What is Halo 3?
{{Infobox video game |image = HALO 3 ODST (3596656264).jpg |developer = [[Bungie Studios]] |publisher = [[Microsoft]] |designer = |engine = |released = {{Vgrelease|NA|September 25, 2007|EU|September 26, 2007|JP|September 26, 2007}} |genre = [[First-person shooter]] |modes = [[Single player]], [[Cooperative gameplay|co-op]], [[Cooperative gameplay|online co-op]], [[multiplayer]], [[online multiplayer]], Forge, and Meta-game |platforms = [[Xbox 360]] }} '''''Halo 3''''' is a [[first-person shooter]] [[video game]] made by [[Bungie Studios]] for the [[Xbox 360]], published by [[Microsoft]]. The game brings an end to the [[Fiction|story]] started in the two previous video games of the [[Halo (series)|Halo series]]; ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]''.<ref name=Bungie>{{cite web|url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Halo3Announcement|title=Halo 3 Announced|date=2006-05-09|accessdate=2008-10-18|archive-date=2008-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504003627/http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Halo3Announcement|url-status=dead}}</ref> The game came out on September 25, 2007 all over the world, except [[Europe]] and [[Japan]] where it was released on September 26.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12467|title=Finish the Fight on September 25, 2007|date=2007-05-15|accessdate=2008-10-18|archive-date=2007-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518024809/http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12467|url-status=dead}}</ref> Microsoft made 4.2 million copies of ''Halo 3'' for the first day of sales to make sure there were enough copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6179772.html|title=Analyst: 4.2M Halo 3s already at retail|author=Brendan Sinclair|accessdate=2008-10-18|date=2007-09-24}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The game's story is based around a future war between a [[fiction]]al [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]]