Halo: Reach

Forge World and armor unlocks made player-built maps and cosmetics core to console shooter retention.

Released 2010 Developer Bungie Publisher Xbox Game Studios Platform Xbox 360 Genre First-person shooter Era Digital storefronts & indie

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Halo: Reach inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Constrained Weapon Loadout ~~2001~~Regenerating Health ~~2001~~Automated Skill Matchmaking ~~2004~~Persistent Multiplayer Progression ~~2007~~In-Game Creation Suite ~~2008~~Cosmetic-Only Monetization ~~2009~~

The Halo series in this dataset

2001

Halo: Combat Evolved ~~2001~~

2004

Halo 2 ~~2004~~

2007

Halo 3 ~~2007~~

2009

Halo 3: ODST ~~2009~~

2010

Halo: Reach ~~this page~~

2012

Halo 4 ~~2012~~

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