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Halo is a science fiction video gams series created by Bungie Studios and published by Microsoft games Studios. The series centers on the Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced human super-soldier equipped with technologically-advanced battle armor, and his artificial intelligence (AI) companion, Cortana, as the humans of a futuristic universe battle the Covenant, a theocratic alliance of alien races. In this science fiction setting, the term "Halo" refers to Halo megastructures, large orbital constructions, similar to those first popularized by the 1970 novel Ringworld by Larry Niven, though smaller in scale.

The video games, particularly Halo: Combat Evolved, have been praised as being among the best first-person shooters on a game console, with Halo being the Microsoft Xbox's "killer app". This has led to the term "Halo killer" being used to describe console games that aspire to be better than Halo. Halo's sequel, Halo 2, broke sales records for a media release, and Halo 3 sold more than US $170 million worth of copies in the first 24 hours of release, breaking Halo 2's record. As of October 4, 2007, all three Halo games combined have sold more than 20 million copies.

The strong sales of the games series have led to a massive Halo franchise. Currently, this includes five bestselling novels, two series of graphic novels, and numerous other licensed products, from action figures to Mountain Dew. Several spin-off games have also been announced, including the upcoming real time strategy games Halo Wars and Halo Chronicles, which is being developed by Peter Jackson. The series' award-winning music has been composed by Martin O'Donnell, and soundtracks have been released for the three main games. The cultural impact of the Halo series has been compared by Brian Bendis to the Star Wars franchise, and with those who enjoy the series being dubbed the "Halo Nation".