But the slightly confusing part: Only six of the Halo 2 multiplayer maps will receive the same treatment, and these are on the disc alongside the full Halo 2 catalog. Halo 2 is also getting an Anniversary-style facelift - totally redrawn visuals plus the 60 fps and 1080p stuff. The developers already overhauled the graphics and remastered the sound to modernize the game more thoroughly three years ago, and it’ll get the additional 60 fps and 1080p upgrade for the Xbox One. This means this oldie won’t just receive the simple lighting, frame-rate, and uprez treatment (like Halo 3 and Halo 4 are getting). Halo: Combat Evolved is based on its Anniversary Edition, which we saw released on the Xbox 360 in 2011. Only the games that Master Chief has starred in will be in this collection.ģ43 updated the first four Halo games to receive some showy lighting effects and to run at 60 frames per second (that means everything moves about twice as smooth) and 1080p (crisp, high resolution) on the Xbox One. “If it was released in any form, it’ll be in here.”Īnything named “Halo” that wasn’t listed above, including the games Halo: Reach and Halo 3: ODST. “That’s well north of 100 maps,” 343 executive producer Dan Ayoub told GamesBeat. That means all maps ever released - including for the PC versions of Halo - will be included. Halo 5: Guardians (don’t get too excited - The Master Chief Collection only gives you early access to the multiplayer beta)Īll associated downloadable content will be included as well.Halo: Nightfall (a digital video series).Halo: Combat Evolved (first released on the original Xbox).What features are we getting exactly? How will the various tweaks over the years affect older products? What’s the difference between Halo 2 and Halo 2 Anniversary (they’re kind of separate products here)? I had a little trouble understanding how this was all going to work, so I talked to three different sources at developer 343 Industries to get detailed clarifications. It’s an all-in-one disc, coming out for the Xbox One on November 11, but it’s a little confusing to dissect.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a compilation of all the games in the Halo series that the titular Spartan warrior has appeared in. (Seriously - because I plan on playing this one a lot.) And Microsoft Studios wants to update them all and mash them up into a single do-everything disc? Good luck with that. Learn more about the event.įour first-person shooters and they all have different features, control schemes, maps, playlists, weapons, and so on and so on. Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022.

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