<s>
Forge	B-Application
is	O
a	O
level	O
editor	O
developed	O
by	O
Bungie	O
and	O
343	O
Industries	O
for	O
the	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
,	O
Halo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forge	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
released	O
alongside	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
further	O
expanded	O
upon	O
in	O
Halo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Reach	I-Application
,	O
Halo	B-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
Halo	B-Application
2	O
:	O
Anniversary	O
,	O
Halo	B-Application
5	I-Application
:	I-Application
Guardians	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Halo	B-Application
Infinite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
Halo	O
3'''s	O
release	O
,	O
Forge	B-Application
received	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
for	O
its	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
versatility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bungie	O
subsequently	O
released	O
multiple	O
maps	O
designed	O
for	O
Forge	B-Application
editing	O
in	O
both	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
Halo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Reach	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
over	O
6.6	O
million	O
user-created	O
maps	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
using	O
Forge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
Forge	B-Application
is	O
an	O
in-game	O
map	O
editor	O
designed	O
for	O
adjusting	O
weapon	O
,	O
vehicle	O
,	O
and	O
prop	O
placement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
objects	O
are	O
assigned	O
a	O
monetary	O
value	O
,	O
and	O
cost	O
money	O
to	O
spawn	O
;	O
the	O
level	O
's	O
"	O
Forge	B-Application
budget	O
"	O
determines	O
how	O
much	O
money	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
use	O
to	O
spawn	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
conventional	O
level	O
editors	O
,	O
map	O
geometry	O
ca	O
n't	O
be	O
moved	O
or	O
deleted	O
in	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
Forge	B-Application
,	O
but	O
props	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
crates	O
and	O
concrete	O
barriers	O
)	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
makeshift	O
walls	O
and	O
blockades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
updates	O
to	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
added	O
DLC	B-Protocol
maps	I-Protocol
specifically	O
designed	O
for	O
Forge	B-Application
editing	O
,	O
with	O
expanded	O
prop	O
lists	O
that	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
create	O
rudimentary	O
maps	O
out	O
of	O
blocks	O
,	O
slopes	O
,	O
and	O
panels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Halo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Reach	I-Application
iteration	O
of	O
Forge	B-Application
received	O
multiple	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
phase	O
objects	O
through	O
one	O
another	O
,	O
suspend	O
objects	O
in	O
mid-air	O
,	O
and	O
adjust	O
object	O
placement	O
in	O
finer	O
increments	O
through	O
"	O
nudging	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
additions	O
were	O
later	O
back-ported	O
to	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
in	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
Halo	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Master	I-Application
Chief	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
Forge	B-Application
began	O
only	O
6	O
months	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
;	O
according	O
to	O
Bungie	O
producer	O
Allen	O
Murray	O
,	O
multiple	O
"	O
small	O
UI	O
features	O
"	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
cut	O
to	O
accommodate	O
its	O
inclusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forge	B-Application
was	O
first	O
unveiled	O
in	O
August	O
2007	O
at	O
the	O
Leipzig	O
Games	O
Convention.Halo	O
5	O
:	O
Forge	B-Application
,	O
a	O
free	O
standalone	O
version	O
of	O
Halo	B-Application
5s	I-Application
map	O
editing	O
tool	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
on	O
September	O
8	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
343	O
Industries	O
transferred	O
over	O
6.6	O
million	O
Forge	B-Application
maps	O
created	O
on	O
the	O
Xbox	O
360	O
versions	O
of	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
Halo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Reach	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Halo	B-Application
4	I-Application
to	O
Halo	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Master	I-Application
Chief	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forge	B-Application
was	O
left	O
unimplemented	O
for	O
the	O
2019	O
Windows	O
release	O
of	O
Halo	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Master	I-Application
Chief	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
added	O
with	O
Halo	O
3'''s	O
launch	O
in	O
July	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Forge	B-Application
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
