HaloArchives
Type of site | Video game statistics archive |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founder(s) | Michael Mendy |
| Industry | Digital preservation |
| Website | haloarchives |
| Commercial | No (nonprofit) |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2024 |
| Current status | Active |
HaloArchives (stylized as HaloArchives.com) is a nonprofit digital preservation project and website that archives and provides public access to historical multiplayer statistics from the Halo series of video games. Founded by software engineer Michael Mendy, the site preserves match records, player service records, carnage reports, and related data drawn from Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo: Reach, and Halo Infinite, among other titles.[1] As of its public reporting, the archive holds data covering more than 140 million games and over 10.2 million players.[2]
The project was created in response to the discontinuation of Bungie's legacy statistics services. Bungie stepped away from the Halo franchise in 2010 following the release of Halo: Reach,[3] and on February 9, 2021, it permanently took its legacy statistics website, halo.bungie.net, offline.[4][5] Unlike curated fan sites, HaloArchives emphasizes raw, searchable data intended for use by researchers, content creators, and players seeking to recover or revisit their gaming history.[6]
Background
Bungie developed the early entries in the Halo franchise before regaining its independence from Microsoft, and historically hosted detailed player statistics, files, and screenshots on Bungie.net.[3] The transfer of Halo statistics from Bungie to 343 Industries began in 2011 and was completed on March 31, 2012, after which legacy records were preserved in a frozen state and newer titles were tracked on 343's official site, Halo Waypoint.[7]
In January 2021, Bungie announced through its "This Week at Bungie" blog that halo.bungie.net—which had preserved stats and files for Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo: Reach—would be shut down permanently on February 9, 2021, with players given only a few weeks to save their data.[8][9][10] The closure was widely reported by gaming outlets as marking the end of an era for the franchise.[11][5]
HaloArchives was created as part of a broader community effort to preserve Bungie-era Halo statistics and match history after legacy online statistics services became unavailable.[12]
History
HaloArchives was created after this shutdown removed the legacy statistics, all of them and relevant infrastructure from public access. HaloArchives began assembling an independent archive to restore and preserve the data.[1]
According to the project's published accounts, much of the historical data was no longer available through official channels, and Mendy reconstructed it from a combination of Bungie's legacy application programming interfaces, 343 Industries' interfaces for newer titles, archived web pages, and material contributed by longtime members of the Halo community.[6] Portions of the Halo 2 dataset were reportedly obtained from records that had not previously been made publicly available, including data associated with the original Xbox Live service that was shut down in 2010.[6]
Features
Data and coverage
The archive provides searchable access to per-match and per-player statistics, including service records, head-to-head player comparisons, match histories, and detailed carnage reports.[2] Coverage spans multiple titles in the series, with Halo 2 representing the single largest dataset; the project has reported figures in the tens of millions of games and hundreds of millions of individual player statistic entries for that title alone.[6]
Tools
In addition to statistics search, HaloArchives has reintroduced features associated with the deprecated Bungie.net services. These include an emblem generator that recreates the customizable player emblems formerly used in Halo 3 and Halo: Reach, and a recovered collection of File Share content such as screenshots, saved films, and custom game variants that had become inaccessible after the legacy services were retired.[6]
Infrastructure
HaloArchives was independently built, deployed, and maintained by Mendy, who has described the undertaking as large-scale data engineering carried out without a dedicated team.[6] The source data arrived in numerous formats—including JSON, CSV, XML, SQLite databases, and custom binary files—each of which required normalization into a common schema before it could be made searchable.[6]
Reception
The project has been described within the Halo community as part of a broader, fan-driven effort to preserve gaming history following the shutdown of official statistics services. Its emphasis on recovering otherwise-lost data, particularly for Halo 2, has been noted as distinguishing it from other community archives.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mendy, Michael. "HaloArchives". michaelamendy.com. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Halo Archives – Search Halo 2, 3, Reach & Infinite Stats". haloarchives.com. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kerr, Chris (January 2021). "Bungie is shutting down its Halo stats archive in February". Game Developer. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ Gilbert, Fraser (January 15, 2021). "Bungie's Halo Archive Is Finally Going Offline This February". Pure Xbox. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Original Halo website shutting down in February, so save your stats and files while you can". GamesRadar+. January 15, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Mendy, Michael Allen (January 20, 2026). "How I'm Trying To Rebuild The Entire Halo Series Stat Archive". michaelamendy.com. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Halo Waypoint". Halopedia. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Bungie's Halo Website With Player Stats is Being Shut Down Soon". Game Rant. January 15, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Bungie's Original Halo Site with Past Stats and Files Is Being Shut Down". ComicBook.com. January 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Bungie Terminating Halo Website and Stats Archive Next Month". The FPS Review. January 15, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ Strom, Derek (January 2021). "Bungie says goodbye to Halo forever by closing this piece of history". TweakTown. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ ""Your Halo 3 history is back": My Bungie-era Halo stats are restored in the fan-made 'Halo Archive'". Yahoo Tech. 23 April 2026. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
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