At today’s Inside Xbox event, Microsoft announced that Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC on both Steam and the Microsoft Store. Not all games will launch simultaneously; in fact, no pricing or release dates have been announced. The only thing we have is the release order.
- Halo: Reach
- Halo: Combat Evolved (Anniversary)
- Halo 2 (Anniversary)
- Halo 3: ODST – Campaign Only
- Halo 3
- Halo 4
This fills in everything between Halo 3 and Halo 4, inclusive, and reads so weird now that I have that typed out in front of me, on the PC platform. Also, Halo 1 and Halo 2 are, as far as I know, essentially dead for multiplayer reasons now that GameSpy and Games for Windows Live have been shut down for a dog’s age. It could be a good nostalgia trip to play those games again.
And, yes, I owned a copy of Halo 2: Vista. I was intending to create mods for it until I noticed that their tools were so unbelievably broken that their own example map was impossible to make, at least on release although I am pretty sure that it was never fixed. (They removed the ability to make individual assets and they forgot to include jump pads. Granted, jump pads were not a super-critical feature, but it was also the perfect illustration of how little they cared about mod support.)
Venting past grievances aside, Halo has a good game flow with its relatively slow movement and shields. I am actually excited for it again. It might even be my go-to game if they allow mods again, which I strongly doubt.
I was about to say “Who
I was about to say “Who cares? It will only be on the Windows Store, which doesn’t exist to me…” But this is going to be release on Steam as well! 😀
I’m buying all of them, no
I’m buying all of them, no doubt about it.
MCC on PC!? In the Steam
MCC on PC!? In the Steam store!!?? I am excited.
I’ve already got Halo CE
I’ve already got Halo CE (best Halo to date) on PC and it’s not locked to any platform. I also have MCC on Xbone, so unless they offer the PC version for free to me, I don’t think I need it.
I hope they offer cross-play. PCMR vs console peasants.
I’m excited to play reach,
I’m excited to play reach, I’m just wondering how much this will cost me.
Back when HALO PC came out I simply d/led it….. cant remember if it was KAZZA or a torrent from Supernova, but paying for games, well we just didn’t do that then. Doubt that’s an option this time around tho….