After years of storing player statistics and other data for the early installments of theHalofranchise in the originalBungiewebsite, halo.bungie.net,Bungiestopped updating those stats nine years ago. For the memories, they did keep them available on the site for players to look at and reminisce about time spent with those earlyHalogames. But buried in an announcement yesterday on Bungie’s current website between news of updates and issues inDestiny 2,Bungie stated it would be removing those player stats permanently and the original site will be shut down in February.
It’s a rather sad way to mark the occasion ofHalo: Combat Evolved’s 20th year anniversary. This game that started it all was released back in 2001 as the flagship title for the fledgling Xbox console, a console that would begin to put Microsoft on the map as a player to be considered in the gaming marketplace.Halo: Combat Evolvedwas a key ingredient to the console’s success, a game thatinnovated first-person shooterson gaming consoles and is often considered one of the greatest games of all time. Bungie’s success withHalo: Combat Evolvedled them to develop more beloved games in the series:Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST,andHalo Reach.But in 2007, Bungie split from Microsoft, with Microsoft retaining theHaloseries as intellectual property.
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July 14, 2025, marks the day that Bungie ceased updating player records and hosting new user-generated content on halo.bungie.net forHalogames, officially handing off theHalofranchise toits current developer, 343 Industries. Now it seems that the player content that has been enshrined since then will be permanently lost as of February 9. This statement can be found under the “Dust and Echoes” section of Bungie announcements released yesterday.
Bungie is encouraging players to save their content in any way they can if they want to. Any player material related to Bungie forums or news was incorporated into Bungie’s current website, bungie.net, back in 2013, so that material might still exist after halo.bungie.net goes offline on February 9. Bungie’s focus has been firmly on the development andimprovement of itsDestinyfranchisefor years now, so while this announcement is certainly sad for manyHalofans, it isn’t shocking.
For fans feeling nostalgic for the joys of the originalHalotrilogy after this news,Halo: The Master Chief Collectionis an incredible outlet for old-schoolHaloplayersto relive the glory days. It continues to receive updates and contains all of the earlyHalogames includingHalo 4.So save those screenshots and statistics and maybe get some friends together over chat to playThe Master Chief Collectionand keep the memories alive.
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