YouTube-Exclusive Halo Miniseries Nets 26 Million Views

Microsoft's experimental Halo live-action miniseries received 26 million total views on YouTube since it launched in October, paving a future for long-form video content on the platform.

Halo: Forward Unto Dawn premiered on Machinima at the beginning of October. The five-part miniseries was produced by Microsoft as a tie-in to the release of Halo 4's release, and Microsoft and its in-house studio 343 Industries spent $10 million producing it.

According to Matt J. McCloskey, the director of franchise business development at 343 Industries, the series was meant to give fans a deeper look at the early life of one of Halo 4's main characters, Thomas Lasky. It was also meant to introdu…
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