Well, unfortunately, it truly is nearly time to say goodbye to that era. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. While it started on the Xbox with Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, it was solidified on the Xbox 360 where it was even more accessible. While online multiplayer existed before the arrival of Master Chief, the franchise was certainly one of the cornerstones of bringing it to a mainstream audience. Halo will always be one of the franchises that normalised online play. It's an end of an era for older generation Halo games.ģ43 Industries has announced that it will be shutting down multiplayer servers for Xbox 360 Halo games at the end of 2021.
