Many players wonder why the game was called Halo: Combat Evolved. The Halo series has gone on to include the major installments Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians and Halo Infinite, along with countless spin-offs and smaller releases. A huge success, it was title one in what would become the enormously popular Halo series of first-person shooters. Halo: Combat Evolved was released in North America as a launch title for Microsoft's Xbox video game console on November 15 2001. This document contains information to help you troubleshoot issues.Īfter you've restarted your PC, the first time you run the software you'll need to accept an End User License Agreement. Before you do that, however, it's useful to open and save the Readme file that is accessed from the restart menu. You'll need to restart Windows to ensure the game functions correctly.