 343 Guilty Spark (Character)
• Andrew Del Rio (Character)
• Atriox (Character)
• Faber (Character)
• Forthencho (Character)
• Gabriel Thorne (Character)
• Gravemind (Character)
• Jacob Keyes (Character)
• Jameson Locke (Character)
• Lat'Ravamee (Character)
• Marcus Stacker (Character)
• Miranda Keyes (Character)
• Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson (Character)
• Sesa 'Refumee (Character)
• The Arbiter (Character)

Concepts

• Covenant Elite (Concept)
• United Nations Space Command (Concept)
• Bromance (Concept)
• Reptilian Humanoid (Concept)
• Spartan (Concept)
• Covenant Grunt (Concept)
• Digital Distribution (Concept)
• Jackals (Concept)
• The Covenant (Concept)
• Achievements (Concept)
• Human (Concept)
• Online (Concept)
• Polygonal 3D (Concept)
• Space Marine (Concept)
• The 26th Century (Concept)
• The Future (Concept)
• Xbox Game Pass (Concept)
• Alien (Concept)
• Ancient Advanced Civilization Technology (Concept)
• Brutes (Concept)

Locations

• Halo (Location)
• Blood Gulch (Location)
• Space (Location)
• Alpha Halo (Location)
• Chiron TL-34 (Location)
• Coagulation (Location)
• Damnation (Location)
• Danger Canyon (Location)
• Death Island (Location)
• Earth (Location)
• Gamma Halo (Location)
• Gephyrophobia (Location)
• Hang 'em High (Location)
• High Charity (Location)
• Infinity (Location)
• New Mombasa (Location)
• Requiem (Location)
• Sidewinder (Location)
• The Pit (Location)
• Timberland (Location)

Objects

• Banshee (Object)
• MJOLNIR Armor (Object)
• Gloves (Object)
• Scorpion (Object)
• Energy Sword (Object)
• Ghost (Object)
• M12 Warthog (Object)
• Pelican (Object)
• Plasma Grenade (Object)
• M41 Rocket Launcher (Object)
• Plasma Pistol (Object)
• Power Armor (Object)
• Shotgun (Object)
• Sniper Rifle (Object)
• UNSC Infinity (Object)
• Wraith (Object)
• Assault Rifle (Object)
• BR55 Battle Rifle (Object)
• Frag Grenade (Object)
• Fuel Rod Cannon (Object)