Forge	B-Application
received	O
multiple	O
new	O
features	O
back-ported	O
from	O
Halo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Reach	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
players	O
enrolled	O
in	O
the	O
Xbox	O
Insider	O
Program	O
for	O
Halo	B-Application
Infinite	O
got	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
test	O
flight	O
for	O
the	O
upcoming	O
co-op	O
campaign	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
this	O
build	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
dataminers	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
an	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
Halo	B-Application
Infinite	O
's	O
Forge	B-Application
and	O
leak	O
gameplay	O
footage	O
across	O
social	O
media	O
sites	O
,	O
surprisingly	O
to	O
the	O
approval	O
of	O
343	O
Industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Halo	B-Application
Infinite	O
's	O
Forge	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
an	O
official	O
beta	O
version	O
on	O
November	O
8	O
,	O
2022	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Winter	O
Update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
Forge	B-Application
received	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
Jeff	O
Gerstmann	O
described	O
Forge	B-Application
as	O
"	O
an	O
extremely	O
powerful	O
addition	O
that	O
might	O
just	O
take	O
over	O
your	O
life	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
praised	O
the	O
editor	O
for	O
the	O
replay	O
value	O
it	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heather	O
Campbell	O
of	O
Play	O
Magazine	O
named	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
her	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
due	O
to	O
Forge	B-Application
,	O
with	O
co-editor	O
Greg	O
Orlando	O
explaining	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
issue	O
:	O
"	O
What	O
separates	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
from	O
other	O
console	O
shooters	O
such	O
as	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
and	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
though	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
a	O
forge	B-Application
mode	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
save	O
and	O
edit	O
gameplay	O
films	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
editorial	O
for	O
Edge	O
,	O
N'Gai	O
Croal	O
stated	O
that	O
Forge	B-Application
could	O
"	O
help	O
prove	O
the	O
viability	O
of	O
user-generated	O
content	O
on	O
consoles.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Halo	B-Application
3s	I-Application
iteration	O
of	O
Forge	B-Application
has	O
received	O
comparisons	O
to	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
,	O
a	O
2004	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
mod	O
with	O
a	O
similar	O
emphasis	O
on	O
free-form	O
construction	O
and	O
experimentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outside	O
of	O
its	O
intended	O
use	O
as	O
a	O
map	O
editor	O
,	O
Forge	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
art	O
installations	O
by	O
arranging	O
in-game	O
props	O
to	O
draw	O
pictures	O
and	O
write	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
modes	O
and	O
maps	O
created	O
in	O
Forge	B-Application
have	O
occasionally	O
informed	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Halo	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grifball	O
,	O
a	O
fictional	O
sport	O
that	O
originated	O
in	O
the	O
Halo-themed	O
web	O
series	O
Red	O
vs.	O
Blue	O
,	O
inspired	O
a	O
popular	O
user-created	O
Forge	B-Application
map	O
and	O
game	O
mode	O
styled	O
after	O
rugby	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grifball	O
was	O
developed	O
into	O
an	O
official	O
weekly	O
playlist	O
for	O
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
and	O
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
every	O
subsequent	O
Halo	B-Application
game	O
after	O
Halo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Reach	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
343	O
Industries	O
employee	O
Nick	O
Bird	O
,	O
working	O
as	O
Forge	B-Application
Quality	O
Assurance	O
on	O
Halo	B-Application
Infinite	O
,	O
credited	O
Forge	B-Application
for	O
his	O
interest	O
in	O
game	O
development	O
;	O
"	O
My	O
time	O
in	O
Forge	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Forge	B-Application
community	O
eventually	O
led	O
me	O
to	O
pursue	O
a	O
career	O
in	O
the	O
industry	O
,	O
and	O
ultimately	O
landed	O
me	O
a	O
position	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
what	O
I	O
love	O
in	O
a	O
franchise	O
I	O
love.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
first-person	O
portal-based	O
shooter	O
Splitgate	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
they	O
intend	O
to	O
incorporate	O
their	O
proprietary	O
version	O
of	O
a	O
Forge	B-Application
mode	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
launched	O
before	O
the	O
long-delayed	O
Halo	B-Application
Infinite	O
released	O
its	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
