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Halo: Master Chief Collection Is Finally Confirmed For PC, Will Include Reach (arstechnica.com)
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.
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.
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.
I've been looked forward to the Master Chef games!
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.
No, I was not thinking about "Magic Chef". Master Chef microwave.
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Does that include the 64-bit version of Windows 98SE?
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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.