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Halo (video game series) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (3103 words) |
 | Halo is a popular series of science fiction first-person shooter video games developed by Bungie Studios and published by Microsoft. |
 | A third game, Halo 3, is in development for the Xbox 360, announced for release in 2007 on May 9, 2006, during Microsoft's press event at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles. |
 | The series follows the events of the war between future humanity and a collective of alien races known as The Covenant. |
| Dead or Alive: Information from Answers.com (2491 words) |
 | The series controls also make the instances of speed and simplicity more congruent with the focus of timing and combos in mind, as the commands for basic attacks are widely considered more straightforward than most video games. |
 | The DOA series is designed by programmer Tomonobu Itagaki, who is regarded by the game development community for his outspoken and stubborn nature in the development of the series. |
 | The following game, Dead or Alive 2 takes place after the original in an undisclosed timeframe, (though within the same year due to the characters' retention of their chronological ages from the original game) with the world's peace and stability threatened by a super creature known as the Gohyakumine Bankotsu-bo. |