From its debut at MacWorld 1999, Halo was originally intended for a personal computer. This is not where most people first played Halo though, as Microsoft bought developer Bungie following the game’s unveiling and turned it into Xbox’s flagship launch game in 2001.
It took two years for Halo to come to Windows (and Mac), with the PC version ported by future Borderlands maker Gearbox.
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