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Halo: Master Chief Collection Is Finally Confirmed For PC, Will Include Reach (arstechnica.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the long-time-coming dept.

DarkRookie2 shares a report from Ars Technica: After a seemingly endless run of rumors, the news Halo fans have been waiting for is here: the series is finally coming back to PC, and in pretty big fashion. Halo: The Master Chief Collection will arrive on Windows PCs "later this year," according to the official Halo Waypoint site, and fans will be able to buy the collection either via Steam or the Windows Store. (Anybody who's dealt with Windows 10's UWP woes will appreciate this rare example of Microsoft launching one of its first-party games on Steam at the same time as Windows Store, as opposed to delaying a Steam version for a few months.)

The game's listing confirms that PC gamers can look forward to full mouse-and-keyboard control support, along with support for resolutions up to 4K and an HDR toggle. Whether this version will also include the kinds of tweaks that hardcore PC gamers crave -- including ultra-widescreen ratios, higher frame rates, and fully remappable controls -- remains to be seen. We highly doubt Microsoft will include official mod support beyond letting players use individual games' built-in "Forge" creation tools. Halo Reach will also join the MCC when it launches on PC. Unfortunately, there's no word on cross-platform play.

19 of 50 comments (clear)

  1. Will you need Windows 10 for the Steam version? by jonwil · · Score: 2

    Obviously you need Windows 10 for the Windows Store UWP version but I haven't seen anything out there specifying the minumum version of Windows that the Steam version will require.

  2. Emulators by mrwireless · · Score: 1

    Very recently emulators have gotten good enough to play precisely these games.
    https://xenia.jp/

    Coincidence?

    1. Re:Emulators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Yeah, I seriously doubt you can play through all of the above titles on emulation without:
      a) Crashing in menus
      b) Crashing during cutscenes
      c) Graphics artifacts

      I've seen the progress. It's not there yet.

  3. Re:Halo Reach by thereddaikon · · Score: 1

    You are obviously new to this. Steam is much better today than it was at launch.

  4. VR? by oren · · Score: 1

    I don't suppose there is any chance we'll get a VR version? That would be great! But is probably too much to hope for :-(

  5. I love cooking! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've been looked forward to the Master Chef games!

  6. Re:It would be odd not to have cross platform play by wierd_w · · Score: 1

    But then the PC master race will dominate the gamepad players. :D

  7. Master Chef? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 1

    Isn't that a brand of low-cost kitchen appliances?

    Oh, Master Chief. Excuse me while I go make coffee...

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    1. Re:Master Chef? by LordKronos · · Score: 2

      Isn't that a brand of low-cost kitchen appliances?

      Oh, Master Chief. Excuse me while I go make coffee...

      While you are doing that, take a look at the name tag on your coffee maker and you'll realize you were thinking of Magic Chef. Master Chef is a TV show.

    2. Re:Master Chef? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 2

      No, I was not thinking about "Magic Chef". Master Chef microwave.

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  8. Re:It would be odd not to have cross platform play by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 1

    That alone would give me a reason to play this stupid game. Take those auto-aim lamers down from their ego pedestals.

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  9. Finally by CastrTroy · · Score: 1

    System Requirements

    Minimum:

    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Microsoft Windows
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection

    Finally, something my computer can run.

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    1. Re:Finally by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 2

      Does that include the 64-bit version of Windows 98SE?

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  10. Re: Halo Reach by jgtg32a · · Score: 1

    Then maybe start listening, so people can stop repeating themselves?

  11. I think it's just the PC market getting bigger by rsilvergun · · Score: 1

    with the crypto currency GPU shortage over that helps to. You can get an RX 570 for $130 bucks now and it'll run most games at 1080p/60. I've seen decent gaming CPUs for $200 with a board and ram is down to about $80-$100 bucks for what you need to game. Basically you could build a rig from scratch for $700-$800, which is kind of the sweet spot in my experience.

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  12. Matchmaking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    That's why we have matchmaking. This helps on PC where about half of Steam users play with controllers. Matchmaking is used in multiplayer games to match players of like skill and ability.

  13. Re: Will you need Windows 10 for the Steam ver by Type44Q · · Score: 1
    Relax, it's only an insult if you're pretending you're not gay.

    I know; counterintuitive.

  14. Re:It would be odd not to have cross platform play by tlhIngan · · Score: 1

    But then the PC master race will dominate the gamepad players. :D

    Given the Xbone has support for keyboard and mouse, this should be much less of a problem.

  15. Re:Halo Reach by Quakeulf · · Score: 2

    No it isn't. The web-related part of it can quickly eat up a lot of gigs of memory even if you have no tabs open. I have no idea why steamwebhelper or whatever needs to run in such big numbers, and the cache just grows and grows. Then there is their handling of reviews, etc. The list goes on. I've released games for Steam and they are far from being perfect.