Oct 6, 2010 17:01 GMT  ·  By

Fans of the Halo franchise can now download a new theme designed to integrate with Windows 7 free of charge from Microsoft.

The Redmond company is offering a Halo: Reach branded theme pack featuring exquisite content from the game.

“Battle for planet Reach with this Windows 7 theme based on the latest version of best-selling Halo series, now rocking Xbox systems worldwide,” reads the description provided by the software giant.

This is not the first gaming theme released by Microsoft. In fact, gamers have already been able to download no less than three Gears of War themes from the Windows Personalization Gallery.

But the theme pack doesn’t offer only imagery from Halo: Reach. Microsoft has also packed a variety of new sounds into the theme, which will replicate acoustics from the game in Windows 7.

Users with non-Windows 7 operating systems can still download the theme and extract the contents with an archiver. They will however not be able to experience the feeling of a theme for their platform.

The newest installment of the popular sci-fi video game series available exclusively on the Redmond company’s Xbox consoles was released on September 14th, 2010.

Frank O’Connor, Halo’s franchise development director applauded Halo as an epic game, noting that the latest iteration was designed to feel like a whole new world.

Hardcore fans are undoubtedly well aware that despite the fact that Halo: Reach is the fourth installment of the gaming franchise, it is in fact a prequel to the first title of the series.

According to statistics from Microsoft, gamers managed to log in excess of 3.3 million hours of Xbox LIVE online play of the game in total.

The software giant revealed that over 34 million copies of the game were sold since Halo was initially introduced in 2001.

Reports indicated that Halo: Reach passed the $200 million milestone in just the first 24 hours after release.

The Windows 7 Halo: Reach Theme is available for download here.

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