Today marks the anniversary of a classic, Halo 3! The Xbox 360 shooter first released all the way back on September 25th, 2007, concluding the original Halo trilogy developed by Bungie.
To celebrate the occasion, the official Halo Twitter account posted this birthday message earlier today:
If you never had a chance to play it, Halo 3 was the first entry in the series to arrive on the Xbox 360, and enjoyed incredible sales and critical acclaim following its release, boasting a massive 94 score on Metacritic.
It looks and plays better than ever today as part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One and PC, so you can always dive into it with Xbox Game Pass and finish the fight all over again!
Did you pick up Halo 3 back at release in 2007? What are your memories of it? Let us know below.
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Man, I love this game. Halo 3 had the best ad campaign ever for a game. I still play the game to this day on the MCC, and it's as fun as ever. I remember getting it at a midnight release with a bunch of my friends, and we were all "sick" the next day at school. Some great memories from the 360 days.
I'm saving playing all the Halo games until I get the series x. I believe i might have actually beaten CE on the OG machine but i really don't remember and i definitely haven't played any of the others. I'll play them from the beginning just like I started Gears 1 before working my way up to 5.
The original Halo will always be my favorite. But Halo 3 was pretty awesome. With Halo 2 having the cliffhanger ending, I was eagerly awaiting this game on the 360. And thankfully, it didn’t disappoint.
Halo 3 was my favorite out of the franchise..
Spoiler that title. 😂😂
Change 13 to X, I don't want to feel so old.
I played and finished Halo 3 ODST for first time on PC at 4K and thoroughly enjoyed it not as good as Halo 1-3 or Reach but I recommend. I cannot wait for more news on Halo Infinite.
Halo 3 is my favourite. Loved this game in co-op and the multiplayer was great.
Only ever played the first one back on my brother's Xbox back in the day. I should finally play through all of these on the MCC on Windows Store.
The sad thing is there will never be another Halo launch like Halo 3's. Ignoring that 2007 was the best year for gaming recent memory.
The coverage was insane. Even the small town I lived in had radio and television companies at every play launching the game. Had my photo taken for the newspaper because I was the first out with a Legendary edition.
@Link41x
I played through the first two. So I will do the same if I get a Series X. These all have local coop right?
@Link41x Get them on Steam, the W10 store is awful.
Halo 3 created some of my fondest gaming memories, and the reason why I bought the Xbox 360. Was super excited to go pick up the game and an Xbox 360 Elite from my local Gamestation that morning (I didn't and still don't do midnight launches), there were some expected Xbox live issues that day but to be honest I was more interested in the campaign and gladly got stuck in. Multiplayer had me glued to the TV every night for 2 years, especially for Big Team Battles. And I will never forget the online friendships I forged that are still going strong to this day. All thanks to Halo 3. Thank you Halo/Bungie team, you were my heroes of the noughties.
My favorite memories from the game were playing coop with my brother throughout the campaign, and helping each other beat it on legendary. That game had some of the best coop elements back in the day, only matched for me by Gears of War 1.
@Akimi
Halo 5 does not have local co-op, but other than that, yes.
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