Halo: Anniversary
was developed by 343 Industries in partnership with Saber Interactive and Certain Affinity. To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the original game, Halo was brought to the Xbox 360 with a complete visual and audio overhaul. For me, this was a great project because it was both a technical and creative challenge. We first had to reverse engineer how the original audio team integrated their files. Once we learned their file structure we could replace their assets with updated versions. Creatively it was an interesting blend of making new sounds that would fit into the Halo universe while also revising existing sounds that stayed true to their original qualities and tone. When working on the final mix of the game I often found myself just starting to play through because it was so satisfying to hear how well our sounds fit into the Halo world.