
Halo: Reach debuted in December, and the rest will follow in chronological order. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is part of Microsoft’s ongoing effort to bring all of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection to PC. You’ll also be able to use the classic audio in multiplayer and customize Spartans further.

Microsoft is also including 60fps support, variable frame rates, and even native keyboard and mouse support. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary has been remastered with 4K support for PC, and it arrives 18 years after the game debuted as a launch title for the original Xbox. The reasoning seems to be that it may cause frustration in matchmaking queues, but the idea may be revisited again based on feedback.Microsoft is bringing the original Halo campaign to Windows PCs today. KitGuru Says: One slightly disappointing note from the January development update is that the map voting/veto system is not coming back for the time being. The mode is being tested and tweaked right now so hopefully, the custom creation mode will be ready to go later in the year.

The developers aren’t ready to go into great detail on Forge mode on PC, but all content created in this mode will be shared across platforms, making it accessible on both Xbox and PC. You can expect more options for matchmaking, additions to the progression system and of course, Forge mode.

Now, Microsoft’s private ‘Ring 1’ and ‘Ring 2’ testing teams will validate the current game build this week, with a larger scale beta test involving Halo Insiders coming in February.Īside from Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, there is additional work going into Halo: Reach, so future Insider ‘Flight’ tests will include additional Reach content too. Initially, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary was going to expand to Halo Insider members this month but a recently discovered issue with Halo Wars 2 meant that some testers had to shift focus for a little bit, causing a small delay. Now, we’ve got another update, with Halo 1’s remaster to begin beta testing in February, as well as new features for Halo: Reach. As part of the MCC December development update, we learned that good progress was being made on Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary for PC, with Halo 2 and 3 also not being far behind.
